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Earth: Final Conflict
Earth: Final Conflict is a science fiction television series based on ideas developed by Gene Roddenberry. The series was produced under the guidance of his widow, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, who possessed notes kept by Roddenberry that would provide the conceptual basis for the series. It ran for five seasons between October 6, 1997, and May 20, 2002.
Early in the 21st century, a race of aliens, the Taelons (often referred to as "the Companions"), travel to Earth and take up residence in limited numbers. The Taelons possess highly advanced technologies, many of which they share with humanity, seemingly out of generosity and good will. As a result of these advances, disease, war and pollution are nearly eliminated within three years of their arrival. Despite this, some question whether the Taelons' motives are as benevolent as they appear, and a resistance movement forms to halt the Taelons' ever-growing influence on humanity.
After the cancellation of Star Trek in 1969, its creator Gene Roddenberry began working on other projects, producing scripts and pilot episodes that were shown to various networks, including Genesis II and The Questor Tapes. He began early planning for a project called Battleground: Earth, a science fiction series set in the near future when a group of aliens land on Earth under a banner of peace. Roddenberry wrote the initial for the series in 1976 long before the similarly themed 1983 TV miniseries V.
20th Century Fox Television expressed interest in producing a pilot episode for the series, but Roddenberry's busy schedule prevented it. When the order for the pilot came in, he was in England filming a TV movie, which was followed by work on the Star Trek films and later the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation. When he died in 1991, Battleground: Earth had yet to be produced.
In the mid-1990s, Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, began to develop the project. The series was put into production by Atlantis Films and syndicated by Tribune Entertainment with the companies hoping to tap into the blockbuster success of Independence Day. It was renamed Earth: Final Conflict to avoid confusion with L. Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth. The success of the show led to the development of one other posthumous Roddenberry project, Andromeda.
For the design of the Taelons, Stephen Roloff referenced Buddha, Bodhisattvas, Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs, Jesus Christ, and other religious and spiritual figures for their humanoid design, while their true form was created using 100% computer-generated imagery provided by Claibre Digital.
The show premiered on October 6, 1997, and ran for five seasons. The finale was broadcast on May 20, 2002.
The show had an unusually high turnover rate among the regular cast, partially due to contractual disagreements between the cast and the producers.[citation needed] Almost all of the show's major characters were killed or otherwise removed within a season or two of being introduced. In fact, the only character to appear as a regular during all five seasons was FBI Agent Ronald Sandoval (Von Flores), one of the show's antagonists.
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Earth: Final Conflict
Earth: Final Conflict is a science fiction television series based on ideas developed by Gene Roddenberry. The series was produced under the guidance of his widow, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, who possessed notes kept by Roddenberry that would provide the conceptual basis for the series. It ran for five seasons between October 6, 1997, and May 20, 2002.
Early in the 21st century, a race of aliens, the Taelons (often referred to as "the Companions"), travel to Earth and take up residence in limited numbers. The Taelons possess highly advanced technologies, many of which they share with humanity, seemingly out of generosity and good will. As a result of these advances, disease, war and pollution are nearly eliminated within three years of their arrival. Despite this, some question whether the Taelons' motives are as benevolent as they appear, and a resistance movement forms to halt the Taelons' ever-growing influence on humanity.
After the cancellation of Star Trek in 1969, its creator Gene Roddenberry began working on other projects, producing scripts and pilot episodes that were shown to various networks, including Genesis II and The Questor Tapes. He began early planning for a project called Battleground: Earth, a science fiction series set in the near future when a group of aliens land on Earth under a banner of peace. Roddenberry wrote the initial for the series in 1976 long before the similarly themed 1983 TV miniseries V.
20th Century Fox Television expressed interest in producing a pilot episode for the series, but Roddenberry's busy schedule prevented it. When the order for the pilot came in, he was in England filming a TV movie, which was followed by work on the Star Trek films and later the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation. When he died in 1991, Battleground: Earth had yet to be produced.
In the mid-1990s, Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, began to develop the project. The series was put into production by Atlantis Films and syndicated by Tribune Entertainment with the companies hoping to tap into the blockbuster success of Independence Day. It was renamed Earth: Final Conflict to avoid confusion with L. Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth. The success of the show led to the development of one other posthumous Roddenberry project, Andromeda.
For the design of the Taelons, Stephen Roloff referenced Buddha, Bodhisattvas, Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs, Jesus Christ, and other religious and spiritual figures for their humanoid design, while their true form was created using 100% computer-generated imagery provided by Claibre Digital.
The show premiered on October 6, 1997, and ran for five seasons. The finale was broadcast on May 20, 2002.
The show had an unusually high turnover rate among the regular cast, partially due to contractual disagreements between the cast and the producers.[citation needed] Almost all of the show's major characters were killed or otherwise removed within a season or two of being introduced. In fact, the only character to appear as a regular during all five seasons was FBI Agent Ronald Sandoval (Von Flores), one of the show's antagonists.