@CactuarJoe hahahahahaha

true tho

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@yonder @AlsoPaisleyCat @patioboater oooh interesting article, thanks!

Hey #monsterdon - check out this article Yonder found. Apparently this was supposed to be a direct _sequel_ to Genesis II? And note this part:

"To his credit, Gene Roddenberry later disavowed the story and claimed that the all-women society idea was one that was forced onto him by the network."

https://moriareviews.com/sciencefiction/planet-earth-tv-1974.htm

I would like to believe this to be true.

#PlanetEarth1974

@AlsoPaisleyCat @patioboater Okay so

Please do not read this as a defense of what we actually just watched because holy shit it is not

BUT

there's a premise laid out here, right? Of visiting one weird-ass pocket civilisation after another, each with its own issues, weirdnesses, and strange bullshit, but all _also_ based on or very close to Earth As We Know It, so you can use each one to highlight something in society.

Does this sound like anything to you? To me, it sounds like:

Otherworld (1985, CBS)
Sliders (1995-1998, Fox; 1998-2000, SciFi Channel)

There are more, I'm sure.

It's the morality play half of Star Trek without the bother of a starship and filming space SFX.

And that's a series.

#monsterdon #PlanetEarth1974

@patioboater

I decided that I didn’t need to inflict another rewatch of *Planet Earth* on myself. Our eldest was up for an episode of our latest series, so I took the opportunity to bow out.

Having seen it in original 1974 broadcast, and then rewatching it on video in the 90s to validate my conviction that Roddenberry had recycled some of its worst elements into a TNG season one episode, I felt my eyeballs had given that movie more than enough minutes.

Fascinating to know that it just increases in offensiveness as the decades roll on.

I do like *Genesis II* better but I can’t imagine how Roddenberry thought either was an adequate pilot for a television show.

#PlanetEarth1974 #Monsterdon

@Lazarou yeah seriously

#Monsterdon #PlanetEarth1974