Space Rangers are cops.
And “To Infinity and Beyond” is just a way to indoctrinate kids into being comfortable with capitalism’s infinite growth in a finite galaxy.
Space Rangers are cops.
And “To Infinity and Beyond” is just a way to indoctrinate kids into being comfortable with capitalism’s infinite growth in a finite galaxy.
You’ve dislodged an old memory. Every few years I’m reminded of that show. I remember one of the villains (maybe in just one episode) was some rich tech CEO (space Bill Gates?) and I remember as a kid having a sense of disappointment that the future world was still one where that could be a thing.
But now that I remember Tangea was some race-supremacist monarchical state with some other clearly oppressed species on their planet who were never portrayed sympathetically. And Mira was their literal princes and also in Buzz’s crew.
Shit… Fuck Buzz
It’s a fascinating look into how the US viewed themselves at the absolute peak of their power and influence, just before 9/11, when history was “over”.