tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post8906813453004137077..comments2023-09-12T09:49:42.006-07:00Comments on Star Trek Fact Check: Unseen Trek: 'Sleeping Beauty' by Robert BlochMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00552147805234543255noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-24829378008574128592014-02-28T02:56:52.658-08:002014-02-28T02:56:52.658-08:00Thanks Michael! We wish we could have attending t...Thanks Michael! We wish we could have attending the Robert Butler Q&A! We are just finishing up our new round of research which is looking at 50 years of Star Trek in newspapers. We are presenting it at the Chicago Creation Entertainment convention this summer. Looking forward to more articles at your excellent site. John Tenutohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16847962117287678448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-69580892530592917052014-01-16T16:10:18.039-08:002014-01-16T16:10:18.039-08:00Thank you very much! I've admired your own wo...Thank you very much! I've admired your own work for a while now and have said as much on this very blog (http://startrekfactcheck.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-evolution-of-space-seed.html).Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552147805234543255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-64204821665627338282014-01-11T13:49:13.359-08:002014-01-11T13:49:13.359-08:00Yes, that's a good point; in the right hands, ...Yes, that's a good point; in the right hands, it could have provided a situation for one of those "We can admit that we're killers, but we're not going to kill today" or "You see, in our century we've learned not to fear words" lines.<br /><br />Plus there's the fan wish-fulfillment aspect. :-) How many of Star Trek's millions of fans have imagined some reason or the other for them to be on the Enterprise? Done well, this could have been a fan favorite to rival "Mirror, Mirror." But perhaps Roddenberry et al.didn't want to give that big of a boost to the cryogenics companies. ;-)<br /><br />Coryleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16961220703672521166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-51985920098307773342014-01-10T16:52:20.824-08:002014-01-10T16:52:20.824-08:00Precisely my thinking. The murder mystery element...Precisely my thinking. The murder mystery element is okay, but not as appealing as bringing contemporary (in a '60's sort of way) people into the future. The way the four react could make for interesting TV and certainly have been used wonderfully to contrast Star Trek's vision of the future against the petty interests of those who came from centuries before.<br /><br />The episode would need a lot more work, no disagreement. But there is still something interesting in the set-up presented here.Malleusteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135524200239163987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-75884264704854160832014-01-10T13:40:49.701-08:002014-01-10T13:40:49.701-08:00As it stands, this wouldn't have made a very g...As it stands, this wouldn't have made a very good episode, but I think the underlying idea -- of normal people (as opposed to Khan's supermen) from our time being revived in Star Trek's era -- could have been riveting if it had been developed better. I'd love to see what Dorothy Fontana could have made of this, if the story had been given the go-ahead.<br />Coryleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16961220703672521166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-12104992431783677992014-01-10T07:06:09.432-08:002014-01-10T07:06:09.432-08:00Thank you for this excellent and important website...Thank you for this excellent and important website! Your academic and factual approach to Star Trek history is very needed! <br /><br />John and Maria Jose TenutoJohn Tenutohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16847962117287678448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-40544565384348118522014-01-10T03:15:17.446-08:002014-01-10T03:15:17.446-08:00I happened across Fact Check a couple of days ago ...I happened across Fact Check a couple of days ago and I'm thoroughly enjoying reading through it, especially these story outlines that never made it to screen.<br /><br />I'm surprised by how much remains in the way of notes and correspondence from the original Star Trek and impressed by your thoroughness bringing it to your blog.<br /><br />I must admit, I'm more forgiving of "Sleeping Beauty". It certainly needs more pacing and 'oomph', but the ideas are good. I could see it evolving into an episode with some rewrites to add conflict.Malleusteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06135524200239163987noreply@blogger.com