"Space: The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before." In “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier,” the Enterprise is taken over by Spock's deluded half-brother Sybok, who believes that the moment of enlightenment will come after crossing the so-called Great Barrier at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The ship is closely pursued…
explore. I believe that space is the final frontier. Three main points that help with this are Galaxies what they are their shapes and what lies within them. Lifeforms off of earth what’s out there and are they friendly. Stars and planets what fate lies for our sun and other stars and the fate of planets in orbit around them. Galaxies what we know about them is there are many in every shape and size. The Milky Way is the Galaxy our Solar system is in along with others galaxies all holding solar…
while others take us to galaxies far, far away. Regardless of where or when the story takes place, particular conventions are always certain. One such convention is that when a new technology is central to the plot, the technology will cause harm. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan demonstrates this through the building of the Genesis project, Jurassic Park through the revival of dinosaurs, and I, Robot through the creation of robots and the “three laws”. These three films demonstrate how new…
“There are certain things men must do to remain men. Your computer would take that away.” Wise words from Captain James T. Kirk. “The Ultimate Computer,” an episode from Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek: The Original Series, effectively details human reaction toward technology and how far advancement should extend. Star Trek scrutinizes the consequences of space travel and exploration, advancement of technology, and militarization. In the episode “The Ultimate Computer,” the crew of the U.S.S.…
The United States of America has been at war since 2001. The two campaigns are known as Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraq Freedom. Since the beginning, there has been over 1.5 million troops deployed to the region (Savitsky, Illingsworth, & Dulaney, 2009). It does not matter what the job is, the chances that a soldier will experience a form of trauma is almost guaranteed. It was no different for Lieutenant Commander Heidi Kraft. In her book, Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in…
to laws that were ratified by congress. Twitter hashtags have led to entire ad campaigns being shut down due to backlash over the harmful message. Yet, little positive change has occurred regarding media. Perhaps it is the result of multiple generations of being raised in this culture or perhaps we simply don’t know how or where to start. If we want to see a prominent of example of positive representation in the media, we have to go back to the days of tube televisions and turn back the…
Mark Hamill and Patrick stewart Mark Hamill and Patrick Stewart have very similar careers in science fiction and voice acting but there are a lot of differences between them. First of all Mark Hamill was born in 1951 in on september 25 in Oakland California,on the other hand Patrick Stewart was born in Mirfield England. While Mark grew up with seven siblings, Patrick grew up with his brother in a two room house. Mark Hamill’s and Patrick Stewart’s first acting careers were very similar,…
has been married and divorced three times, and has been involved with two other celebrities; she has one child with with her first ex-husband. She is an author, singer, political activist, talk show host, actress, and comedian. She was a fan of "Star Trek" as a child, especially because of Uhura, because it was a black character that was not a maid. Goldberg dropped out of high school to pursue an acting career, and because her dyslexia made it hard for her to keep going through school. To…
Captain Jean-Luc Picard is the captain of the starship enterprise in the T.V series Star Trek: The Next Generation. played by British actor Sir Patrick Stewart he successfully captained the ship for 7 seasons and 4 movies. The Next Generation was the second series made in the popular franchise after the success of the original series, I’ve chosen this character since his often highly regarded in the sci fi fandom as being one of the greatest captains of the long running franchise. The first…
human terms, believing the unbelievable. In a 1970 interview, he explains that the hardware should be identifiable, ?I would probably shy away from the year 2500. I would much rather deal in 1998... I like to know what happens Thursday, not in the next century? (LaFrance). The Twilight Zone also dealt with controversial topics such as race and gender. And although the show was cancelled twice and revived each time, The Twilight Zone had only moderate ratings over the five years and five seasons…