I Started Watching Star Trek In September, 1966. So You Might Say That I’m An Old Fan Who Has Found

I started watching Star Trek in September, 1966. So you might say that I’m an old fan who has found all the new Trek a joy. It’s very important that Star Trek grows but still be true to itself, as it is. There will always be those nay-sayers. If you don’t like it, don’t watch it. That being said, I found that first episode of SNW very moving, chilling, and also a warning to us.

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First episode of Strange New Worlds almost made me cry. I can see now why so maybe boomer fans and dudebros scared of progressive views hate this series. People who hate progress and call any kind of honesty "woke pandering."

The idea of World War 3 is terrifying. But with the way the world is now it's a high possibility. Pike's words are true. Horrifying and real. But he's right. We need to overcome these things to ever be able to become more than we are. The things humanity could do if we pushed past our own hate and war? I genuinely believe we could reach amazing beautiful things far beyond our imaginations.

This show is extremely political. In order to reach Star Trek we need to be. We have to self reflect and work against our own broken views. Imagining a world where we could be beyond that is beautiful. But it comes at a cost. Being faced with our own downfalls is hard. It's scary. We'll destroy ourselves if we don't. Some people refuse to see that and aren't ready to.

This is why this show resonates so much with younger fans. It almost brought me to tears. It's everything Star Trek should be. His words are all that it embodies. Now we're in an age when those kind of words can finally be spoken and make all of us look up and think,

"We can do it."