"Star Trek: The Original Series" has three first episodes. Isn't this an irreconcilable contradiction? Let me explain.
There's the first produced "Star Trek" pilot, "The Cage," which starred Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike. When the Enterprise visits planet Talos IV, Pike is abducted by telepathic aliens the Talosians. NBC passed, feeling "The Cage" was a subpar effort, but let creator Gene Roddenberry take a second stab at it.
That resulted in "Where No Man Has Gone Before." When the Enterprise tries and fails to pass an energy field at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy, crewman Gary Mitchell (Gary Lockwood) develops psychic powers and goes mad.
The only thing that carries over between the two pilots is Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock. "Where No Man Has Gone Before" is closer to the finished series (it does star William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk), but there are still noticeable differences.
There's the first produced "Star Trek" pilot, "The Cage," which starred Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike. When the Enterprise visits planet Talos IV, Pike is abducted by telepathic aliens the Talosians. NBC passed, feeling "The Cage" was a subpar effort, but let creator Gene Roddenberry take a second stab at it.
That resulted in "Where No Man Has Gone Before." When the Enterprise tries and fails to pass an energy field at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy, crewman Gary Mitchell (Gary Lockwood) develops psychic powers and goes mad.
The only thing that carries over between the two pilots is Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock. "Where No Man Has Gone Before" is closer to the finished series (it does star William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk), but there are still noticeable differences.
- 6/11/2024
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
WWE.com
A lot of Attitude Era fans tend to look back at that time through rose-tinted glasses. Yes, it gave us some great angles and storylines and plentiful helpings of shock TV, but there was a lot of dross, too. The wrestling was nowhere near the standard that it would be in coming years and PPVs were used to set-up the next episode of Raw (and not vice-versa).
That would change in 2000. A lot of it was down to writer Vince Russo leaving the company for WCW. His position was taken over by Chris Kreski, former writer of The Daily Show, who would greatly improve the quality of the shows writing. Kreski was the brains behind a lot of the best storylines and feuds from the era.
He had a lot of great talent to work with, of course. The Rock and Triple H were on top of their game,...
A lot of Attitude Era fans tend to look back at that time through rose-tinted glasses. Yes, it gave us some great angles and storylines and plentiful helpings of shock TV, but there was a lot of dross, too. The wrestling was nowhere near the standard that it would be in coming years and PPVs were used to set-up the next episode of Raw (and not vice-versa).
That would change in 2000. A lot of it was down to writer Vince Russo leaving the company for WCW. His position was taken over by Chris Kreski, former writer of The Daily Show, who would greatly improve the quality of the shows writing. Kreski was the brains behind a lot of the best storylines and feuds from the era.
He had a lot of great talent to work with, of course. The Rock and Triple H were on top of their game,...
- 6/15/2015
- by Lewis Howse
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
1999 was a magical time for the WWF. Steve Austin was the top star and his feud with Vince McMahon and his cronies sparked a boom period that helped the company rise to the top of its popularity.
With WCW faltering, WWF enjoyed the leg room of being alone at the top. With dynamic characters such as Austin, The Rock, Undertaker, Mankind plus the advent of competitive matches on free TV, it seemed like the company could do no wrong.
However, creatively the company was starting to falter under head writers Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara. With Vince inter-twined in the main story line, Russo and Ferrara were left to a heavy reliance on sex, swerves, lewd behavior and MTV-style television to reach viewers.
The strategy had worked in late 1997 and 1998, but as a result of burnout and growing pressure to deliver, creative suffered in 1999. From mid-card acts such...
1999 was a magical time for the WWF. Steve Austin was the top star and his feud with Vince McMahon and his cronies sparked a boom period that helped the company rise to the top of its popularity.
With WCW faltering, WWF enjoyed the leg room of being alone at the top. With dynamic characters such as Austin, The Rock, Undertaker, Mankind plus the advent of competitive matches on free TV, it seemed like the company could do no wrong.
However, creatively the company was starting to falter under head writers Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara. With Vince inter-twined in the main story line, Russo and Ferrara were left to a heavy reliance on sex, swerves, lewd behavior and MTV-style television to reach viewers.
The strategy had worked in late 1997 and 1998, but as a result of burnout and growing pressure to deliver, creative suffered in 1999. From mid-card acts such...
- 3/21/2014
- by TK Maxwell
- Obsessed with Film
The Sopranos was named the best-written show in television history by the Writers Guild of America, edging out an eclectic collection of some of the most beloved and admired series. Members of the Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) voted online for the 101 Best Written TV Series, with David Chase’s iconic “family” drama topping Seinfeld, The Twilight Zone, All in the Family, and M*A*S*H*.
“At their core, all of these wonderful series began with the words of the writers who created them and were sustained by the writers...
“At their core, all of these wonderful series began with the words of the writers who created them and were sustained by the writers...
- 6/3/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside TV
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