Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Behind-The-Scenes Pix #26: GENESIS II

Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry poses on the impressive "PAX subshuttle station" set of his 1973 post-Apocalyptic sci-fi pilot film for Warner Brothers and CBS, Genesis II, starring Alex Cord (Airwolf) and Mariette Hartley.

Genesis II  is available as a manufactured-on-demand DVD from Warner Archive, and I reviewed both the movie and the disc HERE.

5 comments:

  1. I remember back in the 90s craig charles from red dwarf had a show on channel 4 were he showed old sci fi pilots like buck rodgers and battlestar, i remember he showed this one and planet earth, i think i still have them on vhs some where in my parents atic

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  2. What a beautiful set. They were very artistic back then. I'll have to look for this show.

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  3. The sub-shuttle was one of those dream sets that I considered fabulous SF concepts-the conceptual precursors to today's maglev trains. I have both of these movies. I originally taped them off TV and later burned them onto CD. Strange New world is usually considered with these but really had very little in common with them. As a teenage nerd I liked cerebral Alex Cord better than John Saxon.The PAX in Carlsbad Caverns also fit my notions better than the advanced aboveground city in Planet Earth. But I thoroughly enjoy both these TV movies still- and once wrote an outline story involving the Confederacy Of Ruth.

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  4. The first time I saw that photo was in Famous Monsters of Filmland when I was a teen, when it was mentioned that the movie was coming. Too bad their is not much info on the Subshuttle.

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  5. I first saw all the Hunt movies on this show "SPACED OUT"on BBC2 in the early 90s, they showed a lot of failed 70s sc-fi pilots.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sNFnCuyAK4

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