Poker & Pop Culture: 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'

Sitting atop the box office charts this week is the latest entry into the Star Trek franchise, a new feature film that stands as a prequel to the original 1966-1969 television series. The new film is the eleventh one, building further on the complicated storyline presented in multiple television series over the last four-plus decades.

While references to poker turn up here and there amid the franchise’s many incarnations, it was the second major television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994), that saw poker become an especially meaningful part of the show. ST:TNG...

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Posted: 2009-05-27 05:14

What is the link between Star Trek and Texas Poker. Any time poker and poker players are portrayed in Movies, TV or the News. The general public takes away an impression away from the experience. The impression is ether good or bad. Apparently from the description in this article and these clips, Star Trek The Next Generation portrayal of poker was beneficial in several ways. Poker was an outlet for the crew, a way to vent frustration, avert monotony and relieve tension. Apparently this weekly poker game, was for the senior staff. Which nullifies Joan Rivers comments about all poker players being "trailer trash". The senior staff members also seemed to take away life lessons from poker play. These are all good things. When positive press and depiction start to sway the public's impression of poker and its players. We're headed in the right direction.
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