Now if Harlan Ellison would be on board I'd have hope. When I say this is going to be the same ol' hat I hope I'm wrong. I love the idea they are going to go for the newness and wonder of the final frontier. The moment I saw the new ship design I figured tehy were not going to strech the creative envelope. Even the art department isn't coming up with new ideas.

I think Star Trek has made leaps and bounds on teh issue of race. Sometimes they take it too far. It is like the writers little badge of honor along with the over played social comentary. I am 90% sure Roddenberry's idea wasn't to make humanity one people and culture. That was John Lennon. It was about tolerance, cooperation and betterment. It was about cultural diverisity and preserving it. Hence teh Prime Directive.