Each is by itself a precious a little jewel, and I’m trying to do them both justice if I can.Īnd now, we reverse course on the bridge of the U.S.S. I can’t say one is better than the other. But from the first time I read Harlan’s teleplay years ago, it really struck me, not only the addition of characters like the mercenary Beckwith and the noble WWI vet Trooper, but also the difference in James Kirk and what he was willing to do for love – just the ineffable Harlan-ness of it. The humor, the portal version of the Guardian, I love everything about it. It’s the one I fell in love with, the one that made Kirk (and even Spock) seem more real, more human, than any other episode. The broadcast episode is the one I watched over and over as a kid. Even before I got this job, I couldn’t have answered that. Million-dollar question: Which version do you prefer? With that in mind, every decision we make is a simple one: Does it serve Harlan’s story? To be completely honest, unlike every other project, I’m really writing this for an audience of one: Harlan. There’s no ego here, no personal investment, except for this: to create the best possible version of this story as originally conceived by Harlan Ellison.
From Day One of this project, our goal was always very simple: We are just the vessel for Harlan’s vision. Scott Tipton: You’d think it would be intimidating, and under normal circumstances it would be, but in this case, it really wasn’t. Tell us how strange it was re-doing (but not, at the same time) a story that is such a famous part of Star Trek lore. Dan Greenfield: So now Jim and Edith have met and we’re really deep into the story.
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