The “Star Trek”-themed reaction buttons will be available for a limited time for some “Star Trek” fans in the USA and Canada who have shown interest in the show or science fiction in general”.
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Star Trek is going where no beloved science fiction TV and movie franchise has gone before: straight into Facebook’s reactions. It also struggled with tense “relations with countries beyond the Iron Curtain, far away just like Vulcan”, the extraterrestrial planet and home of Mr. Spock – who was of mixed human-Vulcan descent.
Today is the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, and Facebook has found a fun way to celebrate with its fans. What could possibly make Kirk laugh, while leaving Spock shocked, a Klingon angry and Geordi La Forge in tears?
Is it perhaps a touch too cynical to suggest Facebook might be using customised reactions as another tool to get their users to open up to them for advertisers’ benefits? “And 50 years later, we’re still talking about ‘Star Trek'”.
“We chose the most iconic and recognizable characters and symbols from the original Star Trek series, as well as the Next Generation”, she wrote.
Some might think it’s “highly illogical” to move a Star Trek museum to Drumheller but Daniels says it’s an affordable place to set up shop, and they can draw on the tourist traffic coming to see the Royal Tyrell Museum.
First, MeTV will air the premiere broadcast episode of Star Trek, “The Man Trap”, at its regular time, Saturday at 8 p.m.
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And with a new original series, Star Trek Discovery, due to hit the web in 2017, former cast members George Takei and Robert Picardo believe the central theme continues to “live long and prosper”.
