We can relate to Star Trek 45 years later. The technology in the episode is kind of where we are now. Even though we can't teleport anywhere, the communication devices they used are basically our cellphones today. The zenon gas or whatever it was called is like pollution today. The gas affected the characters in Star Trek by making them act not smart, and the pollution is killing the enviroment. Also the theme of trust is relatable today. In Star Trek the girl, whose name I cannot remeber, did not trust the captain. Today we see this in everything, whether it be in school or at home.
Gene Roddenberry's creative imagination and the existing technology, I think, both influenced the ideas for new technology. Scienists were probably looking at the existing technology and thought this would be better if this happened. Roddenberry's creative imagination probably sparked new ideas for scientists to try. Star Trek is based in space, and the episode aired in 1966. We went to the moon in 1969.
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I love how you talked about Star Trek being ahead of the times, because they were in space in '66 & we didn't go to the moon until '69. Great blog!
ReplyDeletehahahaha I like it. But i disagree about your science part. But other then that you basically summed up what technology was like and talked about how they were advanced.
ReplyDeleteStar Trek really is ahead of time! We have barely caught up to them today! Beam us up!
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I say that were given many ideas by science fiction writers. The imgaination is such a powerful thing. Someone had to imagine it before it was created. Also I forgot about the pollution thing. Nice comparisson.
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Yeah... Its interesting because we do have alot of the technology that was thought up way back then but some of it we don't have. Like you said we don't tellaport or beam anywhere. Is this in our Future? I don't know...
ReplyDeleteYeah I love your comparison as well to the zenon gas being like pollution. It's crazy to think that someone could also imagine enviormental happenings 45 years down the road.
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