The Fifty-Year Mission

Posted on 16 December 2018 by Mark A. Altman

This is the true story behind the making of a television legend There have been many books written about Star Trek, but never with the unprecedented access, insight and candor of authors Mark A Altman and Edward Gross Having covered the franchise for over three decades, they ve assembled the ultimate guide to a television classic The Fifty Year Mission Volume Two is an incisive, no holds barred oral history telling the story of post Original Series Star Trek, told exclusively by the people who were there, in their own words sharing the inside scoop they ve never told before unveiling the oftentimes shocking true story of the history of Star Trek and chronicling the trials, tribulations and tribbles that have remained deeply buried secrets until now The Fifty Year Mission Volume Two includes the voices of hundreds television and film executives, programmers, writers, creators, and cast, who span from the beloved The Next Generation and subsequent films through its spin offs Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise, as well J.J Abrams reimagined film series. 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Altman – kino-fada.fr For those unfamiliar with Star Trek, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the franchise and, as such, arrives with a ton of celebratory confetti of which this oral history is a part Altman and Gross are veteran journalists of the genre and, in an attempt to pay tribute to the trajectory of this sci fi behemoth, have created what they believe to be the definitive backstage narrative of this long running and immensely popular media sensation Released in two parts, the first volume dealt w For those unfamiliar with Star Trek, this year mar...A collection of interviews with producers, directors, writers, showrunners, cast and crew, and even a few fans of Star Trek It covers the birthing pains of The Next Generation in 1986 through the JJ Abrams movies as of 2016 The interviews seem to have primarily been with Star Trek s producers and writers Pro plenty of insight into the kinds of though processes and considerations that went into creating seminal episodes, characters, or plot arcs Con a little too much insight There s a lot A collection of inte...Back in July I read and reviewed The Fifty Year Mission The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek The First 25 Years, the newly released oral history of Star Trek by Mark A Altman and Edward Gross Even though it covered well worn ground, Volume 1 was absolutely entertaining a great supplement toserious, thorough reference books like These Are The Voyages TOS Season One Volume 2 covers TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise and the JJ verse films, including a lot of Back in July I read and reviewed The Fifty Year Mission The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek The First 25 Years, the newly released oral history of Star Trek by Mark A Altman and Edward Gross Even though it covered well worn ground, Volume 1 was absolutely entertaining a great supplement toserious, thorough reference books like These Are The Voyages TOS Season One Volume 2 covers TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise and the JJ verse films, including a lot of behind the scenes discussions and drama that s not been explored in other books That means it has the potential to keep even the most hard core Star Trek fans engaged.The sections on TNG are particularly well done, featuring producers, directors, writers and cultural critics thou...I have lots of thoughts on this but i don t think I can be bothered to write them downMy original THE FIFTY YEAR MISSION THE NEXT 25 YEARS FROM THE NEXT GENERATION TO J J ABRAMS THE COMPLETE, UNCENSORED, AND UNAUTHORIZED ORAL HISTORY OF STAR TREK audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.Picking up directly after the close of the previous volume, The Fifty Year Mission The First 25 Years, The Next 25 Years has an awful lot of ground to cover over the course of its nearly 35 hour run time If the previous era of Star Trek was defined by The Origina My original THE FIFTY YEAR MISSION THE NEXT 25 YEARS FROM THE NEXT GENERATION TO J J ABRAMS THE COMPLETE, UNCENSORED, AND UNAUTHORIZED ORAL HISTORY OF STAR TREK...Somewhere, right in the middle of the Next Generation years, there was a point where Trek was firing on all cylinders TNG and DS9 found their identities and were telling great stories, and Star Trek was a hot commodity.Then it all goes horribly wrong, the franchise creaks to an arthritic halt, and Gross and Altman have the stories of the people who were there Some of the interviews work hard to protect their legacy or their love of the franchise, but enough truth seeps out to appreciate the hi Somewhere, right in the middle of the Next Generation years, there was a point where Trek was firing on all cylinders TNG and DS9 found their identities and were telling great stories, and Star Trek was a hot commodity.Then it all goes horribly wrong, the franchise creaks to an arthritic halt, and Gross and Altman have the stories of the people who were there Some of the interviews work hard to protect their legacy or their love of the franchise, but enough truth seeps out to appreciate the highs and lows of the productions If you re looking to explain the decline of the franchise, the buck stops with executive Rick Berman His own words depict him as thoroughly sexist, a little ...The second half of The Fifty Year Mission, which focuses on all the post TOS iterations of Star Trek, isn t nearly as fun a read as the first half Not because the shows weren t as good DS9 rocks , but because instead of offering behind the scenes views from all levels of the shows production, this volume focuses almost entirely on the drama and infighting that occurred among the writers Especially in the Next Generation section, where there are almost no insights from actors, directors, desi The second half of The Fifty Year Mission, which focuses on all the post TOS iterations of Star Trek, isn t nearly as fun a read as the first half Not because the shows weren t as good DS9 rocks , but because instead of offering behind the scenes views from all levels of the shows production, this volume focuses almost entirely on the drama and infighting that occurred among the writers Especially in the Next Generation section, where there are almost no insights from actors, directors, designers, etc it s several hundred pages of Star Tr...I read as much of this book as I cared about skipped Enterprise and most of Abrams Its an amazing work in that the interviews they must have conducted were probably exhaustive The major issue with the book is that it lacks charm The book is unrelenting in its conflicts, and maybe even pettiness, and after a while its just too much What the book lacks is charm, and I think why is that its woefully short on actors For as talented bunch of writers Star Trek ha...Really enjoyed listening to this book I learned a bunch of things about the making of Trek from TNG to the new films This book is really worth listening to.El segundo tomo de The Fifty Year Mission son los 25 a os posteriores a la serie original Es decir, TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise, todas las pel culas de Next Generation y la trilog a del Kelvin Timeline.Si bien la primera parte los primeros 25 a os revela con exhaustivo detalle el car cter, la personalidad, los aciertos y fracasos de Gene Roddenberry, y quiz se detiene demasiado en ello y esta cr tica s lo es posible luego de leer el segundo tomo es en los siguientes 25 a os que podemos El segundo tomo de The Fifty Year Mission son los 25 a os posteriores a la serie original Es decir, TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise, todas las pel culas de Next Generation y la trilog a del Kelvin Timeline.Si bien la primera parte los primeros 25 a os revela con exhaustivo detalle el car cter, la personalidad, los aciertos y fracasos de Gene Roddenberry, y quiz se detiene demasiado en ello y esta ...

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16 December 2018

Mark A. Altman