40 years ago today, *Star Trek: The Next Generation* was announced in a press conference in the Paramount Studios backlot

3 days ago by Arthur Besse to c/anniversaries

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For Star Trek Day 2019, we're looking at the deliberate way Gene Roddenberry introduced TNG to the world.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/53830346

“We offended a lot of people in those days by having what's spoken of as 'neo-communistic' ideas like a multiracial crew and sexual equality,” said Roddenberry. “I dearly hope I will offend some of you with this new one, because we must continue to do that. We must continue to talk about exciting and different things.”

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