YJ02
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Great Documentary!
great insights from showrunners on the creation of TNG and how it almost didn't get mad due to Roddenberry's heavy handedness and people like his lawyer meddling in things without his knowledge.
and Yaphet Kotto nearly won the role of Jean Luc Picard
Patrick Stewart walking off set when he saw that Good Morning America was using the set of the bridge for their morning live telecast. the weatherman was in the Picard costume. Stewart stormed away while giving a big "F YOU"
Roddenberry's suggestion for the script that introduced Risa as the pleasure planet; he suggested he wanted to see women making out with women and men with men. Picard would have been with a guy if this would have went into action.
he had some strange ideas in his later days.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/a-new-documentary-shows-how-gene-roddenberry-almost-kil-1721153875
great insights from showrunners on the creation of TNG and how it almost didn't get mad due to Roddenberry's heavy handedness and people like his lawyer meddling in things without his knowledge.
and Yaphet Kotto nearly won the role of Jean Luc Picard
Patrick Stewart walking off set when he saw that Good Morning America was using the set of the bridge for their morning live telecast. the weatherman was in the Picard costume. Stewart stormed away while giving a big "F YOU"
Roddenberry's suggestion for the script that introduced Risa as the pleasure planet; he suggested he wanted to see women making out with women and men with men. Picard would have been with a guy if this would have went into action.
he had some strange ideas in his later days.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/a-new-documentary-shows-how-gene-roddenberry-almost-kil-1721153875