Star Trek leaps through time but is it timeless?
The phenomenal success of Gene Roddenberry’s original show spun off six TV series, ten feature films, a plethora of video games and countless novels. No wonder it’s still going strong 43 years on. Today eBay is full of Star Trek memorabilia; Star Trek fans continue to attend conventions, and rumours abound that another feature film is on its way.
And the premise endures: Set in the 23rd century, the Starship Enterprise and its crew of 430 explore the galaxy in search for other life forms, ‘boldly going where no man has gone before’. Through the discoveries, whether back in time or to whole new civilisations, the drama would always deal with real issues of the time: war, slavery, racism, gender equality, poverty. And it’s this ideology that fans hope future Star Trek films will uphold, and those skin tight costumes, of course.
Is Star Trek timeless or just lost in space? You decide.
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