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OMG THIS. THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING.
I’ve been ranting about this to all of my friends and family and they always dismiss it but I think that there is something to unlock here!!!
In a world where world peace/hunger/poverty/etc was SOLVED and now the earths biggest issues are intergalactic communications and exploration… what happens to art? Or more specifically, pop culture?
Okay tbh, I was gonna keep on talking but the post I’m reblogging says jt all really lmao.
My one problem with Star Trek is that no one is ever consuming contemporary media. As in media that's contemporary for their time period. Everyone is always reading old novels and practicing classical music. They study Klingon Opera or read old Cardassian mysteries. No one is ever like really into obscure Klingon Nightcore. Nobody is reading shitty Ferengi pulp novels. There's no kids media of any kind. Where is space Sesame Street or junior novels about gaining superpowers from a warp core accident? What about comic books? Nobody is playing crappy indy holodeck games. It's always some recreation of a historical battle or just lounging in a mud pit at some alien spa. Someone give me angsty Bajoran protest music. I need some rebellious teens producing the worst most cacophonous death metal techno that they recorded in an empty cargo bay. I need contemporary pop culture in Star Trek.