wonderful insights that I would have never even caught just from watching the episode. The podcasters also descuss the poor leadership displayed in the episode. For instance, Picard asks Starfleet for some back up with the evacuation, and it will be a few weeks before anyone can get out there to help them. But, Starfleet could have at least called the Sheliak to try and negotiate, instead however, they tell Picard that he must wait. A similar scene is seen when Data tries to communicate with Commander
has a diabolical plan to take over Starfleet and the world. Khan bombs a Starfleet base in London. Since this tragedy occurred, it was protocol for high ranking officials to meet. During this meeting, Khan attacks them, and kills Admiral Pike. After this, Admiral Marcus, the head of all Starfleet, authorizes Kirk to hunt down Khan and kill him. The USS Enterprise and team sets out to planet Klingon. The team gets attacked and Khan appears, defending Starfleet. They capture Khan, and Khan manipulates
and returns to Earth as a Starfleet captain. The movie starts out with a spectacular space battle that showcases James’ father’s valor as he sacrifices himself to save the crew of his condemned starship. In doing so he saves 800 lives, including those of his wife and newborn son. After the opening scene the movie cuts twenty-five years into the future depicting James as a young troublemaker. “Challenged by a Captain Christopher Pike to realize his potential in Starfleet, he enlists to annoy instructors
The Life of Spock: A Tale of Two Ideals Star Trek has always had a massive cult following and the reboot is no different. The character of Spock has some traits from Epictetus’s theory of stoicism. Spock has always had an internal struggle between his human side and his Vulcan side. Growing up, Spock has had difficulty preventing others from affecting his emotions and accepting his role in life. While the old Spock is mostly stoic, he still has trouble not blaming himself and accepting loss.
was Data. Data was a hardware built by a man that gave the ability to a machine to act like a real human. That machine like human was the conflict in whether or not it was going to undergo an experiment that was going to be conducted by Maddox, a Starfleet officer. Even Data himself did not trust Maddox to be dismantled because there was a possibility for Data not return the same way he did once the experiment was over. Not only Data didn’t agree with his decision, but Commander Jean Luc was not going
The episode shows Commander Data, an android, ordered to submit to disassembly and experimentation. He understandably resists, but because he is a machine, he has no right to refuse the orders. Legally, in fact, he is the property of Starfleet. Captain Picard spearheads an effort to get Data the rights he deserves, ultimately taking the matter to court. He is found to be a sentient lifeform, and is saved from disassembly. Within the episode, Picard mentions that Data being Starfleet’s
Undercurrents of Imperialism and Colonialism in Star Trek Star Trek mirrored the Cold War/Vietnam paranoia of the late sixties—in command of the Enterprise, the Federation had an uneasy peace with its adversaries, the Klingons and Romulans (there were many episodes that came down to Kirk vs. the Klingons). In one episode Kirk and his Klingon counterpart each tried to influence an emerging culture to see things their way—remember Vietnam, Chile, and El Salvador? In another, Kirk and Spock were
In the movie Star Trek Measure of Man is about a man who have “positronic brain” so what ever information you ask him he have the answer because he uses the network website to answer the questions. He was a robot which doesn’t currently exist in this world so that means he doesn’t have the same features as a regular human being have so basically he uses the computer to answer everything. Maddox wanted to take the robot apart so he can see how robot works and then he will fix the robot again so it
incontinent, as his appetite is to start a war, which is not in line with reason. He also shows that he can reason right from wrong as he tries to trick Kirk into starting the war because he know it will be seen as wrong by the public and the people at Starfleet. He chooses to try and start the war despite reason, displaying him as the incontinent
episode parallel to our own society. One such episode is "The Defector," wherein the intrepid crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise happens upon a Romulan renegade requesting asylum in Federation space. The Federation, (protected by its military organization Starfleet), and the Romulans, (governed by the Romulan Star Empire), are long-time foes. Throughout the episode the Romulan, (initially calling himself Cetol), skates around the truth before revealing his true identity as the notorious Admiral Jarok, and further
lead. The 2009 film Star Trek did not echo the television show, but echoed the stereotypical tendencies of American film – particularly regarding the main female lead, Uhura. Although Uhura is presented as a strong figure because of her role in the Starfleet, in reality the film fails to break out of traditional gender stereotypes because of the eroticization of Uhura, her shallow dialogue, and her general role throughout the film. In the film, there is an illusion that Uhura is a strong and powerful
Robert Nozicks thought experiment which he called The Experience Machine is arguably the most well-known argument against ethical hedonism. In The Experience Machine, Nozick argues that ethical hedonism at its base is a flawed moral theory because humans intrinsically have more needs and wants beyond that of pleasure. He uses the ‘experience machine’ to show that this point of view is not valid; if it were then we would have an overwhelming drive to ‘plug in’ which we do not. I agree with Nozicks
In the article “The Monomyth in Star Trek (2009): Kirk & Spock Together Again for the First Time” by Donald Palumbo, he shows how Kirk and Spock have the same monomyth. A monomyth is another word for a hero’s journey or the basic outline of a hero’s life. Palumbo goes into detail on the three basic parts of the hero’s journey. The first is the departure stage or separation stage where something happens to the hero that causes him or her to separate and go off into the unknown. The second stage is
Star Trek: Into Darkness is a film with a multiplicity of moral themes and dilemmas, and it can be argued that each character adheres to a particular ethical theory. For Spock, the ethical theory adhered to is rule-based utilitarianism. Kirk seems to adhere to a care ethic. Khan, on the other hand, seems in many cases to be motivated by a combination of a misled form of retributivism, a form of psychological egoism, and a form of care ethics. In this paper, I will analyze the ramifications of these
Star Wars vs Star Trek: The ideology of Star Wars and Star Trek. Star Wars and Star Trek and are both popular universes in theaters and on television. I will not be comparing them as art forms, but as the ideologies behind them. The three points I will cover are the Economics, The Identity, and Politics of the universes as revealed in the television shows and movies. In Star Trek it is a different world than is seen on Earth. It is a world of communism. There is no money in the federation and they
The Epic Battle Between the Stars: Contrasting Star Wars and Star Trek It’s hard to believe, but Star Trek and Star Wars movie fans have been duking it out for almost half a century. The debut of Stars Wars in 1977 challenged Star Trek’s eleven-year supremacy and led to an on-going clash over which franchise is king of the science fiction universe. While both movies are considered legendary in the realm of sci-fi movies, they are unique in many ways; in fact, they differ in their underlying themes
In Terl’s lair “Losing the child was unfortunate, but I trust you took some blood before,” said Lord Rothschild, standing upto his full height and with a walking stick. He had a rebreather mask on and looked quite sinister with that large top hat. But he was still puny compared to Terl at ten feet tall. Terl had to restrain his claws not to crush the Lord in one swipe of his paw. But the Lord held his bank account, his gold, and had offered something no one else could. Immortality. Terl certainly
Star Trek and the Attitude of the 60s Star Trek series has many episodes that have social commentary, making strong comments on sexism, improving race relations (racism), militarism, xenophobia and all other major issues during the 60s. By the time the first episode aired in 1966, Congress had passed numerous civil rights acts, the Voting Right Act in 1965 and the constitutional amendments outlawing poll taxes and other disfranchisement tactics. There are many illustrations in which Star Trek brings
Henry V and Picard "The Defector" is the 38th episode from Star Trek the Next Generation's third season. This episode is received well by many ST TNG fans. The episode deals with several interesting and conflicting issues such as a traitor / defector, innate human qualities and a Shakespearean type leader. The most intriguing personality on the episode is Jean Luc Picard, the great captain. Picard has many similarities to Henry V, they both probe into every conflict and always prove to be a
were able to create him. Although Maddox promises Data that all of his memory and features will be restored, Data feels like he will not be the same after the examination. As a result, Data refuses to proceed. However, Maddox states that Data is Starfleet property, and he cannot resign from the assignment. Since Data is a representation of a human, he feels that he should be given the same rights as a human being. Captain Picard agrees with Data and helps him fight for his rights. As a result of