I’ve only fully watched the series’ from TNG onward, plus the “must see” episodes of TOS. I’m just wondering if in canon he’s actually all that promiscuous.
I’ve only fully watched the series’ from TNG onward, plus the “must see” episodes of TOS. I’m just wondering if in canon he’s actually all that promiscuous.
Perhaps gently ease your way into it, with the movies first. In reverse order. Then, less culture shock when jumping to TOS.
A lot “hero gets the gal” [or doesn’t] crap shoe-horned in to (afaicr) every episode. Gets me wondering what trek could be, freed from the producers, the corporation, the industry, etc., not just how different standards from then to now, but what flawed standards of our times could be more savagely exposed. If they were making those mistakes then that we see now, what mistakes are we making now (or even 30 years ago), that are yet to be exposed (by just socially evolving past).
ST:NG was reportedly blocked from much gay commentary by a producer, a lack which is painfully glaring in retrospect for a show that tries to be on the cutting edge of social progress.
As I remember it, the show has tons of metaphor and allegory regarding homosexuality, but they refused to have any overtly gay characters, which was such a huge misstep.
Social progress in the 60s was a completely different animal from the social progress of today. People actually had absolute shit fits over a white man kissing a black woman on TV.
Strange New Worlds has a good storyline addressing transphobia.