Today is the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, and Facebook has found a fun way to celebrate with its fans. On Sept. 8, 1966, the show debuted on NBC and went on to live long and prosper, in syndication and beyond.
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“It has to be Star Trek’s inspirational message for the future – inspirational and positive”. Tickets are $10, with proceeds benefiting the Hollywood Theater and the ToonSeum. But if his relationship with the industry had its rough patches, his reputation as a futurist and visionary – which begins and ends with Star Trek – is assured. Screenings continue through Wednesday. By 1979, such was its popularity (and that of George Lucas’ Star Wars) that Paramout made a decision to give Star Trek another run with a series of films, beginning with Star Trek: The Motion Picture and continuing right up to present day.
In the mid-’60s, creator Gene Roddenberry partnered with Desilu Studios – and its owner, Lucille Ball – to sell the concept to NBC. Just a month or so after the final season ended, however, men walked on the moon and interest in space exploration hit an all-time high. The new Star Trek reactions include a sparkly thumbs-up (Like), Vulcan salute (Love), Captain Kirk (Haha), Spock (Wow), Geordi (Sad), and a Klingon (Angry). At the height of the Cold War, Captain James T Kirk operated in an atmosphere of trust with his Russian navigator Pavel Chekov.
“When I heard it, I thought, ‘I’m not doing it right”.
NASA’s space shuttle Enterprise with the cast of “Star Trek”. Leonard Nimoy – Mr Spock, the science officer on the Enterprise – died previous year, while Anton Yelchin, who played Pavel Chekov in later Star Trek films, died in June. He urged her to keep making Star Trek. “These are the stories of the Starship Enterprise”.
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The Star Trek-themed reaction buttons are only available for a short time and are limited to some fans in the U.S. and Canada who have shown an interest in Star Trek or sci-fi on the social network. Good enough, I suppose, for the people listening.
