Gary Scott Beatty On Why STAR TREK Is Important, Especially Now

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1995 vs. 2020: What happened? Star Trek: Voyager Much can change in 25 years but it I was startled by how cooperation was central to the themes of Star Trek: Voyager. What happened to that in 2020? I was excited about Star Trek: The Next Generation when it first appeared. It's common today to reboot anything with even a small fan base, but in 1987 it was unheard of to revisit a cancelled, 20 year old TV show. After watching Next Gen and Deep Space Nine (1993) I simply skipped Voyager when it appeared in 1995, not for quality issues, but, darn it, I can't take in everything. I was happy to jump into reruns on Netflix in December and was immediately struck by the upbeat feel of the show. People with different backgrounds working together for common goals? Cooperation for the good of the many? I had forgotten how that theme, so prevalent in Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future, was so damn SATISFYING. Yes, I'm a horror guy. I like my horror depressing. But I like my sci-fi uplifting. Star Trek, in most of its TV incarnations, is currently playing on Netflix. Most of us need inspirational right now and they all deliver. +++   Aazurn old timers will remember the quirky Vicious Circus shorts in our long running Indie Comics Magazine anthologies. Kevin LaPorte and Amanda Rachels created a world where killer clowns annihilate abusers of the innocent and the helpless. A Vicious Circus 6-Issue Set and Box offer is now up on Kickstarter and you have just a couple of days to get it. Yes, we all love weird killer clown horror! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laporte/vicious-circus-6-issue-set-and-box-weird-killer-clown-horror +++ Vaccines! We're almost there. Hold on, be brave, be cautious, be fearless. Science will win. In glorious service to our Aazurn overlords, Gary Scott Beatty StrangeHorror.com +++ 32 chapters for your viewing pleasure. Dark gods turn their gibbering heads toward us in creepy, cosmic horror stories, Lovecraft style. Free. Come on over, my creepies. Click on the big red WEBCOMIC graphic at StrangeHorror.com.

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