Star Trek...

"It speaks to some basic human needs, that there is a tomorrow - it's not all going to be over in a big flash and a bomb; that the human race is improving, that we have things to be proud of as humans. No, ancient astronauts did not build the pyramids - human beings built them because they're clever and they work hard. And 'Star Trek' is about those things." --Gene Roddenberry, from the "Star Trek" 25th Anniversary special, 1991.