“Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was exploring the universe. I thought I would experience a deep connection with the immensity around us, a deep call for endless exploration.
"I was absolutely wrong. The strongest feeling, that dominated everything else by far, was the deepest grief that I had ever experienced.
"I understood, in the clearest possible way, that we were living on a tiny oasis of life, surrounded by an immensity of death. I didn’t see infinite possibilities of worlds to explore, adventures to have, or living creatures to connect with. I saw the deepest darkness I could have ever imagined, contrasting so starkly with the welcoming warmth of our nurturing home planet.
"This was an immensely powerful awakening for me. It filled me with sadness. I realized that we had spent decades, if not centuries, being obsessed with looking away, with looking outside. I did my share in popularizing the idea that space was the final frontier. But I had to get to space to understand that Earth is and will stay our only home. And that we have been ravaging it, relentlessly, making it uninhabitable."
-- William Shatner, actor
My week of hotel service was decades ago, but the crew & I were all careful to talk about anything EXCEPT #StarTrek with our guest while he was on vacation 😉 Any #Trekkie knows that's key to getting along with Mr S
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Because, if not, then it means there are no Tucker Carlsons and no Jon Stewarts, and no John Olivers in that universe. Probably because nothing needs internal investigations in that society as a whole!
Not an avid #Trekkie myself but def curious to know what episode that image is from...
(Interestingly, the image you attached inline in your comment on lemmy didn't appear in my @Tusky notifications. But, sensing something amiss, I checked out the lemmy community and saw the image...)
That horrible episode aside can I just say Strange New Worlds is actually very very good! It might be even better than Discovery season 3-4. #StarTrek#Trekkie
We want to get things started early this year! You can begin purchasing you photo ops on January 1. Meet and greets will be posted in the next couple of months.
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Endlich - der erste Schritt zum Universal Translator - der #HumanAIPin! Wird wohl vermutlich nur eine (teure) Spielerei und nicht der nächste geile Scheiß! Aber als #Trekkie finde ich die Übersetzungsfunktion schon nice ...
Mit Knopf im Ohr und Simultanübersetzung wäre es schon ein echter Schritt in die richtige Richtung ;-)
"Alte" #startrek Serien wie Voyager, Deep Space Nine oder Next Generation schneiden Folge für Folge spannende Themen an, nehmen sich Zeit, Charaktere zu zeichnen und sind für mich Star Trek auf hohem Niveau.
Im Vergleich dazu kacken aktuelle Produktionen wie Discovery oder Picard leider (in meinen Augen) voll ab. Sorry to say ... es mag für manche unterhaltsam sein, mag einigen auch gefallen - aber ich tue mich schon sehr schwer damit.
Umso mehr freue ich mich, dass #StrangeNewWorlds wieder vieles richtig macht. Ja, immer wieder ein Auf und Ab, nicht jede Folge ein absolutes Highlight - aber ehrlicherweise war das bei den alten Serien auch nicht anders ;-)
So - das musste mal gesagt werden, weil ich jetzt wieder gemütlich 1 - 2 Folgen Voyager genieße ("Gegen das Vergessen" aktuell gerade)
@georgetakei You have no idea how happy a reply from YOU makes a #Trekkie like me!!! 🤩 🥰 🖖 I've been a fan of yours forever!!!! ❤️
Much love to you & Brad 🤗 :prideheart: 🖖
Tak už máme za sebou 14 dílů Star Trek: Strange New Worlds a nebudu lhát, ten seriál je naprosto skvělej. Nepamatuju si jedinej díl, kterej mě nebavil, a speciálně druhej díl druhý sezóny řadím k tomu nejlepšímu, co za celý ty desetiletí ve Star Treku bylo.