Lost pilot ep of Star Trek discovered; Good thing it was changed.
Scifiwire.com brings us news that the original, never-used pilot episode of the original Trek series has not only been found...and in Germany of all places...but painstakingly remastered and will be included on the Series 3 Blu-Ray due out December 15th.
There's a clip, presumably of the uncleaned 45mm original copy, on youtube. Ive watched it; Im honestly, truly glad they didnt use it. Just the opening NARRATION is such crap, Im not sure Trek would be anything resembling the cultural icon (your mileage may vary on how good or bad that is) it is today. Behold, the original original opening monologue:
"Enterprise Log, Captain James Kirk commanding. We are leaving that vast cloud of stars and planets which we call our galaxy. Behind us, Earth, Mars, Venus, even our Sun are specks of dust. ... The question, what is out there in the black void beyond? Until now our mission has been that of space law regulation, contact with Earth colonies and investigation of alien life. ... But now, a new task. A probe out into where no man has gone before."
It dosen't flow. It has no energy, to rythym so to speak; and someone apparently forgot that 'a probe out into' should not be words uttered by anyone about anything except a proctologist in the privacy of his practice. But, its still an interesting piece of Trek history to be able to witness, and fans can all thank a German (Germany is a haven for Trek fandom; this fan was not aware of that) collector for getting in touch with CBS and Paramount, allowing us to see that we might all have ended up fans of a show fond of probing outward.
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Did he get payed for giving away that copy? I’m sure of that. I guess the new (old) version will be interesting to watch. But according to Bill Shatner’s intro text it sounds like SF of the 1950s. I too believe that it was wise to use the already known version.
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