#gene roddenberry

[departmentq]

A reminder that Gene Roddenberry's intent of Star Trek was that it was always meant to be a commentary of modern society.

[the-uss-premise]

S3E9: The Tholian Web ⋆.˚ ✧ · ˚⊹ Original effects by Mike Manor:

"I projected the shots onto a white card with a rotoscope set-up and plotted pencil marks where the ship moved by tracing and advancing each frame. Then I created the cel-like cartoon animation using black lines for the grid. Each shot showed a partially completed grid with one line being animated across the field as if by the Tholians. I shot those by pulling a white card frame by frame, revealing the black line underneath. A black and white negative of all this resulted in a black background with white or clear lines on the film which was used to create an animation burn-in." -Interview with Starlog magazine, 1979

Compare these to the 2006 remaster below:

[mcspirk-is-gold]

I know there probably has to be some practical reason for some TOS characters to wear eyeshadow (idk man, it was the 60s and color in TV was practically a science/hit and miss) but I like to think that Gene Roddenberry was like “fuck it it’s the future give DeForest Kelley’s beautiful eyes a push!”

[filmjunky-99]

s t a r t r e k t h e n e x t g e n e r a t i o n created by gene roddenberry [the most toys, s3ep22]

[omercifulheaves]

Gene Roddenberry's Lost Universe Art by Bill Sienkiewicz

[milquetoast-zeitgeist]

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Star Trek: The Animated Series animation cels (1973)

[secondhandconverse]

Gene Roddenberry after giving the most ambiguous answers as to whether Kirk and Spock are in gay love with eachother and then proceeding creating a word (unprompted) about their relationship that COULD mean Lover