{"id":2310537,"date":"2026-03-03T16:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2310537"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:30:27","slug":"roger-ebert-called-gene-roddenberrys-post-star-trek-movie-embarrassing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/roger-ebert-called-gene-roddenberrys-post-star-trek-movie-embarrassing\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Ebert Called Gene Roddenberry&#8217;s Post-Star Trek Movie &#8216;Embarrassing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/name\/nm0734472\/\">Gene Roddenberry<\/a>&#8216;s 1971 sexploitation film &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt0067610\/\">Pretty Maids All in a Row<\/a>&#8221; came in the wake of &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt0060028\/\">Star Trek<\/a>,&#8221; which finished its original <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/company\/co0847663\/\">NBC<\/a> run in June 1969. The film was the only feature the creator ever wrote. Sadly, it failed to impress any critics, least of all <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001170\/\">Roger Ebert<\/a>, who dubbed Roddenberry&#8217;s movie &#8220;embarrassing&#8221; \u2014 though most of that criticism was leveled at director <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/name\/nm0671862\/\">Roger Vadim<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Ebert provided his take on the phenomenon of super-fandom. &#8220;A lot of fans are basically fans of fandom itself,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;It&#8217;s all about them. They have mastered the &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; or &#8216;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt0060028\/\">Star Trek<\/a>&#8216; universes or whatever, but their objects of veneration are&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source m.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gene Roddenberry&#8216;s 1971 sexploitation film &#8220;Pretty Maids All in a Row&#8221; came in the wake of &#8220;Star Trek,&#8221; which finished its original NBC run in June 1969. The film was the only feature the creator ever wrote. 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