But even in outer space, characters have access to the replicator, an imaginary bit of futuristic technology that can generate most resources - especially food, air, and even machine parts - out of their access to near-infinite energy. The narratives, then, take place almost exclusively off-planet, where challenges arise for characters because they are at the farthest reaches of the universe, instead of the safety of Earth. Then there's Star Trek, the 800 pound gorilla of utopian fiction, in which a futuristic Earth has solved the problem of want and even abolished money, so that people only work if they wish to. (Though one wonders why Tony doesn't do more to address the resource problems that drive Thanos to commit universal genocide.) In Marvel's Avengers series, Tony Stark's invention of free energy mostly frees up the characters to focus on big, comic book-y threats, like A.I. In his Magicians trilogy, Lev Grossman leans into his characters' ability to generate money with magic, exploring the question of how insufferable want-free people might actually be. Rowling splits the difference, giving wizards the ability to do away with drudgery through magic, but still needing money to buy food, property, and goods. But it's also harder to devise the conflicts that drive narrative fiction in worlds were people's material needs are all met. It's fun to conjure worlds where, through magic or technology, humans have conquered the twin problems of needing resources and having to work to get them.
One of the great narrative dilemmas for sci-fi and fantasy writers imagining wondrous alternative realities is the question of want. It starts with Mount marveling over playing Enterprise Captain Pike (the predecessor to Captain Kirk), then moves to Peck as Spock (sporting a more spiky version of his typical bowl cut) and Romijn as Number One.This story is part of "TV Dinner," a Salon Food series about the connection between what we watch and what we eat. The teaser video features all of the major cast members introducing themselves and their characters.
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The main trio of Strange New Worlds already appeared on Discovery: Captain Pike (Anson Mount) his Number One, Una Chin-Riley aka Number One (Rebecca Romijn) and Science Officer Spock (Ethan Peck).īut the prequel will have more younger versions of familiar characters, as well as some completely new ones. 8, Paramount Plus dropped the video introducing the cast of the spinoff, which is set in the 23rd century after the events of Star Trek: Discovery season 2.
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