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Tom, a good analogy, however, I can think of a better one. "The City On The Edge Of Forever," which I wrote, in both 2016 and 2020, medium.com/@kentanderso…, a plea to anyone reading my stuff to not vote for Adolph Trump.
For those non-trek fans, "City" is a "butterfly effect," story involving Kirk, Spock, McCoy and changing the timeline because of the actions of one person (and yes, Tom, I know the nearly 60-year story involving Harlan Ellison and Roddenberry) and how, because Edith Keeler live…
It's actually the story of Harlan and Gene L. Coon, who rewrote Harlan's pile of steaming ---- into the screenplay that won a Hugo and a Nebula - in Harlan's name because Gene saw his job as making things work, not taking credit - which Harlan never picked up. But the Wanker's Guild did give him a Laurel Award for the "steamer."
Yes, well, I read the original story, which changed a few things, but not much. Ellison was a bit steamed at Gene (then again, wasn't everyone?) for changing his story, but everyone's story gets changed in Hollywood.
The problem with Harlan is that he would break rules just because they were there. The Star Trek franchise had rules then and does now about thing that can/cannot happen, which have changed over the decades. But back then, the drug dealer couldn't be heroic and definitely couldn't win, so naturally Harlan did.... what? Also, the writer had to bear in mind that their budgets were not big. I used to know the set designer (through old airplanes) and he told me that when he got his first look at Ha…
Yes, and all those first season shows were produced by Desilu, who also produced Mission: Impossible. (Desi was in bad health and Lucy and her second husband sold her company to Paramount) Most Sci-Fi writers think their ideas are the Next Big Thing. Trust me, they're not. Ellison was no different. If you think about that episode, the SFX was in the first scene. They used the Paramount lot for the rest of it.
did you ever wonder about the pictures of the MI team members who'd NEVER get picked?
what were their special talents? why were those talents never utilized? if they were never working, why didn't they just get shitcanned? were they on salary or retainer?
