70s Trek: Star Trek in the 1970s
Bob Turner & Kelly Casto
70s Trek is a fan show that explores Star Trek in the 1970s. We discuss the cast, crew, writers, the major influences and the wider culture surrounding it. Though cancelled by NBC in 1969, Star Trek was never far from the public's consciousness. It was never allowed to be! We explore how it stayed alive after cancellation and how it was resurrected to become a major motion picture in 1979.
Categories: TV & Film
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Welcome to the first new 70s Trek episode in 3 years!
The release of the 4K, Ultra HD version of Star Trek The Motion Picture, The Director’s Edition, is such big news that co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto felt it deserved a new episode of 70s Trek.
Star Trek The Motion Picture was originally released in theaters in 1979. It culminated ten years of hard work, false starts and frustrations. The movie ran 132 minutes and it brought live action Star Trek back.
But because of problems during production, the film was little more that a rough-cut. The version we saw in theaters was never intended to be the final edit. But because of marketing commitments, director Robert Wise ran out of time.
Flash forward to 2001. Paramount agreed to let Wise and his team re-edit the folm so it would be closer to his original vision. The result was Star Trek The Motion Picture, The Director's Edition. The team tightened the editing and inserted new, updated CGI special effects.
However, this version of the film was only released in standard definition on DVD. Blu Ray had not yet been invented. So fans never got to see this verison of the film in high definition.
Until now.
Members of Wise's 2001 team have gotten access to the Paramount vaults and have gone back to the orignal camera negatives to restore The Director's Edition in 4K Ultra HD. Theyhave also updated the special effects, bringing them up to 4K, as well.
The result is a stunning film with more color, detail and dynamic sound.
Previous episodes
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196 - TMP in Ultra HD - Ep 152 Mon, 11 Apr 2022 - 0h
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195 - Journey to Babel - Bonus Trek 10, Ep 151 Wed, 30 Mar 2022 - 0h
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194 - Vazquez Rocks - Bonus Trek 9, Ep 150 Wed, 23 Mar 2022 - 0h
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193 - Strange New Worlds - Bonus Trek 8, Ep 149 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 - 0h
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192 - Old Trek vs New Trek - Bonus Trek 7, Ep 148 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 - 0h
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191 - James Bond - Bonus Trek 6, Ep 147 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 - 0h
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190 - Dyson Spheres - Bonus Trek 5, Ep 146 Thu, 03 Feb 2022 - 0h
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189 - Star Trek in Vegas - Bonus Trek 4, Ep 145 Fri, 28 Jan 2022 - 0h
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188 - Did Scott Bakula Kill Enterprise? - Bonus Trek 3, Ep 144 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 - 0h
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187 - The Klingon Battle Cruiser - Bonus Trek 2, Ep 143 Thu, 30 Dec 2021 - 0h
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186 - Star Trek: The Animated Series, Part 2 - Episode 20 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 - 0h
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185 - Star Trek: The Animated Series, Part 1 - Episode 19 Thu, 03 Nov 2016 - 0h
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184 - Star Trek Actor James Doohan - Episode 18 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 - 0h
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183 - Star Trek Influence: British TV Show UFO - Episode 17 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 - 0h
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182 - Star Trek Fandom in the 1970s - Episode 16 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 - 0h
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181 - Star Trek Show Titles - Episode 15 Wed, 05 Oct 2016 - 0h
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180 - Star Trek Influence: Forbidden Planet - Episode 14 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 - 0h
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179 - Star Trek Research Consultant Richard Arnold - Episode 13 Wed, 21 Sep 2016
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178 - Gene Roddenberry After Star Trek - Episode 12 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 - 0h
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177 - Star Trek The Classic Episodes Book - Episode 11A Wed, 07 Sep 2016 - 0h
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176 - The James Blish Star Trek Books - Episode 11 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 - 0h
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175 - Our Top 5 Star Trek Shows - Episode 10 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 - 0h
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174 - Star Trek in Syndication - Episode 9 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 - 0h
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173 - Desilu to Paramount - Episode 8 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 - 0h
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172 - Star Trek Producer Gene Coon - Episode 7 Mon, 08 Aug 2016 - 0h
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171 - The Influence of Apollo 11 on Star Trek - Episode 6 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 - 0h
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170 - Star Trek Beyond - Episode 5 Sat, 30 Jul 2016 - 0h
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169 - Star Trek Influence: Captain Horatio Hornblower - Ep. 4 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 - 0h
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168 - Star Trek: What We Knew in 1970 - Episode 3 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 - 0h
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167 - Gene Roddenberry Before Star Trek - Episode 2 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 - 0h
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166 - The End is the Beginning for Star Trek - Episode 1 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 - 0h
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165 - Star Trek: The Animated Series, Part 3 - Episode 21 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 - 0h
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164 - Star Trek Art Director Matt Jefferies - Episode 41 Thu, 25 May 2017 - 0h
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163 - The Star Trek Concordance - Episode 40 Fri, 19 May 2017 - 0h
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162 - The Star Trek Gold Key Comics - Episode 39 Fri, 12 May 2017 - 0h
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161 - Star Trek Actor George Takei - Episode 38 Fri, 28 Apr 2017 - 0h
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160 - Star Trek Influence: Space 1999 - Episode 37 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 - 0h
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159 - Star Trek Professional Doug Drexler Pt. 3 - Episode 36 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 - 0h
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158 - Star Trek Professional Doug Drexler Pt. 2 - Episode 35 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 - 0h
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157 - Star Trek Professional Doug Drexler Pt. 1 - Episode 34 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 - 0h
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156 - The Star Trek Shuttlecraft Galileo 7 - Episode 33 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 - 0h
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155 - Star Trek Actor Walter Koenig - Episode 32 Wed, 15 Mar 2017 - 0h
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154 - Recasting Star Trek for Fun - Episode 31 Wed, 08 Mar 2017 - 0h
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153 - The Star Trek Episode "Spock's Brain" - Episode 30 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 - 0h
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152 - The Star Trek Log Books - Episode 29 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 - 0h
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151 - The Star Trek Starfleet Technical Manual - Episode 28 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 - 0h
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150 - Roddenberry Returns to Paramount - Episode 27 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 - 0h
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149 - The Roddenberry Vault - Episode 26 Thu, 02 Feb 2017 - 0h
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148 - Star Trek Toys From the 1970s - Episode 25 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 - 0h
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147 - The Star Trek AMT Model Kits - Episode 24 Thu, 15 Dec 2016 - 0h