BellGab/bellchan Archive

A few years ago Ian Punnett interviewed Star Trek (II, IV) director and writer Nicholas Meyer. One of the topics they discussed was the behind the scenes controversy regarding race relations in Star Trek VI, and how that is what STVI is about [as well as the USSR collapse allegory].

It was a fantastic interview with tons of insight into his body of work.

I used to work in USAF command and control, and, from time to time, EAM messages would come over HF. I knew the people on the other end of the mic were people airmen just like me, but through all the static, and given the messages being relayed, it still seemed very "end of the world."