Talk:Gene Roddenberry

"populistic philosopher and futurist"?
Is there a source for the description of Roddenberry in the intro as a philosopher and a futurist? Wikipedia's "Futurist" article describes futurists as scientists, social scientists, or people who have been consulted by private and public organizations about the future. As far as I know, Roddenberry has never been a consultant on anything other than the arts (specifically film and television). Also, though there are many philosophical ideas reflected in Star Trek episodes, Roddenberry was not, himself, known as a philosopher. He certainly had a philosophy, but so does everyone else, and while his ideas were progressive, none of them were new and original contributions to any philosophic study. His award from the AHA is an arts award rather than a pioneer award for a reason. I'm not even sure "populistic" is a word ("populist" is the adjectival form of "populism"). Unless a source is provided, I will edit this.67.4.197.220 (talk) 23:25, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

religious views
How is it relevant for the article that he was quite intolerant against other people´s beliefs? I don´t see what that has to do with Star Trek or his other productions.77.11.168.91 (talk) 17:18, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * It has nothing to do with Star Trek or his other productions. That is why it is under a religious views section. This is an overall biography, not simply a list of his production work. Miyagawa (talk) 20:42, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

removal of the Star Trek category
Am I the only one who thinks this doesn't make any sense? Dlabtot (talk) 18:53, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

Yvonne Fern's book/s
In the legacy section, second paragraph list has:
 * Yvonne Fern's book, Gene Roddenberry: The Last Conversation, detailed a series of conversations she had with Roddenberry over the last months of his life.

I've not read this book (only just seen listings for it today). However, I have read Inside The Mind Of Gene Roddenberry by Yvonne Fern (and still have a copy). The description of The Last Conversation matches the content of Inside The Mind. Inside The Mind is listed on Amazon UK (as well as The Last Conversation). My paperback copy (bought in England) says "A Paperback Original 1995. (C)". From Amazon, The Last Conversation was 1994 hardback. I suspect one is a repackage of the other. Could be a edited versions, or revised etc. If someone knows exactly, could we say in the articul. Maybe at least note that the title Inside The Mind Of Gene Roddenberry exists.

Dannman (talk) 15:28, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Harbor Command or Harbor Master
Its says that Roddenberry wrote an episode ("Coastal Security") for Harbormaster produced by Frederick Zif - but I don't see his name mentioned on wither the wiki page or imdb. I do see him mentioned as a writer from a single episode of Harbor Command, produced by Zif. This episode is called "The Psyciartist". Can anyone help clear this up?--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 00:05, 26 February 2024 (UTC)