The Politics of Star Trek
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (642 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B009VNG4BG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 559 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mr Philip C Veale said Couldn't finish it.. A real disappointment, one I didn't even finish. Each chapter is just a brief explanation of an episode, followed by a simplistic and monotonic statement that it supports conservative viewpoints. But the argument isn't backed by any citations, just unsupported declarations ("liberals want to appease Islamic terrorists") that are required to position the episode as being conservative.Painfully repetitive, just couldn't finish it.. Conservative Trekkers? This series at Commentarama drove me from the shadows of lurkerdom and actually got me to post there. This is good stuff, the "hidden in plain sight" conservative themes of the original series are explored. That nagging "I shouldn't like this Gene Roddenberry ultra liberal claptrap show" feeling can be soothed with truthful and timeless conservative themes that are so woven into the story it takes a couple steps back to see them clearly. Andrew and his brain trust make it cool to b. Great analysis of TOS PDBronco I've been reading the Politics of Trek series on Commentarama Films for some time now. Andrew does a great job exploring the themes that run through a number of TOS episodes, and exposing how basically conservative Star Trek was.
Volume one discusses ten episodes as well as providing an overall analysis of the show. In each episode, you will see any number of strongly conservative political positions taken by Captain James T. Everyone knows the original ‘Star Trek’ was nothing more than a western set in space, right? Well, not really. Intrigued?‘The Politics of Star Trek’ analyzes the political and philosophical messages contained within the original series of ‘Star Trek’. What does being split into two halves say about human nature? Can aggression be met with weakness? Was ‘Star Trek’ pro-Vietnam War? And what about those smelly space hippies? Read on and see how week after week, ‘Star Trek’ delivered solidly conservative political messages.. The original ‘Star Trek’ was a highly nuanced morality tale that just happened to be set in the world of science fiction, and as amazing as it may sound, it was also a deeply conservative work. Kirk as he struggles to solve questions of morality and deal with the social issues of the day