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Film Interviews Started Long Ago

posted 14 years ago by ijustanothergirl
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Wow, this documentary started awhile ago. It would have been cooler to be released in 2006, 40-years after TOS debuted.

This was from Wil Wheaton's blog:

http://www.wilwheaton.net/mt/archives/001680.php

September 01, 2004
trek nation

Yesterday afternoon, I worked with Rod Roddenberry (Gene's son) at my favorite pub in the world, which just happens to be in Old Town Pasadena. Rod is shooting a documentary called "Trek Nation," that was originally about how Star Trek has positively impacted all sorts of people all over the world . . . but has become, he told me, about a son's efforts to understand his father, and grok his father's legacy. He's got an incredible story to tell, and I am really happy that I got to be part of it.

Even though we both worked on TNG (he was a PA one summer, and I was, well, Wesley), and we're about the same age, we never actually sat down and talked about anything important -- or got to know each other -- until last night. It's good that we didn't meet earlier in our lives, because from about 17 to 21, I was too busy being A Really Big *beep* to get to know him, anyway. It was really cool to compare our memories of Gene, and the diferences -- and similarities -- in our relationship with him.

We had an incredible conversation, that I'd love to recount here, but that would sort of steal Rod's thunder, wouldn't it? When the documentary is released, I think it will be of great interest to WWdN readers, even (especially?) those of you who are not Star Trek fans.
Posted by wil at September 1, 2004 11:01 AM

[–] kimasabe90035-1 14 years ago

well... in Hollywood, most everything takes TIME & tons of LUCK.

Its a miracle any kind of movie gets made ~ so many things can go wrong.

Its good to see this finally happening.

Well done to everyone @ www.roddenberry.com for keeping Gene's Vision alive, after all these years.

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[–] fortuneman82 12 years ago

I'm kinda glad it took 10 years to do. It shows the progression of such a project & also afforded Rod the chance to research a little more & even interview more people than he would have if he had rushed this in only a few months. And this is as good a year as any for Star Trek. It's the 45th Anniversary for TOS. It's been 20 years since Gene died. And the new movie is underway. I wonder if Wil Wheaton will speak out now & give further insight into this long ago interview.