By Josh Albarran - September 15, 2016
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Artwork for Star Trek Generations produced for CBS a few years ago by artist Matt Ferguson features William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk and Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
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Captain's Log: Earth. Stardate: September 8, 1966. The voyage began on the final frontier of our galaxy and the human beginning of the most popular science fiction series in both television and cinema history. The original "Star Trek" television series premiered on that night on NBC, created by former U.S. militant Gene Roddenberry for Lucile Ball's Desilu Productions.
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Original advertisement for Star Trek: The Original Series in 1966.
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It was Roddenberry's vision to "wagon train to the stars" when he and Desilu pitched the first pilot to the National Broadcasting Company headquarters in New York two years earlier but NBC's board of directors rejected it as it was "too cerebral" said the network until they finally accepted the second pilot and green-light into the series. The show featured the young and handsome actor named William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Science Officer Mr. Spock led an crew on-board an Federation starship to explore new worlds and seek out new life and new civilizations.
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Promotional poster for the first Star Trek film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979.
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The show broked new high-ground to sci-fi television from its special effects to technology we had now that was likely based on the first Trek series such as iPad's, videodiscs and touchscreens. Although the five-year mission only lasted for three seasons (besides the next two (animated) seasons featuring the Original Series cast), but good enough for Paramount Pictures (who took over the
Star Trek franchise and the rest of Desilu's television department by the start of the show's second season) to sell all 79 episodes to syndicated on local stations across the country and begun to produce several successful motion pictures featuring the Original television cast.
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The crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation joined forces with the X-Men in an 1998 crossover comic book series Second Contact.
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Throughout the past 50 years in the Star Trek universe, they had travel the galaxy from one generation to the next, encounter species such as the Klingons, the Romulans and the Borg; and saving humanity hoping for peace. Recently, Paramount released the 13th
Star Trek motion picture film (and the 3rd straight under producer J.J. Abrams)
Star Trek Beyond while the next film will be boldly go to theaters in a few years and starting in 2017,
Star Trek returns to television following an 12-year absences with the new series
Star Trek Discovery on the CBS Television Network and on CBS All Access which the new service will air new episodes exclusively on CBS All Access (an 1st for
Star Trek) after the pilot airs on CBS TV.
The Trek Adventure Continues.
Look for all
Star Trek television series and motion pictures re-mastered and uncut on DVD and Blu-ray from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution.
