A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Complete Season Five “Ready he is to teach an apprentice. To let go of his pupil, a greater challenge it will be. Master this, Skywalker must.” –  Yoda,  Star Wars: The Clone Wars  (2008) All Good Things… On October 3, 2008, George Lucas’s CG-animated series  Star Wars: The Clone Wars  premiered on cable’s Cartoon Network. The 3D animated show aired two months after the theatrical release of the eponymous animated feature directed by Dave Filoni, the man tapped by Lucas as the TV show’s supervising director. After five seasons on Time Warner-owned Cartoon Network and 108 episodes,  Star Wars: The Clone Wars  ended its run on March 2, 2013. Lucasfilm, now owned by the Walt Disney Company, decided to wind down  Star Wars: The Clone Wars  in order to focus on the new live action Sequel Trilogy of Episodes VII-IX. Lucasfilm also needed its animators to start production on a new animated series,...

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season Two   Background: Capt. Picard:  There's still much to do; still so much to learn. Mr. La Forge - engage!   –“The Neutral Zone” (Season One  finale) Star Trek: The Next Generation’s  (ST-TNG) first season officially ended with these optimistic words on May 16, 1988. On that date, many television stations broadcast  The Neutral Zone,  the 26th and last first-run episode of the syndicated show’s premiere season. Created by Gene Roddenberry at the insistence of Paramount Pictures,  ST-TNG  was a daring concept for its time. Intended to be a sequel to the canceled  Star Trek  TV series that aired on NBC  in the late 1960s, The Next Generation  was one of the first direct-to-syndication series produced. Paramount had shopped the show’s concept to ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC, but – to the studio’s relief – was turned down. Paramount Television and Roddenberry were secretly glad about the big net...

The Measure of a Man Stardate 42523.7 (Earth Calendar Date 2365) Episode Production Number: 135 Episode Number (Aired): 35 Original Air Date: February 13, 1989 Written by: Melinda M. Snodgrass Directed by: Robert Scheerer While docked at Starbase 173 for scheduled repairs and refits, the  Galaxy- Class  USS Enterprise  NCC-1701-D, Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) commanding, receives a visit from Admiral Nakamura (Clyde Kusatsu). The admiral, an old friend of Capt. Picard, is the ranking Starfleet officer in the sector, and Starbase 173 is strategically important because it’s located close to the Romulan Neutral Zone. After exchanging small talk with Picard during a tour of the  Enterprise,  Adm. Nakamura introduces Picard to Cmdr. Bruce Maddox (Brian Brophy), a cyberneticist assigned to the Daystrom Institute. The ambitious Maddox is an admirer of Dr. Noonien Soong, the scientist who created Lt. Cmdr. Data (Brent Spiner), and seeks to replicat...