Nelson Au
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Yeah, the Selznick joke was a good one as it illustrated the point well! Regarding the CBS deal. Oh I see, so any Star Trek material that is related to TOS or the series with the original cast could be released during a period before Star Trek Into Darkness was released. I can see that. JJ's film didn't want to have anything come out and take any sales from the JJ film and products. I guess that the brand problem they were talking about. Seems so silly, it's all from the original Star Trek, yet it sounds like the Bad Robot people want to make their own brand of Star Trek and do their global dominance. I find this development interesting and I'd like to learn more about it. A franchise like Star Trek has certainly become a global mainstream product. Toys, games, videos, books and so on. A short digression, my MeTV affiliate started airing the new season last weekend, Remington Steele being one series. I was surprised by the coincidence, the series was co-created by Robert Butler and the pilot and episode that aired today was directed by Butler. This second episode guested Loki! And The Streets of San Francisco airing today has a two-fer. Mariette Hartley and Clint Howard as the friend of Hartley's son. Wow, Clint looks so young. Back to Star Trek. Scott, not to appear to be ignoring your question. It's a tough one! I need more clues, but Lee is good at figuring these puzzles out! So I'll keep looking.I did watch The Naked Time today. And I read what Cushman wrote about it. It was surprising the story of Black and how he felt to be re-written by Roddenberry. I was also surprised by the Nimoy contribution to suggest Spock's break down be moved to a private place rather then the corridor. I knew Takei was laboring for Sulu, but don't recall the Nimoy input. What I really enjoyed are the anecdotes about Marc Daniels and how he was so good for Star Trek with his cool professionalism to get two episodes done in a row. Also it was interesting to read the recollections of Stewart Moss and Bruce Hyde. Great comments! Moss really got Star Trek.