Star Trek in Collapse

Here is an article that delves into the changing morality of Star Trek from the Original Series in the 1960s, through the Next Generation, and up to the recent movie, Star Trek Into Darkness.

I was a huge fan of the original series.  I loved Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, et al.  So when The Next Generation arrived, I was excited.  I watched the premiere and was not thrilled.  I watched that first season and, though I could not effectively explain why, I didn't much like it.  I was politically unaware at the time and the underlying philosophies of both the Original Series and The Next Generation didn't occur to me.

 

In my review of the latest Star Trek movie, I complained about the mindlessness of it but this article gets to the heart of the matter.  It is interesting how Sandefur tracks liberal political ideology in a SciFi TV/movie series.