• ButtBidet [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Why though! Wasn't it panned in its time for being kinda racist? Why do that twice??

    • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      It was originally written in the 70s for the planned and canned revival of TOS

      • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
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        2 months ago

        You can ping Joe Mallozzi over on Reddit to confirm if you really want (he's active on the Stargate sub), but I'm sure the SG1 showrunners in that first season were like, "You wrote for TNG? Yes, we'll buy it! No, we don't need to read it first."

    • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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      2 months ago

      When you write for TV, it gives you the opportunity to vent your... secret desires in a very public fashion

      Also if you can get paid for swapping out a few names on a script, I'm not going to judge