Comments on: Arnold Defends Roddenberry’s Universe, Says Trek Needs ‘New Blood’

By: Anthony Pascale

Anthony Pascale — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:57:28 +0000

Mr, Arnold

if you read out policy statement: http://trekmovie.com/index/privacy-statement/
…it notes that we are not repsonsible the comment system posts. This is standard for pretty much all sites. But because you asked, we deleted the post in question.

By: Richard Arnold

Richard Arnold — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:21:05 +0000

Before I turn this over to Paramount’s lawyers, maybe you should apologize for posting something like #10 here (from Darth Ballz). I have been diabetic for more than eight years and do not drink, I have never told anyone that I was Gene Roddenberry, and my hours at Star Trek The Experience could easier be verified with the facility (I only set up there during the holidays, and am rarely there later than 8pm). These are just outrageous lies and slander. I expect to hear from you.

By: Sybok

Sybok — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:43:10 +0000

A nonentity — who cares?

By: Cafe 5

Cafe 5 — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:08:40 +0000

Most people would settle for a good story, literate writing, and a director
who knows what their doing. Why all these years Paramount had this
gawd awful taboo about using any of the Star Trek books as a basis for
a movie is beyond me. So many stories and the studio didn’t avail
themselves of any of them. Why when more of the original series
actors were still alive didn’t they record voice over scripts for animated
films or television series. Film several movies at a time for theatrical
or television release. They wasted a great deal of time and talent.
One would hope this time around they get it right.

By: Avindair

Avindair — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:43:56 +0000

Hearing that Richard “You Internet Types Just Aren’t That Important” Arnold doesn’t like TOS-Remastered is just one more sign that it’s the absolute right thing to do.

I first read about Arnold on the old rec.art.startrek USENET group back in 1990. Tim Lynch actually interviewed him. The middle name I used for Arnold above is a paraphrase of something he said in that interview.

Just in case I’m not being clear, I found Arnold to be an arrogant git back then. Sadly, he’s apparently still an arrogant git today.

By: An olde timey fan

An olde timey fan — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:58:03 +0000

““Fans” like Richard Arnold who can only complain and hold to rigid ideas about how things should be aren’t fans at all. People need to realise that while they may not see things the way they picture them in their head, that doesn’t always mean the way they’re being done is bad. F that guy.”

A bureaucrat’s only form of power is the ability to say “no”. NEver give him that chance!

By: Ron Jon

Ron Jon — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:19:38 +0000

Richard Arnold was Roddenberry’s assistant, and he thought of himself as Roddenberry’s surrogate. His unimaginatively dogmatic insistence on his limited version of Roddenberry’s vision was a disservice to Star Trek. After Arnold was fired, he never wrapped his brain around the notion that others might be better suited to care for Roddenbery’s vision than a fan with no production or writing experience.

By: Spockariffic

Spockariffic — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:20:10 +0000

I bet he’s making nice with the new movie guys so he can get work again. Double F that guy.

By: Spockariffic

Spockariffic — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:16:15 +0000

I saw that guy Richard “Dick” Arnold at a convention. He claims to be a fan and may know a lot about star trek stuff, but when he’s on stage he talks down to people. He has that attitude of “I was connected and you weren’t, but gather round while I impress you.” He used to write the question and answer stuff for the star trek communicator (RIP) magazine. I always wondered how he was the “expert” on shows like DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise when he got canned during Next Generation days.

As for Trek Remastered, when Gene’s widow says she thinks he’d be all for it because he was always about the future and if he could have done better effects he would have, THAT’S who I’ll believe.

“Fans” like Richard Arnold who can only complain and hold to rigid ideas about how things should be aren’t fans at all. People need to realise that while they may not see things the way they picture them in their head, that doesn’t always mean the way they’re being done is bad. F that guy.

LOVE the blue phasers in Arena, wicked cool! I wish there was another eye-blink at teh end of it when the gorn is bleeding, but PHASERS ROCKED!! Bring on that new ship baby!

By: trekmaster

trekmaster — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:06:06 +0000

Nobody destroys the original version of classic trek! star trek remastered is in addition absolutely ok, although the “in a mirror darkly”-ENT-effects would have been much better to build in…