Roddenberry's U.S. - China Alliance by Jongsstraw

GENERAL DISCUSSIONS

Roddenberry's U.S. - China Alliance

POSTED BY: JONGSSTRAW
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 14:48
SHORT URL:
VIEWED: 1331
PAGE 1 of 1

Thursday, June 16, 2011 12:37 PM

Genesis II was a great tv movie written and directed by Gene Roddenbery in 1972. In the first few minutes of the story we learn from the hero in a flashback that the United States of the near future was able to complete a trans-continental underground shuttle as a result of the "peace dividend" made possible by the new Chinese Alliance.

I just watched the new high-quality studio release dvd and was stunned when I heard it. US-China!? .... Alliance!? ... Hmmm, that sounds vaguely familiar. There's no other mention of it in the film, and no visuals of anything related to "that alliance." But it is interesting that Roddenberry, the Godfather of sci-fi television, envisioned such a thing as a concept decades before Joss Whedon used it as a central theme in Firefly. Of course Joss gave us a real look at this Alliance throughout the series, but I wonder if he was aware of the Roddenberry piece.

NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 2:48 PM

OUT2THEBLACK

Quote:
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

...Hmmm, that sounds vaguely familiar. There's no other mention of it in the film, and no visuals of anything related to "that alliance." But it is interesting that Roddenberry, the Godfather of sci-fi television, envisioned such a thing as a concept decades before Joss Whedon used it as a central theme in Firefly. Of course Joss gave us a real look at this Alliance throughout the series, but I wonder if he was aware of the Roddenberry piece.

Probably he received it once , in a broadwave...Subliminally.

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

YOUR OPTIONS

SHARE THREAD

NEW POSTS TODAY

USER	POST DATE

USER

POST DATE