So what should the next Star Trek feature film be about?
First and foremost, it better be good.
It will be released in 2016 (Summer? Christmas?) – which will commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the original TV Trek’s debut on NBC way back in ’66.
I wish I had a dollar for every time someone said they should write a book.
Wait.
Scratch that.
Back in the day, not only were TV characters very distinguishable from one another, but the colors of their wardrobe were also quite variant.
For example, let’s travel to “Gilligan’s Island,” created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz; not a show that many would consider “Masterpiece Theatre,” but in many quadrants of the industry, certainly to its millions of fans, the series is considered a masterpiece in its own way.
Firstly, no two characters are alike, in sight or sound: Gilligan (played by Bob Denver) was slight and skinny and dressed in vibrant red); the Skipper (Alan Hale, Jr.) was hefty, and garbed in big blue. The Professor (Russell Johnson) dressed in that cache beige; the brunette Mary Ann (Dawn Wells) in country-girl short-shorts; Ginger, the movie-star, a red-head, always dressed in elaborate gowns, etc.
EDITOR’S UPDATE: More to come on this from other voices of TVWriter™, we’re sure.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This just in from Contributing Editor/Classic TV Fanatic Herbie J Pilato (AKA Our Man at the Front Lines:
Congratulations to NBC for landing Sony’s new take on Bewitched!
by Herbie J PilatoNo, I’m not talking about Jim Morrison and his legendary rock band.
But what I am addressing are the physical front door props, on the exterior and interior, of certain television shows, and how their consistency or inconsistency is pertinent, representative and conducive to the true success of any given series – and the creative process in general.
For example, Bewitched. And I know what you’re thinking: “Really? Did he reference Bewitched…AGAIN?”