"We chose to go to the moon. We chose to go to the moon within this decade, not
because of its simplicity, but precisely because of its difficulty."
—John F. Kennedy
, a sunny day in September 1962, the President of the United States Kennedy said the above and announced the full promotion of the American moon landing plan. 14 months later, Kennedy was assassinated. Seven years later, in 1969, Apollo 11 successfully landed on the moon.
It was also in the 1960s. In 1966, a TV series called "Star Trek" began to be broadcast in the United States. In addition to breaking the discrimination of race and gender, this "advanced concept" series even appeared in a certain episode. Shot of two women kissing. Such "weird" episodes without action scenes ended hurriedly in just three seasons.
In 2009, the eleventh movie of the "Star Trek" series was released. In addition to the previous 10 movies, there were 7 TV series in its family, including the later trekkies (star Trek diehards) who called " The Original (first generation)" the 1966 version of "Star Trek."
What kept an illusory world alive for 43 years? Is it the background and hint of the Cold War? Is it an advanced humanistic concept and role relationship? Is it a grand historical setting? Is it the scene and the action? Is the investor's large dollar?
A similar question can also be asked 700 years ago: After Marco Polo wrote his famous travel note in 1299, by 1497 the Portuguese Gamma led the fleet to China. During these 198 years, what made an illusory East Will the world become the dream of the captains and the country of gold?
"The universe, the last frontier. This is the voyage of the Starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission is to explore new unknown worlds, find new lives and new civilizations, and bravely sail forward to areas that no one has ever reached." This is a sentence that will appear in every episode of "Star Trek" movies and TV series. It more or less answers the above question: exploring new frontiers and sailing to areas that no one has ever reached. This is the motivation for those navigators to overcome hunger and storms 500 years ago. It is the reason why Kennedy is determined to start the Apollo project. It is also the spiritual core of the many trekkies gathered in Star Trek in 43 years.
Enterprising, exploring, new frontiers, whether the result is peace or war, plundering or alliance, conquering or being conquered, the strong male hormone flavor of "exploration" and "adventure" itself makes people excited, and "Star Trek" It was born in the prosperous and impetuous sixties of the last century: After the war, the baby boomers were born at a time when hormones surged. They eagerly wanted to change the world, and they were the easiest to be used by the existing world. . As a result, China had the Cultural Revolution, France had the May storm, and the United States had hippies and Martin Luther King. Some things changed for the better and some things changed for the worse. The moon landing is definitely a good thing, but even the Apollo project, I am afraid it will not escape the impetuous and noisy smell-without the stimulation of the Soviets, Kennedy would not have a surge of adrenaline to want to land on the moon.
This is the background of the birth of "Star Trek: The First Generation"-to be honest, this is a turning point in which Americans face internal and external challenges in peace and prosperity. To be honest, this is an era in which the whole world is immersed in male hormones.
"Star Trek" is full of hormonal surplus marks from top to bottom-well, the mark of the turbulent age. First of all, its protagonist ship: Enterprise (also translated "Enterprise") has the same name as the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier launched in 1960. This "same name" is not that they are all called "Enterprise", but even more exaggerated— —They are all called "USS Enterprise", what does "USS" mean? In the real world, USS means "United States Ship", and in "Star Trek", it means "Star Alliance Warship United Star Ship". Think about it, a TV series with the theme of interstellar exploration, the protagonist ship has the same name as the navy warship. It is undoubtedly full of hints of American chauvinism, full of offensiveness and aggressiveness, and it is even more reminiscent of using powerful ships and guns. The era of great voyages of plundering new colonies.
Let's talk about the famous "Universe, the Last Frontier" in "Star Trek". Are you familiar with this sentence? Anyone familiar with Kennedy knows that as the youngest president in the history of the United States, Kennedy’s policy agenda is "New Frontier". He gave a speech when he accepted the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention and said: "We Standing on a new frontier-on one side are broken hopes and dreams, unknown opportunities and beliefs in crisis. On the other side is the unknown land of science and space, the undecided numbers of peace and war, ignorance and prejudice. The unsolved problem is the unrest of poverty and rapid wealth." What is the "new frontier" policy? In short: cut taxes, increase deficits, fight for hegemony, go to the moon. The Bay of Pigs has not been able to deal with Cuba, and it has hit Vietnam's "middle road collapse". The policy in the "New Frontier" has a significant impact on future generations, but there are not many that have been achieved. "Going to the Moon" is one of them. The "New Frontier" brand is of course also overlaid on "Star Trek". The main line of the "Star Trek" plot is to explore unknown areas, constantly open up the unknown universe, continue to take risks, and continue to extend the "New Frontier".
When it comes to the relationship between "New Frontier" and "Star Trek", it is even more important to talk about the shadow cast by the Cold War in this sci-fi epic. I have to regret to say that the big villain in the eleventh movie of "Star Trek", Nero, his race Romulan is likely to represent the Chinese in the initial setting... Know about "Star Trek" "People who set the background will certainly not be surprised: Since the Star Alliance and the Vulcan (that is, the people with pointed ears) are allies, and the Romulans and the Vulcans are the same ancestor, this relationship is of course very It is easy to think of the relationship between Taiwan, the United States, and China...Of course, it is also possible to say that it is a relationship between North Korea, South Korea, and the United States. The Klingon, another big villain in "Star Trek", is said to be an allusion to the Soviets. What's more interesting is that the Star Alliance and the Klingons engaged in a long cold war and divided the neutral zone, which is undoubtedly a reflection of reality in science fiction works.
The cold war, exploration, adventure, and battle, these aggressive concepts full of male flavor, came from the depths of the human civilization where the hair is drinking blood, and are deeply integrated in the blood of "Star Trek", turning "Star Trek" into This is a great nautical epic in the universe. This is the spiritual origin of "Star Trek": the massive secretion of testosterone and adrenaline-believe me, I am serious. No one can deny that the male spirit played a role as a propeller in human exploration of unknown areas-whether in ancient times or on the Silk Road, in the age of voyages or in the space shuttle era-regardless of its combative nature. Still greedy, it brought us to the present.
Let’s stop here, don’t praise what the spirit of exploration has provided us with the voyage of civilization in the long river of history, and don’t lament how the tragedy of conquest and war has brought us pain and scars, let alone We need to explore whether those fictional fantasy stories can really provide a reference for our future "first contact". Simply, sitting in the theater, we only need to know that the Enterprise has started a new journey (Translation: Pella Meng started a new money-making), I want to relax and get on the boat!
As for the trekkies in front of the screen, I heard that they have three prospects. The first is to become a rich nerd like Bill Gates, the second is to become a nerd scientist at NASA, and the third is to become a bald nerd on the tram. In any case, in front of the computer screen, did you discover for the first time that "Star Trek" can be such a man?
Live long and prosper!
* The Chinese version of "Enterprise" is translated as "Enterprise No.", in this article I have translated all of them as "Entrepreneur No.".
* "Star Trek" is translated into "Star Trek"
* The part of Kennedy's speech in this article is self-translated by the author.
* Trekkies: "Star Trek" diehard fans
* Live long and prosper! The greeting etiquette derived from the Vulcan, appeared in the film, accompanied by the famous gesture.
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