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In reply to the discussion: Dating Advice: To avoid racists, look for Star Trek fans. [View all]Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)When it first ran, it didn't seem all that great of a show to me.
But, it was fascinating stuff for my older brother and his friends, so I hung around them and so I also wound up watching the program.
He had to explain to me how a lot of the plots of the episodes in the series paralleled what was going on in real life.
When it came back a few years later in reruns, my friend and I watched it every day after school.
And we talked to our little brothers and explained some of what the show was really about.
All of the characters were fairly well-developed in that tv series.
I think that particular tv program did have quite an impact on our society, which is why it led to so many movies, and newer tv programs that were created on the original series after it was taken off of the air.
Plus, we wouldn't still be talking about it today if it weren't so powerful of a program.