That had the most influence in my life. A lot of which I don't remember much of since I was a child of 10 or 11 years when I first watched the reruns in the weekends here in New Zealand here in 1981-2.
I had an unusual New Year's Eve 2021 as I was invited to a BBQ and ended up falling a sleep while editing a comic book I had written and now am lettering and editing the artwork.
Anyway, having missed out on the party to welcome in 2022 I decided to watch episodes I hadn't watched this past year while trying to refresh my memory of the original series episodes since I hadn't seen them since the 80s.
I am huge fan of the series and it's, as I've said, had a huge influence on my love of science fiction and a view of the world that I may not have had having been born and raised in the Fiji Islands up till the move to NZ in 1981.
There are so many stories in these 3 seasons of a franchise that nowadays since to have lost all it's core values or imagination.
This story is raw and interesting even now some. 52yrs later. A lot of folks have rightly mentioned the white/black race elements of the story's aliens, but there is also the interesting point of the mixed race that's seems to be lost on many as well.
Mixed race has an interesting level of prejudice as well. Such as which side is chosen as the more dominant one to live by. Sadly today, as I am sure back in 1969 that there were those who were of mixed race and of course this would be easily noted as they were lighter than black and darker than white.
This is of course not exclusive to the white/black features of the American citizenry where this show is based, but everywhere all over the world where there have been relationships between persons of two different races. Sure we can in 2022 see this story as something very heavy handed and ham-fisted in it's approach. But, it is still very relevant now as it was then as a reminder to all of us that colour, ethnicity or ideologies should not remove our humanity. Or, the basic needs of us all to survive on this ball of dust.
I wish everyone would watch this 1966 series once this year and think about each story the rest of the year. Maybe then we could all look toward a better future together the way that Roddenberry envisioned it could've been.
I had an unusual New Year's Eve 2021 as I was invited to a BBQ and ended up falling a sleep while editing a comic book I had written and now am lettering and editing the artwork.
Anyway, having missed out on the party to welcome in 2022 I decided to watch episodes I hadn't watched this past year while trying to refresh my memory of the original series episodes since I hadn't seen them since the 80s.
I am huge fan of the series and it's, as I've said, had a huge influence on my love of science fiction and a view of the world that I may not have had having been born and raised in the Fiji Islands up till the move to NZ in 1981.
There are so many stories in these 3 seasons of a franchise that nowadays since to have lost all it's core values or imagination.
This story is raw and interesting even now some. 52yrs later. A lot of folks have rightly mentioned the white/black race elements of the story's aliens, but there is also the interesting point of the mixed race that's seems to be lost on many as well.
Mixed race has an interesting level of prejudice as well. Such as which side is chosen as the more dominant one to live by. Sadly today, as I am sure back in 1969 that there were those who were of mixed race and of course this would be easily noted as they were lighter than black and darker than white.
This is of course not exclusive to the white/black features of the American citizenry where this show is based, but everywhere all over the world where there have been relationships between persons of two different races. Sure we can in 2022 see this story as something very heavy handed and ham-fisted in it's approach. But, it is still very relevant now as it was then as a reminder to all of us that colour, ethnicity or ideologies should not remove our humanity. Or, the basic needs of us all to survive on this ball of dust.
I wish everyone would watch this 1966 series once this year and think about each story the rest of the year. Maybe then we could all look toward a better future together the way that Roddenberry envisioned it could've been.