Star Trek Turns 50; Facebook Celebrates With Custom Reactions

While it hasn’t gone down in history as one of Trek’s best, “Arena” provides a bit of camp from the action to the makeshift cannon Captain Kirk uses in the episode.

I really didn’t “get into” Trek until the VHS revolution, when I was able to watch and rewatch Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The executive producer also believe that “Discovery” is a fitting ode to Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the original series in the 60s, per Slash Film.

When it finally caught on, the rest was put into motion for far longer than anyone could have predicted.

Star Trek is a juggernaut, covering decades of film, television, and just about everything else you can consume.

“When we were shooting the pilot, Jimmy Doohan [who played engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott] said to me, ‘Well, George, what do you think about this?”

When we think of prestige television, we think of complex and engaging storytelling with thought-provoking, cerebral characters with high production values to bolster it all.

For the series’ 50th anniversary, Facebook users who’ve liked Star Trek will see reactions themed around the show when they hover over the Like button.

It’s hard to now understand just what a shock Star Trek was to audiences in 1966.

The decision was intended as a tribute to Takei’s current fame as an advocate on gay issues. “Star Trek” paved the way for “Star Wars” and countless other sci-fi TV shows and movies. Instead of a complete reboot though, Leonard Nimoy agreed to help tie J.J. Abrams’ films in with the original by appearing as the original Spock opposite Zachary Quinto.

Lindsey Shepard, the social network’s marketing lead for Messenger, said in a blog post that select users in the USA and Canada who have expressed interest in Star Trek or science fiction will see personalized greetings inviting them to add the custom Star Trek frame to their profile pictures. One way you can celebrate the holiday is by talking about Star Trek a lot, because why not, but you could also click “Like” on the official Star Trek Facebook page and thereby get yourself access to some themed Facebook reaction buttons.

Although the basic concept for a tablet can be traced back to 1888 and an Elisha Gray patent for an electrical stylus device for capturing handwriting, it is Star Trek which brought it into the minds of the general public. This is due to the fact that it seems like an insult to simply kill him off or recast the character.

Arnold says that in the ’70s, Paramount Studios, which then owned Star Trek, couldn’t decide how to take advantage of the show’s enduring popularity.