When I was working on the first "Star Trek" movie ("Star Trek: The Motion Picture" aka ST:TMP - 1979), I was chatting with one of the big wigs and suggested that by the time portrayed in the film starships would not be piloted like WWII battleships, but would be almost entirely computer controlled. He stood there thinking about this for several seconds, and replied: "Lauren, you're right. But if we did it your way, we wouldn't have a movie."
And of course, he was right.
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