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In 1964, seasoned screenwriter Gene Roddenberry wrote Star Trek for NBC, but NBC disagreed with his script.
NBC thinks Roddenberry's script is too cold and boring.
However, when Captain James Schuttner, played by William Shatner, As soon as T. Kirk appeared, the show found its own position and became a hit series.
Of course, this is not the end of Star Trek.
Due to the unprecedented success of Star Trek in syndicated cooperation, and the release of Star Wars, public interest in science fiction was revived, and Star Trek was re-introduced to the big screen in 1979.
The series has been in production ever since, and Roddenberry himself has become an important part of the "Star Trek myth".
In the eyes of Star Trek fans, Roddenberry was not only a screenwriter, but also a true dreamer, abandoning the nihilism of many science fiction novels in favor of pursuing a hopeful, utopian future for humanity.
But Roddenberry's "legacy" is far more complex, fraught with trivial corporate quarrels, long-simmering grudges, and demons in his own heart.
In fact, the best parts of Star Trek were not only not written by Roddenberry, but were met with his backlash in private and even in public.
For someone as complex as Roddenberry, his Star Trek deserves a more nuanced analysis, not just the simplistic mythology he and others have spent years building around him.
<h1>1. The exit of Gene Roddenberry</h1>
There is no doubt that Roddenberry is a talented screenwriter and producer who was directly responsible for Star Trek: Primal.
Along with trusted deputies such as Jean Kuhn and Dorothy Fontana, the character, the world, and progressive morality were shaped, igniting the imagination of many young audiences in the 1960s and still do today.
At the end of the second season, however, they were at an impasse.
NBC realized the show's potential, but unfortunately the ratings were low, and the episodes originally scheduled for Monday night were limited to Friday night's "death time" broadcast.
To make matters worse, the show's production budget was cut.
NBC's poor performance infuriated Roddenberry, leaving him exhausted during the first two seasons.
Roddenberry voluntarily withdrew from the production of the third season, leaving the day-to-day management of the show to producer Fred Freberg. With poorly low ratings and few viewers in the third season, the team with weakened creativity will end in failure.
<h1>2) Jean Roddenberry's Star Trek movie failed</h1>
Roddenberry's career came to a standstill after the cancellation of Star Trek: The Beginning, and his life in the '70s was spent on tour, and it was at this time that his "visionary" was born.
In the late 1970s, as Paramount Pictures prepared to bring the Star Trek series to the big screen, Roddenberry was invited back to write the script.
Ironically, Star Trek 1: Infinite Space has received the same criticism as Roddenberry's original Star Trek pilot episode.
Star Trek 1: Infinite Space was largely a failure.
The film is lengthy, dull, lacks the kind of humor and character rhythm that was in the original book, and of course, it's also very expensive.
Although in the 1970s, the film grossed $139 million, the film's huge budget and production nightmares made Paramount Pictures rethink their approach to the film.
The first decision they made was to abandon Roddenberry.
Not just because his script was a mess, but also because he was getting harder and harder to work with.
Subsequently, producer Huff Bennett gained control of the sequel to the series.
Bennett hired screenwriter and producer Nicholas Meyer to produce his sequel, which later became a box office hit, Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan.
Over the next decade, Bennett and Meyer oversaw parts of the Star Trek series through Star Trek VI: City of the Future, in a given capacity.
For the rest of his life, Roddenberry was dismissive of the film.
Roddenberry objected to the seemingly noble Starfleet officer Savik betraying Starfleet and her companions on the ship, as well as meyer's loud and relentless protests, while Meyer wanted Lieutenant Savik to participate in a plot to assassinate the Klingon speaker.
<h1>3. Star Trek: The Next Generation and Gene Roddenberry's final exit</h1>
In the late 1980s, when Roddenberry learned that Paramount Pictures was planning a new star trek TV series, he asked to participate.
Paramount Pictures thought he would be a goodwill ambassador for Star Trek: The Next Generation and readily agreed.
While Star Trek: The Next Generation is now considered comparable to the original Star Trek, viewers at the time were skeptical about the Star Trek series without Kirk and Spock.
The first two seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation are at best a banal parody of the original, with the adventures of protagonist Toth overshadowed by a multitude of dry thought experiments and moral stories.
At this point in his life, Roddenberry had internalized the unrealistic fantasies that had been blown up in his aft cabin since the 1970s, and the lofty ideals that audiences had eaten had been transformed into the truly unwatchable plots of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
By the time of the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Roddenberry's health had taken a sharp turn for the worse.
He has been replaced by producer Rick Berman and lead screenwriter Michael Piller, who played an honorary retirement role in the production of the show.
Not coincidentally, the third season came at a time when Star Trek: The Next Generation became a classic.
Rob Bowman proved himself to be much more sophisticated than Meyer in his dealings with Roddenberry, which made the show a big deal for everyone.
Gene Roddenberry died in 1991 on the 25th anniversary of Star Trek, arguably the most popular time in the series.
After his death, he was once again recognized as a visionary man whose value surpassed that of the average TV writer.
Although Roddenberry was an outspoken advocate of humanity reaching its best, he himself fell far short of these ideals.
In the end, this is probably what Roddenberry wants to see most.
"Human nature is far from perfect, and it is likely to never be perfect, but if we seek a better self, we can find understanding and relief."
As long as you don't waste too much money from Paramount Pictures!