RED-Alert!, SHIELDS-up..!!

Gene's Ideas, about 

The Future, and about Man, 

are wacky-doodle. 

Frakes/Cmdr. Will Riker :

RED Alert, SHIELDS-up! 

David Gerrold : 

He was a flawed man. 

He had great virtues, 

he had great flaws. 

John Pike :

I thought Gene was going to come 

across The Table at me. 

I saw first-hand Gene's battling
with The Studio. 

Rick Berman : 

Gene was considered somewhat 

of a pain in the neck, he was 

kind of a blustery guy. 

D.C. Fontana : 

Gene wasn't the easiest person 

to get along with but he stuck up 

for his beliefs and his concepts. 

It was just a lot of in-fighting -- 

it was all chaos. 

Ira Steven Behr: 

There was really scary stuff going on --
There's A Lawyer going around, 

looking in people's desks 

when they're not there. 

Brannon Braga : 

I spent the first couple of years 

just worried I was going to be fired. 

Sir Patrick Stewart : 

My Agent was the first person to Talk to us --
He said, "There wasn't a Hope in Hell
that this show would even make it
through The First Season. 

SHATNER :

This film is about the turbulent years 

that marked The Beginning of 

Star Trek: The Next Generation —

How it got off the ground 

and survived the chaos 

of the first three years. 

I became fascinated 

with The Struggle, not only 

the creative struggle, but 

The Struggle for Power. 

Those doors are opening up 

on Stage 6 where The Bridge 

for The Next Generation 

was first constructed. 

Power is an Ephemeral; 

it's What is Perceived. 

In order for Power to exist it has to 

be acknowledged by the people 

who are involved in The Work. 

What I Began to See was Gene Roddenberry, 

The Creator of Star Trek, aging 

and in diminishing Health 

trying desperately to 

hold on to His Creative Vision, 

His Legacy, and ultimately 

His Power.