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Starbase972: Shalom Mr. Burnett, we're happy to talk to you
How did your romance with Star Trek and the Science Fiction begin?
Robert: I suppose I was similar to Luke Skywalker. In "The Empire Strikes Back," Yoda says of Luke, "All his life has he looked away. To the future. Never his mind on where he was. What he was doin'." Well, I was just like that. Always looking into the night sky and wondering what was out there. Wanting to actually GO into space.
My mother says I started watching Star Trek when I was three or four years old. Right about the time the Original Series went into syndication. It had everything a kid could want... great characters clad in bright colors, a terrific starship and terrific villains and monsters. Even an eleven-thousand-mile long SPACE AMOEBA!
My father used to read me the James Blish adaptations of the episodes... which in turn lead me to other, non-Trek sci-fi novels. Then I remember discovering "The Twilight Zone" and Gerry Anderson's "UFO." Also, in Seattle, where I grew up, after Sunday School, local channel eleven broadcast "Sci-Fi Theater" at two in the afternoon. This was where I first saw "War of the Worlds," "Forbidden Planet" and Toho Giant Monster movies. I was completely hooked.
!...There was no stopping me after that
Starbase972: As a Star Trek fan for many years, what is your opinion about the current situation of the franchise? What will be its future?
How did your romance with Star Trek and the Science Fiction begin?
Robert: I suppose I was similar to Luke Skywalker. In "The Empire Strikes Back," Yoda says of Luke, "All his life has he looked away. To the future. Never his mind on where he was. What he was doin'." Well, I was just like that. Always looking into the night sky and wondering what was out there. Wanting to actually GO into space.
My mother says I started watching Star Trek when I was three or four years old. Right about the time the Original Series went into syndication. It had everything a kid could want... great characters clad in bright colors, a terrific starship and terrific villains and monsters. Even an eleven-thousand-mile long SPACE AMOEBA!
My father used to read me the James Blish adaptations of the episodes... which in turn lead me to other, non-Trek sci-fi novels. Then I remember discovering "The Twilight Zone" and Gerry Anderson's "UFO." Also, in Seattle, where I grew up, after Sunday School, local channel eleven broadcast "Sci-Fi Theater" at two in the afternoon. This was where I first saw "War of the Worlds," "Forbidden Planet" and Toho Giant Monster movies. I was completely hooked.
!...There was no stopping me after that
Starbase972: As a Star Trek fan for many years, what is your opinion about the current situation of the franchise? What will be its future?