

Star Trek at 60: What do we value the most? (Part 1)
Star Trek turned 60 on Sept. 8, 2026, and to celebrate, we're kicking off a special two-part series exploring the franchise's deep and lasting connection to real-world space exploration. In Part 1, Robert Picardo, the Emergency Medical Hologram from Star Trek: Voyager, now starring in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and…

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“Good art may be political, but it is definitely ethics driven. 44:25. Star Wars was a direct analogy of US politics, it looked backwards and lauded its wealthy snobbish ruling class, who ran its toxic business empires, its monarchies and di…”
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