Dervish Wrote:Rodenberry's ST is a mythology of an utopia society ruled by philosopher kings and even, at times, indirectly endorsed by godlike powers (such as the Q). And humans aren't human at all, they've lost the tribal and survival instincts that are hardwired into the brains of most humans so that greed (btw, we have resources now to eradicate hunger, but plenty would literally rather destroy food and keep charging prices for it so I don't buy that replication tech would eliminate this either), prejudice, insecurity that spurs on bullying, oppression, and wars (meant to punish as much as defend, and of course typically having ulterior motives), and the like are gone. If only we embrace the values then we, too, can live on the Heaven on Earth (just as other religions unrealistically promise).
Dervish Wrote:Even in the Abrams reboot the second movie would not have happened anywhere as it did. First, Khan would likely have been held prisoner in "transporter stasis" (rematerializing later, it minimizes both risk and resource expenditure, and some would even consider it humane to being kept in a brig, and it's also easier than applying manacles). And neither ship would've crashed at the end because the global sats (which are no doubt much more mobile and quicker than today with at least the ability to emulate AI along with guidance from Star Fleet, and IIRC one ep of ST mentioned global sats that controlled the weather around Earth) equipped with the transporter tech and mastery of gravity displayed elsewhere would've made it impossible with a mix of emergency beam outs and artificial gravity (and if all else failed, disintegration of said falling debris).
Sigokat Wrote:IIRC, CPT Picard was 60 when he took command of the Enterprise in Encounter at Farpoint (the character, not the actor obviously).
PicardRex, your example of Geordi's VISOR and asking if its an advancement why not have everyone do it reminds me of an old TZ episode. I can't recall the name off the top of my head (The Replacement, maybe?) where an old couple has the chance to have their "essencse" or "spirit" transferred into younger bodies. The catch is that they can only afford one body and so in the end they do not go through with it (even after the man has tried it) and leave as the same old and fraile couple as when they entered. Just because its an advancement doesn't mean that everyone will choose to have it done.
And in case I just made no sense whatsoever (Its been a long day and even longer week here) I'm agreeing with you, PicardRex.