Maybe they'd have a Portuguese (from Mozambique which is still a colony at this time) and , shock, a posh Brit ?
Or the other way round; I could imagine a sexy Portuguese woman would have gone down well...
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Grey Wolf
What if a Star Trek-like show had been made in apartheid South Africa?
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Maybe they'd have a Portuguese (from Mozambique which is still a colony at this time) and , shock, a posh Brit ?
Or the other way round; I could imagine a sexy Portuguese woman would have gone down well...
Best Regards
Grey Wolf
Trolim
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If you took the title at face value, you may get a show that would make more sense in South Africa.
'Star Trek' would have a lot of echoes to the great trek. The *Enterprise (*whatever it would be called atl) would be a scout ship for a fragmented colonization fleet. They left Earth because the Vulcans were taking more authority than they could tolerate.
The human crew would be monoracially white, or include a few indians or chinese (not in dominant positions), the aliens mostly subordinate, analouge of the coloreds that went with every wagon train. The show would be about scouting out the path for the fleet, scouting out new worlds for colonization, bringing civilization and law to new planets of primitives, and battling and matching wits with seemingly ubiquitous Klingons and Romulans.
'Star Trek' would have a lot of echoes to the great trek. The *Enterprise (*whatever it would be called atl) would be a scout ship for a fragmented colonization fleet. They left Earth because the Vulcans were taking more authority than they could tolerate.
The human crew would be monoracially white, or include a few indians or chinese (not in dominant positions), the aliens mostly subordinate, analouge of the coloreds that went with every wagon train. The show would be about scouting out the path for the fleet, scouting out new worlds for colonization, bringing civilization and law to new planets of primitives, and battling and matching wits with seemingly ubiquitous Klingons and Romulans.
Trolim
Banned
If you took the title at face value, you may get a show that would make more sense in South Africa.
'Star Trek' would have a lot of echoes to the great trek. The *Enterprise (*whatever it would be called atl) would be a scout ship for a fragmented colonization fleet. They left Earth because the Vulcans were taking more authority than they could tolerate.
The human crew would be monoracially white, or include a few indians or chinese (not in dominant positions), the aliens mostly subordinate, analouge of the coloreds that went with every wagon train. The show would be about scouting out the path for the fleet, scouting out new worlds for colonization, bringing civilization and law to new planets of primitives, and battling and matching wits with seemingly ubiquitous Klingons and Romulans.
'Star Trek' would have a lot of echoes to the great trek. The *Enterprise (*whatever it would be called atl) would be a scout ship for a fragmented colonization fleet. They left Earth because the Vulcans were taking more authority than they could tolerate.
The human crew would be monoracially white, or include a few indians or chinese (not in dominant positions), the aliens mostly subordinate, analouge of the coloreds that went with every wagon train. The show would be about scouting out the path for the fleet, scouting out new worlds for colonization, bringing civilization and law to new planets of primitives, and battling and matching wits with seemingly ubiquitous Klingons and Romulans.
Not sure that the Trekkies would be in the business of handing out civilisation. More lightly to be landing colonists because 1) the locals were too stupid to know how to exploit their world and 2) it is the destiny of the Trekkie fleet to colonise the galaxy. From what I have read about Afrikaaner society, it was more interested in lording it over others than raising them to the same level.
Trolim
Banned
It may have been more interested in lording it over other groups than raising them up, back in the day. But this atl Star Trek would also want to portray the moral justification for lording over the others(being produced in the 1960's as it is). The message would be "They're better off because we're in charge." That sounds very Ian Smith, but I think not an uncommon sentiment in SA then.
Yeah, and the Americans and Australians, French etc. all worked so hard at educating and giving the natives they encountered better lives
Yeah, and the Americans and Australians, French etc. all worked so hard at educating and giving the natives they encountered better lives
The French gave the natives French citizenship, didn't they? At least some of them.
(of course, they also enslaved and exploited lots of others)
That would work, although I think a fully Afrikaans name might be better.
What's Afrikaans for "star."
So the show would be "Stertrekkers" in Afrikaans and "Star Trekkers" in English?
Hmm...I smell a copyright lawsuit coming. I wonder if "Space Trekkers" would be a way around that.
randomkeith
Banned
I imagine they'd care even less about their red shirted security officers (They'd all be blacks) then they do in the original.
And we'd probally see a lot more of them die,
nb. I do seem to remember an episode where an un-named red shirt beamed down to a planet and survived - I also think he was black,- can anyone confirm this???????????
And we'd probally see a lot more of them die,
nb. I do seem to remember an episode where an un-named red shirt beamed down to a planet and survived - I also think he was black,- can anyone confirm this???????????