Vulcans Never, Ever Smile

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It has been four years since the last "Star Trek" television series, and seven since the last film. Has the new team absorbed and applied the "Star Trek" culture of imagination? That's hard to say, but it seems that Paramount has. It has imagined that its new film is already a hit, and on March 30 announced that it is hiring people to imagine the sequel. "There's obviously a lot of hubris involved in signing on to write a sequel of a movie that hasn't even come out yet," said one of the new writers. True. As for me, I'm just waiting to see whether these 21st-century 24th-century Vulcans behave as usual, or surprise us and crack a smile.

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Posted By: scaramouche @ 05/22/2009 4:46:16 PM

Someone posted "What gravitates me to Star Trek is the concept that someday, humanity will leave behind its destructive materialistic ways..." Funny how nearly every episode (and movie installment) of Star Trek culminates in someone being photon torpedoed back to the stone age.

Love Star Trek, love it when they blow stuff up real good!
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Posted By: hyperbolic curve @ 05/09/2009 1:36:39 AM

The experiences you cite are not what Mr. Mlodinow presents in this article. Please, I'm well aware states like sensitivity, fairness, penetrating intelligence, rarely prevail in our contemporary culture. However, the hope that they could is part of what made Star Trek exciting when explored, and the treatment Mlodinow describes all the more shameful. Nope, I don't fall for your "it's just the way it is" view. That's how the world stays the same.
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Posted By: hyperbolic curve @ 05/09/2009 1:21:30 AM

The experiences you cite are not what Mr. Mlodinow presents in this article. Please, I'm well aware states like sensitivity, fairness, recognition of potential, rarely prevail in our contemporary culture. However, the hope that they could is part of what made Star Trek exciting when explored. Nope, I don't fall for your "it's just the way it is" view. That's how the world stays the same!