Warning: Contains spoilers for Star Trek #24!
Star Trek: The Motion Picture’s Tagline just got an awesome new in-universe meaning. Released in 1979, Star Trek: The Motion Picture Marked the beloved franchise back to greatness. Although fan and critical opinion of the film is divided, it helped to ensure Star Treks survival, ultimately leading to what fans know and love today. now, in Star Trek #24, the film’s epic tagline takes on an amazing new meaning.
Star Trek #24 is written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and drawn by Megan Levens. Captain Cisco and the crew of the USS Theseus have escaped from the destruction of the pleroma. T’Lir helps save the ship from destruction, but seemingly loses his god-like powers in the process. A text piece in this issue, made to resemble their diary before they become corporeal, expresses their excitement at the prospect of mortality. them Conclude the journal entry by declaring the death of their old self, stating: “The human adventure is just beginning.”
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture Saved the franchise when it premiered in theaters in December 1979. The classic Star Trek The television program ended in 1969 and efforts to revive it in some form began soon after. An animated series aired for two seasons in the middle of the decade, but each other attempted to revive it Star Trek was to meet with failure. Finally, a new TV show, to be called Star Trek Phase IIwas announced. Production was under Phase II when Star Wars arrived in theaters, changing the pop culture landscape. Paramount then decided to make a movie instead.
The film was a box-office success if not a critical one. Star Trek: The Motion Picture is incredibly slow, and even a definitive director’s cut does little to speed things up. Despite its flaws and shortcomings, Star Trek: The Motion Picture Contains some of the franchise’s biggest and best ideas, as well as boundary-pushing special effects. Composer Jerry Goldsmith’s epic score adds a bombastic touch to the film as well. Star Trek: The Motion Picture Also has a massive advertising and publicity campaign, with the tagline: “The human adventure is just beginning.”
Star Trek: The Motion Picture’s tagline fulfills Gene Roddenberry’s vision
T’Lir’s adventure begins
in context, Star Trek: The Motion Picture tagline fits the humanist themes of the franchise. Gene Roddenberry, When Creating Star TrekEnvisioned a world where humanity evolved beyond greed, racism and war. Star Trek Earth is a virtual utopia, free of disease and crime. Roddenberry also believed that humanity’s long-standing problems would need to be addressed before they reached space. Humanity has transcended their worst desires, and are ready to take their place in the galaxy. In short, the human adventure was really just beginning.
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Now, T’Lir gave up Star Trek: The Motion Picture Tagline an awesome new meaning. T’Lir’s journals in previous issues revealed a disillusionment with being a god, and a longing for more. T’Lir, knowing what must be done to save their kind, sacrificed much to live as a dead man. Far from seeing it as a setback, T’Lir saw it as an opportunity to truly experience what it means to be alive. Like humanity, Ta’Lir has entered a new phase of their existence, one full of promise and one where “the human adventure has just begun”.
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Star Trek #24 is now on sale from IDW Publishing.