77: Ready Or Not, She Launches

"Return To Tomorrow" Book with Preston Neal Jones   ​Sometimes a bad thing 40 years ago becomes a good thing today. In this episode of Standard Orbit​, Mike and Drew talk with author Preston Neal Jones about his oral history book on The Motion Picture, "Return To Tomorrow". Originally planned as a double-issue of the Cinefantastique magazine, Preston interviewed 60 people involved with the making of the first Star Trek movie while it was being made. Now these interviews are compiled into a 672-page book, making a "montage of memory" of what it was like to be there in 1979 in the lead up to release. What was the big problem with the making of the film? Was there more than one? And is it OK to call Trekkers "Trekkies"? We discuss this and more in this fascinating episode!   Hosts Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler Guest Preston Neal Jones   Editor and Producer Drew Stewart   Associate Producer Richard Rutledge, Jr. Production Manager Richard Marquez   Content Coordinator Will Nguyen   Chapters​The Book (00:01:09) How A Magazine Becomes A Book (00:05:34) You Were There (00:10:31) Full Access Pass (00:13:55) Getting Into Journalism (00:16:42) Trekkie vs Trekker (00:17:35) Portrait of a Non-Trekkie (00:19:07) Too Many Scripts (00:26:14) Assigning Blame (00:28:10) Misconceptions (00:32:55) What If… (00:36:54) Where To Get The Book (00:39:51) Closing (00:42:06)