Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
Making It So: Continuing Star Trek – The Next Generation is an 84-minute documentary offering an in-depth exploration of Star Trek: The Next Generation's second season, including the effects of the 1988 writer's strike on the show, cast changes, and the challenges of creating groundbreaking visual effects on a television budget. For ease of access, the documentary – produced for inclusion on the 2012 TNG Season 2 Blu-ray release – is split into two roughly equal-length parts,
- Part 1: "Strange New Worlds"
- Part 2: "New Life and New Civilizations"
The documentary includes unique behind-the-scenes footage, outtakes, and interviews with the key creative personnel from the show, as well as the entire regular cast, including Diana Muldaur, who joined the cast during the series' second year.
Cast[]
- Mark A. Altman
- Rick Berman
- Rob Bowman
- LeVar Burton
- Dan Curry
- John de Lancie
- Michael Dorn
- Jonathan Frakes
- David Gautreaux as Xon (archive footage)
- Cosmo Genovese
- Persis Khambatta as Ilya (archive footage)
- Peter Lauritson
- David Livingston
- Seth MacFarlane
- Dennis Madalone
- Dan Madsen
- Gates McFadden
- Ronald B. Moore
- Ronald D. Moore
- Diana Muldaur
- Larry Nemecek
- Garfield Reeves-Stevens
- Judith Reeves-Stevens
- Marina Sirtis
- Melinda M. Snodgrass
- Patrick Stewart
- Eric A. Stillwell
- Brian Thompson
- Wil Wheaton
Crew[]
- Directed by
- Writing credits
- Produced by
- Kris Edwards – co-producer
- Roger Lay, Jr. – producer
- Robert Meyer Burnett – producer
- Film Editing by
- Makeup Department
- Joanna Pensinger – makeup artist
- Sabrina Siebert – makeup artist
- Sound Department
- Darren Barnett – sound re-recording mixer
- Visual Effects by
- Mike Nichols – compositor
- Other crew
- Ana Barredo – production staff: CBS Home Entertainment
- Zachary Brenner – post-production assistant
- Angelo Dante – production staff: CBS Home Entertainment
- Lorena Gatdula – legal: CBS Home Entertainment
- Natasha Mandich – legal: CBS Home Entertainment
- Denise Okuda – project consultant
- Michael Okuda – project consultant
- Production Company