“You know, the reason I love Star Trek, I’m sure, is a big part of why I love the Fantastic Four,” Shakman told Collider. “They share a great sense of optimism, the idea of looking to the stars, and technology can save everything, and coming together as a family, either a real family in the case of [Fantastic Four], or the family that you find in the case of the Enterprise.”
To be sure, there’s no doubting that the two teams were born from the Kennedy-era optimism that tied the space race to social improvements, events that made Americans believe that humanity could achieve anything, on Earth and beyond. Even as the two franchises have certainly sometimes embraced more cynical viewpoints, they always come back to that central idea.
Shakman is hardly alone in seeing connections between Star Trek and superheroes. In the comics world, numerous members of the capes and tights set have visited the Enterprise, including several team-ups between Kirk/Picard and the Uncanny X-Men. More recently, DC heroes have been the ones to boldly go, with Green Lantern and the Legion of Superheroes crossing over.
Projects like these show that creatives are always ready to tell stories about the Fantastic Four and Kirk and his crew, even if their ideals are sometimes passé.
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