A Future With No Villains

[@turndownforwalt]

It’s been 3,000 years…

[@damailman9629]

We're so back

[@oxitape1563]

From Rivals of Aether to Star Trek is a transition I was not expecting at all but is absolutely welcome lmao.

[@RileyRiolu]

Now I gotta watch Star Trek to be honest, this is such a great video! There couldn't have been a better video for you to come back too, even if its briefly!

[@BlackKiteX]

Adam returning with more of my favorite kinds of videos to watch, the kind of video made by those who truly enjoy something and share said enjoyment with anyone willing to listen in

[@finn9401]

Ds9 is so huge when it comes to this in my opinion. The ferengi starting as pure evil and becoming more fleshed out overtime - plus Dukat too he is my favorite example of this

[@FurryShep]

Its nice to have some uplifting content amidst all this horrible news lately. Thank you.

[@technorave555]

BABE WAKE UP, NEWDAM CARDEO

[@misterfevillord1588]

Galaxy quest is best star trek

[@the0therethan]

and when the world needed him the most, he returned also if this means a new direction for the content, I am 100% down

[@uebr]

of all the videos and people i've seen talk about star trek, this might be the one that actually gets me to watch an episode. good work!

[@trentwearsfape]

You should do an episode on memory. A bunch of episodes have them getting amnesia

[@AdamCarra]

I really like tng's Conundrum, and I kinda want to do a video not about memory, but about how professional they act in old trek. Conundrum really illustrates that, but I don't have any hard plans for a video like that yet.

[@Waffletigercat]

Never expected a Star Trek essay from the Rivals of Aether guy, but god damn!

[@runningtiger7624]

LET'S GOOOOOO!!!! STAR TREK REPRESENTATION!!!!! :D My boyffriend is a total trekkie and I'm pretty into it too. I especially love lower decks and voyager!

[@lootbox1157]

It's funny how some KZbinrs get little views when they make an unconventional video about something they wouldn't normally talk about. But when other youtubers do it, they get plenty of views. This video isn't a topic that you would normally talk about, but we still watch because you make good videos. If you want to make a video that you wouldn't usually make and it gets little views then it means you don't make your videos interesting enough.

[@minty6623]

There comes a time where a youtuber before their time creates a certain type of content and then later on jumps into a new frontier

[@yummyos]

I love positivity posting. I love happy maxing. I love good time moments. I love your video Adam

[@NewPolkCity]

This video was amazing - but all this talk of alien creatures has me wondering. Is Dinock OK? If Dinock were to drink root beer enough times, would he like root beer?

[@Grgrqr]

Omg, love the direction this is going

[@arsha1434]

A very enjoyable video, I liked your exploration of Star Trek's optimistic themes. Especially the end shot, with the piano piece as all the episodes of Star Trek with reconciliation between protagonists and antagonists, that was touching

[@LAceOfClubs]

Really like your videos sir, they are SUPER well made. Not exaggerating or being a sweet fan, I can tell the editing is as detailed as possible and you're a very smart guy so the videos tend to be both funny, enjoyable to watch and make the viewer learn something. Adam sir, make more videos because they are awesome. This is coming from a man that did a thousand pushups 14 times and trained everyday for the last 97 days, not from a sweet fan.

[@VP-tn1ip]

WHERE HAVE U BEEN MR ADAM CARRA? MY FAVOURITE ADAM CARRA!!??

[@Firegodot]

To this day this is one of my favorite videos of yours because it turned me into a star trek fan dude, its freaking great, im loving the original series and next generation

[@SilverHammer1]

Enjoying this, keep it up friend

[@url00]

Great video! I'd love to hear more about ST and Sci-Fi/ideas in general. EDIT: Also great ending montage!

[@siramity7080]

I just like to listen to you nice to see a new video

[@SpaceySoundy]

Cool to see another vid from you!

[@SivillyHoshi]

I really liked your video about "rivals of aether character design" its my go-to video to give to people learning the game

[@fespadea8263]

I don't particularly care about Star Trek, but you're good enough at making videos that I'll watch them regardless of what they're about, and I'll like them.

[@darvaza5140]

oh shit, nice to see you back

[@carlosflores4179]

Duuuude make more comic reviews! I remmber that silver surfer "review" you did was freaking amazing

[@christomanci]

is this adam carra from the adam carra show returning with a sick new video essay!?!?!

[@patrickg5648]

Good shit Adam. You got what it takes. One time I had a dream that I tripped over a crack in the sidewalk and broke my teeth and you pointed and laughed at me while I bled out of my mouth. This is a great video that captures so much of what I've always loved about star trek.

[@thelastgogeta]

Adam Trekkie, let's go!

[@SivillyHoshi]

Holy fuck he uploaded

[@hornbuckle0wns]

Never watched an episode of star trek but I'm always happy to see you back, adam

[@parteebear]

This makes me want to give Star Trek a proper shot, anyone have a recommendation of where to start?

[@AdamCarra]

Season 3 of Next Gen, or just starting with Deep Space 9 or Voyager. Any of the shows you'll also just need the mindset that there's like 20+ episodes a season, so they're not always going to be good. But if you stick through it, it'll probably be worth it.

[@Rutabagas]

we got skinny Adam Carra returning before gta 6

[@reddblackjack]

That's actually been a part of great storytelling for hundreds of years. It's just that it wasn't put into words until quite recently. Star Trek didn't invent it. And in the real world, not even Genghis Khan, Stalin, or Hitler were villains. Yes each was responsible for the deaths of millions of people. But they were heroes , Patriots, or doing other good things in the eyes of some. It's about perspective, really.

[@sincereduck9405]

epic vid adam

[@ksb24091989]

Your video came up as a recommendation, as a long time Trekkie this is what nutrek lacks and hard to digest.

[@jonasjohnson5383]

I'd like to know your thoughts on Star Trek: Prodigy! My dad (who is a long-time fan of star trek) is really enjoying it, and I (completely new to star trek) am also having a great time with it. We both like it for the same reasons, mostly: The worldbuilding and lore is astounding to us, and we've found that the show has a lot of great references for old fans, while keeping them understandable for new fans. I have also noticed a theme of keeping peace rather than fighting wars, and though there are still those "season finale" episodes where there are big battles, it's still in the name of peace. Anyway I'd like to hear what your thoughts are on prodigy, if you've seen it lol

[@AdamCarra]

I haven't seen any prodigy, seems like it might be aight I know a lot of trekkies actually like it. I just haven't been able to get into almost any NuTrek. I've watched some clips of Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks, but I just can't stand the marvely humor in them and they're way too steeped in nostalgia. The only nutrek I've enjoyed was Picard season 3, which was mostly good especially the first 4 episodes, and the rest ranged from ok to too nostalgy, but not enough to ruin the whole season. I do want to give it an honest shot at some point, but for now I'm still just loving looping through tos-tng-ds9-voy-ent. Also I do want to say that, although I am a nutrek hater, people should like what they like, and I made a conscious effort to keep nutrek hate to a minimum in the video.

[@jonasjohnson5383]

@@AdamCarra lol fair enough You actually make me want to go watch some old star trek, especially voyager!

[@Xx2Devexia2xX]

welp, me and my partner just finished DS9. We got a lot of watching to do til I can watch this video :')

[@AdamCarra]

I will say ds9 is the main reason I even put the spoiler warning, since the whole ending of that show is one of the things I spoil, outside of that it's not too bad just episodes here or there, and some main stuff with enterprise.

[@RaisinHook]

the Borg is 100% a villain

[@ThatSkiFreak]

bwoahly shit he's back

[@kodyrowe-manns6360]

Holy fuck adam is back

[@kenhisuag]

If I may present another perspective on this concept (bear with me on this): According to the Biblical worldview, mankind (in this context, synonymous with "sentient life") is inherently sinful, and in fact doomed to increasing corruption without divine intervention. The narrative application of this presents the "hero" as someone resisting their continued degradation, contrasted against the "villain" who has given themselves up to it. The "redeemable villain" is one who is convinced to begin resistance thereof, just as the "doomed hero" is one who gives up their resistance. Thus the "irredeemable villain" represents a refusal to change, even when (and perhaps especially when) the possibility is directly offered. The purpose of narrative is to express concepts in creative ways. The "redeemable villain" shows that compromise can lead to positive resolution, which is an encouraging (if realistically inconsistent) message. On the other hand, the "irredeemable villain" demonstrates the self-destructive nature of "villainy," thereby serving as a warning to the audience. Both have a function, though how much and in what way the message resonates with each individual is somewhat relative. That being said, I too prefer the more diplomatic resolutions, though for a different reason. For *me*, the most interesting aspect of Star Trek was its depiction of unique cultures and the ways in which they interacted with each other; "redeemable villains" more strongly depicted this than "irredeemable villains." I believe the presence of the latter is beneficial to further emphasize the significance of the former, but their stories are usually the less memorable (with some significant exceptions, but that's another discussion.)

[@kenhisuag]

BTW, I'm all aboard for this; I'm not sure if you've done content like this before, but you pulled it off very well. :)

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

Please don’t ever replace Picard’s face with your face again, that was horrifying.

[@shakacien]

Hey Adam you free to do some political consulting in, like the next 14 weeks or so?

[@De_an]

Why is this particular day the best day of my life?

[@demaclio]

idk shit about star trek but this video is still awesome, I could listen to you talk about anything. time to hit like and have my algorithm feed me star trek videos I don't care about

[@frick42064]

damn adam this was a great video but it really bothered me when you kept messing up the name of species 8742

[@gummywormjim]

Let us simply go

[@windchimes8764]

data for rivals 2

[@TheOnlyUmbrilla]

no way the adam

[@spencernaugle]

Okay, Now I'm curious about your opinion on "The Orville"

[@AdamCarra]

At first I really liked it, especially the parts with the krill and that one episode where seth mcfarlane and the pilot guy disguise themselves, but after a while I lost interest in the 3rd season. Someday I'll finish it, but it's like why watch it when I have all the dvds/blu rays of the real thing.

[@spencernaugle]

@@AdamCarra I've never watched it, KZbin Shorts just likes recommending clips to me. So it looked interesting to me.

[@DAFLIDMAN]

The future I always wanted, the one I still want is one where we're like the federation

[@reddblackjack]

If you were an alien, you'd see the Federation and Starfleet as the villain because they go around homogenizing everyone with "inalienable human rights"! What kind of nonsense is that?

[@bejcsmith334]

Look it’s Daniel Fornaniel

[@unskilledgamer3642]

He's back

[@lu9575]

LETS GO!!!!!

[@FHGryphonIRL]

Oh hello there

[@andiralosh2173]

I'm surprised that you didn't focus on the Cardassians. To me they are the quintessential complex and initially irredeemable species

[@AdamCarra]

DS9 is even my favorite Trek series, but I wanted to focus on Trek more as a whole. Also I wanted to focus more on the subversive/surprise aspect of how Trek deals with its villains, and the Cardassians are sorta introduced right out of the gate as a complex morally gray society. I do wish I could have found a way to talk about them more in the video, I tried to work in clips from Duet and Cardassians(the episode), but with the main 3 episodes I was already highlighting it was a lot to tackle for this video. But yeah the Cardassian stuff is amazing, maybe someday I'll find some angle or idea to make a video about that.

[@spencernaugle]

"This Franchise is a mess now" "Actually it was always a mess" -Literally every franchise if you look close enough. (My OCD has waisted too much of my brain capacity being annoyed by plot holes, or accidentally problematic content in the franchises I care about.)

[@thelastgogeta]

You can dodge the mess bullet if you engage with short IP which end quickly or with few adaptations. If it runs over 40 years with consistently changing hands, it is pot luck if even parts of it are enjoyable looking back as a newbie or forward as a vet. No guarantee that they won't get big enough to become a franchise 20 years later though.

[@GTXDash]

Star Trek The Motion Picture (specifically the Director's Edition) is my favorite film in the franchise because it wasn't a traditional action sci-fi adventure with good vs bad. I don't enjoy Star Trek for that kind of stuff, we already have Star Wars for that.

[@AdamCarra]

The Motion Picture always gets a bad rap, but it's great. I love that little era of trek that it's sorta in all by itself. The look of that film is better than the other films imo too. Although 6 is my personal favorite of the tos films, I still enjoy watching TMP on my watching loops.

[@HoshiNoKaabii]

wake up babe! new adam carra video!

[@juliusfrank3349]

hi, long time first time, when will stefan be coming back

[@Okman3]

hopefully never... you dont know the drama...

[@juliusfrank3349]

​​@@Okman3 Oh man, now I have to know, what happened?

[@jetstreamsham4968]

Remember when section 31 tried created a virus to kill an entire species? Remember when Picard was reprimanded by Starfleet admirals for not poisoning the Borg? Or when Sisko let someone die to manipulate their people into an alliance? How do you reconcile these things with starfleets core value?

[@AdamCarra]

1) I just hate section 31 as a concept. 2) That's sorta the main point of the beginning of the video, we all cherry pick ideas and create our own Star Trek. 3) For some things like with Sisko, or the various admirals, people within star fleet all have different perspectives, Picard himself was all for killing all the borg and it wasn't until he had a whole little character arc that he changed. In my idea of Star Trek the systems of the federation and star fleet will always eventually work themselves out and there's enough good people in the right positions.

[@CreaturesOrigins]

Nowhere in the video did he claim that these characters were moral monoliths, they are ultimately still human and by definition flawed

[@kelzanlienbre4642]

i discovered that i didn't know anything about star trek after watching this, i'm gonna give it a watch since it's not a star wars trash clone lol

[@LordFartamor]

Hi Adam :)

[@ponyfish157]

But can Star Trek Moriarty wavedash tho?

[@honesto4696]

This video does a very succinct job at demonstrating why Abrams' approach to Star Trek was so philosophically immature. If Adam continues with these kinds of videos, I might have to add him to the likes of SF Debris, Jessie Gender, Red Letter Media and Steve Shives, for being one of the best Star Trek commenters on KZbin. 🖖🏽

[@AdamCarra]

I've never heard of any of them besides rlm, I'll check them out because I'm starved for good trek KZbin content. One channel I really like is Junkball, they're more focused on ships and detail over story content, but still really fun.

[@honesto4696]

@@AdamCarra If you like Junkball, check out the channels, We Travel by Night and OTOY. I guarantee that you won't be disappointed. But as for my previous suggestions: 1. As far I can tell, SF Debris has to be one of the oldest sci-fi TV and movie reviewers on KZbin. By now he's had to have reviewed at least 80% of all of Star Trek movies and television episodes and he does it with a healthy dose of comedy. The only reason he's not bigger, is because through no fault of his own, he's been repeatedly deplatformed. He has 2 channels: SF Debris and SF Debris Red. 2. Steve Shives runs an all-around leftist politics and geek culture channel, which of course includes a lot of Star Trek reviews, essays and satire. I don't agree with quite a few of his opinions on Star Trek, but he explains his positions quite well. So, I don't think he says anything in bad faith. It's healthy to hear different opinions. 3. Jessie runs 2 KZbin channels : Jessie Gender and Jessie Gender After Dark. She is probably KZbin's most in-depth Star Trek essayist. She is a trans-woman, lefty and filmmaker. J.K. Rowling legitimately hates her. Plus she just released a sci-fi short film on Nebula, titled IDENTITEAZE. It stars Maggie Mae Fish and John de Lancie (yeah Q) and a few other performers you may recognize.

[@titanomachy2217]

I feel like if humans were actually granted a utopia to live in, they would end up rejecting it. As much as we may deny it, mankind ultimately prefers struggle and strife to idyll and harmony, hence why self-deletion rates go up during peacetime and down during wartime with shocking consistency, indicating an actual causal link and not mere correlation by happenstance. There is a certain electricity in the air in a country at war, as well as a certain patriotic comradery, bringing all constituent parts of the nation (young and old, rich and poor, etc.) closer together. And furthermore, a great deal of humans have a deep yearning to find someone, some master, worthy of kneeling to and obeying. I don't fault mankind for this tendency, I just feel it is worth pointing out. I'm not particularly upset that humans are this way, to be honest. Makes the story more dynamic. To exist is to be the film as well as the viewer, to be a player and an audience member, and ultimately, to be figments in the imagination of God. I find science fiction that can deal with the duality of mankind's soul with more nuance than just "WAR BAD, RACISM BAD, CORPORATE GREED BAD, RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE BAD!" And frankly, being hammered over the head with those basically universally agreed-upon and utterly trite thematic pronouncements is how I sum up most of not just Star Trek, but even most of sci-fi in general. I believe this is actually precisely what sets Warhammer 40K apart from the bulk of sci-fi, thus explaining its massive popularity as it stands out in spite of recycling tons of other sci-fi tropes and mashing them together to create the general factions and aesthetics. It is its ethos, its philosophy, that sets it apart. It is this ethos that also garners it more controversy than most sci-fi, as a lot of people end up seeing it as right wing. It is funny to think about how prior to the French Revolution, the concept of the "right wing" would have been pretty much synonymous with the principles of sound statecraft and living a morally upstanding life, like pretty much just "Being a good Christian" or "Not being a traitor" or whatever. It was the water they swam in, so to speak, so like fish they had no term for it. We are facing a fairly similar world today, just in reverse. More and more things that were explicitly radical far left positions, at least in terms of social politics, are now so commonplace that people calling themselves "conservative" support them. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if your average kid from Gen Alpha would actually find the original Star Trek series highly offensive and see it as espousing a "far right" worldview, in their book. Just goes to show how nebulously most people use these terms, not really based on any unchanging definition of either half of the political spectrum but rather defining everything that isn't cutting edge Progressivism "far right", so like for instance most leftist young people will call someone that holds the politics of a 1990s Democrat to be a "far right fascist extremist" or whatever, like for being against gay marriage and against reparations, for instance. Therefore, I take any talk that is meant to make people weary of 40K as though it'll "radicalize" you into a "Nazi" with a heaping pinch of salt. I should go back and actually try watching Star Trek again. Oh here's something that will piss Trekkies off: I thought the J.J. Abrams movies were ALRIGHT. Yep, I said it, I thought they were decent action sci-fi movies. I might even go so far as to say I would prefer rewatching those to rewatching some of the less popular older films. Hey, what can I say, some of them just don't grab me and hold my attention. They can be a bit dry and dialogue-heavy.

[@Kosher3864]

He's got the Goatee woahhh

[@laegu5430]

Uhm it's actually species 8472 Adam 🤓

[@blairc158]

hi adam

[@TheXell]

13:40 You joke, but I've seen people call Trek "right-wing nonsense" in 2020. The political compass in people's heads today is beyond fucked.

[@propaul1369]

I was so confused at first, like, what you mean Star Trek, Im subscribe for RoA!!!!!!!! But even if Ive never seen Star Trek (nor Im interested lol) I really liked the vid and Star Trek philosophy :p

[@LyndanTylor]

I want Star Trek written by Geroge rrrmartin

[@AdamCarra]

Deep Space 9 is already almost that

[@spicetea4060]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M A ZOOMER AND I LOVE STAR TREK!

[@spencernaugle]

Are you Skinner now because working out? Or is something wrong?

[@AdamCarra]

I've just been eating way healthier lol. I try to work out from time to time, but haven't quite fully committed properly yet.

[@spencernaugle]

@@AdamCarra Awesome. Just wanted to make sure you are doing good. I've seen way too many people get skinny for unhealthy reasons and then pass away.

[@davebob4973]

i am the true villain of star trek.

[@spencernaugle]

Evil Adam, goatee and all, convincing me to watch Star Trek? *Squints* What's the catch?

[@Cork_xx]

[@ListlessWither]

Star Trek is Woke??? 😱😱

[@forresth.6690]

MEME: "Always Has Been"

[@joseguzman5875]

I think I know this guy. Wait who am I?

[@EthanOverE-Z]

I've always felt that course oblivion needs to be discussed more. The episode is equal parts revealing and meaningless.

[@AdamCarra]

I love everything about that episode except the ending, and that's mostly just cause it makes me sad lol. I wish they at least recovered their files on the probe or something at the end so it wasn't like they are completely lost. I did use some footage from the prequel episode Demon, which was also good.

[@EthanOverE-Z]

@@AdamCarra It was a good way to explore what the crew would do in a hopeless situation without actually putting them in one. The captain sticks to her main goal to a fault (although she didn't know the extent of what would happen). We see how some characters deal with the constant loss of others, and how discussions of what to do progress. Although I think the part they did the best is how their goals change through the episode. It starts with hopeful goals, "everything will be all right if we just keep going". Then when more and more problems happen it changes to "maybe we can recover what we have left". Finally and tragically it transitions to just being remembered.

[@partimentieveryday]

Notification squad 👏👏

[@Neku109]

where is stefan????

[@Waffletigercat]

Are you deliberately mispronouncing Pulaski, and in a different way, every time?