Maybe now more than ever, we all need some hope in our lives. And historically speaking, almost no genre-based series – save perhaps fellow elder sci-fi statesman Doctor Who – is better than giving us that kind of story than Star Trek is. We all want to boldly go, after all. And we all want to believe in the ideals of Gene Roddenberry’s universe, in his vision of an optimistic future where humanity has finally embraced its better angels and works together to explore the stars.
Unfortunately, however, this is 2020. A pandemic is sweeping the globe and, in the U.S., police continue to kill Black citizens, and we’ve generally stopped looking at the stars with wonder in our eyes. Our science fiction, like a lot of our entertainment nowadays, is grim and bleak, full of monsters, murder robots, political conspiracies and dangerous technology. As a species, it’s not...
Unfortunately, however, this is 2020. A pandemic is sweeping the globe and, in the U.S., police continue to kill Black citizens, and we’ve generally stopped looking at the stars with wonder in our eyes. Our science fiction, like a lot of our entertainment nowadays, is grim and bleak, full of monsters, murder robots, political conspiracies and dangerous technology. As a species, it’s not...
- 6/4/2020
- by Lacy Baugher
- Den of Geek
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