Genesis II was a 1973 TV movie created and produced by Gene Roddenberry and starring Alex Cord and Mariette Hartley. Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry (August 19 1921 &ndash October 24 1991 was an American Screenwriter and producer. Alex Cord ( May 3, 1933) is an American Actor who is perhaps best known for portraying the role of Archangel on the Television series Mary Loretta "Mariette" Hartley (born June 21, 1940) is an American character actress. It opens with the suitably melodramatic line, "My name is Dylan Hunt. My story begins on the day on which I died. " It is the story of a 20th century man thrown forward in time, to a post-apocalyptic future, by an accident in suspended animation.
Genesis II was the first of three attempts by Roddenberry to create a new science fiction television series following the success of Star Trek. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Genesis II aired on CBS on March 23, 1973; although Roddenberry had scripts lined up for a 20-episode first season, CBS declined to pick it up, opting instead for the Planet of the Apes series. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Planet of the Apes was a short-lived American Science fiction Television series that aired on Friday evenings at 800 ( Eastern) on
Roddenberry reworked the material into a second pilot, Planet Earth, in which John Saxon replaced Cord in the role of Dylan Hunt. Planet Earth was a Science fiction TV movie that was created by Gene Roddenberry and written by Juanita Bartlett (from a John Saxon (born August 5, 1936 was born Carmine Orrico in Brooklyn New York, the son of Anna ( née Protettore and Antonio Dylan Hunt is the name of two Fictional characters created for television by Gene Roddenberry. Based on network recommendations, this second pilot focused more on action and physical conflict than its predecessor. Though it aired on ABC in 1974, it was also declined. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Warner Brothers, which owned the rights, reworked Roddenberry's material yet again for Strange New World, also starring Saxon, which aired in 1975. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Strange New World was a TV pilot based on concepts envisioned by Gene Roddenberry which first aired on March 23, 1975.
Robert Hewitt Wolfe used the name "Dylan Hunt" and many ideas from Roddenberry's Genesis II notes to create Andromeda television series. See Andromeda (disambiguation for other uses of "Andromeda" [1]
Plot summary
In 1979, NASA scientist Dylan Hunt (Cord) is working on "Project Ganymede", a suspended animation system for astronauts on long-duration space flights. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Alex Cord ( May 3, 1933) is an American Actor who is perhaps best known for portraying the role of Archangel on the Television series Suspended animation is the slowing of life processes by external means without termination An astronaut or cosmonaut (космона́вт) is a person trained Spaceflight is the use of Space technology to fly a Spacecraft into and through Outer space. As chief of the project he volunteers for the first multi-day test. He places himself in chemically-induced hibernation deep inside Carlsbad Caverns; while there, his lab is buried in an earthquake. For the ability of certain operating systems see Hibernate (OS feature Hibernation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park located in the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer The monitoring equipment is damaged and fails to awake him at the intended end of the test. He awakens instead in 2133 A. D. , emerging into a chaotic post-apocalyptic world. An event called "The Great Conflict" (a third and final World War) destroyed the civilization of Hunt's time. A world war is a War affecting the majority of the world's most powerful and populous nations Various new civilizations have emerged in a struggle for control of available resources. Those with the greatest military might and the will to use it have the greatest advantage.
Dylan Hunt is accidentally found and rescued by an organization calling themselves "PAX", which stood for peace (from the Latin). Peace, in the modern usage is a concept defined by the ideal state of relationship as absence of hostility at the international level that of a War. PAX members are the descendants of the NASA personnel who worked and lived at the Carlsbad Installation in Dylan's time. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program They are explorers and "scientists" who preserve what little information and technology survive from before the Conflict, and who seek to learn and acquire more in an effort to build a new civilization. Members of PAX find Dylan Hunt still sealed in the hibernation chamber. For the ability of certain operating systems see Hibernate (OS feature Hibernation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression They revive him, and are thrilled to meet a survivor from before the Conflict.
After Hunt's accident, an elaborate Subshuttle transit system was constructed by people of Dylan's time. This was due to air transportation becoming too vulnerable to air attack. The Subshuttles were a rapid transport system that utilized magnetic levitation transports. MAGLEV, or magnetic levitation, is a system of transportation that suspends guides and (usually propels vehicles predominantly trains using magnetic forces They operated inside vactrain tunnels that ran at hundreds of miles per hour. A vactrain is an exotic as-yet-unbuilt proposal for future high-speed Railroad transportation The tunnels were comprehensive enough to cover the entire globe. The PAX organization has inherited the still working system and utilize it to dispatch their teams of troubleshooters.
In the area once known as Arizona and New Mexico a totalitarian regime known as Tyranians rule the area. Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a concept used to describe Political systems where a State regulates nearly every aspect of public and private The Tyranians are mutants who possess greater prowess than average humans (they can be identified as possessing two navels). A mutant is an individual organism or new genetic character arising or resulting from an instance of Mutation, which is a base-pair sequence change within the DNA Their leader discovers that Hunt has knowledge of nuclear power systems, and they offer him great rewards if he can repair their failing nuclear power generator. Nuclear power is any Nuclear technology designed to extract usable Energy from atomic nuclei via controlled Nuclear reactions However, once under their power they attempt to force him to reactivate a nuclear missile system in their possession, with which they intend to destroy their enemies and dominate the region. Nuclear weapons delivery is the technology and systems used to place a Nuclear weapon at the position of Detonation, on or near its intended target Hunt is appalled by this small-scale replay of the events that must have led to the Conflict. He leads a revolt of the enslaved citizenry, sabotages the nuclear device, and destroys the reactor. Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy oppressor or employer through subversion obstruction disruption and/or destruction
To Hunt's dismay, the PAX leaders assert their pacifist nature and intentions. They are attempting to rebuild an idealistic society using all that was deemed "good" from Earth's past, and they regard Hunt's interference with a rival civilization and his destructive tactics as antithetical to this end. However, they also see great good in him and value his knowledge of the past. They ask Hunt to join PAX permanently but only if he can agree to never again take human lives. Hunt half-heartedly agrees. Security Chief Yuloff states that the rationale of taking lives to justify the saving of lives was what allowed "The Great Conflict" to happen in the first place.
Episode concepts
The following are story concepts that were in development during the production of Genesis II that would have become individual episodes had the network approved the series.
- "Company B" - A "Trojan Horse" suicide squad from the days of the great conflict comes out of suspended animation and attacks PAX. They represent the 1995 A. D. ideal of a perfect soldier.
- "London Express" - A hair raising journey through submerged portions of the North Atlantic subshuttle tube to mysterious London of 2133 A. D. Dylan Hunt and Team-21 meet Lyra-A there and the mad monarch King Charles X.
- "Robots Return" - The advanced computers and sophisticated machinery left on a moon of Jupiter by a 1992 NASA expedition have evolved into a new form of robot life and visit Earth in search of the "God" which created their life. They meet Dylan Hunt, formerly of NASA and consider him a messiah. This story idea was later developed into the script for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Star Trek The Motion Picture is a 1979 Science fiction film from Paramount Pictures.
- "Poodle Shop" - Dylan Hunt is captured and put on sale by the females in a strange society where men are treated as domestic pets and often traded back and forth for breeding purposes. This story idea would later turn into the second pilot, Planet Earth. Planet Earth was a Science fiction TV movie that was created by Gene Roddenberry and written by Juanita Bartlett (from a
- "The Apartment" - Trapped inside 20th century ruins by a mysterious force field, Dylan Hunt is catapulted through a time continuum back to 1975 where he can be seen as a "transparent ghost" by the girl living in the apartment there. A bizarre love affair with a surprise twist ending. The basic plot appears later as an unused Star Trek: Phase II episode "Tomorrow and the Stars". Star Trek Phase II was a planned television series based on the characters of Gene Roddenberry 's Star Trek.
- "The Electric Company" - Dylan Hunt and his PAX team encounter a place where a strong priesthood holds a society in bondage through the clever use of electricity. The simple inhabitants see the flashes of light and the amplified voices as the sight and sound of "God", but Dylan's team ends the dominance of the priesthood when they come up with still better tricks. This episode superficially resembles the Star Trek episode "Return of the Archons". " The Return of the Archons " is a first season episode of Star Trek The Original Series.
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