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As you may have found out if you watch some of the other KhAnubis Explains videos, I am
basically obsessed with Star Trek (that doesn't mean Playmobil Greco-Roman History isn't still
happening, though), anyway, here are ten reasons why I think Star Trek is a great franchise
(other than how enjoyable it is to watch). Now, these are on how much Star Trek has influenced
the real world and some of Star Trek's most amazing achievments, not "Star Trek Into Darkness
has Benedict Cumberbatch" or something like that. There's no fangirl stuff here.
10: Martin Luther King Jr. was a Trekkie. When Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura, wanted
to resign from Star Trek, he stepped in to convince her not to due to how much Star Trek
was changing the United States. 9: The first inter-racial kiss on TV took
place on Star Trek. It was between Captain James T. Kirk and Cmdr. Nyota Uhura. Well,
it was not the first one, but it was the first on American television that caused any controversy.
They originally made two clips, one was the kiss, the other one was just a hug, but at
the end of the hug clip, William Shatner made some weird faces, basically forcing the producers
to go with the kiss clip. 8: The show's creator, Gene Roddenberry, was
scared that Star Trek wouldn't be shown in the American southeast because it showed Uhura,
the Enterprise's linguistics officer who was an African woman, in a position of power.
Star Trek was still shown in the southeastern states of the USA.
7: Star Trek inspired the creation of the cell phone. Nowadays, you can't go 30 minutes
without having your face in your iPhone's screen. HEY! PUT DOWN YOUR PHONE! I'M TRYING
TO TEACH YOU WHY STAR TREK IS AWESOME! And the first cell phone was inspired when the
inventor of the cell phone (Arthur C. Clarke) watched an episode of The Original Series.
Captain Kirk was in danger and he pulled out his communicator, which inspired Clarke to
invent the mobile phone. Oddly, though, the first words said on a mobile phone were not
"Beam me up, Scotty." Mainly because Captain Kirk never actually said those words.
6: Leonard Nimoy played Mr. Spock since the original unaired pilot in 1965 (The Cage)
and he played the older Spock in Star Trek Into Darkness, which was released just last
year. That means that he has played Spock for around 48 years! He really is living long
and prospering. 5: The original Space Shuttle was named "Enterprise"
after the famous USS Enterprise. 4: In 1964, Gene Roddenberry introduced
Star Trek to NBC as a "wagon train to the stars", but he wanted it to be more than just
action and adventure. He used the futuristic scenarios to reflect on current problems and
to show that they could be solved. 3: Star Trek has its own full language; Klingonese
(better known as Klingon). You can even play Minecraft in Klingon! In fact, I was even
saying the numbers in this video in Klingonese. 2: There are many Star Trek related sites
in North America, most notably the marked birthplace of Captain Kirk in Riverside, Iowa.
There is also a replica of the original USS Enterprise in Vulcan, Alberta. Turlock, California
also has a subdivision where you can drive your car on Picard Lane, Crusher Avenue and
Ryker Court; take it up to Warp Drive and down to Impulse Lane.
1: You know what? I'm just going to say it! Star Trek has basically been predicting the
future since 1966.