Planet Earth (TV Movie 1974)

Planet Earth: Directed by Marc Daniels. With John Saxon, Janet Margolin, Ted Cassidy, Christopher Cary. A man awakens from suspended animation and finds himself in the 22nd century, where women rule the world and men are slaves called Dinks. He is captured and sold as a slave, but escapes and hooks up with a male rebel movement.

“This is really rough. I understand It was a hoped for pilot for a potential series but I am not surprised it didnu0026#39;t make it. I have watched and enjoyed the many Star Trek incarnations so I am not critical about this because I am not open to Roddenberryu0026#39;s work.nWhat is surprising is there are some talented people working on this. Juanita Bartlett, Gene Roddenberry, Diana Muldaur, John Saxon, Robert Justman.nJohn Saxon does well with his part but that is about it. Diana Muldaur is given a pretty one dimensional character which is sad because in other parts she does well at capturing a character with some depth.nThe main problem is the idea of female/male reversal has no subtlety that would provoke deeper thought. Instead it is like a hammer in the majority of the work. The plot moves on very roughly with little character development.nFor better expressions of Roddenberryu0026#39;s genius, watch Earth Final Conflict, or Andromeda.”