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Trek 50th Anniversary Specials

JD

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I found out a yesterday that the History Channel will airing a new special called 50 Years of Star Trek next Sunday at 8pm. I originally saw it on TVLine in a collection of short new pieces, which says it will feature interviews with cast member of all of the shows and movies. Another article on Indiewire goes into a bit more detail and says interviewees will include Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Frakes, Nichelle Nichols, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Fuller, and Simon Pegg, and celebrity Trekkies like Olivia Munn, Bruce Campbel and Michael McKean. It'll also include Leonard Nimoy's final full length interview.
I'll miss the very beginning due to work, but I'm hoping to see as much of it as possible.
I've been hoping for some kind of special or something for the 50th, so I'm happy to find out about this.
EDIT: In case anyone was wonder, neither of the articles said anything about if or where it'll air outside of the US.
 
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Just wanted to remind anyone else who was interested that this airs tonight.
Here's History's official description:
History said:
The special celebrates the phenomenon that is the Star Trek franchise from its origins as a primetime television series to the worldwide blockbuster it's become. Featuring actors and creators from all series and feature films from the original to Star Trek: Beyond, including Leonard Nimoy's final full interview. For both the trekkie and novice, 50 Years of Star Trek gives an insider's look at the highs and lows of participating in the franchise, including what it's like to wear that Klingon make-up. Cast, crew, and notable fans share their perspective on the legacy of Gene Roddenberry's groundbreaking vision of the future, and its impact on American history. Unique in audience culture, Star Trek fans are the first with their own name--Trekkies--who have spawned a cult following that has turned actors into icons of their generations while evolving Trek's bold look at humanity across the last half-century and beyond.
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I noticed a couple of mistakes, I guess they're not that important in the scheme of things. I think it was fairly good.

Christopher Lloyd said his character Kruge blew up the Enterprise in the third film. Um, no. Kirk blew it up to keep the Klingons from getting it. Also where it showed the scene of Picard playing poker with the rest of them in the finale, I think the title on the screen said Yesterday's Enterprise, but it was All Good Things...
 
I watched it last night .It had Lenonard Nimoy's final interview .They had some interesting stories and interviews with actors TOs ,TNG Voyager and Simon Peg and Karl Urban..
 
It was ok. I thought they shortchanged DS9, VOY and ENT. They spent most of it talking about TOS and TNG. If they had asked me who my favorite Captain was I would have said Sisko.

Did find out they offered Jeri Ryan a part in Nemesis but she turned it down because she was afraid of forever being typecast and they would have taken someone else out of the movie in order for Seven to be in it. In her own words, they would have 'yanked' someone else out. Would have been something if that had been Mulgrew.
 
Yeah, I hadn't heard about that either.
I was pretty happy with it overall, it was a nice overview of the franchise. There were even a few things in the interviews that I'd never heard before, like the fact Leonard Nimoy was offered the director gig for Generations, but turned it down because he didn't like the script.
Who were all of the non cast members interviewed? I missed the beginning and the only ones I recognized were Olivia Munn, Bruce Campbell, Brannon Bragga, Dorothy Fontana, Ron Moore, and Rod Roddenberry.
 
It was good.
I learned how important Stephen Whitfield's The Making Of Star Trek book was to some fans. I also learned that like Ron Moore I purchased my copy of this book from my school's sixth grade book fair in the '70s too. ;)
 
I'm shooting in the dark here, but what if she was supposed to be Data's replacement on the crew at the end of the film, and they'd ditched the B4 angle? I'm no Seven of Nine fan, but that would have been a vast improvement.
 
The Old Mixer said:
I'm shooting in the dark here, but what if she was supposed to be Data's replacement on the crew at the end of the film, and they'd ditched the B4 angle? I'm no Seven of Nine fan, but that would have been a vast improvement.
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That makes a lot of sense.
 
JD said:
Turns out The Smithsonian Channel is also doing it's own 50th Anniversary special, Building Star Trek, which appears to be looking at the franchise from a more historical and scientific perspective. Should I start a thread for it too? I don't know if I'll be able to watch it since I don't get Smithsonian Channel.
StarTrek.com has a clip from that one talking about the Romulan Cloaking Device, the real life version being worked on right now, and the science behind them
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Does anyone know when the Smithsonian program will be on?
 
The Old Mixer said:
If you want to keep it in here, I could edit the thread title to something more inclusive, like "Trek 50th Anniversary Specials". Could be more around the corner.
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Sure, that sounds good to me.
Galileo7 said:
Jeri Ryan/Seven of Nine was offered a role in Nemesis to replace a NG crew member, but who?
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The Old Mixer said:
I'm shooting in the dark here, but what if she was supposed to be Data's replacement on the crew at the end of the film, and they'd ditched the B4 angle? I'm no Seven of Nine fan, but that would have been a vast improvement.
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I haven't read it yet, but she does appear in Braga's post-Nemesis TNG comic Hive, so that might give at least a bit of an idea of what was planned for her.
 
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