On this day in the Star Trek universe - Star Trek, Star Trek: The Making of the TV Series / book, Picard

Star Trek (1967)
Star Trek: The Making of the TV Series / book (1991)
Star Trek: Picard (2023)
 

Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 24.

Episode entitled: This Side of Paradise.

Released March 2, 1967.

Directed by Ralph Senensky.

Written by Jerry Sohl / Nathan Butler, D.C. Fontana.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Jill Ireland, Frank Overton, Grant Woods, Michael Barrier, Dick Scotter, Eddie Paskey, Bobby Bass, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Walker Edmiston, Carey Foster, John Lindesmith, Jeannie Malone, Sean Morgan, Fred Shue, Ron Veto.

 

Star Trek: The Making of the TV Series

by Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry.

Published by Titan Books Ltd.
Published 1991.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1852863633
ISBN-13: 978-1852863630

Description:

The behind-the-scenes story of the most popular science fiction show ever made!

Did you know … that Captain Kirk was originally Captain April? That Mr. Spock was nearly dropped as a character? That Dr. McCoy’s medical instruments were salt shakers? Why all buttons were banned? How the ‘beam down’ effect was achieved? What happens at Warp Factor Eight? All this, and much, much more, is revealed in this book that tells the complete behind-the-scenes story of the production of the science fiction series that became a phenomenon – Star Trek!

Star Trek: Picard
Season 3. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Seventeen Seconds.

Released March 2, 2023.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Cindy Appel, Jane Maggs, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Stephen Barton, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Michael Dorn, Todd Stashwick, Amanda Plummer, Marina Sirtis, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Thomas Dekker, Allison Acosta, Stephanie Czajkowski, Joseph Lee, Chad Lindberg, Jin Maley, Tiffany Shepis, Luis Avilez, Amy Earhart, Jermain Hollman, Grace Lee, Dean Neistat, An Dang, Hayden Hiebert, Frances Parsons, Aric Rogokos, Dominique Stango, Olivia Youngers.

On this day in television history - Justified (2011)

Justified
Season 2. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: For Blood or Money.

Released March 2, 2011.

Directed by John Dahl.

Written by Graham Yost, Wendy Calhoun, Benjamin Cavell and VJ Boyd.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Margo Martindale, Jeremy Davies, Chadwick Boseman, Kaitlyn Dever, Jakobe’ Dempsey, Steven Flynn, Brad William Henke, Juanita Jennings, Joel McCrary, Michael Mosley, William Ragsdale, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Larenz Tate, Mitch Baker, Jennifer Birmingham Lee, Mark Patrick Gleason, Lindsay Halladay, Nathan Sutton, Carlos Pratts, Emily Happe, Chadney Brewer.

On this day in music history - Jennifer Rush (1984)

 

Jennifer Rush

by Jennifer Rush

was released on March 2, 1984.

Track list:

Madonna's Eyes; 25 Lovers; Come Give Me Your Hand; Nobody Move; Never Gonna Turn Back Again; Ring of Ice (DAS ORIGINAL); Into My Dreams; I See a Shadow (Not a Fantasy); Surrender; The Power of Love.

March is MS Awareness Month:

 

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Neil Gaiman, on books:

 

A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.
- Neil Gaiman.

T. S. Eliot, on literature:

 

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
- T. S. Eliot.

Recommended reading - Making Movies

Making Movies

by Sidney Lumet.
 
Published by Vintage.
Published 1996.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679756604
ISBN-13: 978-0679756606
 
Description:

Why does a director choose a particular script? What must they do in order to keep actors fresh and truthful through take after take of a single scene? How do you stage a shootout – involving more than one hundred extras and three colliding taxis – in the heart of New York’s diamond district? What does it take to keep the studio honchos happy? From the first rehearsal to the final screening, Making Movies is a master’s take, delivered with clarity, candor, and a wealth of anecdote.

 

For in this book, Sidney Lumet, one of our most consistently acclaimed directors, gives us both a professional memoir and a definitive guide to the art, craft, and business of the motion picture. Drawing on forty years of experience on movies that range from Long Day’s Journey into Night to Network and The Verdict – and with such stars as Katharine Hepburn, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, and Al Pacino – Lumet explains how painstaking labor and inspired split-second decisions can result in two hours of screen magic.

 

“Film would be a better place if every director were required to share with other romancers of film his process. It is a gift to us all that it is Sidney Lumet, one of American’s greatest filmmakers, who is sharing his point-of-view.” – Stephen Spielberg.

“Invaluable. . . . I am sometimes asked if there is one book a filmgoer could read to learn more about how movies are made and what to look for while watching them. This is the book.” – Roger Ebert, The New York Times Book Review.

“Remarkable . . . . as dignified as the movies [Lumet] has made and yet deeply felt and very moving. . . . Anyone who truly loves movies ought to read what he has to say about them. . . . Delightfully engrossing.” – Los Angeles Times.

“The film bible from a master. It tells in meticulous detail the step-by-step process of making a movie. You feel you’re on the set. A must.” – Quincy Jones.

 

“Full of energy, enthusiasm and wisdom. . . . It’s all engrossing because [Lumet] speaks so fervently and opinionatedly about matters on which he has earned the right to opinions.”  - The New Republic.