David Gerrold's amazing two-part interview covering Roddenberry, Fontana, TOS, TAS & TNG: - eviltoast

At turns fascinating, insightful, heartbreaking, heartwarming, infuriating and even savage, it’s certainly the most interesting ST-themed interview I’ve ever watched / listened to.

For me, it also tied various ST lore and insider info together (thanks, Memory Alpha!), especially DC Fontana’s book, which I recall as being pretty scathing when it came to Gene Roddenberry. But after watching this two-parter, I get the sense Gene’s lawyer and the network itself had a pretty disastrous, and even cruel influence on the “Great Bird of the Galaxy.”

Part two is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fetcWmpkz14

    • JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.eeOP
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      9 months ago

      Thanks for commenting, and I was hoping it might lead to some interesting discussion.

      If I may ask-- did you feel like Gerrold was too harsh in particular towards Roddenberry?

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      9 months ago

      Wasn’t it supposed to be released in 2015? People complain about Martin, but he’s got nothing on the Dave. 31 years and counting since the last book.