Roger Ebert Called Gene Roddenberry’s Post-Star Trek Movie ‘Embarrassing’

Gene Roddenberry‘s 1971 sexploitation film “Pretty Maids All in a Row” came in the wake of “Star Trek,” which finished its original NBC run in June 1969. The film was the only feature the creator ever wrote. Sadly, it failed to impress any critics, least of all Roger Ebert, who dubbed Roddenberry’s movie “embarrassing” — though most of that criticism was leveled at director Roger Vadim.

In 2009, Ebert provided his take on the phenomenon of super-fandom. “A lot of fans are basically fans of fandom itself,” he wrote. “It’s all about them. They have mastered the ‘Star Wars’ or ‘Star Trek‘ universes or whatever, but their objects of veneration are…