Star Trek

Batutta said:
Many contemporary sci-fi authors and futurists think that in a few hundred years we'll be living in a post-human world. People, as we know them now, may not even exist. A good portrait of our possible future can be read in Accelerando by Charles Stross, which you can download for free online--

http://www.accelerando.org/book/

It's also in paperback if you like dead trees. Warning though, the book is pretty thick with techno-babble. I've read it twice and still don't understand half of it, but it FEELS like the future.
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jimpatro said:
Film narrative deals with humanity and our varied issues in dealing with life.
A story that deals with a post human world would be really interesting. But I bet it would eventually resort to anthropomorphic traits bestowed upon whatever characters that inhabit this new world. Watch a wildlife documentary and see how it always comes back to a comparison with human experience.

We want to see people up there. And we want to relate to them and feel for them or hate them. That's what Star Trek was all about.
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I hate to admit it, but my reading habits still contribute to killing trees. I just can't read stuff online. Who doesn't love the feel of a nice book in their hands?

As for post humanism, while it would be interesting, I don't think that Hollywood is capable of doing a realistic post human movie. Sure we have some or some with elements of what a post human world would be like: The Matrix (probably the best example), AI, The Fountain, some elements of Star Trek, Gattaca, 2001, etc... I just feel that while the subject matter is very interesting, a true post human world would be so very different from present day society that it would turn the average moviegoer away. It would also need to be done by someone who is an expert on the subject, because to get it right on a deeply honest level would require vast amounts of knowledge on the various sciences and their speculative ramifications.

The irony is that the only institution with the financial power to do a movie taking place in a post human world is Hollywood. I can't imagine many indies being able to pull it off, except maybe in a very confined area and with few visual effects.

As for Star Trek, the reason people will always love it is not because it is a realistic portrayal of the future and space travel, it isn't. It is the characters, their relationships, and the intelligence that they so often rely on to get them out of a tricky situation. Also, it is a lot of fun to vicariously live out the fantasy of traveling to the stars through the crew of the enterprise. Let's face it, it is doubtful that in any of our lifetimes, there will be any kind of extra-solar space travel available to civilians. Even going into low earth orbit now means that you better be one of two things, an astronaut or a billionaire. Star Trek is one of the best tickets to this fantasy.

Battlestar Galactica is a great show, but its focus is not on exploring new worlds. While it is well written, it is very dark. That is its strength. Star Trek is the polar opposite, and will always be that way. You have to give Trek some credit, while most sci-fi is dark, Star Trek has kept its optimism all these years. Not a small accomplishment at all.
 
Captain Pierce said:
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Anyone notice anything . . . slightly wrong about this picture?
 
CallaghanFilms said:
http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/142138/detail/
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That is freaking awesome. :D

David Jimerson said:
Anyone notice anything . . . slightly wrong about this picture?
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I think it's a certain homage to TOS, where they recycled Earth a few times for (admittedly) no good reason.

Mark Harris said:
Also, for all of you not too thrilled with the new ship design:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8B1GNCSfX0
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That was almost as good as Callaghan's link. :)
 
The new trailer has me feeling better about this film. I think that the first trailer with teeny-bopper Kirk and the 70's muscle car distracted me from being able to get excited about the film. Now that I've seen more footage that actually feels like Star Trek, albeit with a much bigger budget than normal, I'm more excited.
 
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