The Star Trek mission statement is a little silly in retrospect, isn't it:
To boldly go where no man has gone before.
The franchise, now celebrating its 50th anniversary, has produced six television series and thirteen feature films so what man hasn't gone there? It's probably bolder to have never taken a ride on the starship Enterprise. But let's do a Posterized. We'll include the series (which each get one poster) in this roundup. So how many of the 19 Star Trek adventures have you seen?
All the posters are after the jump...
Star Trek (1966-1969) - the originals
Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973-1974) - the spinoff. You know,... for kids.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) - the one with the beautiful bald woman
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - the one with Ricardo Montalban all muscled up
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) - the one where they undid the Spock death
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) - the one where they went to Earth in our time!
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994) the first attempt at expanding the franchise beyond the original Enterprise crew. Needless to say, it took.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) the wacky one William Shatner directed where they meet "God"
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) the one where the original team retires
Star Trek Deep Space Nine (1993-1999) the one I absolutely have no memory of it existing
Star Trek Generations (1994) the one with both the originals pass the baton to the new tv cast
Star Trek Voyager (1995-2001) the one with the female commander Kate Mulgrew
Star Trek: First Contact (1996) the one with Alfre Woodard!
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) another one I don't remember existing
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005) the one with Scott Bakula
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) the one with Young Tom Hardy as the big bad before he was bulky & famous "Tom Hardy"
Star Trek (2009) the reboot in an alternate timeline or something (I don't remember what the excuse was for using the old characters again rather than inventing new ones.)
Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013) the one where they brought back Khan but whitewashed him in casting so I didn't go see it
Star Trek Beyond (2016) the one that just opened in theaters with Idris Elba as the Big Bad and where we find out Sulu (John Cho) has a husband and kid. Presumably Spock, Kirk, and Uhura have things to do as well.
HOW MANY HAVE YOU SEEN?
The Star Trek franchise really won't leave us alone. In the 50 years it has existed the longest pop culture has ever gone without it is literally four years (1975-1978). Otherwise, beyond a vacation of a year or two here and there, it's constantly either on television or at movie theaters. A new Star Trek television series is also in development (it's been 11 years since the last one ended) which will begin sometimes next year.