asherman@uunet.UU.NET (Aaron Sherman) (05/03/91)
In the march/april issue of "The Humanist" there was a (VERY LARGE) interview with Gene Roddenberry (for those of you who don't know who he is, Roddenberry was the head writter for "Have Gun, Will Travel"... ;) It was quite interesting, but more from the Humanist side than the trekkie (or is that oid). He speaks about how "Star Trek" brought him back to thinking about religion, and how it is connected with the philosophy of Humanism. A lot went into the differences, on-camara and off, between the old series and the new. He said that he felt that the studio was leaving him alone a lot more than they did in the past, and that the censorship is much less obnoxious, but that it's still there. They also went into costs... The $1000 per phaser-shot figure was brought up as well as the $1.3million per show. Basically it was an interesting delve into what he thinks about the series, I would recomend it to anyone who is curious about where his ideas/attitudes come from. -AJS PS: For those of you who don't know the American Humanist's Association (AHA) is a group which is interested in approaching the world and philosophy in terms of the scientiffic method, and/or in a non-theistic way. That is not to say that all humanists are atheists (take Rodden- berry for example), but rather that they do not place religious doctrins/concerns above those of humanity. The president of the AHA is Isaac Asimov. For information about the humanists or "The Humanist" magazine use the following address: AHA 7 Harwood Dr. PO Box 146 Amherst, NY 14226-0146 or call: (716)839-5080 (I hope that peopple are not too put off by my including this, but I wanted to make sure people knew where/how to find out more info on where to get "The Humanist", and also what the AHA is, since many people would want to know before buying one) -- | asherman@dino.cpe.ulowell.edu or asherman%cpe@ulowell.ulowell.edu or | | {backbone}!ulowell!dino!asherman | | "It's not a bug it's a creature!" -- Me | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited by Jim "The Big Dweeb" Griffith - the official scapegoat for r.a.s.i. Email submissions to trek-info@dweeb.fx.com, and questions to trek-info-request@dweeb.fx.com