Possibly one of the "best" of the Franchise....anyone wish to "vote"??....
How about a 'Star Trek' movie fan thread?
Originally posted by ProudBird
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By The Way...the voice of "NOMAD" was done by James Doohan, same actor who played "Montgomery Scott". ALSO<, 'btw'....the "voice" of the computer was ALWAYS Majel Barret.......later, after Gene Roddenberry's divorce with is first wife, to marry Roddenberry.....but, only after a LONG session of extra-marital daliances..... ( LOL )......
...OH, and.....Majel Roddenberry (nee 'Barret') was also in many First Season "TOS" seasons as character "Nurse Chapel".......
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Extra-marital daliances. eh?
He really was going where no man had gone before!
Originally posted by ProudBird
reply to post by buster2010
The "latest" movie, do you mean??
The one in 2009, done by director J. J. Abrams??
This One
Oh, and there IS another in production, to 'supplement THAT film. Will be released, I assume, in 2013 or 2014.
Well....I found MANY flaws in it, as well....when I first saw it. "EVEN THOUGH" the 'premise' of the script was to take the "original" history out of the iconic "as we know it" because of a "time distortion".....perhaps some did not get that.
The intrusion of the "Romulan" viliain, as the main protagonist "villain" ....it "entirely" changed the original "Star Trek" canon.......
AND, actor Majel Barrett was (as Christine Chapel) STILL included in the cast, even in the second season...and, limitedly, into Season Three..... (lol!!)...Helps to "sleep" with the executive producer......and "show' creator!!!
Well, Hollywood.......still run, always has been run, by "PEOPLE"....HUMANS....with normal emotions, desires, needs.....etc, etc.....
"Imperfection"!!! ( LOL )......
In between the Star Trek TV series and the first Star Trek motion picture, Gene Roddenberry would find himself confronted with a real-world galactic Brotherhood. The ensuing drama would serve to be one of the strangest episodes recorded in the life of major Hollywood figure.
In early 1975, a broke and depressed Roddenberry was approached by a British former race car driver named Sir John Whitmore, who was associated with a strange organization called ‘Lab-9.’ Though unknown to the public, Lab-9 were ostensibly a sort of an independent version of the X-Files, dedicated to the research of paranormal phenomena. However, Lab-9 had another, more complex agenda- they later claimed to be in contact with a group of extraterrestrials called the ‘Council of Nine’ or simply ‘The Nine’, who had been communicating through ‘channelers’ or psychic mediums.
The Nine claimed to be the creators of mankind, and had informed the channelers that they would be returning to Earth soon. Lab-9 had wanted to hire Roddenberry to write a screenplay based on the Council of Nine’s imminent return. To help Roddenberry in his research, Lab-9 flew him out to their headquarters, located on a large estate in Ossining, NY. There, Roddenberry met and interviewed several psychics, and prepared the groundwork for his script.
"In May 1975, Gene Roddenberry accepted an offer from Paramount to develop Star Trek into a feature film, and moved back into his old office on the Paramount lot. His proposed story told of a flying saucer, hovering above Earth, that was programmed to send down people who looked like prophets, including Jesus Christ.
