Posts Tagged ‘Roddenberry’

Roddenberry To Enter TV Hall Of Fame

10th November 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

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 [...]

Vintage Roddenberry-Shatner Interview

27th October 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

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 [...]

Post-Trek Roddenberry Shows Coming To DVD

3rd October 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

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 [...]

Rod Roddenberry – The Influence of Star Trek

6th August 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

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. [...]

Star Trek XI: Breaking Down Walls

1st June 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

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 [...]

Star Trek XI On Cover Of Newsweek

27th April 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

According to the latest issue of Newsweek, “Star Trek is way cool.”
As reported by Newsweek, the reason for Star Trek being cool is because the geeks have inherited both the earth and the White House. Another factor is the coolness factor of Director J.J. Abrams.

Abrams: Staying True To Roddenberry

6th April 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Although J.J. Abrams is updating Star Trek to make it relevant to today’s audiences, the Roddenberry vision of yesterday still holds true today.
As reported by TrekMovie.com, from an article in the May issue of SFX Magazine, Roddenberry’s vision of humanity and optimism appealed to Abrams. “The themes that got me excited honestly had less to [...]

Burton: Confused And Disappointed in Roddenberry

15th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

To LeVar Burton, Star Trek’s Gene Roddenberry was a bit of a contradiction as a person, but Burton has no beef with Wil Wheaton.
As reported by TrekMovie.com, Roddenberry’s attitudes at times were a puzzlement to the former Geordi LaForge. “I will go a bit into detail but not too much because, obviously, a lot [...]

Arnold On Barrett-Roddenberry

11th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Former ‘Star Trek’ archivist on his time on the ‘Star Trek XI’ set with Majel Barrett-Roddenberry.