1. Retro-Musings: Gene Roddenberry's failed dystopian pilot, “Genesis II ...
Nov 15, 2022 · “Genesis II” is a bizarre curiosity. It's a trip back in time to the almost-lost era of mid-1970s post-apocalyptic TV shows.
*****SUB-SHUTTLE SIZED SPOILERS!!****** Back to the Future After the cancellation of NBC’s “Star Trek” (1966-1969), the show began to develop an even stronger cult following throu…
2. Forgotten Roddenberry: Genesis II - TrekMovie.com
Nov 17, 2016 · They are amazed to find what they believed to be a dead body still barely breathing. Like Spock telling McCoy how to replace his own brain, a ...
So little has been written about Gene Roddenberry’s work outside of Star Trek, and yet the guy produced a movie and four television pilots in the ten short years between the original Star Trek and The Motion Picture. On this, the fiftieth anniversary of his most renowned creation, it’s time to reconnect with Roddenberry’s lost productions and see how they laid down the blueprint for Star Trek’s Next Generation. Starting us off is Roddenberry’s first attempt at a TV show after Star Trek, 1973’s Genesis II which, despite the odd roman numeral at the end, is not a sequel to anything previously produced. Apparently the pilot film did extremely well, ratings-wise, and was green-lit with several story outlines ready to be filmed. Unfortunately, CBS decided Genesis II allowed is not and went with a Planet of the Apes show instead. I find the pilot’s reported popularity very interesting because it’s not particularly great. The opening is a mixed up jumble of scenes and narration, some of the concepts are downright laughable, and the hero flip flops so often between allegiances it can be hard to keep up. To be really frank, nothing Roddenberry produced outside of Star Trek was flat out amazing, but it’s all still worth watching because they have a very Roddenberry quality about them that’s both familiar and comforting no matter how goofy things get. Genesis II is the story of contemporary NASA scientist Dylan Hunt, here played by Alex Cord, getting trapped inside his own suspended a...
3. View topic - Genesis II (1973 TV movie) - ALL SCI-FI
Mar 14, 2017 · The world as we know it has been destroyed in this 1973 pilot for a possible series. "Genesis II" centers on a N.A.S.A. experimenter --- who ...
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4. From the Archives: Genesis II (1973) - John Kenneth Muir
Dec 29, 2011 · And even though Genesis II occurs post-holocaust, there is room for hope (Roddenberry's famous, trademark optimism) in this troubled world. The ...
5. Reviews: Gene Roddenberry's 'Genesis II' & 'Planet Earth'
Oct 23, 2009 · Like Roddenberry's first Star Trek pilot, “The Cage,” Genesis II is often static and intellectual. The show ran in a 90-minute time slot and is ...
In the 1970s, between the end of Star Trek The Original series and the first Star Trek feature film, Gene Roddenberry developed a number of sci-fi TV pilots, which aired as TV movies, but never made it to series. Now Warner Brothers has made Genesis II and Planet Earth available via their video-on-demand DVD program. See below for our thorough review of both titles. REVIEW: Roddenberry’s Lost 70s Pilots In the early seventies with studios and the media just beginning to see the success of the original Star Trek in syndication, Gene Roddenberry’s reputation as the creator of a low-rated, cancelled television series was being rethought, and the producer found himself attaining celebrity status at burgeoning Star Trek conventions across the country. Roddenberry and his ideas were once again marketable and he began a series of attempts to get a new science fiction series on network television. The first two projects strangely followed a similar path to the original Star Trek—two pilots for what was essentially the same series about humanity picking up the pieces of civilization in the aftermath of nuclear war, and a Buck Rogers-like character put in suspended animation in the 20th century only to awaken and eventually become a leader in this strange new world. Genesis II Genesis II, directed by John Lewelyn Moxey and written and produced by Roddenberry, was the first stab at this idea. Alex Cord stars as Dylan Hunt, who’s using himself as a human guinea pig in experiments in su...
6. Review: Genesis II (1973) - Network 47
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Whoo boy, this was certainly “Roddenberry Unchained”.
7. Genesis II – 'Land of the Sleeping' - LinkedIn
Aug 11, 2021 · Genesis II (1973 movie and TV show). Genesis II – 'Land of the ... This scene is sad; it shows how no one in the future - not even Dylan ...
Genesis II – ‘Land of the Sleeping’ (my 1973-83 fan fiction TV series episode) i thought of my episode in 1973, when the show aired. I greatly added to it, based on the US Space Shuttle Program, in 1983.
8. DVD Review: Genesis II | Blogcritics
Oct 13, 2009 · In 1973 writer/producer Gene Roddenberry with the help of director John Llewellyn Moxey introduced another view of the future to the public in ...
For Roddenberry fans, it’s a nice addition to your collection.
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7 days ago · This one is really interesting – “Genesis II” from 1973. A Gene Roddenberry pilot that was pretty good, but was sadly passed over by the ...
This one is really interesting – “Genesis II” from 1973. A Gene Roddenberry pilot that was pretty good, but was sadly passed over by the networks for the “Planet of The Apes” TV series. Tragi…
10. Genesis II | Rotten Tomatoes
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A NASA scientist (Alex Cord) wakes up in a strange new world after spending World War III in suspended animation.
11. 1973 - Classic Sci-Fi Movies
Sep 10, 2013 · 1973. Watergate & Westworld -- 1973 was a busy year for news and sci ... My favorite of this bunch has to be GENESIS II, sad as that may be.
Watergate & Westworld -- 1973 was a busy year for news and sci-fi. President Nixon's troubles began when the Watergate Scandal broke. Ame...
12. Two of Gene Roddenberry's 1970s Telefilms Coming to DVD
Oct 3, 2009 · The first of these telefilms, Genesis II, was broadcast by CBS on Friday, March 23rd, 1973. ... The sad part about the “Genesis II” release is ...
Two of Gene Roddenberry's 1970s telefilms, both unsold pilots for potential weekly series, will be released on DVD by Warner Archive.
13. Movie of the Week: Gene Roddenberry Pilots (Part 2)
Mar 20, 2023 · Genesis II (1973): In 1979, Dylan Hunt (Alex Cord) was testing a suspended animation chamber he helped design in the Carlsbad Caverns, when ...
In all of his work, Roddenberry tried to instill an optimism that humanity can and will do better, learning from the past and correcting it’s mistakes. #generoddenbbery #genesisII #planetearth #strangenewworld
14. Review: Planet Earth (1974) | Network 47
Feb 4, 2023 · Ted Cassidy reprises his role from Genesis II as a white Native American character. It was bad enough there, at least he played the role with a ...
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15. Gene Roddenberry's UNSOLD TV PILOTS | Infinity Magazine Issue 30
Genesis II (1973), which takes place in 1979 and 2133. Read the complete ... sad passing of an Avengers icon… MESSAGES FROM BEYOND. We love Close ...
After creating Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry was anxious to follow it up with another small screen sci-fi hit. It was easier said than done, as Paul Carey reports…
16. Roddenberry's Genesis II/Planet Earth Pilots on Disc in Sept. | ComicMix
Aug 20, 2020 · Criminal psychologist Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne) knows how killers think and how their minds work. Why? His father is “The Surgeon,” a serial ...
Burbank, CA (August 18, 2020) – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment brings consumers the opportunity to own more fan-favorite programming from the past several decades from the Warner Archive Collectio…
17. From the Archive: Planet Earth (1974) | John Kenneth Muir
Dec 29, 2011 · Planet Earth (1974) represents creator Gene Roddenberry's second effort to get his Genesis II (1973) series premise aired on American network television.
Planet Earth (1974) represents creator Gene Roddenberry’s second effort to get his Genesis II (1973) series premise aired on American network television. As you will remember, Genesis II conc…
18. ARTICLE ABOUT Phil Collins (Genesis) FROM SOUNDS ...
Sep 6, 2018 · ARTICLE ABOUT Phil Collins (Genesis) FROM SOUNDS, November 3, 1973 ... We had to put our ticket prices up this time which is a sad thing to ...
This interview was obviously conducted before there was restrictions on what media could print. Later on the marketing departments of the record companies demanded too much control over what was pr…
