what she says: im fine
what she means: in star trek: the motion picture, decker shows ilia a picture of vessels that had been named “enterprise”, one of which was a nasa shuttle. that particular nasa shuttle was named after the enterprise on star trek. furthermore, the beastie boys canonically exist in the reboot universe, because the song “sabotage” plays in both the 2009 movie “star trek” and in “beyond”. however, the beastie boys have another song, “intergalactic”, which mentions spock by name, not just once, but twice. in order for the “enterprise” shuttle and the song “intergalactic” to exist, star trek would have to exist, which means at least star trek: tos exists in the star trek universe. which begs the question: how much of starfleet is inspired by star trek? was humanity only inspired to form starfleet and give it its name as a tribute to the franchise? were phasers invented by trekkie scientists? (star trek has influenced inventors in the past; the mri was inspired by mccoy’s instruments in tos.) has this influence starfleet command’s decisions as well? was the enterprise named after the enterprise? was the crew assigned to it because they happened to have the same names as the tv characters, and some nerd at starfleet headquarters thought it would be funny? does the crew know how much of their lives are shaped by a 300-year-old tv show? does everything in the star trek universe owe it’s existence to star trek?