Don’t knock the technology of the original Star Trek. Remember it was made in the 60’s. There were no personal computers, pocket calculators, or cell phones. Digital technology wasn’t even a glimmer in the eyes of the common man, thus every thing you saw on the program was analog. In fact most of the futuristic devices shown on the program have been duplicated and can be bought off the shelf of any electronics or discount store today. As a child of the 60’s, I can appreciate how optimistically the future was portrayed by the series and how far our technology has come to emulate many of the devices dreamed up by the show’s writers.
If and when my eventual children ask me that, all they’re asking for is a history lesson in return from yours truly. So they’d best learn to just sit back and enjoy Star Trek for what it is, and not ask me such silly and illogical questions.
Larry Miller Premium Member about 11 years ago
I think they quit combining everything into one unit when they put a phaser in a phone and someone shot their mouth off.
kaecispopX about 11 years ago
Don’t knock the technology of the original Star Trek. Remember it was made in the 60’s. There were no personal computers, pocket calculators, or cell phones. Digital technology wasn’t even a glimmer in the eyes of the common man, thus every thing you saw on the program was analog. In fact most of the futuristic devices shown on the program have been duplicated and can be bought off the shelf of any electronics or discount store today. As a child of the 60’s, I can appreciate how optimistically the future was portrayed by the series and how far our technology has come to emulate many of the devices dreamed up by the show’s writers.
scyphi26 about 11 years ago
If and when my eventual children ask me that, all they’re asking for is a history lesson in return from yours truly. So they’d best learn to just sit back and enjoy Star Trek for what it is, and not ask me such silly and illogical questions.