Content filter
Want to find something specific?
Tag cloud
Airing tomorrow, November 30, on the Science Channel at 8 PM, Trek Nation, produced and narrated by Rod Roddenberry, is a documentary about Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek, and the people involved with Star Trek over the years.
In making Trek Nation, Rod Roddenberry interviewed those who worked with his father over the years, including industry professionals who knew Gene Roddenberry, family friends, and Star Trek fans.
Back in 1964, Gene Roddenberry submitted a sixteen-page pitch for a new series to be called Star Trek and fans can now see that pitch online in its entirety.
The pitch, part of which has been published before, includes a description of the characters and some ideas which became episodes during the run of Star Trek.
In the first part of a four-part PBS series on the pioneers of television, science fiction shows including Star Trek will featured.
Several of the original series actors were profiled for the special, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Nichelle Nichols.
The San Diego Zoo has named one of a pair of twin Sumatran tiger cubs after Majel Barrett-Roddenberry.
The cub, born in October, was named in honor of Roddenberry, said Rod Roddenberry, son of Majel. “For those who do not know, my mother was a staunch animal supporter,” he said. “Her favorites were cats, large or small … her passion for them knew no bounds.”
Strange New World, the third Gene Roddenberry-inspired 1970s TV pilot attempt following Genesis II and Planet Earth, is now available on DVD for the first time.
In 1975, Strange New World, a post-apocalypse story made without Roddenberry’s participation but based on his idea and characters (including John Saxon of Planet Earth), was made, but like Genesis II and Planet Earth, Strange New World was not picked up as a regular series.
Scott Colthorp, director of Trek Nation, a Star Trek documentary in progress, and Rod Roddenberry, son of Gene Roddenberry, seek to make a film unlike previous Star Trek documentaries such as Trekkies.
It’s not easy being a Star Trek fan, with the average public’s perception of the typical Star Trek fan being shaped by films such as 1997′s Trekkies as well as William Shatner‘s Get A Life skit on Saturday Night Live in the 1980s.
Fans looking to obtain Star Trek memorabilia once owned by Gene Roddenberry should attend an auction to be held in Las Vegas in June.
The sale, to be held at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on June 27, will benefit charity, with the proceeds going to the Roddenberry Foundation.
In a recent interview with Airlock Alpha, Rod Roddenberry gave his opinion regarding who would be the best choice to play the android Questor in The Questor Tapes.
“I’m not immersed in the industry right now,” said Roddenberry, “and I don’t have a whole list of names I could pull out a hat. I come from the point of view of a fan, a fan of Star Trek and a fan of Gene Roddenberry.”
The Television Hall of Fame ceremony will honor seven inductees into the Hall of Fame this evening and amongst the inductees are Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator.
Roddenberry joins actress Candice Bergen, art director Charles Lisanby, announcer Don Pardo, comedy and music talents Tom and Dick Smothers and game show creator Bob Stewart as the newest members of the Hall of Fame.
Gene Roddenberry will be inducted into the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame in January along with comedy duo Tom and Dick Smothers and actress Candice Bergen.
The annual ceremony will be joined by Saturday Night Live and game show announcer Don Pardo, The Price is Right game show creator Bob Stewart and Emmy-award winning art director Charles Lisanby.
An eight-minute interview taken from the 1976 Inside Star Trek LP is available at Roddenberry.com
In 1976, Inside Star Trek was released, which was a look at the development of Star Trek as well as the story of Gene Roddenberry. One of the tracks on the album, “William Shatner meets Captain Kirk,” can be heard at Roddenberry.com and has Roddenberry and William Shatner asking each other questions and answering the questions posed by each other.
Two shows that Gene Roddenberry developed after Star Trek will be offered on DVD beginning next Tuesday.
After Star Trek was canceled, Roddenberry developed Genesis II and Planet Earth. 1973′s Genesis II was about a NASA scientist (Dylan Hunt, played by Alex Cord,) who wakes up in a post-apocalyptic Earth in 2133 due to a suspended animation failure. He is discovered by the “PAX” team who are some of the last remaining scientists left in the world.
Growing up as the son of Gene and Majel Barrett Roddenberry was no big deal for Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry.
As reported by the Los Angeles Times, for Roddenberry, life was no big deal because his father was the founder of Star Trek. “…for me, growing up was fairly average, although I guess slightly privileged,” he explained. “My parents did keep me slightly down to earth, I believe. Kirk and Spock did not show up every night at the house for dinner. The Hollywood schmoozing parties of the old days, those sorts of things didn’t happen. My father kept his home life and his work life pretty separate. He went to work in the morning, he did what he did. I went to school and Star Trek was not shoved down my throat. Occasionally a fan would send something, and I would see it, and I knew my father worked on Star Trek, but I didn’t really get the enormity of what it was.”
(more…)
Star Trek fans might have enjoyed the shows, movies and literature of their favorite series, but outsiders felt excluded from this world of Star Trek by the fans themselves.
As reported by Dailycomet.com, people like Chris Pine felt excluded from the world of Star Trek. “I never wanted to watch Star Trek because I always felt alienated from Star Trek,” he said. “I always felt it was not my world. It was the fans’ world. The fans had built this kind of impenetrable wall around their beloved series.” (more…)
As reported by