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How did Trek Become Such a Phenomenon?
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<blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 6159646" data-attributes="member: 10784"><p>In regards to Khan being exiled, due to Furman v Georgia, the United States temporarily did not have an execution from 1967 through 1976, and most western nations still do not. At the time, I'm sure the writers figured that the death penalty would not be around as a punishment in the future. So, Kirk having Khan hung, phasered, gassed, lethally injected, electrocuted, etc would not have been in character at the time for either Kirk or the Federation.</p><p></p><p>As stated by many before me, I think the popularity of Star Trek was mostly due to timing. It was a good show and the cast had a good chemistry together, and there was not a lot of far future science fiction on TV or the movies until Star Wars came long in 1977. I remember the $6 million man, bionic woman, Space 1999, Wonder Woman and maybe one or two others, but none were set hundreds of years in the future like Star Trek until Star Wars (which was a "long time ago" of course) but is still technologically far beyond Space 1999 or the $6 Million Man... so, young boys like me that were born in 1966 only really had Star Trek reruns and the Star Trek cartoon until Star Wars came out for that giant space battle scenario that so many little boys love.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NewJeffCT, post: 6159646, member: 10784"] In regards to Khan being exiled, due to Furman v Georgia, the United States temporarily did not have an execution from 1967 through 1976, and most western nations still do not. At the time, I'm sure the writers figured that the death penalty would not be around as a punishment in the future. So, Kirk having Khan hung, phasered, gassed, lethally injected, electrocuted, etc would not have been in character at the time for either Kirk or the Federation. As stated by many before me, I think the popularity of Star Trek was mostly due to timing. It was a good show and the cast had a good chemistry together, and there was not a lot of far future science fiction on TV or the movies until Star Wars came long in 1977. I remember the $6 million man, bionic woman, Space 1999, Wonder Woman and maybe one or two others, but none were set hundreds of years in the future like Star Trek until Star Wars (which was a "long time ago" of course) but is still technologically far beyond Space 1999 or the $6 Million Man... so, young boys like me that were born in 1966 only really had Star Trek reruns and the Star Trek cartoon until Star Wars came out for that giant space battle scenario that so many little boys love. [/QUOTE]
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