| "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #247085] |
Sa, 15 April 2006 01:28 |
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I know that the TOS episode "Assignment: Earth" was actually supposed to
be a pilot film for a proposed spinoff TV series. Has anyone ever found
more info about what the series was going to be like, if it had been
greenlighted? Such as a written proposal or outline for the new show?
In particular, I'm wondering just what the producer of the proposed
series had in mind for Gary Seven's "cat." Was she ever supposed to
have a speaking role in humanoid form, or would she always have been a
feline in the new series?
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #247087 ] |
Sa, 15 April 2006 02:36 |
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On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:28:14 GMT, "Steven L." <sdlitvin [at] earthlinkNOSPAM.net>
wrote:
>Was she ever supposed to
>have a speaking role in humanoid form, or would she always have been a
>feline in the new series?
Cameos of Victoria Vetri at the end of each episode, a la the Lone Ranger:
Grateful Recipient of Gary 7's Help: "Who is that?"
<Cut to Isis morphing to hot babe mode>
<Cut to Gary7>
Gary7: "That is my cat!"
<Cut to Isis as tabby>
Isis: "Mee-ow!"
<End credits>
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #247088 ] |
Sa, 15 April 2006 14:29 |
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Steven L. wrote:
> I know that the TOS episode "Assignment: Earth" was actually supposed
> to be a pilot film for a proposed spinoff TV series. Has anyone ever
> found more info about what the series was going to be like, if it had
> been greenlighted? Such as a written proposal or outline for the new
> show?
> In particular, I'm wondering just what the producer of the proposed
> series had in mind for Gary Seven's "cat." Was she ever supposed to
> have a speaking role in humanoid form, or would she always have been a
> feline in the new series?
Not canon, but one might recommend the 'Eugenic Wars' books.
They feature Gary Seven and company.
--
Wouter Valentijn
www.wouter.cc
www.nksf.nl
www.zeppodunsel.nl
liam=mail
"The world that denies thee, thou inhabit.
The peace that ignores thee, thou corrupt.
Chaos. I remain, as ever, thy faithful, degenerate son."
Ethan Rayne, 'Halloween' (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #247089 ] |
Sa, 15 April 2006 17:01 |
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Wouter Valentijn wrote:
> Steven L. wrote:
>> I know that the TOS episode "Assignment: Earth" was actually supposed
>> to be a pilot film for a proposed spinoff TV series. Has anyone ever
>> found more info about what the series was going to be like, if it had
>> been greenlighted? Such as a written proposal or outline for the new
>> show?
>> In particular, I'm wondering just what the producer of the proposed
>> series had in mind for Gary Seven's "cat." Was she ever supposed to
>> have a speaking role in humanoid form, or would she always have been a
>> feline in the new series?
>
> Not canon, but one might recommend the 'Eugenic Wars' books.
> They feature Gary Seven and company.
Interesting. I'll be curious to see how his "cat" is depicted in those
books.
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Steven D. Litvintchouk
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #247090 ] |
Sa, 15 April 2006 20:14 |
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #247091 ] |
Sa, 15 April 2006 23:22 |
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"Neon Knight" <none [at] none.net> wrote in message
news:Xns97A686A529A1E19knightofneon20 [at] 216.196.97.136...
> "Steven L." <sdlitvin [at] earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote in
> news:uV70g.4581$Es3.577 [at] newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net:
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> > Interesting. I'll be curious to see how his "cat" is depicted in
> > those books.
>
> WTF is up with your cat fixation? Been doinkin the local strays?
No kidding. LOL
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #247092 ] |
Sa, 15 April 2006 21:40 |
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>> Interesting. I'll be curious to see how his "cat" is depicted in
>> those books.
>
> WTF is up with your cat fixation? Been doinkin the local strays?
Well, consitering that 'cat' happens to be from a temporal using,
highly advanced race not known (or at least ever mentioned) even in
the later series, I'd say there should be an interest. They meddle in
Terran affairs for centuries as if leading to a particular purpose.
Humans have encountered and know about many superspecies who take less
interest in them. Could these be the enigmatic Preservers? Q? Are they
a cat race or just shapeshifters? (If Star Trek had a better budget,
we may have seen if they were felinoid or that's just the way they
dress.)
Your response seems to show more sex fixation than Steve. Reminds me
of the MADtv or SNL sketch in which a senator can't help but see
nekkid boys in harmless artwork while denouncing the artist as a
pervert.
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #247093 ] |
Sa, 15 April 2006 21:45 |
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Back in the early Seventies, while my family was at a local mall, two
of my sisters returned shaking and excited. It seems they recognized
Robert Lansing from his character on that episode and spoke to him!
They got his autograph.
Small world...
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #247094 ] |
So, 16 April 2006 00:37 |
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #247095 ] |
So, 16 April 2006 01:25 |
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Skytech wrote:
>>> Interesting. I'll be curious to see how his "cat" is depicted in
>>> those books.
>>
>> WTF is up with your cat fixation? Been doinkin the local strays?
>
> Well, consitering that 'cat' happens to be from a temporal using,
> highly advanced race not known (or at least ever mentioned) even in
> the later series, I'd say there should be an interest. They meddle in
> Terran affairs for centuries as if leading to a particular purpose.
> Humans have encountered and know about many superspecies who take less
> interest in them. Could these be the enigmatic Preservers? Q? Are they
> a cat race or just shapeshifters? (If Star Trek had a better budget,
> we may have seen if they were felinoid or that's just the way they
> dress.)
>
I think they are either shapeshifters or use some type of cloak that makes
them look like something else.
Her name was 'Isis', an Egyptian Goddess.
And in ancient Egypt the cat was revered...
The Q I think they are not. They seem way too primitive for that.
Of those you mentioned I'd say 'The Preservers'.
Or maybe they belong to an interplanetary alliance that acts like a galactic
police force. Or peace keeping force.
They're goal seems to be the protection of Earth. And they use Earth people
to do it.
Gary had this to say about their planet: "They wish their existence kept
secret. Even in your time, it will remain unknown."
And apparantly they keep that planet of theirs hidden. Even in the 23d
century.
--
Wouter Valentijn
www.wouter.cc
www.nksf.nl
www.zeppodunsel.nl
liam=mail
"The world that denies thee, thou inhabit.
The peace that ignores thee, thou corrupt.
Chaos. I remain, as ever, thy faithful, degenerate son."
Ethan Rayne, 'Halloween' (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #247096 ] |
So, 16 April 2006 01:39 |
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in article B3c0g.4990$sq5.667 [at] newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net, Skytech at
skytech [at] ix.netcom.com wrote on 4/15/06 12:45 PM:
> Back in the early Seventies, while my family was at a local mall, two
> of my sisters returned shaking and excited. It seems they recognized
> Robert Lansing from his character on that episode and spoke to him!
> They got his autograph.
>
> Small world...
>
Cool!
We ate lunch in the Paramount commissary at the next table to Robert
Lansing. This was the day after the rerun of Assignment: Earth so even as a
little kid I knew darn well who he was! He stared at me (and with those big
eyebrows of his that was scary!) through the whole meal. My Mom had her
back to him and never saw him and hasn't forgiven me for not pointing him
out to this day. :-D
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #247099 ] |
So, 16 April 2006 07:16 |
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Skytech wrote:
>>> Interesting. I'll be curious to see how his "cat" is depicted in
>>> those books.
>>
>> WTF is up with your cat fixation? Been doinkin the local strays?
>
> Well, consitering that 'cat' happens to be from a temporal using, highly
> advanced race not known (or at least ever mentioned) even in the later
> series, I'd say there should be an interest. They meddle in Terran
> affairs for centuries as if leading to a particular purpose.
They also seem to have reached a different moral conclusion about
meddling than the Federation has. The Federation has the Prime
Directive of Noninterference because they believe that no one has the
wisdom or right to interfere in another developing culture. Apparently
Gary Seven's cat-people, or whatever they are, don't believe that.
It was odd that a pilot film depicting aliens meddling for good purposes
would get spun off from an existing TV series, Star Trek, in which such
meddling was often shown to be a bad thing only to be done as an
absolute last resort.
And if the cat-people's meddling was always for good purposes, why did
they keep their planet cloaked to remain unknown, as Gary Seven said
they did? What were they afraid of?
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Steven D. Litvintchouk
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #247104 ] |
So, 16 April 2006 13:35 |
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ANIM8Rfsk wrote:
> in article B3c0g.4990$sq5.667 [at] newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net,
> Skytech at skytech [at] ix.netcom.com wrote on 4/15/06 12:45 PM:
>
>> Back in the early Seventies, while my family was at a local mall, two
>> of my sisters returned shaking and excited. It seems they recognized
>> Robert Lansing from his character on that episode and spoke to him!
>> They got his autograph.
>>
>> Small world...
>>
> Cool!
>
> We ate lunch in the Paramount commissary at the next table to Robert
> Lansing. This was the day after the rerun of Assignment: Earth so
> even as a little kid I knew darn well who he was! He stared at me
> (and with those big eyebrows of his that was scary!) through the
> whole meal. My Mom had her back to him and never saw him and hasn't
> forgiven me for not pointing him out to this day. :-D
Shame on you!
:-)
--
Wouter Valentijn
www.wouter.cc
www.nksf.nl
www.zeppodunsel.nl
liam=mail
"The world that denies thee, thou inhabit.
The peace that ignores thee, thou corrupt.
Chaos. I remain, as ever, thy faithful, degenerate son."
Ethan Rayne, 'Halloween' (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #247105 ] |
So, 16 April 2006 15:01 |
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>
>> Back in the early Seventies, while my family was at a local mall,
>> two >> of my sisters returned shaking and excited. It seems they
>> recognized
>> Robert Lansing from his character on that episode and spoke to him!
>> They got his autograph.
>
>
> Uh huh....we believe you. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Your loss, it happened. I have no need to make up something like that.
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #247106 ] |
So, 16 April 2006 15:15 |
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>
> And if the cat-people's meddling was always for good purposes, why
> did they keep their planet cloaked to remain unknown, as Gary Seven
> said they did? What were they afraid of?
>
As we've mentioned, they have super technology relative to other
races. They're eager to help but don't want to cause bigger problems
by giving 'lesser' societies science and technology they're not able
to maturely handle.
It shows either confidence or arrogance that they reveal themselves so
readily Kirk and his crew but then we've seen the Federation reveal
themselves without handing over advanced sciences and tech (usually).
All a mtter of relativity.
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #248990 ] |
So, 23 April 2006 07:41 |
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in article Xer0g.4823$Es3.92 [at] newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net, Skytech at
skytech [at] ix.netcom.com wrote on 4/16/06 6:01 AM:
>>
>>> Back in the early Seventies, while my family was at a local mall,
>>> two >> of my sisters returned shaking and excited. It seems they
>>> recognized
>>> Robert Lansing from his character on that episode and spoke to him!
>>> They got his autograph.
>>
>>
>> Uh huh....we believe you. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
>
> Your loss, it happened. I have no need to make up something like that.
>
Yeah. I mean, of course Robert Lansing went out in public, and people saw
him. Sheesh.
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #248998 ] |
So, 23 April 2006 16:02 |
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>>
>> Your loss, it happened. I have no need to make up something like
>> that.
>>
> Yeah. I mean, of course Robert Lansing went out in public, and
> people saw
> him. Sheesh.
>
When Shatner was at a Creation Con in King of Prussia PA, not far from
the Exton Mall my sisters met Lansing years earlier, he mentioned he
had to hitch a ride to the Devon Horse Show. Walter Koneig(sp) seems
to like mingling with the unwashed masses too.
I have no idea why Lansing was there since I didn't get to talk to
him. Not every actor seals themself behind ivory walls or walks
prominantly surrounded by troops. Some actually like to be normal now
and then. He might have had an engagement in the area and needed to
run an errand or just wanted to stretch his legs.
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #249002 ] |
Mo, 24 April 2006 01:38 |
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in article vNL2g.7971$sq5.3086 [at] newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net, Skytech at
skytech [at] ix.netcom.com wrote on 4/23/06 7:02 AM:
>>>
>>> Your loss, it happened. I have no need to make up something like
>>> that.
>>>
>> Yeah. I mean, of course Robert Lansing went out in public, and
>> people saw
>> him. Sheesh.
>>
>
> When Shatner was at a Creation Con in King of Prussia PA, not far from
> the Exton Mall my sisters met Lansing years earlier, he mentioned he
> had to hitch a ride to the Devon Horse Show. Walter Koneig(sp) seems
> to like mingling with the unwashed masses too.
Oh, definitely; Koenig is always hanging out with fans. Maybe nobody else
will hang out with him. :-)
>
> I have no idea why Lansing was there since I didn't get to talk to
> him. Not every actor seals themself behind ivory walls or walks
> prominantly surrounded by troops. Some actually like to be normal now
> and then. He might have had an engagement in the area and needed to
> run an errand or just wanted to stretch his legs.
Sure. I've seen Betty White pumping her own gas, and loaned Gerrit Grahamn
my tire gauge at another gas station, and ran into Catherine Hicks in a
department store (we were both taking our fathers shopping). These people
DO lead lives, and most of them can go out into the world like normal
people.
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| Re: "Assignment: Earth" As Pilot Film [message #263097 ] |
Di, 09 Mai 2006 04:58 |
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"Skytech" <skytech [at] ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:r_b0g.4650$Es3.1334 [at] newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> >> Interesting. I'll be curious to see how his "cat" is depicted in
> >> those books.
> >
> > WTF is up with your cat fixation? Been doinkin the local strays?
>
> Well, consitering that 'cat' happens to be from a temporal using,
> highly advanced race not known (or at least ever mentioned) even in
> the later series, I'd say there should be an interest. They meddle in
> Terran affairs for centuries as if leading to a particular purpose.
> Humans have encountered and know about many superspecies who take less
> interest in them. Could these be the enigmatic Preservers? Q? Are they
> a cat race or just shapeshifters? (If Star Trek had a better budget,
> we may have seen if they were felinoid or that's just the way they
> dress.)
>
> Your response seems to show more sex fixation than Steve. Reminds me
> of the MADtv or SNL sketch in which a senator can't help but see
> nekkid boys in harmless artwork while denouncing the artist as a
> pervert.
>
MADtv had that?? Seems a little too sophisticated for their
dumbed-down stupid one-joke humor.
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