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@distilledyougamecast35694 жыл бұрын
When my ex wife made me watch Orange is the New Black I just pretended Janeway was stuck in one of those time travel episodes.
@MGSBigBoss774 жыл бұрын
Lol.
@johnmoldoch10574 жыл бұрын
She gained a scooch of weight, check out recent clips of Richard Dean Anderson.
@MKDumas19814 жыл бұрын
"Why does Janeway have a Russian accent? First she was French-Canadian, then American, now Russian? What's her name this time, Катeрина Джейнвей?"
@godsama9594 жыл бұрын
@@johnmoldoch1057 Anderson retired from acting because of health issues, so he can't be looking that great.
@RW4X4X30063 жыл бұрын
WTF is this orange is black bullshit all about anyways? My woman tried to get me to sit through that too.
@trulahn2 жыл бұрын
I saw Majel Barrett during a convention where she told the story how after the original pilot was rejected and a new pilot was ordered, she tried to get into the redo. However, because studio execs usually wouldn't want to hire back the actors in the rejected pilot (Nimoy already was an exception so her chances was even slimmer), she decided to bleach her hair blonde, changed the style, and strode into the office one day. She walked passed Gene Roddenberry and he did not recognize his own WIFE! So she used that to convince Roddenberry to try casting her using her maiden name, figuring since her own husband didn't recognizer her, what chances would any studio execs recognize that she was Number One.
@flyingwombat592 жыл бұрын
They weren’t married until after the series ended
@mjkay8660 Жыл бұрын
Lucille loved leonards laff & whole attitude about the show
@Songbirdstress Жыл бұрын
She wasn't his wife.
@gruivis7 ай бұрын
Apparently he preferred blonds 😂
@cerealkiller10294 жыл бұрын
Kirstie Alley was NOT added to Star Trek due to her "star power" as this was her FIRST starring role, hence the "Introducing: Kirstie Alley as Lt. Savik." Wrath of Khan MADE her into a star which she parlayed into her most famous TV role on "Cheers".
@guidotillmann77654 жыл бұрын
Saavik
@thenazirite38283 жыл бұрын
@@guidotillmann7765 Mister Saavik😂
@billsedlock53573 жыл бұрын
do you not remember "North and South"?
@my3dviews3 жыл бұрын
@@billsedlock5357 North and South was three years after The Wrath of Khan.
@OhFuckItsOlkv3 жыл бұрын
"Starring" is a little generous.
@FoScoJo4 жыл бұрын
You failed to mention that Star Trek would have died on the vine if it weren't for Lucille Ball. She overruled all of her advisers at Desilu Productions and fought for it to be made. She singlehandedly saved Star Trek from the trash bin.
@imperiallebaron23914 жыл бұрын
That's our Lucy. One more reason to love her. It's amazing how many people i know that had no idea that Lucille Ball was responsible for producing Star Trek. A friend of mine asked me what Desi-Lu stood for. When i told him it was Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball he was in a state of shock. Of course Lucy had bought Desi's part of the company, and she's the one that gave them the nod to produce it. I read they were going to cancel Star Trek after the second season and Lucy fought tooth and nail for a third season.
@kristophertower34764 жыл бұрын
ALL HAIL LUCILLE! ALL HAIL LUCILLE!
@loulfw25134 жыл бұрын
I knew it was her production. I did not know she fought (or had to fight) that hard for Trek. good on her!
@being_frank_with_you4 жыл бұрын
Lucille Ball the first Trekie!
@JohnFourtyTwo4 жыл бұрын
This is true, Gene Roddenberry mentioned this fact in one of his biographies before he died. He also mentioned the small handwritten note Lucy sent him congratulating him on the show.
@gruivis4 жыл бұрын
You can thank Lucille Ball for Star Trek. It was her production company and her in particular that pushed the show.
@chamonix26022 жыл бұрын
But she misunderstood the concept.
@KiraBKADestroyerOfWorlds2 жыл бұрын
@@chamonix2602 I don't understand why that even matters now
@hydrolito Жыл бұрын
It was her and Desi Arnez production company that's why called Desilu short for Desi and Lucy.
@GeeBee909 Жыл бұрын
I wish Lucille Ball would have fought as hard for Nichelle Nichols during her mistreatment at the hands of certain members of the Desilu staff back then. Nichelle mentions it in her book. I feel Lucille (as a woman) should have spoken to Nichelle and told her IF she had any problems with anyone at the company, let her know about. This was 1966 and racism was very much "around" in Hollywood and every place else. She would have gained major points with me had she done this.
@markelijio60128 ай бұрын
In mid December 1967, Desilu has changed to Paramount Television, the studio has produced & distributed many successful programs such as Star Trek, Mannix, The Andy Griffith Show, Hogan's Heroes, Mission: Impossible, My 3 Sons, Family Affair, Bonanza, Gunsmoke among others.
@kjamison59514 жыл бұрын
Spock was fired… in a modified photon torpedo casing, towards the Genesis planet at the end of The Wrath of Khan...
@mesoanto10314 жыл бұрын
Just about everyone in the original series was fired
@eddeleon91744 жыл бұрын
LOL......LITERALLY !!
@loulfw25134 жыл бұрын
(slow clap, standing ovation)
@JLRO314 жыл бұрын
Well if you want to get that technical so did Susie Plakson (K’Ehleyr) in Star Trek TNG episode the emissary
@nodak814 жыл бұрын
You're being illogical. Spock was a character, not an actor.
@SB-ez3dw Жыл бұрын
“Lost their way with” is the perfect description for Kes. Great character with so much potential, and a charismatic actor; but they clearly failed to write for her.
@DoubleMrE9 ай бұрын
The real reason “Kes” was let go is that she developed serious mental health issues and was unable to function as an actor any longer. Both the producers and all of her fellow cast mates confirm this.😔
@SB-ez3dw9 ай бұрын
@@DoubleMrE It was the other way around. Her storyline died, she was underused and they wrote her out. Later, she suffered mental health problems.
@jonmyers80464 жыл бұрын
Kirstie Alley was drummed out of Starfleet and ended up running a bar in Boston ;)
@chromedog684 жыл бұрын
Nah, Cheers! is just a holodeck simulation of a 20th century bar.
@loulfw25134 жыл бұрын
Best reply on this thread
@braindeadfred18014 жыл бұрын
@@chromedog68 this changes everything
@jonmyers80464 жыл бұрын
@@loulfw2513 Thank you :)
@loulfw25134 жыл бұрын
@@jonmyers8046 game respects game. I am a comic (among other things) myself
@kenwheeler36374 жыл бұрын
Why Star Trek got the unprecedented second chance after the rejection of The Cage was in no small part due to the influence and urging of Lucille Ball.
@summer201057074 жыл бұрын
Damn right. That lady is my hero and visionary as well as a great comedian. She saved that show. Desilu productions Desi arnez Licile Ball. I LOVE LUCY
@johnbockelie38994 жыл бұрын
Mr. Argyle , Scottish lady engineer , ( shadows of Mr. Scott)
@johnbockelie38994 жыл бұрын
Dr.Polasky was another Dr.McCoy.
@vic50154 жыл бұрын
Really? I had no idea.
@vic50154 жыл бұрын
@@johnbockelie3899 hey, it worked the first time. And Diana Muldaur actually guested on TOS.
@duicic85414 жыл бұрын
Grace Lee Whitney later stated that Leonard Nimoy was her pillar of support after the assault occurred. As if you needed another reason to love the Spock-Man...
@SniffHeinkel4 жыл бұрын
Yeah but who committed the assault?
@imperiallebaron23914 жыл бұрын
I read that Grace Lee Whitney was fired because she had a problem with alcohol. She would often show up drunk and couldn't perform. She was told about it but they just got tired of it and fired her.
@mattbutts87944 жыл бұрын
I met Grace Lee Whitney once, and it was most unmemorable. She was a bigoted b-tch.
@loulfw25134 жыл бұрын
@@SniffHeinkel not an actor, an executive. the real question is who assaulted Teri Garr?
@loulfw25134 жыл бұрын
@@imperiallebaron2391 that too, and drugs. But I ThOUGHT that came LATER.
@hawksoob3 жыл бұрын
I met Robin Curtis years ago when I interviewed her for a college radio show. We spent much of the time bonding over how little we knew about Star Trek.
@MichaelBrown-ys6tj3 жыл бұрын
Dr. Crusher's scenes were always perfect. It's crazy she was fired.
@Mozart12202 жыл бұрын
True, but Wesley was ALWAYS embarrassing to watch.
@Whisper_2924 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say they were looking for star power by casting Kirstie Alley in Wrath of Kahn, seeing how it was the first film she ever did.
@RictusHolloweye4 жыл бұрын
The opening credits even specify they were "Introducing Kirstie Alley".
@vic50154 жыл бұрын
Was just about to say that. Cheers premiered the same year that Wrath of Khan hit theaters (1982), meaning that Kirstie was likely an unknown when cast.
@helifanodobezanozi76894 жыл бұрын
You guys are all correct, she was a complete unknown with maybe one credit pre-dating TWOK. Also, although Cheers debuted in '82, she didn't join the cast of that show until after '87. (Replacing the original female lead, Shelley Long.) Not sure where the host got the "star power" idea from, but from the smell of it, my suspicion is he pulled that fact right out of his butt.
@johncoffelt66454 жыл бұрын
her second role, per IMDB the TV show Quark was her first acting job
@docHOLLAday534 жыл бұрын
John Coffelt First movie role is different. That’s why the credits in Khan said “introducing.”
@moderusprime4 жыл бұрын
Leonard NImoy, in his book "I am Spock", tells the story that Kirstie Alley was approached about reprising her role and the agreement was made. Then, a few days later, her manager called back and demanded more money so they decided to recast her. This is coming from the director of the movie himself so I'd tend to believe his story.
@vic50154 жыл бұрын
Right. I keep forgetting that Nimoy directed Search for Spock & The Voyage Home.
@blah-hg3cz4 жыл бұрын
Oh sure, and people in charge never lie or spin the truth to make them look good and the other guy look bad. If you buy THAT I have a bridge you might buy also. Case in point, have you ever heard of cops who use excessive/deadly force, claiming they had no choice but yet bystander video proves otherwise? It's even got it's own acronym: CYA
@moderusprime4 жыл бұрын
@@blah-hg3cz Consider the source before you spew your idiotic nonsense.
@Kwolfx4 жыл бұрын
I just read an interview with Kirstie Alley where she said the producers offered her the same amount of money to play Savik in Star Trek 3, but told her that her role would be larger, so she asked for more money. Amounts weren't mentioned in that interview. Funny, but the same year ST3 came out Kirstie Alley did a few TV roles and had a part in a so, so sci-fi movie called Runaway, which stared Tom Selleck. It was a pretty minor role; she would have been better off taking the Star Trek gig, but it worked out for her in the end.
@moderusprime4 жыл бұрын
@@Kwolfx They offered her the same amount. There were negotiations. A price was agreed upon. A few days later, her manager contacted them and said that agreement wasn't good enough and he named a price that was ludicrous. So she was recast.
@TheOneTrueChris3 жыл бұрын
"Kirstie Alley was cast to bring much-needed star power to Star Trek II" -- um...what? Kirstie Alley was a virtual unknown at the time. The opening credits even say "Introducing Kirstie Alley."
@KlodFather3 жыл бұрын
She was a smoking hot Vulcan... It was a good choice.
@GizmoFromPizmo3 жыл бұрын
GREAT CATCH! Our "expert" isn't really as expert as he lets on.
@U-rok4 жыл бұрын
The first female “Captain” in Star Trek history was actually Joanne Linville who played the Romulan commander in “The Enterprise Incident” in TOS. The first female Federation Starship Captain was Madge Sinclair who played the un-named Captain of the USS Saratoga in ST IV:TVH. She played a Starship Captain again in ST: TNG episode “Interface” as La Forge’s mother.
@tdegrddeehjgd4 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't the first be the captain of the USS Columbia from Star Trek Enterprise?
@U-rok4 жыл бұрын
@@tdegrddeehjgd That's not what we're talking about. We're talking about real-time chronology. Not the timeline in the Star Trek Universe.
@imperiallebaron23914 жыл бұрын
Bravo! You are the only person to mention Madge Sinclair as Captain of the Saratoga. No one seems to give the credit of being the first female federation starship captain to her.
@MGSBigBoss774 жыл бұрын
@@tdegrddeehjgd Continuity wise yes, but we're obviously going by television and film introductions however! But well done for mentioning her.
@loulfw25134 жыл бұрын
@@imperiallebaron2391 several have, just not on this thread. Please don't paint everyone with the same brush. This is not a new discussion.
@larrywt6564 жыл бұрын
I was a big fan of the original series as a kid. In 1992, I met and soon married a woman who looked exactly like a young Grace Lee Whitney (even with Janice's hairstyle). I didn't realize it until we were sitting at home one night watching an old episode. She had never watched Star Trek and as soon as Janice appeared on screen, we both looked at each other in surprise. Me calling her "Janice" became an inside joke between us from then until she passed away in 2010.
@batheandrelaxinmyshit63444 жыл бұрын
I am a lesbian
@yaboi85094 жыл бұрын
RIP
@loulfw25134 жыл бұрын
@@batheandrelaxinmyshit6344 I was looking to become one as well
@batheandrelaxinmyshit63444 жыл бұрын
@@loulfw2513 You will need to have fish fingers
@danyelPitmon3 жыл бұрын
You have my sympathies I’m sorry she had to pass away on you
@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames4 жыл бұрын
"The entire cast of the first pilot, except for Spock." (immediately shows a picture of said cast, with JAMES DOOHAN right there in the middle...) Well spotted, Adam. Really well spotted.
@slcRN19714 жыл бұрын
Chef Jack Geeks Out : so many times it is stated that only Spock survived the cast refit, yet that first cast had the actress who was second in command (Majel Barrett) who was featured as nurse Chapel in the new cast.
@jaquigreenlees4 жыл бұрын
@@slcRN1971 She also had a role in every movie and series as the voice of the computer.
@willywater4 жыл бұрын
It's confusing because the original unaired pilot, "The Cage" (which was later folded into the two-part episode "The Menagerie"), did not have Doohan or Takei in it. The first TOS production episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before," had both of them. The photo he shows is from "Where No Man Has Gone Before." It has Sally Kellerman in it, and she was not in "The Cage."
@bbhrdzaz4 жыл бұрын
Majel Barrett was No. 1 in the Pilot, Nurse Chapel in TOS, Voice of the computer in TNG, Lwaxana Troi in TNG, and Married to Gene Roddenberry in real life
@rocketguardian20013 жыл бұрын
The mistake is that's the cast of the 2nd pilot, not the 1st.
@dougbutler86504 жыл бұрын
Kirstie wasn't "star power", she was unknown in 1982.
@KnowTrentTimoy3 жыл бұрын
Exactly! This I-never-stop-yappin dude is NOT doing his due diligence. Kirstie Alley was a brand new character as well as her FIRST starring role in anything in Hollywood. She only became (somewhat of a) name after she appeared in this ST film.
@flashrobbie3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I used to get her confused with Meg Foster and then get disappointed because she's not Meg Foster. She was in the Tom Selleck movie, which was also disappointing.
@davincent983 жыл бұрын
@@flashrobbie Runaway with Gene Simmons of KISS and the replicators
@Paulie1513 жыл бұрын
What are you taking about?!? She was once a contestant on Password Plus & then again on Match Game before her film debut in Khan! 'wasn't star power' you say?!? I mean... It doesn't get much bigger than that!!! ;D
@thomasthomas24183 жыл бұрын
So, my question is; how does one rocket to a supporting -lead in her first movie role? I greatly admire Kirstie Alley, but this has always puzzled me. One should pay some sort of "dues" before being shot into stardom.
@unitedwithbritian4 жыл бұрын
Wrath of Kahn did so well I don't think Alley was recast out of spite. You couldn't get her replacement to speak vulcan like she did with Nimoy in WofK. She was by far a better Saavik, a little more emotional like Spock since the backstory to Saavik is that she is half romulan. Her replacement in Search for Spock seemed wooden. In the looks category, Alleys icy cat eyes are to die for. Drop dead gorgeous.
@theflorgeormix4 жыл бұрын
Grace Lee Whitney did a great job. Saddest one.
@williamj.bagnall45644 жыл бұрын
Watching it in syndication, I couldn't tell when she left the show, as the episodes aren't always played in order. I did like her character, and I liked how they addressed the woman aspect of her within the show. While she was attractive and such, she was still an officer and shouldn't be treated as an object. Or that one where the kid falls for her and she has to gently break his heart or he might destroy the Enterprise. Lots of great messages in that series, even if the era made it difficult to tell them.
@loulfw25134 жыл бұрын
@@williamj.bagnall4564 find a station that airs them in production, not aired, order. Both CBC and Vermont's WVNY did it in the 70s
@767Robson3 жыл бұрын
I've often thought they could do a totally different ST movie....not so much a space ship action film but her life as a young lady deciding to go into Star Fleet...called Star Trek Rand. It could have potential.
@767Robson3 жыл бұрын
@Deborah Shaw You're probably right.
@stevensanna36513 жыл бұрын
I read somewhere she's the reason the uniforms for the ladies in TOS were short skirts. It was said that if she had to wear a uniform, she wanted to show off her dancer's legs.. :-) I didn't know about the assault. Absolutely horrible..
@oliverdemille83884 жыл бұрын
Seems like a lot of those people weren't fired, so much as just didn't renew contracts, or return for sequels.
@2bituser5694 жыл бұрын
Sounds very clickbaity
@alandgomez59054 жыл бұрын
Thx, I won't waste my time.
@kurtl84254 жыл бұрын
If you don’t sign this contract and agree to return to work, yer fir’d!
@2bituser5694 жыл бұрын
Kurt L That’s not the same as being fired.
@kurtl84254 жыл бұрын
2BitUser lol, yeah I was being sarcastic
@tyleramon83713 жыл бұрын
Biff Yaeger's idea was bloody brilliant! He would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those meddling producers!!
@grannyweatherwax80059 ай бұрын
I had to look up who he was, including on Gilmore Girls, since this video make both parts sound so much bigger than they were. He was in 2 whole Star Trek episodes. And it’s supposed to be believable fans were writing in to keep him? Was he cut from the mythical “future episodes” that the letters supposedly referenced? As for the “nice run on Gilmore Girls” I have to think he was some background guy in town? He did 13 episodes plus one of the new Netflix shows, which I skipped. I don’t know if “guy no one remembers” qualifies as a nice run.
@stevensiferd71043 жыл бұрын
Ironically, Jeffrey Hunter died one week to the day before the last ST:TOS episode aired on NBC. If he had been retained, he might not have been making the movie where he received what turned out to be a fatal head injury.
@hydrolito Жыл бұрын
He received the head injury from fall at his home.
@GeeBee909 Жыл бұрын
I read his wife (acting as his agent) came into studio with a list of demands (because Hunter was a "film actor") that were unreasonable. So they went with William Shatner instead.
@SoundAsleepSpace Жыл бұрын
No the timeline would change.. please watch some Star Trek :D
@axepagode336264 жыл бұрын
Kirsty Alley didn't get fired, she didn't accept their offer to return
@morinmoss53824 жыл бұрын
Either way I'm grateful; she was awful
@mehalld4 жыл бұрын
She also wasn't hired for "star power" as is indicated in this video, Wrath of Khan was Alley's first major role.
@alanguages4 жыл бұрын
I liked the portrayal by Robin Curtis as Saavik way better.
@jasonpoe53604 жыл бұрын
According to Nimoy’s book, she demanded more than what Deforest Kelly was getting paid.
@nicholasburns79704 жыл бұрын
@@alanguages I totally agree. Robin Curtis was far better looking too.
@BedsitBob4 жыл бұрын
They retained two actors (not just one), from the Pilot Episode. Leonard Nimoy and Majel Barrett.
@martinhanke16704 жыл бұрын
but her character was changed completely. she than married gene. job secured.
@BedsitBob4 жыл бұрын
@@martinhanke1670 But the title is *actors* who were fired, not characters. She became a different character, but she was still the same actor.
@RictusHolloweye4 жыл бұрын
Barrett didn't returned until S1E7 - What Are Little Girls Made Of. She had been removed due to studio demands, it's just that Roddenberry found a way to bring her back in. Technically she had been fired along with the rest of the original pilot cast (sans Nimoy).
@AlexandarHullRichter4 жыл бұрын
Wasn't George Tekei the cage too?
@larrywt6564 жыл бұрын
@@AlexandarHullRichter No. He made his first appearance in Where No Man Has Gone Before. There was another Asian actor in The Cage, but I don't even think his character had a name.
@kimberlainodriscoll47814 жыл бұрын
I liked Kirstie Alley's version better. There was an implied ferocity to Alley's character. The other actress was too cold and that made her uninteresting.
@my3dviews3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Robin Curtis made the character boring. Was disappointed when I saw that movie.
@jasondaniel9183 жыл бұрын
In just a few words, you characterized Alley's appeal very appropriately. Thank you. I liked her, too.
@Revan29083 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I never understood the personality change. The on-set materials indicated that Saavik was half-Romulan, even though it was never mentioned in the movie--which explained her tears at the funeral. Why completely change that? It made the character more interesting, and provided little avenues that could have been potentially explored later.
@davidmacmillan6163 жыл бұрын
Alley was better looking as well
@NeilDamionBarton3 жыл бұрын
It wasn't Curtis's Fault that was Nimoy and Harve Bennet. Specifically Nimoy had wanted her to play the role like Alley ie. less in control of her emotions\ more ferocious I suppose. The character was meant to be half Romulan with a Romulan father and Vulcan mother, that's why Alley was more seemed more emotional as her character did not have the full control of her emotions like a full Vulcan. Bennett didn't like Alleys performance and insisted Curtis to play the role much more understated and emotionally bereft. There was a disagreement between him and Nimoy over her portrayal with Nimoy losing out over wanting her to be true to Nicolas Meyers original vision for the charactor. So Curtis's just ended up doing what she was told to do by the Exec Producer in another example of Bennetts dumb decisions.
@lordbyron36034 жыл бұрын
7of 9 IMO was the most intriguing, creative character addition to Voyager ! And Jerri Ryan hit the target! When I think of Voyager, I immediately think of Janeway and 7! .... like Kirk and Spock! Luke and Vader!
@andrewmieczkowski7974 жыл бұрын
Kirstie Alley was NOT "star power" at the time she was cast in TWOK. The film was her first major movie role.
@frenchjr254 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. I was thinking that as well. It was years before Cheers.
@tedwojtasik87814 жыл бұрын
Spot on mate. Besides, I never liked Kirstie Alley after an interview I saw of her sometime around 92'. This was the "public" beginning of her implosion and maybe she was just being cheeky but she was just a total flake in the interview. Talking about doing lines of coke on the TWOK set, saying the main reason she married one of the Hardy Boys was because he had a massive hog, etc. She just sucks.
@icallitvera27904 жыл бұрын
I'm not a Trekkie and even I knew that.
@Nimmo14924 жыл бұрын
I love the "It's Grim Up North" artwork behind you!
@prokesuk3 жыл бұрын
Kirstie Alley had the last laugh, though. Her replacement, Robin Curtis, had a relatively short career following Star Trek, while Kirstie went on to become a famous nutjob.
@KlodFather3 жыл бұрын
Yes but she was a good looking nutjob. She was hot as a Vulcan.
@Stuff_happens3 жыл бұрын
Alley went on to serve as a detractor to Xenu too.
@pferreira19833 жыл бұрын
A nutjob? Last laugh indeed. Ha, ha!
@Diversity6463 жыл бұрын
Robin Curtis is now selling real estate in upstate New York
@pferreira19833 жыл бұрын
@@Diversity646 Not bad at all.
@PeteTheGeek1963 жыл бұрын
That was entertaining and informative. Thanks for sticking with it through all of the technical issues you encountered.
@jasonhubbard67754 жыл бұрын
I saw some footage of Genevieve Bujold as Janeway; she wasn't very good, wooden as all hell.
@martinhanke16704 жыл бұрын
i saw a comparison, with each doing several scenes, and mulgrew was so much better in every scene. can't remember which vlog it was though.
@jimslancio4 жыл бұрын
I'saw the Bujold footage, and I agree she looked surprisingly uncomfortable in the role.
@louismalinak55634 жыл бұрын
She was horrible!
@AvoidsPikes-4 жыл бұрын
I saw that footage on KZfaq. Mulgrew just came in and owned that part. She's my favorite captain.
@louismalinak55634 жыл бұрын
@@AvoidsPikes- Me too!
@katakisLives4 жыл бұрын
Didn't the enterprise C have a female captain in yesterdays enterprise?
@Krahazik4 жыл бұрын
It did
@cyberfux4 жыл бұрын
Yep, Cpt. Rachel Garrett
@johnbockelie38994 жыл бұрын
Yesterday's Enterprise had a female captain. Rachel Garrett was the captain of the Enterprise NCC.- 1701 -C. Ambassodor. Class.
@RictusHolloweye4 жыл бұрын
Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home showed a female captain of the USS Saratoga. Short role, but still valid.
@dbmalesani4 жыл бұрын
Erika Hernandez was captain of the NX-02 "Columbia" (the NX-01 Enterprise sister ship) in the 22nd century - but that was before Starfleet. From "Star Trek: Discovery", of course, we have seen Captain Philippa Georgiou, serving in the 23rd century on the USS Shenzhou. There are a few (certainly not many!) other female captains mentioned in the 24th centry, for example Geordi LaForge's mother Silva La Forge (USS Hera), or Captain Tryla Scott (USS Renegade), met by Picard on Dytalix B in TNG 1x25 "Conspiracy".
@ered2033 жыл бұрын
I can't believe they fired Yeager for the letter writing campaign stunt. Sounds to me like he figured out how to beat the no-win scenario. Hell, he deserved a spin off for original thinking on such a scale.
@trunkmonkey94172 жыл бұрын
Yep. Should have been given his own star ship for his "Kobayashi Maru" tactic.
@toddbonny37084 жыл бұрын
Kirstie Alley was nobody before that film, so it wasn't for star power.
@johndaugherty74654 жыл бұрын
She still is nobody...lol.
@JohnFourtyTwo4 жыл бұрын
@@johndaugherty7465 True, I can only remember one other movie she was in without cheating and the TV show Cheers.
@delraydad75164 жыл бұрын
Rumour was she quit because was tired of fighting off Shatner
@alanwansboro54444 жыл бұрын
@@delraydad7516 nobody wins a fight against Kirk!
@martyklestadt67664 жыл бұрын
I think her biggest claim to fame before ST II was an appearance as a contestant on Match Game.
@teemusid4 жыл бұрын
According to IMDB, Kirstie Alley's only role before STII, was an uncredited appearance on a TV show. Obviously not a cash grab to take the role of Saavik, but quite a big break for an unknown actress.
@brentgranger78564 жыл бұрын
Had Mr. Argyle been given the role of Chief Engineer, I doubt I would've seen Geordi LaForge live up to his potential and become one of my favorite characters in the TNG cast.
@robertthomas51964 жыл бұрын
The one time I didn't like Geordi was when he ruined Q's gift to Data. The laughing.
@brentgranger78564 жыл бұрын
@@robertthomas5196 I've never really looked at it that way. Thanks for the insight, mate!
@robertthomas51964 жыл бұрын
@@brentgranger7856 Next time, just keep your mouth shut and don't wreck the moment!
@brentgranger78564 жыл бұрын
@@robertthomas5196 Next time, don't comment if you have nothing good to say or can't take a compliment. Goodbye and I WILL NOT read any more of your comments.
@robertthomas51964 жыл бұрын
@@brentgranger7856 I was talking about Geordi. Adios.
@TrigansFunGames3 жыл бұрын
You're way off about them bringing Kirstey Alley in for star power. She was a virtual unknown when she did Star Trek II. She didn't become a household name (other than among Star Trek fans - we loved her) until until she started on Cheers 5 years later.
@Burt10384 жыл бұрын
Also if I recall, they actually wanted to bring back Jeffrey Hunter as Pike (along with Spock) but he didn't want to do it b/c he thought being a TV actor would diminish his prestige as a film actor. So he was not actually fired and Shatner wasn't cast until after Hunter turned them down.
@Ashworth62 жыл бұрын
I've heard that too. Also, according to Gene Roddenberry, Hunter's wife was a major influence in convincing him not to return to Star Trek.
@kcollier21924 жыл бұрын
"One to beam up" would be a logical sign off.
@brettcooper38934 жыл бұрын
Kirstie Alley wasn't fired. She didn't return due to other commitments and wanting a salary increase.
@mdteletom12884 жыл бұрын
She was making a lot more on Cheers I would imagine by the time ST3 came out. I have heard her version of the salary story more often including her comment that if she took a pay cut for a bigger role she would have to start paying the producers to be in the movie. Based on that, she shouldn't be on this list.
@danielboshears64744 жыл бұрын
Being bombed on cocaine the entire time didn’t exactly endear her to the production crew....
@danielboshears64744 жыл бұрын
John Winchester3567 I had forgotten about the alcohol issue...the thing that confused me was why even bother to recast? Starfleet is large, it would have been simpler, and more logical to simply create a new character, rather than cast Robin Curtis as Savviic. But then again, they seemed determined to do that whole “pon pharr” scene, which I really wouldn’t have missed.
@joelellis70354 жыл бұрын
@@mdteletom1288 Kirstie Allie didn't appear on Cheers until 1987. Star Trek III premiered in 1984.
@louismalinak55634 жыл бұрын
@@joelellis7035 Thank you, I love fact checkers, as I am one as well.
@petehoskins12673 жыл бұрын
I remember going to a very rare Star Trek convention here in Sydney 🇦🇺 about 1998. It was held at the Sydney Opera House, probably 3-4 thousand attended, the two (2) guests were Jennifer Lien (Kes, Voyager) who after 5 minutes made it clear that she did not want to be there, not answering questions and being ultimately rude to the host and all of us who paid to see her. She was asked to leave the stage and the amazing Patrick Stewart (Picard) came on stage early and stayed for what must have been 2 hours, talking, chatting and being the true professional. Patrick made the day for many of us trekkies back then. Cheers.
@bluerisk3 жыл бұрын
I feel bad for you: there was Kes, who played this dramatic important character...oh, Kes ist the name of the character, on what show was she again? And then Stewart, who played the Captain of Star Trek TNG, the show that made me a Trekkie, and who is _the_ Captain for me. Who cares about this Lien, if you got the real deal. Only Brent Spiner or Nimoy had been of equal interest.
@loulfw25132 жыл бұрын
And here I thought that Marina Siritis was the worst Trek actor guest. (Technically I haven't seen Lien so that is still true, and I understand Marina has improved in recent years.) I hate to say it, but the drugs Lien was doing might have been an influence even then...???
@petehoskins12672 жыл бұрын
@@loulfw2513 Perhaps some of series 1 - 2 of TNG Marina Sirtis may not have been that experienced? Not sure, but certainly by the time of the last few series and the 4 motion pictures turned up she was far better. I still have not seen the ‘Picard’ series with Sir Pat and 7 of 9 Jeri Ryan, I must try and find out which Co down here in AU and the cost etc?
@petehoskins12672 жыл бұрын
Sorry, have to find out which Co is selling Picard here and try to see it. It was such a great loss when we lost D’Forest and Leonard. I really love the original movies, Khan, Voyage Home and The Undiscovered Country. Cheers.
@loulfw25132 жыл бұрын
@@petehoskins1267 I saw her appear well after TNG hit its fitting in the 90s. But like I said, maybe she got better. She was arrogant, dismissive, rude and unfriendly. As it recall, both Frakes and spiner were wonderful. Sadly, it's been a few years since there have been any conventions in this country at all
@nextworld91763 жыл бұрын
Best vidi I've seen lately. Very informative. Shocking!
@NightHawke4 жыл бұрын
Hilarious. I got one of those Biff Yeager lobbying letters. Thought it was weird at the time, but I didn't join his campaign. Still strange that Miss Lifelong Star Trek Fan didn't let her eyebrows get done in the Vulcan style. Curtis did and looked the part much more than Alley.
@billp44 жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, The showed Janeway's predecessor in the special features of one of the DVD sets. She was totally unbelievable. Check it out of you want to see how much the believably of the show truly depends a LOT on the actors!
@kendallcaminiti-hess22434 жыл бұрын
I did see that...She was terrible...Kate was more suited
@TheSlysterII3 жыл бұрын
Love your videos Adam, and the editing!
@michaelbruner35114 жыл бұрын
Kirstie Alley wasn't a "star" yet when TWOK was made. I don't think she really gained notoriety until "Cheers" or the "Look Who's Talking" crapfest.
@jameswalker57964 жыл бұрын
Not directly relevant to #1, but Lucille Ball was a major factor in securing a second pilot
@fatdog1963rb4 жыл бұрын
Didn't she sweep the floor?
@baraxor4 жыл бұрын
@Geary Kunkel The other big series of the last days of Desilu was Mission Impossible. Hogan's Heroes was from Bing Crosby Productions.
@williamj.bagnall45644 жыл бұрын
@Geary Kunkel Lucille Ball had it going on. She knew how to get it done and how to manage things, quietly if needed. Also, I thought she was very talented.
@JohnFourtyTwo4 жыл бұрын
@Geary Kunkel Yep, Hogan's Heroes was made by Desilu and in at least one episode they reused the Enterprise's passageways for the hallways of a Nazi laboratory building, even though it's repainted, the distinctive triangular door openings are clearly the Enterprise set.
@joelellis70354 жыл бұрын
Frankly, the writing on the wall was apparent for Jennifer Lien. I remember a TV Guide issue with a cover asking if Kes will survive. Watching her acting, it appeared that her character was one dimensional and it always sounded like her voice was dubbed in like she didn't project during filming.
@PR-fk5yb4 жыл бұрын
100% agreed. I (nearly) stopped watching mainly because of those two. My interest was so so low.
@Bannimann23 жыл бұрын
@Back40Living " Not to mention the creepy vibes with neelix and her being like 4 years old" Ah c'mon dude, seriously?!! She was from a race that aged extremely fast and had a very short lifespan - she was not "4-years old" she was a fully grown, young woman in the show.. If that gives you "that kind of vibes" I think you're the creepy one. 🙄
@CJR-wv8kc Жыл бұрын
well the story told her isn't strictly correct, originally it was Harry Kim who was going to be the one to depart, until he appeared in a top 100 sexiest list somewhere and they decided to try and capitalize on that so it was Less that went
@flyingwombat594 жыл бұрын
According to Shatner’s book on Star Trek, Whitney’s harasser was an executive, as I recall, with NBC. It’s been around twenty years since I read it.
@StolenEyesX3 жыл бұрын
There is a lot more to Jennifer Lien’s firing than just her character having run its course. In fact, the original intention was not to fire her, but Garrett Wang who played Harry Kim.
@markgowans3 жыл бұрын
I'd have got rid of Harry Kim as well. I guess though Jennifer Lien was the obvious choice since they couldnt have 2 blondes on the show adn Jeri Ryan is way better looking anyway. 😜
@d00m0racl33 жыл бұрын
@@markgowans As the saying goes "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Personally I found Jennifer Lien's Kess character to be much more attractive than Jeri Ryan's 7of9. Kess had that wholesome girl next door vibe that one could fall in love forever while 7of9 struck me as sexually radiant woman whom you'd likely no even survive one night in bed with. JMHO.
@bluerisk3 жыл бұрын
@@d00m0racl3 But her Borg background was more interesting.
@d00m0racl33 жыл бұрын
@@bluerisk True, but one could argue that the Ocampa could've had a very interesting background story done also. Why did they live such short lives? where they an genetic/biological experiment by some older, more advanced race? what was the deal by which they transformed into a being of energy afterwards? So many unanswered questions that could've been developed into a good background story. I just feel there was a lot of unexplored potential there.
@Dancestar19812 жыл бұрын
@@d00m0racl3 so do I too 7 wasn’t necessary
@gordondavis61684 жыл бұрын
And.... Valeris, Spock’s Vulcan protege, in Star Trek 6 was supposed to be Saavik, would have added weight to the story, increased the sense of betrayal, and would have prolonged the mystery a lot longer. Everyone was underwhelmed with Robin Curtis, did not want to recast the character a third time, and just added Valeris.
@clubtepes20464 жыл бұрын
I agree. That would have been awesome.
@loulfw25134 жыл бұрын
"everyone"? That is DISAPPOINTING. But a lot could have happened between 1984 and 1991 I guess
@pickeljarsforhillary1024 жыл бұрын
In TNG's Cause and Affect, Kirstie Alley was offered a chance to appear on screen as a Bozeman officer. She wanted a phenomenal amount for a non-speaking role of just standing there and the producers said they could have made an entire episode for what she wanted. Too many Trek stories of her over-estimating her worth.
@loulfw25134 жыл бұрын
@@pickeljarsforhillary102 so she fucked HERSELF over. That sucks.
@SnowDaulphin3 жыл бұрын
ClubTepes yup
@JLRO314 жыл бұрын
Star Trek the Wrath of Khan was Kirstie Alley’s Debut role (aside from an appearance in one episode of short lived Sci-fi series Quark 4 years prior to the wrath of Khan) it even says in the movie that this is her debut role
@flthunderdigginwrob31624 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the video and the information. Thanks!
@nanyakoncerno72954 жыл бұрын
Sirtis claims she was almost fired near the end of season one of TNG, but since they were losing the other two female regulars, they kept her. Denise quitting probably saved Marina. You can rewatch season 1 and notice Troi absent from a few episodes, because they didn't know what to do with her at times.
@pepperVenge4 жыл бұрын
In the case of Terry Farrel, she was only told "Do every episode, or Leave" by Rick Berman. The show Runner, Ira Stephen Bher didn't know anything about it and had nothing to do with it until years later when Farrel and Bher spoke about it at a Star Trek Con. This is according to Terry Farrel herself.
@vic50154 жыл бұрын
I thought that Ron D. Moore was the showrunner on DS9.
@samsmith30544 жыл бұрын
All but Spock from the original pilot? Majel Barrett stayed, just not as bridge crew.
@IceWolfLoki4 жыл бұрын
Majel Barrett was the one most specifically fired, the studio exec were adamant she was fired. Roddenberry just hired her back for a much much smaller role under another name and wearing a wig in the hopes they wouldn't notice because she was his partner at the time.
@shmuli94 жыл бұрын
I thought her as Chapel was better, anyway. I'm glad she didn't fade away and radiate... And her role as Lwaxana was classic.. even non-Trekkers know her as the blustery Bajoran (oh sweet God [I am just realizing this] she is SO my mother...)
@maskedmarvyl47744 жыл бұрын
Thank you for noticing that. The fans and the producers Really hated her character of "Number 1". I thought she was a Great character. Too bad they weren't ready for a strong, intelligent female at the time. Interesting that in the first pilot, Spock was the emotional one, and She was the unemotional one....
@KougajiCalling4 жыл бұрын
He did mention that some others were hired on as new characters. Spock was just the only one who's character didn't change.
@philadelphiawhovian56414 жыл бұрын
@@maskedmarvyl4774 i actually liked her better as Nurse Chapel, bc we get to see her range. and i see what u mean, and totally respect ur pov. :D i also love strong intelligent women... but Number 1 was boring, dull, had no personality, and we're told more about her superior intelligence, but we don't see it very much. in fact, everyone else is more proactive than her/gives their ideas and is more assertive. the only time i recall seeing her be intelligent was when she and the other female officer were in the cage with Pike, and it was brief. she's more reactive than anything else. and i know that her lack of emotions were intentional, but that was the problem. too often, when a female character is often described as being: intelligent/strong, is bc she has no personality and shows no emotion... this gets tedious to see. in fact, for some of us women, it's downright annoying, bc u can't help but see, once more, that the idea of being a 'strong' woman means u have nothing to u, no spirit, no vitality, no spark. if there is nothing there to identify with, people r not even going to identify. even Spock, despite his lack of emotion, is expressive sometimes, and has energy to him. He is reactive... but he's also proactive. Number 1 is just reactive and doesn't project any energy at all. the reason that people still love Uhura to this day, besides bc she is gorgeous, is bc, the first time u see her, she has a spark to her. it's ok for her to have a feminine quality as well, and for some of us women, it's nice to know that gets appreciated. also, people blame Barret's dismissal as number 1 was for being the fact that people weren't ready for strong intelligent women back then... but there i cannot help but wonder if there is more to it than that. bc there is evidence to the contrary. in 1965, a British actress signed on to be on the show, Doctor Who. she suggested that her character be sometimes afraid and screamed at things, to make her character more 'relatable' to female viewers, since as she put it, 'strong female characters were everywhere on tv'. she wanted her role to be different than the others, for the sake of standing out and being relatable. and she was right. her character struck a chord with female and male audience members. in 1969, another actress was known for mailing a picture of herself in a bikini to tv execs, to show the studios that she could be sexy and fun, bc they were used to seeing her as the 'no-nonsense, serious, confident, assertive, woman'. and this was also after the era of Catherine Hepburn. there WERE strong intelligent woman at the time, on tv, but they all had personality to them. they had visible spunk! Number 1 appeals to a certain group of people, but not to those women and men who enjoy watching a female character with more to their personality, and with that spark that she lacked. a strong female character won't matter if she's not relatable, and especially if we are told that she's strong, but we don't see much evidence of that, bc she appears to be easily overlooked in her scenes, and is only there to often give confirmation to things that have been discussed by others. at the end of the day, i think it was all down to the writing she was given, but back then, no one knew how to explain that to themselves, so it was chalked up to good ole' lack of progressivism. of course, there is sexism in the industry, and in audiences, but i still believe that it might have been more complicated. but each to his own.
@timsmythfilmsandanimations3 жыл бұрын
You missed Paul Fix, who played the Doctor in the Kirk Pilot. Nice video though, thanks for posting.
@jollyrogerq4 жыл бұрын
I just found this. I immediately subscribed. Great video 👍
@vwgirl4 жыл бұрын
They kept Majel Barrent Roddenberry too from the pilot. Being the boss's side piece helped her stay.
@vwgirl3 жыл бұрын
@Patrick Names If you want it that way everyone from the first pilot was fired. But it was a network test pilot nothing is written in stone. It was basically a job interview not a greenlite series she'd been on for 13 episodes.
@epiendless11283 жыл бұрын
@@vwgirl Old news that the studio wanted her gone. Roddenbury snuck her back in 7 episodes later, hiding her identity.
@ConstitutionalCrank7084 жыл бұрын
Kirstie Allie was perfect in the role.
@georgehenderson77834 жыл бұрын
As was Kim Cattrall as Lt. Valeris in Star Trek 6 The Undiscovered Country. Can you believe it? The same actress in Mannequin and Big Trouble in Little China!
@MaFo824 жыл бұрын
She sure was. I feel she got the nuances of her character perfectly. Saavik being half-romulan meant that Kirsties 'emotional' acting was far better then the very stiff, I would say boring, acting from Robin Curtis.
@lawsonic4 жыл бұрын
Scientology gives deep insight into the universe, as OT7 she knows Xenu's plans to defeat humanity and portrayed it well ;)
@ghostrider88jinetedelfanta314 жыл бұрын
I hated that Robin didn't even resemble Kirstie, & she had a perm, the only Vulcan to have 1!! Why not rename/use a different character? ☠👎💀🖖
@Billicyhot4 жыл бұрын
Hames Doohan told us at a convention prior to ST that KA was not available due to appearing on Btoadway at the time of filming
@susandolan95434 жыл бұрын
You seemed to have forgotten that Majel Barrett played #1 in the pilot (which was scavenged for another episode. The one where Spock was on trial for treason because he was hijacking the Enterprise to go to an off limits Planet) she returned to play Nurse Chapel who was in love with Spock.
@GabePuratekuta2 жыл бұрын
He lumped her in to the entry about The Cage, so it wasn't necessary to mention her specifically.
@JonSmith-hk1bq4 жыл бұрын
According to IMDB, Star Trek: II was literally Kirstie Alley's first credited role. So she definitely wasn't brought in for star power.
@Revan29083 жыл бұрын
Yep. The packaging for the "black" VHS copies (the ones that form a picture of the Enterprise when lined up) also stated it was her "motion picture debut."
@toddkurzbard3 жыл бұрын
I can verify this. When I saw TWOK in '82 (IIRC), I had NO idea who Kirstie Alley was. It was the first time I had ever seen her, and knew her as 'that Uber-mega-hawt Vulcan chick'. I was SO looking forward to her return in STIII...and what I got was that other chick who was wooden as a 2 x 4. Who I HATED. Because she was TERRIBLE. Then of course, she ended up on "Cheers", where I knew her as "the chick who used to be the Uber-mega-hawt Vulcan chick".
@soupful2 жыл бұрын
Until Nicholas Meyer approached Kirstie to return as Saavik for "Star Trek VI: the Undiscovered Country (1991). Unfortunately Kirstie proved unavailable and Nick Meyer chose Kim Cattrall who insisted on character name change to Valeris and look more resembling Spock with bob hairdo and hair band to differentiate. Meyer had no interest in using Robin Curtis as Saavik from Trek3 & 4.
@yugoprowers2 жыл бұрын
Now IMDB shows the movie _One More Chance_ -1981 as her first role
@pepperVenge4 жыл бұрын
In the Case of Jenifer Lien, I also heard that she was the Second Choice to be let go. Their First choice was Garret Wang. But he was featured in a Magazine that year as one of the sexiest men alive (I don't remember which magazine), so they felt he had some star power behind him. So the decided to let Lien go instead. It was rather Cordial as I remember. They just told her she wont be back for Season 4, and she just said "ok."
@alienlife77543 жыл бұрын
She also had personal issues from what I hear. She drug use got pretty bad after the show.
@henrysalami75933 жыл бұрын
I heard their ratings were lowering so they introduced the shapely Ryan character.
@pepperVenge3 жыл бұрын
@@henrysalami7593 That seems likely.
@delcogoonquad4 жыл бұрын
Top 285 Rules of Acquisition next, please.
@vic50154 жыл бұрын
Isn't that *all* of them?
@dixiefish01734 жыл бұрын
Justin Shim I think there’s more
@riti1844 жыл бұрын
Haaa
@STho2054 жыл бұрын
Done so many times. Just watch elsewhere.
@mUbase3 жыл бұрын
Hiya. Thanks for these great videos. As me and my partner have watched all of TOS, TNG,DS9,VOY,ENT and DIS and are now on to the movies (from The motion picture...) I've been digging into the lore. Your vids are perfect for the Canon. Thanks. x
@ServantOfOdin4 жыл бұрын
Star-Trek-y signoff, comeon... Live Long and Prosper is both a greeting and a goodbye. And with the whole corona-stuff going on, it also seems like a quite decent overall greeting. It's contact-less, optimistic and encouraging. It is quite the most logical means.
@danielkubin38784 жыл бұрын
Kristie Alley was not fired, she was recast because her agent want more money for her in next movie, and production of Star trek III. could not or did not want to afford it.
@johnnysizemore57974 жыл бұрын
Honestly, when i think of Saavik, i keep putting Kristie Alley in it. Nothing against the actress that replaced her, i just think Kristie did a better performance....
@killwalker4 жыл бұрын
how does that translate to not getting fired. she either quit..or was fired...
@johnnysizemore57974 жыл бұрын
It doesn't. I just noted how badly they choose the replacement. Besides that One Star Trek movie, has she HONESTLY been in anymore? No, but Kristie Alley had the presence to've been in at least one-two more.
@killwalker4 жыл бұрын
@@johnnysizemore5797 i was actually talking to Daniel lol. he said kirstie "wasnt fired she was recast"... that still narrows it down to fired or quit lol. shes on this list, im sure Adam did his research. She was fired. "let go" and "replaced" and recast means fired. recast can mean quit as well. lose an actor for any reason, you recast the part or drop the character or drop the project entirely. i guess technically if the project hadnt started yet, Allie wasnt technically emplyed with them "yet" but was still the actor known as Saavik, being recast after negotiations, that in itself is "we dont want you, piss off" equals a firing to me.
@philiptite10824 жыл бұрын
@@killwalker This is a muddy one. I don't think she was fired and she didn't quit. The contract negotiations broke down and she did not return to the role. The end result, of course, is that we didn't get to see the awesome Saavik again (Robin Curtis was good, but didn't feel like the same character).
@aMulliganStew4 жыл бұрын
I wish that management and Kirstie Alley could have come to an agreement.
@KristaSolars2 жыл бұрын
So funny! Enjoyed this video very much. Carry on, good sir, carry on. (Or, live long and prosper... with no more accidentally deleted videos, we hope!)
@jamesomoz5293 жыл бұрын
Subscribed to your KZfaq and bless for the info I never knew all of this
@duanscott24904 жыл бұрын
I felt that something had to be done with the Kes character anyway. Her species was only supposed to live 10 years. So it would have gotten weird with her needing to be aged with makeup or something. Or, they would have needed to come up with a plot device to explain why that wasn't happening. They saved themselves from that headache and we got 7 of 9 to look at. Sorry to Jennifer Lien though.
@606Jelly4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I always assumed they realised they'd written themselves into a corner with the rapid ageing, and replaced her with Seven for that reason.
@jensdroessler35754 жыл бұрын
I guess they‘ve been told to sex up the show. They tried that with Kes in the last season she‘s a regular and for myself I have to say I liked it. But it seems it wasn‘t enough for the powers to be. So they brought in some nice tits and ass (from THEIR view. I think Jery did a terrific acting job!), strapped that in a corset and shoved her in front of the camera in an „ugly duckling“ story, making an even greater impact.
@larrywt6564 жыл бұрын
Why RIP? Jennifer Lien is alive and well.
@duanscott24904 жыл бұрын
@@larrywt656 My bad. It was her unfortunate run in with the law that I was thinking of. I remembered that in the news and my brain morphed that into an announcement of her death. My apologies to Ms. Lien. Live long and prosper.
@mitchellmelkin40784 жыл бұрын
@@larrywt656 To say she is well, at present, is a contention that's hard to substantiate, as repeated long-term interventions of serious mental health treatment, somewhat incredibly countenanced by Tennessee's criminal justice system, have yet to be conclusively shown to have been effective. In fact, while I'm unaware of the disposition of this past Thursday's court action (continued over a number of times), she's once again dealing with a charge (thankfully pretty minor in this instance) for about the fifth time in the past 8 years. You may define such a record, as positive evidence of someone's wellbeing, but I'm a bit more dubious, sorry to say.
@WalterDWormack2143 жыл бұрын
With all due respect to Ms. Kirstie Alley, I ABSOLUTELY ADORED, Ms. Robin Curtis' performance as Lt. Saavik.
@PG-qw8er3 жыл бұрын
Many women feel sick because of men like you adoring them yet you do not even know nor ever met My sisters and mother said you're a weirdo
@DENSUTUBE20084 жыл бұрын
You really missed something!! Majel Barrett who played #1 in the pilot and was also Nurse Christine Chapel in the series and the voice of the computer. She was Gene Roddenberrys second wife as well. She also appeared in some of the movies. She was NEVER fired and would never be as the creators wife has job security.
@dlschgo3 жыл бұрын
Terry Ferrell's real story is quite different from the official version. After rejecting an overture from an exec, she was frozen out--her character stopped having anything to do in scripts. Yet she had to show up at something like 4 AM every day for makeup and stay until the set shutdown, sometimes very late in the day. She did that for over a year. At some point during that, she had some quick guest-starring roles on other shows come up and she asked for a few days off, here and there, to take them and the execs said absolutely not, telling her they would view that as breach of contract. When her contract did come up for renewal, they only thing she asked for was being able to come in only when she was in the scenes they were shooting that day--or days off when she wasn't needed, provided she was given permission, and for that not to be seen as breach of contract. A bit later she was told her contract would not be renewed.
@dlschgo3 жыл бұрын
Sometime later she was at a Holiday party when the head of Paramount asked her why she asked for ridiculous money and a whole laundry lists of demands and she said that wasn't true. When she proved that to him by showing her a copy of her actual "demands," he gave her that role on Becker. She got screwed again when she was released from Becker in the later seasons (when it looked like she was going to hook up with Becker finally)--and the real reason for that was that the showrunners of Becker still resented that she was put on their show by the head of Paramount (they had a different actress in mind.)
@Dancestar19812 жыл бұрын
@@dlschgo it just sounds like she got a raw deal all around can’t blame her from wanting to do other shows then
@Kelenae4 жыл бұрын
I really do like how they incorporated the failed pilot into the Lore of Star Trek
@simonrancourt78344 жыл бұрын
Geneviève Bujold would've been the second Montréal-born actor to play a Star Trek captain.
@cmack27693 жыл бұрын
Excellent video and information. First visit and I liked it.
@ericlondon2663 Жыл бұрын
Lasted a day and a half..... How does one not know the demands of American TV filming back in the 90's when a single season could have 22+ episodes?! Mind-blowing
@catjudo14 жыл бұрын
"The network found Star Trek too intellectual..." Well, that explains Shatner...
@STho2054 жыл бұрын
That was Gene's story. Solow and Justman said different. The Cage was more designed to appeal to CBS. WNMHGB was rolled to fit NBC as a companion piece to "The Man from Uncle" and Bonanza style action adventure. GR was a pretty big imaginer of history. There is another word for that.
@2bituser5694 жыл бұрын
If Hunter had returned he would have gotten it. The word is actually too cerebral.
@STho2054 жыл бұрын
@@2bituser569 they were character actors. They would have performed as directed. Shatner was in a lot of things before Star Trek. Sometimes quite cerebral or introspective. Sometimes The Shat. Eventually the Star Trek producers wanted The Shat. Remember he started out as the professional officer that was a bookworm at the academy. Mitchell was the horny flyboy.
@2bituser5694 жыл бұрын
S Tho Why couldn’t Kirk be both bookworm smart and ladies man?
@YTEdy4 жыл бұрын
@@2bituser569 I heard that. Hunter wasn't fired, he got a role in King of Kings and chose that. Shatner & Nimoy had much better chemistry though, even Nimoy said as much, he could play the straight man to Kirk's wild west style.
@andysimmons26484 жыл бұрын
How about finishing with a simple “Cleary Out”?
@ladymopar20244 жыл бұрын
Or a Klingon same would be great
@vic50154 жыл бұрын
@@ladymopar2024 love that. Just end with "Qa'pla!" or however you spell it.
@darthXreven4 жыл бұрын
@@vic5015 or a Romulan "Jolun Tru" though that's more of a greeting if I'm not mistaken.... by context I've heard it used it just means greetings or good day something like that...[star trek online is where i heard it most] Qa'pla is a good phrase too though it's meaning is "Success" or there's Kijol which means "mean me aboard" I love when simple phrases say full sentences, it's like how???? but English really is a ponderous language, we say less with more words while at least 60% of the world says more with a fraction of the words lolz like Japanese Kanji you can have the same basic structure but many variations of markings which drastically add to it or change the meaning.... and some languages invert the saying or say it backwards like Spanish says things kinda inverted backwards lol French too to an extent like Le Fussil Terribles translates as the terrible shotgun i English but the placement of words le is the, fussil is shotgun and terribles is terrible another similar phrase, Le Enfant Terribles, translates as the terrible children....same structure le, the Enfant, Child/children terribles, terrible.... not a linguist, this is just off what I've picked up on, nevermind me, I'm being a bit of a dorky snob..... Qa'pla is a standard klingon phrase like iconic phrase, use it with pride but now you know it means success lolz shout it next timne you beat a game QA'PLA!! lolz
@Lamvesp4 жыл бұрын
Very good. Subscribed.
@rodgerp.6393 жыл бұрын
Hey there! I discovered your KZfaq channel by accident. I enjoyed the video. You seem like a really cool guy!
@drewyourhostwiththeghost4 жыл бұрын
"That's It! That's all! Beam me outta here, Scotty! Live Long and Stay Safe!" with the Vulcan Salute.
@surferdude44874 жыл бұрын
I always thought that Jordy was the natural choice for chief engineer. That visor of his gave him a distinct advantage for the role.
@andrewmichaelscollectibles4 жыл бұрын
Don't you mean 'Geordi?' Not trying to offend anyone I just want to know.
@jensdroessler35754 жыл бұрын
AMP's Collectibles No, he meant the other guy with a visor! Come to think of it: Why weren‘t there any other people with visors?
@andrewmichaelscollectibles4 жыл бұрын
@@jensdroessler3575 I don't think there was anyone else with a visor.
@surferdude44874 жыл бұрын
@@andrewmichaelscollectibles Sorry for the spelling. I'm blind and never really looked up how hhis name is spelled.
@2bituser5694 жыл бұрын
Jens Droessler Data asked a Picard that question in a gotcha scene about sf being able to examine him to make more androids like him. Geordi needs it he is blind
@johnandrewmunroe3 жыл бұрын
Great narration. Keep it coming!
@jerrywatson19583 жыл бұрын
Wow, you have a lot of energy for someone that had to do three takes to get this produced. Great topic. I am a big Star Trek franchise fan. My hope for the future is the one Gene Roddenberry created. So far we've done a fair job at recreating some of it in real life. Warp Engines will take a while just like Nuclear Fusion, lol. This is the first time watching one of your videos. I guess the YT AI has blessed you with some promotion. I will add to your subscriber base. Your style reminds me of another YT'br Simon Whistler. I guess it's your accent, keep up the good work.
@thebookwasbetter36504 жыл бұрын
David Caruso played Spok but was so good in rehearsal that he left the show for better opportunities.
@Thurgosh_OG4 жыл бұрын
I don't think that's right given that he was only 9 years old at the time of the pilot.
@fynxbell4 жыл бұрын
Don't ever recall Spock dramatically removing his sunglasses.
@TimberWolfActual4 жыл бұрын
@@fynxbell ... Or doing a latin dance step while clearing a one room building.
@thebookwasbetter36504 жыл бұрын
@@Thurgosh_OG No its true. Caruso was that damn good. Even at 9.
@rebelndirt88304 жыл бұрын
When doing a fired video you need a sound clip from the movie A Bugs Life when the pill bug brothers say “You’re FIRED!”
@ytzpilot3 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t consider Kristy Alley fired, just a contract negotiation issue, she went on and became a bigger star, Star Trek could have hurt her career if she signed on for another film. She was smart and right for doing it
@poupard10003 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Loved this. Always wondered why people left.
@thejimg4 жыл бұрын
I'm still wish we had more Yeoman Colt from the Cage, but at least we have the short run Marvel series "The Early Voyages"...
@jedironin3804 жыл бұрын
Good thing you weren't wearing a red shirt while filming this video, who knows what might have happened!
@pianoman13794 жыл бұрын
Scottie always had a red shirt on but he was maybe a lucky man
@jasondaniel9183 жыл бұрын
Gates McFadden was my favorite character in Star Trek TNG. I was very puzzled when she disappeared for a while. It took years until I learned what happened. I was glad when she returned to the series.
@omegasupreme55273 жыл бұрын
We'll probably never know what really did happen seeing as another version of "the truth" I had heard it was Roddenberry himself that wanted her gone and that's exactly what he did. So got me.
@SnowDaulphin3 жыл бұрын
Was critical of first season stories...racist, sexist
@Peggi1093 жыл бұрын
Love your videos.
@davidbroughall37824 жыл бұрын
Majel Barett wasn't fired. She went from being No. 1 to Nurse Chapel.
@adamt20174 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I was looking if someone else had pointed this out.
@LM19884 жыл бұрын
You’re forgetting Majel barret wasn’t fired as such, her role changed from no.1 to nurse chapel and the computer. That’s what happens when your married to the boss
@Spitfirethedragon4 жыл бұрын
I was about to say that as well.
@imperiallebaron23914 жыл бұрын
Majel Barret did the computer voice on all of the star ships except the Excelsior. She also Played Luoxanna Troy. Dianna Troy's mother. I thought it was great that she was an MD in The Motion Picture.
@VideoNozoki4 жыл бұрын
Majel Barrett (please spell and punctuate her name correctly) was the OPPOSITE of fired, she was bulletproof... "the First Lady of Star Trek" participated in every incarnation of Star Trek during her lifetime.
@loulfw25134 жыл бұрын
She was *not* married to the boss. In fact, if I have my dates right, she was having an AFFAIR with the boss at the time. (So was Nichelle.) I checked. She did not marry gene until after Star Trek was off the air.
@TheForeverRanger3 жыл бұрын
@@imperiallebaron2391 Luoxanna was a character that grew on me. More I saw her the more I liked her and her episodes with Odo in DS9 were great.
@supersami77484 жыл бұрын
Paul Fix who played the Doctor in the pilot was thought to be to stereotyped because of doing so many westerns. The irony of that statement is DeForest Kelly was almost strictly westerns from the late 1940’s until the early 1960’s. He received the Golden Boot award shortly after his death in 1999.
@Jimkalski3 жыл бұрын
Loved it, nice to know what actually happened to the missing actors. Oh......watch out for Cybermen!!