Down at San Diego State University, history department professor John Putman teaches a course titled “Star Trek, Culture and History” that looks at American history and culture through the prism of Gene Roddenberry’s universe. So basically this means that all those hours I spent eating Count Chocula and watching William Shatner make out with green ladies was a pure academic endeavor. Sweet! I feel smarter already.
Here’s some video on this, ahem, academic enterprise (sorry, I couldn’t resist):
– Geoff Boucher
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Chris Pine takes command: “I am not William Shatner”
Leonard Nimoy: “Star Trek” fans can be scary
William Shatner on the outside: “It’s strange to say goodbye”
Simon Pegg: “I felt damn sexy” in Starfleet uniform
Boy of Summer: Anton Yelchin in “Trek” and “Terminator”
VIDEO: “Star Trek” meets … Monty Python?
GALLERY: New “Trek” stars side-by-side with originals
VIDEO: The Onion: Trekkies blast new film for being ”fun, watchable”
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