These Are The Voyages, Volumes 2 and 3 of the volumes covering the 1970s.
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Photo of Judson Scott (lifted from someone's Pinterest page, credited only as "Pinterest") captioned as David Gautreaux in the "Phase II" section was a weird one. Especially near an actual photo of David Gautreaux (ie. Xon).
It's hard to properly identify an actor who is uncredited in a movie!
So, re the treatments, does he describe any in detail?
It's hard to properly identify an actor who is uncredited in a movie!
It's not that hard to recognise Judson Scott.
Not as hard as recognizing that @Indysolo was clearly being sarcastic.
Gee the Internet is grumpy today.
Yes.
Are you trying to decide if the book is worth $40 for some deets on PotT? Probably not. When I get a minute, I’ll re-read the chapter and see if I can provide a useful abstract.
I'll say that the Phase II book was a disappointment though there is a pretty thorough overview of the various treatments and scripts in development. Otherwise, there's really not much new information other than having one book that covers much of Trek's resurgence during the early to mid 1970's. Honestly, beyond any new information regarding the development of Phase II, I was hoping that the Roddenberry Archives would have provided a treasure trove of new images of the sets being built but sadly that isn't the case.
I am however finding the book on TMP to be much more interesting. This seems to be where access to the Roddenberry Archives provides the most new information as he reprints many of Roddenberry's script notes. I'm only a quarter into it but finding it very interesting. You get a good sense of everyone's frustrations regarding the script, from the studio to the actors to Roddenberry and to Robert Wise. Yes, it encapsulates a lot of information already available in various books and articles but Roddenberry's personal script discussion notes are very interesting.
Lastly, Harold Michelson just sounds like such an unpleasant person, including any new interviews he provided for this book. He seemed to revel at pushing people's buttons. He takes every opportunity to express his dislike for Roddenberry and his time spent on the show/movie.
He did new interviews for this book? He died in 2007.
Do you mean Harold Livingston?
I hope you do. I can’t help but believe you’d do a better job of it than Cushman did.
Sorry...Harold Livingston. How silly of my to make this mistake though I hadn't appreciated until now how interchangeable these two names are since they both worked on the same production. Yes, Harold Livingston comes across as a real ball-buster.
Actually, Harold Livingston appears to still be alive and is now 95 years old. Cushman states that he personally interviewed Livingston in 2019. Harold Michelson, who I mistakenly named earlier did indeed die in 2007. My mistake and sorry for any confusion!
Ah, that makes more sense. Thanks for the clarification!
I've finished the TMP book through the end of production/postproduction. I still have another third to go before finishing it. I will say that Cushman's access to memos in the Roddenberry Archives has been very illuminating.
There's a nice detailed memo from Roddenberry to Wise regarding the Director's Cut as it stood in April 1979. Roddenberry's comments are well thought out, service the story and the film's structure. Many of his suggestions were implemented, such as adding more intercutting of characters (generally a take was held on a character as long as they were talking rather than cut away to a reaction while they were talking).
Something Roddenberry lobbied hard for was the reintroduction of the Captain's Log entries in the film. Wise didn't like the idea of Log entries but relented knowing that this could provide a way to clarify that Spock's arrival was pivotal in solving the anti-matter engine imbalance. The log entries that made the final cut were written by Roddenberry.
Cushman doesn't let Roddenberry off the hook for large portions of the book but these post-production insights were very interesting to read.
There's a nice detailed memo from Roddenberry to Wise regarding the Director's Cut as it stood in April 1979. Roddenberry's comments are well thought out, service the story and the film's structure. Many of his suggestions were implemented, such as adding more intercutting of characters (generally a take was held on a character as long as they were talking rather than cut away to a reaction while they were talking).
Something Roddenberry lobbied hard for was the reintroduction of the Captain's Log entries in the film. Wise didn't like the idea of Log entries but relented knowing that this could provide a way to clarify that Spock's arrival was pivotal in solving the anti-matter engine imbalance. The log entries that made the final cut were written by Roddenberry.
Cushman doesn't let Roddenberry off the hook for large portions of the book but these post-production insights were very interesting to read.
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