Umlingisi wase-US, umvelisi kunye nomlawuli uLeonard Nimoy njengo Mnu Spock ovela kuthotho lweTV 'Star Trek'.(Ifoto: Bertil Unger / Getty Izithombe) NgoSeptemba 8, 2016 sisikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50 Inkwenkwezi yetrek Ukuqala kokuvela kweTV kwi-NBC. Ukuba ube yinxalenye yobomi baseMelika kangangesiqingatha senkulungwane, ayimangalisi into yokuba umboniso unentsebenzo eyahlukeneyo enomdla kunye noomongameli-kubandakanya u-Obama, omkhulu Inkwenkwezi yetrek fan yomnye umphathi oyintloko ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Unxibelelwano lukamongameli lwaqala ngaphambili Inkwenkwezi yetrek kwafika nasemoyeni. Nangona uJohn F. Kennedy waye wasweleka phantse iminyaka emithathu ngaphambili Inkwenkwezi yetrek Kuvele okokuqala, ifa lakhe lenza umboniso. Ubunkokheli be Ishishini kunye nokukhangela kwayo iFinal Frontier yayisekwe, ngokuyinxenye, kulawulo lukaKennedy, kunye nendoda yamanenekazi entle uJames T Kirk-edlalwa nguWilliam Shatner-yayisekwe, ngokuyinxenye, kuJohn F Kennedy (qaphela oonobumba bokuqala bakaJK). Ngopopu wengcali yenkcubeko uPaul Cantor: UMnu Spock ubonakala emele bonke abacebisi be-JFK abanobukrwada baseHarvard-uhlobo lweMcGeorge Bundy eneendlebe ezitsolo.
Akucaci ukuba uLeonard Nimoy, umdlali weqonga owayedlala uSpock, wabuzwa ngale ntlonipho kuJFK. Ngexesha elinye adibana nalo uSenator Kennedy-kudala Inkwenkwezi yetrek isasazwe-uNimoy wayengumdlali weqonga osokola eqhuba iteksi ukongeza umvuzo wakhe. USenator waseMassachusetts uzame ukuqinisa ikamva uMnu Spock kwi- $ 1.25 yexabiso lekhabhathi.
UNimoy akabonakali edibene nabalandela uKennedy uLyndon Johnson okanye uRichard Nixon, kodwa wenza iphulo lokufuna abongameli u-Eugene McCarthy ngo-1968 kunye no-George McGovern ngo-1972. ukunceda ekubumbeni iziphumo zezopolitiko. Impendulo yakhe yacela umongameli wexesha elizayo: Ewe, ndicinga ukuba imalunga noRonald Reagan ebalekela irhuluneli.
Umboniso wokuqala ugqibe kuphela amaxesha amathathu kwi-NBC, kwaye awuzange ube yinto de yaqala ukubonakala njengesiqalo. UGerald Ford wayengumongameli wokuqala wokuva ukuba ludume kangakanani uthotho lwamaqela adibeneyo. Uvavanyo lokuqala lwesiphekepheke lwagqitywa ngexesha lolawulo, kwaye kwakucwangciselwe ukubizwa ngokuba nguMgaqo-siseko.
UReagan ubuzile, ‘ngandlel’ ithile ngeentloni, ’ukuba angakwazi na ukuhlala esihlalweni somphathi.
I-Ford yagcwala iileta ezivela kumkhosi okhulayo we-Trekkies efuna ukuba iShuttle ibize igama elithi Enterprise. Njengoko uGeorge Lt. Sulu Takei eyichazile, yayimangalisa into abayenzileyo. Inani leeleta ezazisiya e-White House zazilingana ne-tsunami. UFord usamkele isicelo, kwaye ngoSeptemba-kwiminyaka engama-40 eyadlulayo kule nyanga-mihlanu Inkwenkwezi yetrek amalungu aphontiweyo, kunye nomyili wemiboniso uGene Roddenberry, baya e-Edwards Air Force base ukuze babone i-NASA ityhila isithuba sayo esitsha.
Umlandeli kaMongameli Ford, uJimmy Carter, wayengumlandeli omkhulu webhanyabhanya, ebukele ngaphezulu kweemovie ezingama-400 kwikota yakhe enye kwiWhite House. Enye yezo bhanyabhanya yayi I-Star Trek: Imifanekiso eshukumayo— eyokuqala ngoku eyi-13 Inkwenkwezi yetrek iifilimu. UCarter wabukela ifilimu ngoDisemba 12, 1979, kwiintsuku ezintlanu emva kokuvulwa kwefilimu ngoDisemba 7. Kungenzeka ukuba uMongameli uCarter wayenezinto ezingcono azenzileyo ngelo xesha: yayiziintsuku ezingama-38 kwingxubakaxaka yaseIran, eya kuqhubeka kangangeentsuku ezingama-444.
UMongameli Carter naye wenza ukubonakala kwindalo iphela ye-Star Trek. Ababhali baseka pacifist herbivore umlinganiswa uJaresh-Inyo kwi I-Star Trek: Indawo enzulu 9 kuye.
Umongameli wokuqala owayengumlandeli wenene weStar Trek yayinguRonald Reagan, owayebukele zombini ngo-1984 I-Star Trek III: Ukukhangela iSpock nango-1986 I-Star Trek IV: Ikhaya lohambo Ngexesha lotyelelo eCamp David. Kubonakala ukuba akazange acinge kakhulu Khangela uSpock , awayeyibukele kunye no-Sen. Paul Laxalt kunye nomncedisi uMike Deaver, ephawula, Kwakungekho kuhle kakhulu.
Kwithuba lakhe lobongameli, uReagan wenza utyelelo kwiseti ye I-Star Trek: Isizukulwana esilandelayo . NgokukaPatrick Stewart, owayedlala uKapteni uJean Luc Picard, uReagan naye wabuza, enentloni, ukuba angahlala kwisitulo somphathi. Emva koko, wahlekisa ngelithi wayengumlandeli wenkqubela phambili yeFederation, i-Klingons: bandikhumbuza ngeCongress.
Abacebisi bomgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle waseGeorge W Bush kwiphulo lowe-2000, elalikhokelwa nguCondoleezza Rice, babizwa ngokuba ngamaVulcans. Igama alizi kuphela kwi-ultra-logical Inkwenkwezi yetrek uhlanga lwasemzini lukaMnumzana Spock, kodwa kananjalo oluvela kumfanekiso oqingqiweyo woThixo woMlilo waseRoma onegama elifanayo, owawunendawo ebonakalayo kwidolophu yasekhaya yaseRice iBirmingham.
Umongameli wangoku uBarack Obama kukudala emi Inkwenkwezi yetrek fan. Wakhe waxelela uNichelle Nichols-Lt. U-Uhuru kumdlalo wokuqala-wokuba wayenomdla kuye ebusheni bakhe. Ngaphandle kokuthanda kwakhe umboniso, u-Obama wakha wabiza into nge-Jedi mind meld kwinkomfa yoonondaba, ephambanisa ingqondo yeJedi Idabi leenkwenkwezi ngengqondo yeVulcan Inkwenkwezi yetrek . Wafumana ubushushu obuninzi kumakhwenkwe aloo fan, abanye babo beqhula besithi impazamo yimpazamo kaWookie.
Emuva xa wayekhankasela umongameli, uSenator u-Obama wadibana noNimoy, owathi kuye-la Spock-Kuya kuba sengqiqweni ukuba ungangumongameli. Ukusweleka kukaNimoy, u-Obama wakhupha ingxelo kamongameli evuma ubungqongqo bakhe, esithi, Kudala ngaphambi kokuba nerdy ipholile, kwakukho uLeonard Nimoy kwaye waqukumbela, ndandimthanda uSpock.
Ukujonga phambili, unxibelelwano phakathi komboniso kunye ne-White House inokuqhubeka kakuhle. UTakei uthe uyamxhasa uHillary Clinton, kwaye noShatner naye unjalo. Ukuba uphumelele, mhlawumbi siza kubona omnye okanye bobabini betyelele iClinton White House, beqhubeka nesiko elide labongameli kunye Inkwenkwezi yetrek .
Umboniseli wekholamu uTevi Troy ngumbhali-mbali kamongameli kunye nowayesakuba ngumncedisi we-White House, kwaye umbhali wencwadi entsha, Ngaba Siza kuvusa uMongameli? Amakhulu amabini eminyaka oLawulo lweNtlekele oluvela kwiOval Office (eLyons).
