My Future Challenge

[AV1611VET]

Concerning the future, which one doesn't belong on this list and why?

1. In the Year 2525, Zager & Evans
2. Planet of the Apes, Pierre Boulle
3. The Hellstrom Chronicle, David Seltzer
4. Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry
5. Revelation, John Boanerges

 

[Kylie]

Concerning the future, which one doesn't belong on this list and why?

1. In the Year 2525, Zager & Evans
2. Planet of the Apes, Pierre Boulle
3. The Hellstrom Chronicle, David Seltzer
4. Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry
5. Revelation, John Boanerges

Star Trek.

It's the only one which portrays a positive future for Humanity.

In the others, mankind either strips the planet bare, mankind is overthrown by apes or insects, or nuked by God.

Star Trek shows that humans can overcome our differences, get rid of poverty crime and work together to make the world better.

 

[Anguspure]

1. In the Year 2525, Zager & Evans
I'm thinking it's the only one for which the original story still lies in the future.

 

[AV1611VET]

Star Trek.

It's the only one which portrays a positive future for Humanity.

As long as they don't cross the Neutral Zone.

 

[Quid est Veritas?]

Star Trek.

It's the only one which portrays a positive future for Humanity.

In the others, mankind either strips the planet bare, mankind is overthrown by apes or insects, or nuked by God.

Star Trek shows that humans can overcome our differences, get rid of poverty crime and work together to make the world better.

Star Trek begins with mission logs, meaning we are fed a narrative from the Federation's viewpoint.

What we do know is that the Federation is largely run by a Militaristic Star Fleet which seems to control colonies, transport and engages in mining and Real Politik with surrounding empires.
Thus Star Trek is at best the story of Imperialism and at worst Fascism, although in its idealised forms.

 

[timewerx]

Star Trek.

It's the only one which portrays a positive future for Humanity.

In the others, mankind either strips the planet bare, mankind is overthrown by apes or insects, or nuked by God.

Star Trek shows that humans can overcome our differences, get rid of poverty crime and work together to make the world better.

Star Trek "reality" did not come at a free cost.

In the film "Star Trek First Contact", change only came after a catastrophic nuclear global war that reduced human population to a very small population and wiped out all of our infrastructure.

It costed billions of lives, thousands of square miles of irradiated land, and our pride to finally realize, we can live in a system that gives instead of take.

 

[Kylie]

Star Trek begins with mission logs, meaning we are fed a narrative from the Federation's viewpoint.

What we do know is that the Federation is largely run by a Militaristic Star Fleet which seems to control colonies, transport and engages in mining and Real Politik with surrounding empires.
Thus Star Trek is at best the story of Imperialism and at worst Fascism, although in its idealised forms.

Member planets have agreed to work together, but they are not taken over. Vulcan, for example, still has a Vulcan government.

 

[Kylie]

1. In the Year 2525, Zager & Evans

BTW, thank you for getting that song stuck in my head. And the lyrics to "Monster Mash" fit it perfectly. My head is filled with a disturbing mix of two songs.

 

[Quid est Veritas?]

Member planets have agreed to work together, but they are not taken over. Vulcan, for example, still has a Vulcan government.

Just like Slovakia and Croatia had their own governments or Finland under the Nazis.
Remember we are shown Starfleet logs as each episode reminds us. Obviously a Fascist group would present harmonious cooperation.

Show me Romulan or Klingon records of Federation activities...

 

[AV1611VET]

BTW, thank you for getting that song stuck in my head.

LOL

Catchy, isn't it?

 

[AV1611VET]

Show me Romulan or Klingon records of Federation activities...

Not to mention ... um ... demimondes.

 

[[serious]]

Concerning the future, which one doesn't belong on this list and why?

1. In the Year 2525, Zager & Evans
2. Planet of the Apes, Pierre Boulle
3. The Hellstrom Chronicle, David Seltzer
4. Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry
5. Revelation, John Boanerges

I'll go with #5 in that it's the one that AV believes in.