it is now cheaper to design warp drives than to make box office movies
Jen Murray Star Trek VI at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzUfCkbHN5g
In 1966 we were a few years from landing on the moon. Then half a century of fiction. It would have been much easier to just explore space than watch space operas. With low cost AIs, and 50 years of advances in all fields, it is now cheaper to design warp drives than to make box office movies.
