Bad Enterprise reviews

[Master of Ossus]

Oh, the total irony, considering the... ah, liberal attitudes towards sex that Gene Roddenberry had.

"In those days, we had the Enterprise 50% men, 50% women. Would you believe we recieved another one of those network visits? The fellow this time said 'Uh, you can't do that.' We said, 'Why on Earth not?' These are exact quotes. He said 'Because don't you see, it will make it look like there's a lot of fooling around going on up there.' We had a huge argument; he went away, came back a week later, and said 'We've had a meeting on this, and if you want this series, we're going to make you a one-time offer. You can have 30% women.' I thought 'Well, hell, 30% healthy young women should be able to handle the ship' so I just let the thing go."

That dutifully explains why things appeared as they did in TOS, but not what the philosophy of Trek became in the post TNG era. (The phrase "B-n-B fucking it up," comes to mind.

He would, quite obviously, be rolling over in his grave if he had been buried intact.