The memo continued: “I had also thought that we had a clear understanding, man to man, that I would be consulted before any story went to screenplay. Roddenberry went on to point out that Shatner had previously agreed to recognize using religion in the script, which Roddenberry felt was unsuitable for the post-religious world he had created in TOS. “I simply cannot support a story which has our intelligent and insightful crew mesmerized by a 23rd Century religious charlatan.” His imagination took millions where none had dared go before on. “Bill, as you undoubtedly know, I expressed to Harve Bennett at lunch last Monday my deep disappointment in the proposed Star Trek V film story,” Roddenberry wrote. Star trek creator: the authorized biography of Gene Roddenberry Author. Star Treks creator, Gene Roddenberry, remains one of our cultures most beloved icons. On June 3, 1987, Roddenberry wrote a memo to Shatner expressing his distaste for the story. After reading the script, which included the crew of the Enterprisebeing bamboozled by an Evangelist named Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill), called “Zar” in earlier drafts, Roddenberry was enraged. According to Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry by David Alexander, Roddenberry reacted very poorly to Shatner’s story for Star Trek V.
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