Ah, Star Trek… guilty pleasure or hope of a better future?

It’s funny when people see I like Star Trek, they always say: “So, you;’e a Star Trek fan!”. It’s a strange question because what automatically comes to my mind when I think of a Star trek fan is someone who has a uniform in his closet. Well, I don’t.

I like Star Trek for its positive vision of the future, both on a technical aspect but also on a philosophical one. Can you imagine a society with no money? A society where we work for the betterment of ourselves. Complete responsibility. A society where you work according to your aspirations and worth instead of a regular 9 to 5 job that pays taxes and rent. Tantalizing!

I grew up on the Original Star Trek so seeing a Vulcan near command of a starship is a must. That’s why it took me a long time to warm up to The Next Generation. Even though I loved Voyager, somehow I feel we still need a Vulcan at the side of a calm, cool and collected human. Deep Space 9 was up to a good start with some pretty far away esoteric stuff.

So my wish for the next Star Trek series is the mix of human culture of the first series, the mix of extraterrestrial race of the Next Generation, the cool in control, non-emotional human Cpt Picard and the bonding of the Voyager crew. I never got into Enterprise too much because humans are portrayed as over emotional. Last I checked, those people who walked the surface of the moon were pretty collected and together. And since the next series should be an evolution, let’s throw in some spirituality like Deep Space 9 started but never captured. It gave depth and character.

So Hollywood big wigs, are you listening? I’m no normal fan, I just love future thinking philosophies that portray a better tomorrow. It gives us hope and something to strive for when the only alternatives are low human quality reality shows and negative news. Thank you in advance.