Fact-Checking Inside Star Trek: The Real Story
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^^^He'll just have to write a few of the books twice.
Sometimes its just about who the people making special features on these things can actually get to participate. Sounds like they really had the scrape the bottom of the barrel for that Unification set.
Neil
^^ This. Basically.
Though I will say the one hardcover copy that was gifted to me has made a superb doorstop.
^ It'd be easier to just move the brush out of the way and drop the books in the can.
Harvey, a book series is necessary--each volume the size of Star Trek 365!
Finally finished my fact check of Richard Arnold's podcast appearance: http://startrekfactcheck.blogspot.com/2015/12/fact-check-richard-arnold-on-mission-log.html
Just read it. How I love fact o'er fiction. Tall tales should be clear-cut so the facts can get some sunshine.
I love the text of that August 12, 1966 memo: "NBC has requested that, for purposes of believability, we use more pretty young females in backgrounds, corridors, and rooms aboard the Enterprise." Yeah, right -- they did that for believability.
One additional issue with Arnold's statement about the memo explaining why ST cost more than the Irwin Allen shows is the bit where he says "they're set in the same time then we are now, we have to create all our costumes, etc." But he cited Lost in Space, which was set in the late 1990s, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, which was set in the 1970s-80s -- both in what was then the future. And at least in LiS, the characters wore custom-made outfits, not off-the-rack costumes. I wonder, does the Roddenberry memo actually include this point?
One additional issue with Arnold's statement about the memo explaining why ST cost more than the Irwin Allen shows is the bit where he says "they're set in the same time then we are now, we have to create all our costumes, etc." But he cited Lost in Space, which was set in the late 1990s, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, which was set in the 1970s-80s -- both in what was then the future. And at least in LiS, the characters wore custom-made outfits, not off-the-rack costumes. I wonder, does the Roddenberry memo actually include this point?
Keep in mind that Roddenberry's memo (dated October 9, 1967) is all about comparing Star Trek to Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea -- it doesn't mention Lost in Space.
Without typing the whole thing, I should point out that then main trust of the memo is much more about the difference between what Fox charges Voyage vs. what Paramount charges Star Trek for studio facilities and equipment, than it is about comparing the two shows.
Gene Roddenberry said:
Without typing the whole thing, I should point out that then main trust of the memo is much more about the difference between what Fox charges Voyage vs. what Paramount charges Star Trek for studio facilities and equipment, than it is about comparing the two shows.
Okay, then that's another error in Arnold's recollection.
^Well, sure, but that's the purpose of fact-checking. I'm not judging, just pointing out another detail that could be addressed.
Oh I wasn't saying you were judging, just commenting that some of what he spouts is surely Gene-accurate.
Oh I wasn't saying you were judging, just commenting that some of what he spouts is surely Gene-accurate.
Gene-accurate. I like that as code for "Gene's tall tales."
Or you could call it "Gene modification."
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