@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

@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

@moira @AlsoPaisleyCat @patioboater

I didn't watch the movie, but reading your post really intrigued me & I searched a bit and found this fascinating article which pretty much confirms what you're saying

e.g. the series 2000s series Andromeda, recycles this idea in an intergalactic setting. The captain in that show even has the same name, Dylan Hunt

(now I am imagining where this would go if he was Colin Hunt. iykyk)

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