From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: sdlitvin@earthlink.net   
   Subject: Re: Trek XI Movie Contains R2-D2 "Easter Egg"   
      
   "Brian Thorn"  wrote in message    
   news:5greg5lppj10rm441bvc8eluimmu9pg07u@4ax.com:   
      
   > On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:49:51 -0800 (PST), rikp@aol.com wrote:   
   >   
   > >If "Star Trek" takes place in our universe (when "Star Wars" was   
   > >released in 1977) then it could be a robot someone made to look like   
   > >R2-D2.  I would assume that people traveling in outer space would have   
   > >a fondness for sci-fi films of the past, which "Star Wars" would be in   
   > >the 23rd century, and who knows what the merchandising will look like   
   > >by then?  Can we get a close-up to see if it has "Genuine R2-D2   
   > >Replica - (c) and (tm) LucasFilm 2233" stamped on it?   
   >   
   > Yep, someone's Star Wars collectible drifted out of a wrecked   
   > starship!   
   >   
   > >Of course this means that TOS did not exist from 1966 to 1969, but if   
   > >TAS is not canon then in Star Trek's year 1973 there was a very   
   > >prophetic animated show on NBC's Saturday morning line-up. ;-)   
   >   
   > No "Star Trek". Instead, "Lost in Space" became the mega-popular   
   > almost cult-inspiring sci-fi series. It was followed by "Lost In   
   > Space: The Animated Series" in 1973, "Lost in Space: The Next   
   > Generation" in 1997, "Lost in Space: Alpha Centauri" in 1993, and   
   > "Lost in Space: Jupiter III" in 1995. Another prequel show, which   
   > abandoned the "Lost in Space" moniker and was just called "Jupiter I"   
   > didn't catch on in 2001 on the failed United MGM Network. "Lost in   
   > Space" was rebooted in 2009 with Nathan Gamble as Will Robinson.   
      
   LOL!   
      
   But seriously, folks,   
   there was another proposed show in 1971 that could have been a cult    
   favorite--if TOS hadn't gotten there first.  The pilot for ABC was    
   called "Earth II" (NOT to be confused with "Earth 2" by Roddenberry),    
   and was about a giant orbiting space habitat whose inhabitants thought    
   of as a separate nation.   
      
   I often wonder what would have happened, if NBC had turned thumbs down    
   on both of Roddenberry's TOS pilots, and ABC had greenlighted Earth II    
   instead.   
      
      
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