• This Is ALL We're Getting For Star Trek's 60th Anniversary?!

    From Ubiquitous@weberm@polaris.net to rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current on Mon Aug 10 04:30:42 2026
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    Star Trek's 60th anniversary in 2026 is being marked primarily by The Sixty- Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World u a documentary executive produced by William Shatner opening exclusively at Regal Cinemas nationwide on October 9, featuring interviews with Shatner, George Takei, and Walter Koenig alongside Gene Roddenberry Jr. and hundreds of writers, directors, and producers who built the franchise from its 1966 debut. With Strange New Worlds in its final stretch, Starfleet Academy on its way out, Alex Kurtzman's contract expired, and the next Star Trek film jumping to a disconnected far-future setting with all-new characters, a theatrical documentary built entirely on nostalgia for the original 1960s series is the most honest statement Paramount has made about where fan affection for the franchise actually lives in 2026.

    https://youtu.be/NNU_yQi7eP8?si=b-SHtYfErWN6sKkf
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    Star Trek's 60th anniversary in 2026 is being marked primarily by The Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World u a documentary executive produced by William Shatner opening exclusively
    at Regal Cinemas nationwide on October 9, featuring interviews with
    Shatner, George Takei, and Walter Koenig alongside Gene Roddenberry Jr.
    and hundreds of writers, directors, and producers who built the
    franchise from its 1966 debut. With Strange New Worlds in its final
    stretch, Starfleet Academy on its way out, Alex Kurtzman's contract
    expired, and the next Star Trek film jumping to a disconnected far-
    future setting with all-new characters, a theatrical documentary built entirely on nostalgia for the original 1960s series is the most honest statement Paramount has made about where fan affection for the
    franchise actually lives in 2026.

    https://youtu.be/NNU_yQi7eP8?si=b-SHtYfErWN6sKkf
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  • From Patrick@patrick@example.invalid to rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.misc,rec.arts.movies.current-films on Sun Aug 23 14:27:09 2026
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    It's very sad. Hard to believe that at one point we had TNG, DS9, and
    Voyager, all on tv at the same time for some period of time (plus a
    movie at the same time?).

    They really ran the franchise into the ground.

    I recently became aware of some comics that bring Sisko back and stuff.
    Gonna look into those.
    https://startreklitverse.com/theseus-and-defiant.php
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  • From NoBody@NoBody@nowhere.com to rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current on Sat Aug 29 10:09:12 2026
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    On Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:27:09 -0400, Patrick <patrick@example.invalid>
    wrote:

    In article <115c6a2$30noc$2@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

    Star Trek's 60th anniversary in 2026 is being marked primarily by The Sixty- >>Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World ?a documentary >>executive produced by William Shatner opening exclusively at Regal Cinemas >>nationwide on October 9, featuring interviews with Shatner, George Takei, and
    Walter Koenig alongside Gene Roddenberry Jr. and hundreds of writers, >>directors, and producers who built the franchise from its 1966 debut. With >>Strange New Worlds in its final stretch, Starfleet Academy on its way out, >>Alex Kurtzman's contract expired, and the next Star Trek film jumping to a >>disconnected far-future setting with all-new characters, a theatrical >>documentary built entirely on nostalgia for the original 1960s series is the >>most honest statement Paramount has made about where fan affection for the >>franchise actually lives in 2026.

    https://youtu.be/NNU_yQi7eP8?si=b-SHtYfErWN6sKkf


    It's very sad. Hard to believe that at one point we had TNG, DS9, and >Voyager, all on tv at the same time for some period of time (plus a
    movie at the same time?).

    They really ran the franchise into the ground.

    I recently became aware of some comics that bring Sisko back and stuff. >Gonna look into those.
    https://startreklitverse.com/theseus-and-defiant.php

    They purchased the intellectual property in order to make it pure
    wokism and destroyed it.
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  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.tv on Sat Aug 29 17:27:29 2026
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    On Aug 29, 2026 at 7:09:12 AM PDT, "NoBody" <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:27:09 -0400, Patrick <patrick@example.invalid>
    wrote:

    In article <115c6a2$30noc$2@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

    Star Trek's 60th anniversary in 2026 is being marked primarily by The Sixty-
    Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World ?a documentary
    executive produced by William Shatner opening exclusively at Regal Cinemas >>> nationwide on October 9, featuring interviews with Shatner, George Takei, >>> and
    Walter Koenig alongside Gene Roddenberry Jr. and hundreds of writers,
    directors, and producers who built the franchise from its 1966 debut. With >>> Strange New Worlds in its final stretch, Starfleet Academy on its way out, >>> Alex Kurtzman's contract expired, and the next Star Trek film jumping to a >>> disconnected far-future setting with all-new characters, a theatrical
    documentary built entirely on nostalgia for the original 1960s series is the
    most honest statement Paramount has made about where fan affection for the >>> franchise actually lives in 2026.

    https://youtu.be/NNU_yQi7eP8?si=b-SHtYfErWN6sKkf


    It's very sad. Hard to believe that at one point we had TNG, DS9, and
    Voyager, all on tv at the same time for some period of time (plus a
    movie at the same time?).

    They really ran the franchise into the ground.

    I recently became aware of some comics that bring Sisko back and stuff.
    Gonna look into those.
    https://startreklitverse.com/theseus-and-defiant.php

    They purchased the intellectual property in order to make it pure
    wokism and destroyed it.

    Well, to be fair, TREK has been mostly woke since its inception. It just didn't shove it your face in every scene like they do these days.

    Just look at the bridge crew of the original Enterprise-- an alien, a black woman, a Japanese guy, a Russian, a Scotsman and Kirk. If they made that
    today, we'd be laughing about all the DEI boxes they checked with their woke casting. But the original show did it without fanfare, without the characters congratulating themselves in the dialog about how wonderful they are for being so inclusive, etc. It was just the world of the show and it spoke for itself while the show told interesting and exciting stories without constantly
    drawing attention to it.

    And don't get me started on the Federation's "we don't do money anymore"
    ethos. I mean, that's just communism with starships.


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  • From The True Melissa@thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM to rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.tv on Sat Aug 29 13:48:23 2026
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    BTR1701 wrote in article <116v4q1$3diob$3@dont-email.me>:
    Well, to be fair, TREK has been mostly woke since its inception. It just didn't shove it your face in every scene like they do these days.

    Just look at the bridge crew of the original Enterprise-- an alien, a black woman, a Japanese guy, a Russian, a Scotsman and Kirk. If they made that today, we'd be laughing about all the DEI boxes they checked with their woke casting. But the original show did it without fanfare, without the characters congratulating themselves in the dialog about how wonderful they are for being
    so inclusive, etc. It was just the world of the show and it spoke for itself while the show told interesting and exciting stories without constantly drawing attention to it.


    It did preach sometimes. Remember the episode with Abraham
    Lincoln? How about "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield," with the
    black-white guy and the white-black guy? I thought that one was
    preachy even as a kid.

    I wonder if the rise in narcissism has become a problem for TV.
    So many people want to see not just an interesting character but
    *themselves* on the screen, or their inner image of themselves.
    To older people, it looks like the characters are constantly
    fussing over their demographic traits. To people who grew up in
    this world, it might look much more natural.
    --
    The meek shall inherit, we're told,
    But I'm not so easily sold.
    For supposing they should,
    It would do them no good --
    They'd lose it at once to the bold.
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  • From NoBody@NoBody@nowhere.com to rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.tv on Sun Aug 30 11:42:15 2026
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    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 17:27:29 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    On Aug 29, 2026 at 7:09:12 AM PDT, "NoBody" <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:27:09 -0400, Patrick <patrick@example.invalid>
    wrote:

    In article <115c6a2$30noc$2@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

    Star Trek's 60th anniversary in 2026 is being marked primarily by The Sixty-
    Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World ?a documentary
    executive produced by William Shatner opening exclusively at Regal Cinemas
    nationwide on October 9, featuring interviews with Shatner, George Takei, >>>> and
    Walter Koenig alongside Gene Roddenberry Jr. and hundreds of writers, >>>> directors, and producers who built the franchise from its 1966 debut. With
    Strange New Worlds in its final stretch, Starfleet Academy on its way out,
    Alex Kurtzman's contract expired, and the next Star Trek film jumping to a
    disconnected far-future setting with all-new characters, a theatrical >>>> documentary built entirely on nostalgia for the original 1960s series is the
    most honest statement Paramount has made about where fan affection for the
    franchise actually lives in 2026.

    https://youtu.be/NNU_yQi7eP8?si=b-SHtYfErWN6sKkf


    It's very sad. Hard to believe that at one point we had TNG, DS9, and
    Voyager, all on tv at the same time for some period of time (plus a
    movie at the same time?).

    They really ran the franchise into the ground.

    I recently became aware of some comics that bring Sisko back and stuff. >>> Gonna look into those.
    https://startreklitverse.com/theseus-and-defiant.php

    They purchased the intellectual property in order to make it pure
    wokism and destroyed it.

    Well, to be fair, TREK has been mostly woke since its inception. It just >didn't shove it your face in every scene like they do these days.

    Activist but not woke in the modern sense.


    Just look at the bridge crew of the original Enterprise-- an alien, a black >woman, a Japanese guy, a Russian, a Scotsman and Kirk. If they made that >today, we'd be laughing about all the DEI boxes they checked with their woke >casting. But the original show did it without fanfare, without the characters >congratulating themselves in the dialog about how wonderful they are for being >so inclusive, etc. It was just the world of the show and it spoke for itself >while the show told interesting and exciting stories without constantly >drawing attention to it.

    And don't get me started on the Federation's "we don't do money anymore" >ethos. I mean, that's just communism with starships.


    TOS reflected actual make up of society. Modern trek creates its own
    and turns reality on its head.
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  • From Ubiquitous@weberm@polaris.net to rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current on Fri Sep 25 17:30:05 2026
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    linnettedo3fo@hotmail.com wrote:
    In article <006fe1v$252a3$1@dont-email.me>, patrick@example.invalid says...
    weberm@polaris.net wrote:

    Star Trek's 60th anniversary in 2026 is being marked primarily by The Sixty- >>>Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World - a documentary
    executive produced by William Shatner opening exclusively at Regal Cinemas >>>nationwide on October 9, featuring interviews with Shatner, George Takei, and
    Walter Koenig alongside Gene Roddenberry Jr. and hundreds of writers, >>>directors, and producers who built the franchise from its 1966 debut. With >>>Strange New Worlds in its final stretch, Starfleet Academy on its way out, >>>Alex Kurtzman's contract expired, and the next Star Trek film jumping to a >>>disconnected far-future setting with all-new characters, a theatrical >>>documentary built entirely on nostalgia for the original 1960s series is the
    most honest statement Paramount has made about where fan affection for the >>>franchise actually lives in 2026.

    https://youtu.be/NNU_yQi7eP8?si=b-SHtYfErWN6sKkf

    It's very sad. Hard to believe that at one point we had TNG, DS9, and >>Voyager, all on tv at the same time for some period of time (plus a
    movie at the same time?).

    They really ran the franchise into the ground.

    I recently became aware of some comics that bring Sisko back and stuff. >>Gonna look into those.
    https://startreklitverse.com/theseus-and-defiant.php

    60th Anniversary of Star Trek is actually the 21st Anniversary of its death.

    ++
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  • From Ubiquitous@weberm@polaris.net to rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.tv on Fri Sep 25 17:30:06 2026
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    NoBody@nowhere.com wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    "NoBody" <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:
    Patrick <patrick@example.invalid wrote:
    In article <115c6a2$30noc$2@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

    Star Trek's 60th anniversary in 2026 is being marked primarily by The >>>>> Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World - >>>>> documentary executive produced by William Shatner opening exclusively >>>>> at Regal Cinemas nationwide on October 9, featuring interviews with >>>>> Shatner, George Takei, and Walter Koenig alongside Gene Roddenberry Jr. >>>>> and hundreds of writers, directors, and producers who built the
    franchise from its 1966 debut. With Strange New Worlds in its final >>>>> stretch, Starfleet Academy on its way out, Alex Kurtzman's contract >>>>> expired, and the next Star Trek film jumping to a disconnected far-
    future setting with all-new characters, a theatrical documentary built >>>>> entirely on nostalgia for the original 1960s series is the most honest >>>>> statement Paramount has made about where fan affection for the
    franchise actually lives in 2026.

    https://youtu.be/NNU_yQi7eP8?si=b-SHtYfErWN6sKkf

    It's very sad. Hard to believe that at one point we had TNG, DS9,
    and Voyager, all on tv at the same time for some period of time (plus >>>> a movie at the same time?).

    They really ran the franchise into the ground.

    I recently became aware of some comics that bring Sisko back and stuff. >>>> Gonna look into those.
    https://startreklitverse.com/theseus-and-defiant.php

    They purchased the intellectual property in order to make it pure
    wokism and destroyed it.

    Well, to be fair, TREK has been mostly woke since its inception. It just >>didn't shove it your face in every scene like they do these days.

    Just look at the bridge crew of the original Enterprise-- an alien, a black >>woman, a Japanese guy, a Russian, a Scotsman and Kirk. If they made that >>today, we'd be laughing about all the DEI boxes they checked with their >>woke casting. But the original show did it without fanfare, without the >>characters congratulating themselves in the dialog about how wonderful they >>are for being so inclusive, etc. It was just the world of the show and it >>spoke for itself while the show told interesting and exciting stories >>without constantly drawing attention to it.

    Activist but not woke in the modern sense.

    I think the argument that Trek has always been woke is ridiculous.
    (I'm loking at you, Steve Shives!)

    And don't get me started on the Federation's "we don't do money anymore" >>ethos. I mean, that's just communism with starships.

    When did that start? I guess if you can create food and goods out of thin air, then nothing will have much value.
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  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.tv on Sat Sep 26 16:50:17 2026
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    On Sep 25, 2026 at 2:30:06 PM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    NoBody@nowhere.com wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    "NoBody" <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:
    Patrick <patrick@example.invalid wrote:
    In article <115c6a2$30noc$2@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

    Star Trek's 60th anniversary in 2026 is being marked primarily by The >>>>>> Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World - >>>>>> documentary executive produced by William Shatner opening exclusively >>>>>> at Regal Cinemas nationwide on October 9, featuring interviews with >>>>>> Shatner, George Takei, and Walter Koenig alongside Gene Roddenberry Jr.
    and hundreds of writers, directors, and producers who built the
    franchise from its 1966 debut. With Strange New Worlds in its final >>>>>> stretch, Starfleet Academy on its way out, Alex Kurtzman's contract >>>>>> expired, and the next Star Trek film jumping to a disconnected far- >>>>>> future setting with all-new characters, a theatrical documentary built >>>>>> entirely on nostalgia for the original 1960s series is the most honest >>>>>> statement Paramount has made about where fan affection for the
    franchise actually lives in 2026.

    https://youtu.be/NNU_yQi7eP8?si=b-SHtYfErWN6sKkf

    It's very sad. Hard to believe that at one point we had TNG, DS9,
    and Voyager, all on tv at the same time for some period of time (plus >>>>> a movie at the same time?).

    They really ran the franchise into the ground.

    I recently became aware of some comics that bring Sisko back and stuff. >>>>> Gonna look into those.
    https://startreklitverse.com/theseus-and-defiant.php

    They purchased the intellectual property in order to make it pure
    wokism and destroyed it.

    Well, to be fair, TREK has been mostly woke since its inception. It just >>> didn't shove it your face in every scene like they do these days.

    Just look at the bridge crew of the original Enterprise-- an alien, a black >>> woman, a Japanese guy, a Russian, a Scotsman and Kirk. If they made that >>> today, we'd be laughing about all the DEI boxes they checked with their >>> woke casting. But the original show did it without fanfare, without the >>> characters congratulating themselves in the dialog about how wonderful they
    are for being so inclusive, etc. It was just the world of the show and it >>> spoke for itself while the show told interesting and exciting stories
    without constantly drawing attention to it.

    Activist but not woke in the modern sense.

    I think the argument that Trek has always been woke is ridiculous.
    (I'm loking at you, Steve Shives!)

    And don't get me started on the Federation's "we don't do money anymore" >>> ethos. I mean, that's just communism with starships.

    When did that start? I guess if you can create food and goods out of thin air,
    then nothing will have much value.

    There have been various comments from the characters that replicated food
    can't beat the real thing, so actual food that's grown (or slaughtered) the
    old fashioned way would still have value. The question is how one obtains it (or how it's provided) in a restaurant like Poppa Sisko's if there's no
    money.


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  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current on Sat Sep 26 11:14:31 2026
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    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    On Sep 25, 2026 at 2:30:06 PM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    NoBody@nowhere.com wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    "NoBody" <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:
    Patrick <patrick@example.invalid wrote:
    In article <115c6a2$30noc$2@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

    Star Trek's 60th anniversary in 2026 is being marked primarily by The >>>>>>> Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World - >>>>>>> documentary executive produced by William Shatner opening exclusively >>>>>>> at Regal Cinemas nationwide on October 9, featuring interviews with >>>>>>> Shatner, George Takei, and Walter Koenig alongside Gene Roddenberry Jr.
    and hundreds of writers, directors, and producers who built the >>>>>>> franchise from its 1966 debut. With Strange New Worlds in its final >>>>>>> stretch, Starfleet Academy on its way out, Alex Kurtzman's contract >>>>>>> expired, and the next Star Trek film jumping to a disconnected far- >>>>>>> future setting with all-new characters, a theatrical documentary built >>>>>>> entirely on nostalgia for the original 1960s series is the most honest >>>>>>> statement Paramount has made about where fan affection for the
    franchise actually lives in 2026.

    https://youtu.be/NNU_yQi7eP8?si=b-SHtYfErWN6sKkf

    It's very sad. Hard to believe that at one point we had TNG, DS9, >>>>>> and Voyager, all on tv at the same time for some period of time (plus >>>>>> a movie at the same time?).

    They really ran the franchise into the ground.

    I recently became aware of some comics that bring Sisko back and stuff. >>>>>> Gonna look into those.
    https://startreklitverse.com/theseus-and-defiant.php

    They purchased the intellectual property in order to make it pure
    wokism and destroyed it.

    Well, to be fair, TREK has been mostly woke since its inception. It just >>>> didn't shove it your face in every scene like they do these days.

    Just look at the bridge crew of the original Enterprise-- an alien, a black
    woman, a Japanese guy, a Russian, a Scotsman and Kirk. If they made that >>>> today, we'd be laughing about all the DEI boxes they checked with their >>>> woke casting. But the original show did it without fanfare, without the >>>> characters congratulating themselves in the dialog about how wonderful they
    are for being so inclusive, etc. It was just the world of the show and it >>>> spoke for itself while the show told interesting and exciting stories >>>> without constantly drawing attention to it.

    Activist but not woke in the modern sense.

    I think the argument that Trek has always been woke is ridiculous.
    (I'm loking at you, Steve Shives!)

    And don't get me started on the Federation's "we don't do money anymore" >>>> ethos. I mean, that's just communism with starships.

    When did that start?

    The Shat says rCLtheyrCOre still using moneyrCY in the whale movie. I donrCOt know
    if thererCOs an actual TOS reference for it.

    I guess if you can create food and goods out of thin
    air,
    then nothing will have much value.

    There have been various comments from the characters that replicated food
    can't beat the real thing, so actual food


    On Voyager, they established that food replicators canrCOt make crisp celery.
    I wonder what the bone and a T-bone steak would be like. Much less the shuttlecraft parts that they replicate.

    that's grown (or slaughtered) the
    old fashioned way would still have value. The question is how one obtains
    it
    (or how it's provided) in a restaurant like Poppa Sisko's if there's no
    money.


    They have some sort of credit system for the transporter to visit the restaurant; one assumes they pay for the food the same way. But I have no
    idea how that possibly varies from money in any practical sense.
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