Two great video clips... one from 1982 and the other, an unedited interview that was partially used in a 1988 special on TNG.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIUAkbYgauM
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1fpb6_gene-roddenberry-interview_fun
These contain more than a few prophetic statements by GR... one about special effects becoming the tail that 'wags the dog' in movies and another about doing a new Trek series and replacing the actors.
Seeing these clips remind me how much Gene had to offer and I can only imagine what he'd be doing now if he had lived to do more work.
It's sad, given the state of the world and our culture today that very few television writer/producers working now share Gene's ideas about what good writing can be and how it can be used to inform us about the world we live in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIUAkbYgauM
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1fpb6_gene-roddenberry-interview_fun
These contain more than a few prophetic statements by GR... one about special effects becoming the tail that 'wags the dog' in movies and another about doing a new Trek series and replacing the actors.
Seeing these clips remind me how much Gene had to offer and I can only imagine what he'd be doing now if he had lived to do more work.
It's sad, given the state of the world and our culture today that very few television writer/producers working now share Gene's ideas about what good writing can be and how it can be used to inform us about the world we live in.
