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EARTHBOUND

                                             October 15, 2009



       A pattern I think I've
       seen before...

       Gene Rodenberry made two
       attempts at successors to
       Star Trek that I'm aware
       of...  one was intended
       as a direct spin-off, and
       the other was a new show
       idea for which he did
       *two* pilots.

                                               The first attempt was "Gary
                                               Seven", a character introduced
                                               in a Star Trek episode that
                                               was to serve as a pilot.

                                               "Gary Seven" was a lone human
          Then there is "Planet                agent of an alien power, albiet
          Earth", with the "man                with a single assistant-- a
          from the past" device                black cat named "Isis", who
          ala Buck Rodgers: A                  would transform into an Exotic
          man from the present                 Babe (tm) when you weren't
          day finds himself in                 looking.  This hybrid of
          a far future, where                  "Mission Impossible" and "I
          an organization named                Dream of Jeannie" never got past
          "Pax" is struggling                  the pilot stage...  and
          to re-build the earth                *probably* for good reason.
          after a collapse of                  Robert Lansing was pretty good
          civilization.                        as Gary Seven but what kind of
                                               stories could you really tell
             At some point in the past,        with this?
             an intercontinental subway
             system was completed, and            Earthbound tales of alien
             then largely forgotten               menace, averted by the small
             about, though Pax has                team of unsung heroes, who
             managed to re-start it.              manage to keep the world
                                                  at large from learning of
             This subway was intended to          their activities...
             serve the same role that the
             starship/transporter combo               Does that sound
             served in Star Trek: our                 familiar yet?
             heroes can do secret missions
             among various "exotic"/                  HOWROTCOD
             "primitive" peoples, in this         
             case human societies that have                                  
             risen-up after the collapse.      At least that makes having       
                                               sex with them more plausible.
             But isn't it obvious that         And it lowers the costume    
             this "earthbound" concept         budget.                      
             has less scope than the             
             "exploring the galaxy"            
             notion?                          Also note:           
                                              "Deep Space Nine"
             And doesn't it seem              
             awkwardly contrived?             
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