Seriously, what's "Gene's Vision"?

[The Wormhole]

Where has this "Gene's vision" originated?

Was it something Gene himself put out there or created by people who want to categorize things...

It more or less started after Paramount removed Roddenberry from active involvement with the movies and be began a smear campaign against Nick Meyer and Harve Bennett summarizing that everything that was in TWOK violated the "spirit of Star Trek" or some such. Then when TNG came around he used this Spirit of Trek as the rules of how the show needed to be.

Of course at this point, Gene himself was seriously diluting his Vision anyway. Take for example the episode Justice which was originally pitched as a rather grim and serious storyline about rigid adherence to strict laws, but while discussing the script, Roddenberry repeatedly requested every second scene include a random orgy for no real reason. As a result, we got one hella weird episode, which started as something grimdark, was livened up with orgies, then reined in because there's only so much you could do on 1980s syndicated television.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I guess that's what the playing part means.
Gene created a new world and then writers, producers and everyone else who have been a part of Trek, "played" in it by creating stories and more characters and so on.

Even in the beginning there were others involved. Not too many auteurs in TV.

 

[Noname Given]

If this straw man is about TNG, I'd like to point out that it was very well liked and most successful of the spin offs. And personally my favourite TV show ever.

If not, then carry on...

But if not for the overwhelming popularity of TOS; TNG wouldn't exist (certainly not in the form we saw it).

 

[Longinus]

But if not for the overwhelming popularity of TOS; TNG wouldn't exist (certainly not in the form we saw it).

Sure. TOS is easily my second favourite Trek show. And I really don't think it is a coincidence that the two Trek shows I like the most are those Roddenberry was directly responsible of.

 

[Crazyewok]

Money

And later on the smell of his own selfrighous farts.

 

[Armus]

Simply, I'd say Roddenberry's vision by the 1980's was that humans would work together, solve their problems, and enjoy a brighter tommorow. He wanted the crew of the Enterprise to reflect that while the alien races would provide the mystery and conflict that would result in an entertaining 45 minutes of television. Rodenberry liked a strong dose of sexuality and sensuality in Star Trek. He liked stories where the Enterprise encountered Godlike beings. He liked his Captains to be career men of discilpine and strength. He was more concerned about maintaining control and protecting his idea of Star Trek as he aged. I think he did go overboard on human perfection by TNG but overall, judging by the first 4 seasons of TNG, I think his vision of an entertaining episode of Star Trek produced quality entertainment. As others have said, his strength was in putting together the right team of people and letting them execute his ideas.