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The best science fiction universe works according to a set of rules, rules that make up what they are.
Battlestar Galacticafor example, it works in a rough world based on complex human dynamics and problems of faith and belief.
Star Wars It runs like a classic adventure film. Original films are often used by instructors as a way to teach students about the best ways to build a classic hero journey.
In the previous video linked in this description, we delve into the rules of Star Trek. These rules make Star Trek feel like Star Trek, with a similar story told about a group of unknown people, focusing on human progress and technology consistency.
However, actual Paramount owned Star Trek productions are not the only ones using the rules.
Some of the best Star Treks ever produced are not Star Trek.
To prove my point, how great do I want to start talking about how great I am? Galaxy Quest Except that it is demoed every time we discuss it Galaxy Quest.
Fortunately, Galaxy Quest It’s not the only example of something that captures the essence of Star Trek without becoming Star Trek.
Some of the best Star Treks aren’t even science fiction!
Activate the warp drive, send the Quantum Flux drive with power, or unsail.
This is the best Star Trek, not Star Trek!
The last ship
Inspired by William Brinkley’s novel of the same name, The last ship It was a 2014 television series focused on the crew of Navy destroyer Nathan James after the global pandemic wiped out all governments and troops.
The show centers around Captain Tom Chandler, played by Captain Kirkstyle character Eric Dane, and leads his crew on a mission to save the world.
in The last ship The first season, when Nathan James travels the world, searching for scientific discoveries to cure the plague, completely on its own, the show plays like a great season of Star Trek.
In the following season The last ship It transforms into something else, but the first of which is a wonderful modern military take on Star Trek aesthetics worth seeing as a single-season self-contained story.
Lost in space
original Lost in space It debuted on television a year ago in 1965. Star Trek. Like a trekking, the show follows a small crew on a galaxy journey.
The biggest difference between them is the crew dynamics. Lost in space It focuses primarily on the Robinson family. The Robinsons are part of a group of settlers that are out of course, highlighting the story of survival in an unknown environment of exploration.
There was the 90’s Lost in space The film starring Matt LeBlanc is probably not worth watching, and the original series is now quite old.
Luckily, Netflix has recently pulled out a rather fantastic reboot of the series. Star Trek And original Lost in space Very wonderful.
Stargate
90’s Stargate The film launched an entire television franchise based on the adventures of humans traveling through Stargate to visit an unknown world.
In addition to visiting the alien world, Stargate SG-1 It’s quite different from Star Trek. It is not set in the future and is more military.
However, two spinoff shows from Stargate, Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate UniverseCaptures a more Star Trek vibe.
Stargate Atlantis It is set in a futuristic lost city that crews use as a hub for exploration and discovery. It touches on many of the familiar themes that make Star Trek great.
meanwhile, Stargate Universe There is no way to go home, and follows a group of humans trapped in ancient spaceships in a distant galaxy. This series is a huge part of the familiar crew dynamics that Star Trek fans love most.
Amazing voyage
In 1966, months before Captain Kirk arrived on the screen, Disney released another story of the exploration A wonderful voyage.
Instead of exploring space, they take the crew of a small ship inside the human body, boldly going to places no one is going to in their own way.
Amazing voyage It was a technical surprise at the time. The original trailer for the film told it as a “new kind of film driving experience.” That was true.
Like Star Trek, Amazing voyage It stands out as a turning point in sci-fi by exploring new settings that have never been done before at this scale. It continues as a technological advancement and a fun adventure.
SeaQuest DSV
Steven Spielberg SF Series SeaQuest DSV It was first released on NBC in 1993 and is intended to bring high hopes and ease the show’s popularity Star Trek: Next Generation and Deep Space Nine.
A Star Trek formula is needed and will be applied in the near future when humanity develops new technology to explore the water.
SeaQuest As they explore the depths of the ocean, they appear on alien planets with futuristic submarine crews, sometimes time travel shenanigans, or truly strange twists.
Roy Scheider stars as the adorable, highly Picard-like Captain Nathan Hale Bridger. There is also a dolphin who is told by the name Darwin. Star Trek: Deck below.
Prometheus
2012 Ridley Scott Movie Prometheus This is the first part alien Part of the Alien franchise. And there aren’t as many Star Trek as the alien movies.
Apart from this, this is a very strangely specific way, actually a stealth remake Star Trek V: The Last Frontier.
Both stories Prometheus and Star Trek v It involves the quest of the Creator in a journey led by scientists who have given up logic in support of blind faith and belief. Both films fall on the betrayal of the crew, who are important to make the plot work.
flat Prometheus‘Production design is similar The final frontier. The planets they visit look like the same place, and we meet both the film’s scientist characters and delve into the desert.
And of course, in the end, the gods they found in both films are murderous jerks. Watch and accept the creepy similarities The final frontier and Prometheus From the back.
Orville
Orville It’s the most Star Trek show to hit TV since cancelled Companiesand that’s Seth MacFarlane, creator of the series with a purposefully raised atmosphere.
But it’s not Star Trek so I’m sitting here.
It is when the explorer’s crew roams through space, encountering the wonders of space, and challenging the human mind. Star Trek is in charge of the ship knows exactly what was back. When it was still good.
Orville Scratch Star Trek itching that isn’t satisfied with Paramount’s current trek offering. It’s really interesting, especially in Season 1.
Master & Commander: Beyond the World
Based on the book series by author Patrick O’Brian, the film Master and Commander: Beyond the World Russell Crowe continues as Captain Jack Aubrey, a British naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars. He and his crew are tasked with chasing French ships, much more powerful than theirs.
It may not sound too Star Trek, but it’s a film trapped in a battle with another ship while exploring a strange place where a ship sailing into the unknown makes scientific discoveries.
Russell Crowe’s Jack Aubrey is the perfect Captain Kirk and Paul Bettany, playing the ship’s doctor as amalgam for both Dr. McCoy and Mr. Spock.
Essentially, it’s everything you see in good Star Trek movies, and it happens on a ship that drives the wind instead of a warp core.
If you are allowed to speak Galaxy Questit might have been number one on this list.
But please feel free to contact us anyway, exclude it.
