10-17-2010, 01:05 PM
and that was part of why it became iconic i think. it created an us against them
"but that's racist" many will say. personally i again think it's the opposite.
it had the type of "if you're a nice person you can join us, if you're bad you can't" attitude.
in fact it portrayed humans as dumber and weaker than most races. though it did gives a bit more in the thinking department than what we deserved.
we can put any spin we want on it but to say it was racist. almost every single adversarial program has to portray someone as the baddy and someone as the good. i think star trek did a good job of showing there was good and bad in all cultures. and that if you wore a red shirt, the chances of being fucked over were great.
"but that's racist" many will say. personally i again think it's the opposite.
it had the type of "if you're a nice person you can join us, if you're bad you can't" attitude.
in fact it portrayed humans as dumber and weaker than most races. though it did gives a bit more in the thinking department than what we deserved.
we can put any spin we want on it but to say it was racist. almost every single adversarial program has to portray someone as the baddy and someone as the good. i think star trek did a good job of showing there was good and bad in all cultures. and that if you wore a red shirt, the chances of being fucked over were great.