1:19:02
and treating people
with respect.
1:19:04
I would love to believe that
everybody can get along in the future.
1:19:08
We struck a note, a chord,
with the youth of this country,
1:19:14
and particularly those who came back
from Vietnam and the hippies.
1:19:20
Plus the fact it came
at a very turbulent time
1:19:23
when the future
of society, the planet,
1:19:26
everything was up for grabs.
1:19:27
Nobody knew where we were going.
1:19:28
For the first time,
people--on television,
1:19:32
people saw themselves...
1:19:35
men and women, as equals.
1:19:39
I think I like the hope
and the chances it gives people.
1:19:43
Especially gay men
and lesbian women,
1:19:44
they're living in a world
and a society that's not accepting.
1:19:48
There's a dream that
one day down the road,
1:19:50
there will be acceptance.
1:19:52
I think Gene Roddenberry,
at that time,
1:19:53
offered a vision of hope
and that we would have a future.
1:19:56
Not only did we not annihilate
ourselves on this planet,
1:20:00
but we are going forth.
1:20:03
What progress!
1:20:05
With a sense of adventure.
1:20:08
Gene said not only
there is going to be a tomorrow,
1:20:10
but it's going to be a better,
kinder, more gentle world tomorrow.
1:20:14
And he liked to talk about
the things that bug us today,
which was back in the sixties,
1:20:19
and put them in some kind
of a disguised form
1:20:21
because of course, the network
would never let us talk about
1:20:23
things that were political
or war or stuff like this.
1:20:27
We couldn't mention
the black/white problem,
1:20:29
so you know what happened--
1:20:31
We painted Frank Gorshin
half-black and half-white
1:20:33
and his adversary was half-white
and half-black.
1:20:35
We set them at each other,
and it looked so ridiculous up on screen
1:20:39
that everybody had to look at it
and say, "Hey, we get this."
1:20:42
I think this is going to be
my basic prediction here,
1:20:44
that Star Trek will become
the blueprint for the 21st century.
1:20:49
The philosophy, the ideals,
the prime directive--
1:20:52
they're all going to be a genetic map
for a better future,
1:20:57
a better tomorrow,
for better mankind.
1:20:59
My feeling is that
we've had a great time.