{"id":3537,"date":"2012-09-28T21:04:41","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T02:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=3537"},"modified":"2012-09-28T21:04:41","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T02:04:41","slug":"make-it-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=3537","title":{"rendered":"Make It So"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian Phillips has a great essay at Grantland commenting on the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em><\/a>. Money quote:<\/p>\n

It’s obviously the case that the great subject of almost all American television \u2014 family\u00a0\u2014 is also at large on the bridge of the\u00a0Enterprise<\/em>. Like\u00a0The West Wing<\/em>, the show offers a fantasy of smart friends working together and supporting each other that’s designed to make you want to join them. When you’re a skinny 13-year-old who’s scared a third of the time and bored another third, the idea of roaming the constellations with Captain Picard, whom adventure follows like a shadow and who always knows what to do, will obviously have a certain appeal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Those sentences nicely capture my own reaction to the show. While I was already a Trekkie, I didn’t feel much affinity for the environs of the original show. But the NCC-1701\/D seemed like the kind of place where a smart kid in a wheelchair could do okay for himself. The entire ship seemed to consist of gentle curves and slopes, implying that nothing was off-limits to a set of wheels. Medical care was always readily available and perhaps Commander Data could be my PCA when he was off-duty. Perhaps even Captain Picard would take notice of my potential and support my application to Starfleet.<\/p>\n

Or so I imagined. And still do, sometimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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