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morgandawnPosted in full at: https://ift.tt/2SVXj1Z on March 10, 2019 at 05:00PM
One of the things I like about second season Star Trek Discovery is how it is (subtly??) confronting one of my complaints about all the Star Trek reboots (film and TV). The shift from the original series “space and species connections and peaceful federation” to “conflict, confrontation and war is good”.
In ST Discovery, Captain Pike in season 2 has been canonically removed from the events of Season 1 and brings with him the more traditional Star Trek message: “We could kill you, but why would we want to? Let’s say hello and get to know one another first. You have tentacles and a tail? How cool is that!”.
At the same time, the show is exploring the shift is Saru’s character from a fearful, cautious and biologically/culturally conflict avoidance character to one who is more than willing to stand up for himself and his people. Or to allow crew members to settle arguments with fists.
Whether Pike’s approach and perspective will survive the season remains to be seen. But I appreciate that they are touching on the topics.
In an dissertation written in 2015, an acafan had this to say about the second Star Trek reboot movie:
“Consistently throughout the film, preemptive attacks and attempting to provoke others are shown as not only part of “being a man” through restorative violence ….. but as the best method to achieve an individual’s goals…..
This ideology of “defending by attacking” is one that also reflects one war strategy of colonialism. For example, a country or group sees a second country or group as a potential threat and then attacks to take that country over and eliminate the threat.
While this is the justification …. used for the action, the invasion is often rooted in racism or desire for the resources of the other country…”
“…In the context of the film, arguably the same ideology was used following 9/11 to justify the invasion of both Iraq and Afghanistan in what McClanahan (2009) calls the “doctrine of preemption” and Yoo describes as “preventive war” (2014) so ST’s creators are simply reproducing events in recent memory. However, unlike the current sentiment regarding the Iraq/Afghanistan war, ST ultimately upholds and shows these actions as justified.”
Source: “Veni, vidi, vids: Transforming cultural narratives through the art of audiovisual storytellingBrownfield, Kristi.Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2015. 3733178. “
Tags:queued, star trek, star trek discovery, fandom meta, DWCrosspost, acafandom
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One of the things I like about second season Star Trek Discovery is how it is (subtly??) confronting one of my complaints about all the Star Trek reboots (film and TV). The shift from the original series “space and species connections and peaceful federation” to “conflict, confrontation and war is good”.
In ST Discovery, Captain Pike in season 2 has been canonically removed from the events of Season 1 and brings with him the more traditional Star Trek message: “We could kill you, but why would we want to? Let’s say hello and get to know one another first. You have tentacles and a tail? How cool is that!”.
At the same time, the show is exploring the shift is Saru’s character from a fearful, cautious and biologically/culturally conflict avoidance character to one who is more than willing to stand up for himself and his people. Or to allow crew members to settle arguments with fists.
Whether Pike’s approach and perspective will survive the season remains to be seen. But I appreciate that they are touching on the topics.
In an dissertation written in 2015, an acafan had this to say about the second Star Trek reboot movie:
“Consistently throughout the film, preemptive attacks and attempting to provoke others are shown as not only part of “being a man” through restorative violence ….. but as the best method to achieve an individual’s goals…..
This ideology of “defending by attacking” is one that also reflects one war strategy of colonialism. For example, a country or group sees a second country or group as a potential threat and then attacks to take that country over and eliminate the threat.
While this is the justification …. used for the action, the invasion is often rooted in racism or desire for the resources of the other country…”
“…In the context of the film, arguably the same ideology was used following 9/11 to justify the invasion of both Iraq and Afghanistan in what McClanahan (2009) calls the “doctrine of preemption” and Yoo describes as “preventive war” (2014) so ST’s creators are simply reproducing events in recent memory. However, unlike the current sentiment regarding the Iraq/Afghanistan war, ST ultimately upholds and shows these actions as justified.”
Source: “Veni, vidi, vids: Transforming cultural narratives through the art of audiovisual storytellingBrownfield, Kristi.Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2015. 3733178. “
Tags:queued, star trek, star trek discovery, fandom meta, DWCrosspost, acafandom
Tumblr post (this is likely a reblog, and may have more pictures over there)