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The weirdest Star Trek pitch ever
Posted on 4/9/26 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 4/9/26 at 9:47 pm
I was today years old when I discovered that Gene Roddenberry pitched a Star Trek TV movie to Paramount in the early 70's that had James T. Kirk getting into a fist fight with... Jesus Christ.
Roddenberry was an atheist and thought humanity should "grow out of" religion, so in his pitch ("The God Thing") we find out that our gods throughout history have all been just aliens in disguise, and they were coming back to Earth rule us. The climactic ending had hand to hand combat between Kirk and Jesus on the bridge of the Enterprise. Watched a documentary where one of his writers said he looked at Roddenberry's treatment and went "Yeah, I don't want any part of this" and then Paramount killed the project when they got the story details. The script was novelized, but some of the concepts made it into Star Trek: TMP and Star Trek V.
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Roddenberry was an atheist and thought humanity should "grow out of" religion, so in his pitch ("The God Thing") we find out that our gods throughout history have all been just aliens in disguise, and they were coming back to Earth rule us. The climactic ending had hand to hand combat between Kirk and Jesus on the bridge of the Enterprise. Watched a documentary where one of his writers said he looked at Roddenberry's treatment and went "Yeah, I don't want any part of this" and then Paramount killed the project when they got the story details. The script was novelized, but some of the concepts made it into Star Trek: TMP and Star Trek V.
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Posted on 4/9/26 at 10:14 pm to DesScorp
Star Trek V had many flaws, but "What does God need with a starship?" was a great Kirk moment.
Posted on 4/9/26 at 10:44 pm to DesScorp
quote:He hit on that in multiple episodes of the original series. Religion and human excellence being the result of aliens and not our natural growth.
we find out that our gods throughout history have all been just aliens in disguise
Posted on 4/9/26 at 11:52 pm to Fewer Kilometers
People actually doubt that Earth is a laboratory playground for beings that absolutely frick with our genes and humanity?
Huh.
Huh.
Posted on 4/10/26 at 6:09 am to CCT
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People actually doubt that Earth is a laboratory playground for beings that absolutely frick with our genes and humanity? Huh.
Evidence?
Posted on 4/10/26 at 7:34 am to DesScorp
Weider than a queer, cross-dressing Klingon?
Posted on 4/10/26 at 7:47 am to DesScorp
Kirk could take him, but Jesus wouldn't stay down.
Posted on 4/10/26 at 1:38 pm to DesScorp
Interesting. But I bet he would have objected to the idea of Kirk fighting Mohammad.
Posted on 4/10/26 at 2:16 pm to Fewer Kilometers
Who Mourns for Adonais?
Posted on 4/10/26 at 3:36 pm to cgrand
quote:And Requiem for Methuselah.
Who Mourns for Adonais?
Posted on 4/10/26 at 4:05 pm to DesScorp
That’s ridiculous. Jesus was a Jedi. They don’t exist in the Star Trek world.
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