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Chaos on the Bridge

  • TV Movie
  • 20142014
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 59m
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Gates McFadden, William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, and Rick Berman in Chaos on the Bridge (2014)
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The story of the struggle to create the television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).The story of the struggle to create the television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).The story of the struggle to create the television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
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    • William Shatner
    • William Shatner
  • Stars
    • William Shatner
    • D.C. Fontana
    • David Gerrold
    • William Shatner
    • William Shatner
  • Stars
    • William Shatner
    • D.C. Fontana
    • David Gerrold
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    • 13User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    "Star Trek" Next Generation J. Frakes, M. Sirtis, P. Stewart, G. McFadden and Cast 1987 Paramount
    Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
    Chaos on the Bridge (2014)
    Denise Crosby, Gates McFadden, and Marina Sirtis in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

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    William Shatner
    William Shatner
    • Self - Host
    D.C. Fontana
    D.C. Fontana
    • Self - Writer & Script Consultant, Star Trek: TOS
    • (as Dorothy 'D.C.' Fontana)
    David Gerrold
    • Self - Writer, Star Trek: TOS
    Maurice Hurley
    • Self - Television Writer & Producer
    Rick Berman
    Rick Berman
    • Self - Vice President, Paramount Network Television
    Jeffrey Katzenberg
    Jeffrey Katzenberg
    • Self - Executive, Paramount Pictures
    Richard Arnold
    • Self - Research Consultant, Star Trek: TNG
    Jeffrey M. Hayes
    • Self - Television Producer, Paramount Network Television
    John Pike
    • Self - President, Paramount Network Television
    Susan Sackett
    • Self - Secretary to Gene Roddenberry
    John de Lancie
    John de Lancie
    • Self - Q, Star Trek: TNG
    Denise Crosby
    Denise Crosby
    • Self - Lt. Tasha Yar, Star Trek: TNG
    Patrick Stewart
    Patrick Stewart
    • Self - Capt. Jean Luc Picard, Star Trek: TNG
    Ronald D. Moore
    Ronald D. Moore
    • Self - Writer, Star Trek: TNG
    David Livingston
    David Livingston
    • Self - Producer, Star Trek: TNG
    Herman F. Zimmerman
    • Self - Original Set Designer, Star Trek: TNG
    • (as Herman Zimmerman)
    Michael Okuda
    Michael Okuda
    • Self - Scenic Art Supervisor, Star Trek: TNG
    Brannon Braga
    Brannon Braga
    • Self - Writer, Star Trek: TNG
      • William Shatner
      • William Shatner
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    • Trivia
      According to an interview with Larry King, William Shatner's original title for this documentary was "Wacky Doodle". He heard the phrase used by one of the show's writer-producers, to describe the intensity of the conflicts that occurred during the making of "Star Trek: The Next Generation".
    • Quotes

      William Shatner: Did you realize that the Next Generation it possible to characterize it as Gene Roddenberry's dream of Heaven?

      Brannon Braga: I would never have thought that at the time, but now that we're talking, with his conception of the future and human beings in the future and Q, Q is GOD. Just look at the character, look at everything about the character

    • Connections
      Referenced in Half in the Bag: Star Trek Beyond (2016)

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    8/10
    Some interesting new info and it all rings true
    I'm not exactly a trekkie but I've read several books on both ST:TOS and ST:TNG so this isn't my first exposure to the "dirt". From all I've seen and read elsewhere this show rings true. It also has some new info I'd not run across before.

    Contrary to some reviewers I thought the pacing was fine, the graphics were a nice touch and it was really even handed in it's treatment of people. There were a couple of spots with bad editing such as one segment which begins with them talking about someone but they failed to include any intro to tell you who they were talking about. It took a minute to figure out who it was.

    As a viewer I disagree with many of the people interviewed who suggest that the first two seasons were not very good. Seasons 1 and 2 may have had a different focus but as a viewer of them without any foreknowledge that they supposedly weren't as good I never felt that way. They were fine.

    One interesting aspect revealed by the interviews is that there was much turmoil and angst going on almost the whole series. What they experienced did not, IMHO, come across negatively in the final product. To hear them tell it there were at least half a dozen people who in one way or another literally saved the show from going down in flames. The reality, again from a viewer's perspective, was that the show was fine throughout production and that the behind the scenes melodrama, which makes interesting background, wasn't actually all that big a deal to the final result. The drama of "I'll quit", or "you'll never work in this town again." add spice to people's lives but the show had a life of it's own and the two, while intertwined, did have their own lives.

    One of my favorite parts was early on discussing the casting of Picard. Many were considered but Patrick Stewart was not viewed as a serious contender in part due to his baldness. They relate the story of flying his cheap toupee from the UK to the US for a final casting call where he wore it. He left and took it off and then got a quick callback. He returned sans toupee. As Bill Shatner and others discuss all this toupee related trivia I kept looking at Shatner's toupee generated hair and wondering what was going thru his mind and whether he might have a typically Shatneresque remark. Sadly he did not.

    All and all a fun hour with some worthy tidbits for the Star Trek aficionado.
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    • Jul 4, 2021

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      • August 25, 2014 (Canada)
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      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Wacky Doodle Productions
      • Ballinran Entertainment
      • 455 Films
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    • 59 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby SR

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