Since Shatner did both Six Million Dollar Man and Battlestar Galatica , I take it he never did The Barbary Coast .
Was that show made with a different lead?
Was that show made with a different lead?
Nope, he never did Barbary Coast ITTL. It only lasted 13 episodes. Maybe Doug McClure (who was on Barbary Coast IRL) is the lead ITTL?Since Shatner did both Six Million Dollar Man and Battlestar Galatica , I take it he never did The Barbary Coast .
Was that show made with a different lead?
I was thinking maybe Ross Martin or Robert Vaughn in place of Shatner .Nope, he never did Barbary Coast ITTL. It only lasted 13 episodes. Maybe Doug McClure (who was on Barbary Coast IRL) is the lead ITTL?
Since Shatner did both Six Million Dollar Man and Battlestar Galatica , I take it he never did The Barbary Coast .
Was that show made with a different lead?
My one word idea for a sequel:PARAMOUNT: TREK SEQUEL GREENLIT
Variety, December 21, 1978
Paramount CEO Barry Diller and president Michael Eisner, after seeing the record-breaking performance of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, have approved a sequel with a budget in the range of $25 to $30 million. Star Trek has already blown away box office expectations, and is likely to become Paramount's highest grossing movie in its 66 year history, exceeding legendary movies like The Godfather and The Ten Commandments. The major question regarding a sequel is Gene Roddenberry's involvement. "Roddenberry is dead-set against making another movie with the level of violence seen in this movie. He wants a time travel story of some kind," an unnamed source at Paramount told Variety. Rumors have surfaced that two scripts are being pitched: one involving the assassination of John F. Kennedy, where Admiral Kirk and Mr. Spock meet Kennedy, and a sequel involving the Klingons claiming a planet belonging to the mythical Titans called "Planet of the Titans." "We will never place the Kennedy story into production, and we do not think the Titans story is fleshed out enough to be a sequel for the current movie," Jeffrey Katzenberg, Eisner's assistant at Paramount, said. "We could produce Titans as a television movie, if the cast agrees." It is rumored that Paramount has sent feelers out to Harve Bennett, currently at Universal Studios, to begin production of a sequel if Roddenberry refuses to return. "Bennett is an exceptional television producer, and if Titans goes ahead as a TV movie, we would like Bennett to be involved in some way," Katzenberg said. "We also believe that Bennett can produce a worthy Star Trek sequel for the big screen if Roddenberry decides to leave the franchise. Additionally, Bennett has worked with Shatner, which gives him a leg up."
It'll be slightly different because of the events of TMP ITTL but only slightly. About 97% of TWOK will be the same. It will premiere in November 1981 ITTL instead of June 1982. There will also be a TV movie (Planet of the Titans) in between TMP and TWOKMy one word idea for a sequel:
Much of the film Wrath of Khan came about because of Nicholas Meyer.My one word idea for a sequel:
If you read my version of TMP you'll see the mention of a terraforming device. It isn't called Genesis yetMuch of the film Wrath of Khan came about because of Nicholas Meyer.
He was the one who came up with the Terraforming Genesis device .
So you will have to make sure he involved with the sequel if you want anything like the film we got in OTL.
Hm. Some ideas:The one material change I'd make to Wrath of Khan ITTL is switch Chekov and Sulu...make Sulu first officer of Reliant since he's closer to his own command than Chekov. Sulu also has an astrophysics background in TOS so he would know more about how Genesis works than Chekov, one would think. Sulu doesn't appear in Space Seed but he's definitely on the Enterprise in TOS season 1. That is the big continuity error in Wrath of Khan. The other change is to make Khan's followers (the extras) older
I like the first and second suggestions, and would like to see Herve Villechaize live longer, but I'm trying to think of a part of TWOK where Shatner and Montalban can actually face each other in person without messing up the whole plotHm. Some ideas:
1. To eliminate the continuity error:
Khan: "I remember you."
Sulu: "But of course. I still remember when you tried taking over the lift system after you got to the engine."
2. Instead of aging up all of Khan's followers, keep some of the younger ones. To Reign in Hell (good read, BTW!) explains that the OTL followers were the sons and daughters of Khan's original followers.
3. Can we have a face-to-face with Montalban and Shatner? Fantasy Island scheduling might be a bit of an issue, but I had an idea: Herve Villechaize can take over as the main star for a few episodes. Plus, some time in the limelight might butterfly away his post-season 6 departure and suicide. (In any case though, I'd rather have him not commit suicide at all. He was gone too soon.)
Might I suggest when Kirk, Spock, and Saavik are down at Regula I? Perhaps Khan's ego gets the better of him, plus him wanting to see Genesis for himself. Perhaps like this:I like the first and second suggestions, and would like to see Herve Villechaize live longer, but I'm trying to think of a part of TWOK where Shatner and Montalban can actually face each other in person without messing up the whole plot
I think the only place you can have Shatner and Montalban is the Regula I scene, and it probably has to be brief. I'm not writing a script for Khan because most of the plot will be the same.Might I suggest when Kirk, Spock, and Saavik are down at Regula I? Perhaps Khan's ego gets the better of him, plus him wanting to see Genesis for himself. Perhaps like this:
*Genesis and Khan are behind a glass screen, think the later scene of Kirk and Spock or the My Name is Khan scene from Into Darkness*
KHAN
I've done far worse than kill you,
Admiral. I've hurt you. And I
wish to go on hurting you. I
shall leave you, as you left me --
where no one will ever find you:
poetic justice; marooned for
eternity in the center of a dead
planet -- buried alive. BURIED ALIVE.
Khan and Genesis disappear in a flash of light.
KIRK
KHAN!
Oh also a few more points I forgot to raise.
1. Could Meyer have final cut privilege and have the director's cut released theatrically?
2. Who will Spock be ending up with, if ever? In TNG Picard mentions that he was at a wedding of one of Sarek's sons, in the books it's revealed that it was Spock's wedding to Saavik.
3. Will Saavik be returning in Undiscovered Country? (not as part of the conspiracy, mind) And will there be a recast in III?
PS. If you need to write a script for Khan, I suggest getting the original script copy and editing it: https://imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Trek-II-The-Wrath-of-Khan.html
Any chance you can change that?The next update is going to be the 1979 Academy Award nominations, so I have to do some research to write that. I know The Deer Hunter was best picture that year...
Sure, it's my TL. ITTL a huge blockbuster Star Trek could get similar treatment from the Academy that Star Wars did. In fact, ITTL there are two huge blockbusters in 1978: TMP and SupermanAny chance you can change that?