Facebook Messenger marketing lead, Lindsey Shepard, said in a blog post that “we wanted to mark this fun, nostalgic moment and help the passionate community of Star Trek fans celebrate in some unique ways on Facebook”. Honoring Star Trek’s 50th anniversary, the Vatican newspaper said the popular series gave the world a model of peace, tolerance and cooperation at a time of global tensions. Visit www.titanbooks.com for more information.
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Created by Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek premiered fifty years ago, but the original series only ran for three seasons and a total of 79 episodes. Plus a brand new, multi-part documentary with almost 2 hours of new footage, chronicling the franchise’s unbelievable 50-year journey. What was your favorite Star Trek memory/series/movie/character?
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The goal of the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, Fiorentino says, was to discover new civilizations and “propose peaceful relations on the basis of equality”. We were each to represent different parts of the planet, and working together, seeing the common problem that we had, confident of our problem-solving capabilities, our genius for invention, innovation, we were going to boldly go where no one had gone before. He announced a red alert, and the camera shook as Colbert and Takei threw themselves left and right and back again. Let the shiny molten goodness of this week’s GIF Six-Pack wash over you as you celebrate five decades of living long and prospering.
