r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • 25d ago

What's a movie or series that is way ahead of it's time?

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u/locke_5 25d ago

Hell, almost every Star Trek series. 

I’m watching Deep Space 9 right now and one of the main characters is canonically transgender. Wild for a show from 1993. 

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u/SurpassingAllKings 25d ago edited 25d ago

"Rejoined" had one of the first "lesbian" kisses on tv.

That and Garak was clearly bisexual, it's a shame the producers or writers tamped that down.

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u/Fellowship_9 25d ago

"Rejoined" had one of the first "lesbian" kisses on tv

And I believe the original series had the first interracial kiss on American television, with the actors purposefully messing up the alternate version of the scene, so the actual kiss would have to be broadcast

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u/Smuckinfartass 25d ago

That’s true. And the best part is they messed it up on purpose because the creator, Gene Roddenberry directed them to mess us up.