Open Left

Star Trek definitely was a counter to the greed oriented 80s

One interesting thing I have been watching recently http://www.crunchyroll.com/lib... for example deals with a future in which a carbon tax has been enacted in response to natural disasters.  

One thing I have noticed recently are the concept of superhero types that actually try to change the world they live in.  Like The Authority by Warren Ellis.  Where it asks what responsibility would superheroes have to actually change the government rather than just defending against the latest crisis.

The best example of all this stuff to me though would be one of the ghost in the shell movies.  Where it turns out that one of the members of the futuristic police force tackled the problem of children who suffer from child abuse.

This is all to say that there is actually a lot out there that is like Star Trek.  It just tends to not be in the most mainstream areas and it tends to dominate in the young adult category.

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by: transgenmom @ Fri May 08, 2009 at 18:37:56 PM CDT