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"Replacing Roddenberry"? Gimme a break!
By rabelais

Nive review. This DVD set is clearly a must own.

Just one small question. You write:

"Even while the first season was still in production, talk was brewing of replacing Roddenberry with another writer/producer, one who could degenerate the series into standard science-fiction cannon fodder of ray guns and aliens by removing Roddenberry's forward-thinking themes, thereby reducing it to a substandard "kiddie" program to compete with CBS's more "sophisticated" fare, LOST IN SPACE."

I'd like to know where you obtained said information. I've read many books about TOS, from Ashwerman's compendium to several of the Roddenberry biographies, both slanderous and obsequious, as well as the very informative and balanced Solow-Justman "Inside Star Trek", and nowhere do I recall any mention of the possibility of Roddenberry being replaced.

To be honest, my first reaction is... "Gimme a break! Who believes this horseshit?"

As far as Solow and Justman are concerned, Roddenberry was treated quite fairly by NBC and Desilu, with the exception being the fellow responsible for language, dress codes and other "moral standards" (Apparently, he was new at the job and overstepped his boundaries, even going so far as recommending story changes!).In fact, Solow and Justman note on more than one occasion that Roddenberry, to excuse his own failings, would publicly antagonize NBC and management.

Somehow, this whole "Roddenberry coud have been replaced" story smacks of the kind of comment he was known to make in order to pass the buck and make himself look good.

I may be wrong, however. So I would just like to know where you got this bit of information.

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