The Rogers Public Library will be having a Star Trek Marathon from February 1 through February 6 beginning with All Khan All Weekend. I decided to start the Star Trek Marathon with the Original Series Episode "Space Seed" because "Space Seed" is usually considered to be one of the ten best Star Trek television episodes ever. The Khan character was resurrected for the second Star Trek Movie Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan which is often considered to be the best of the Star Trek movies and Khan was resurrected one more time for Star Trek Into Darkness. I think this best explains the enduring popularity of Star Trek. It is a universe with characters we can all relate to.
Star Trek: the Movie had a long and muddled development. Paramount Pictures, Gene Roddenberry, and most the cast had moved on from Star Trek to other projects but Star Trek fans would not let Star Trek die, it had become a bigger hit in syndication than it had been in prime time but with the success of Star Wars and the growing cult status of Star Trek, Paramount decided to milk the popularity of Star Trek and make a made for television movie but the project grew and mutated until it became Star Trek the Movie. Star Trek the movie was somewhat of a train wreck but it still made enough money for Paramount to make a Star Trek 2 but this time the writer's directors went back and looked at what made the television so popular and came up with the Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan. They obviously had a hit and the Star Trek franchise has kept going strong ever since. Even to the point that they brought back Khan for the reboot. So come visit the Rogers Public Library for a showing "Space Seed" followed by the Wrath of Khan on February 1 and see what made Star Trek such an enduring American entertainment legacy. It's free along with free drinks and popcorn.
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