The Enterprise was originaly designed the wrong way up. But Gene saw the mistake and went: that's cool, we're keeping it. Totally impractical for planetary landings, obviously fragile, but damn it looks cool still 60 years on
Der Boden der Tiefseebasis, auf dem Mitarbeiter die „Raumschiffe“ beluden, war in Wirklichkeit der Königsplatz in München, als er noch mit großen Granitplatten belegt war. Dort wurde aus erhöhter Position die Mannschaft gefilmt.
The floor of the deep-sea base, on which crew loaded the "spaceships", was in reality the Königsplatz in Munich, when it was still covered with large granite slabs. There, the team was filmed from an elevated position.
The ability to do a Vulcan salute is genetic, and I always wonder what Trek would have looked like if Nimoy didn’t have the gene for it. Or if he hadn’t been Jewish, since peeking at the priestly blessing as a kid is what he said inspired it.
That one is probably too well known. Umm, do we all know about the officially licensed TOS novel Killing Time by Van Hise that had a reprint issued because it was too gay? (Kirk/Spock) I have one of the original versions around the house somewhere.
The scene where Quark and Garak are discussing how the Federation is over root beer was supposed to have originally been performed with a comedic tone. However, both Armin Shimmerman and Andrew Robinson insisted on playing it deadly serious. And thus we got one of the most legendary scenes in the franchise.
Because the doors in the set of TOS were manually opened and closed by stage hands, they would frequently not open on cue leading to the actors barreling straight into a closed door.
The gold/yellow shirts in the original series were actually green. The three Starfleet colors were supposed to be RGB. It was just a weird fabric that appeared yellow thanks to odd '60s light/film quirks. Eventually, they decided to just go with it and actually make it yellow.
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Olap@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1d
The Enterprise was originaly designed the wrong way up. But Gene saw the mistake and went: that's cool, we're keeping it. Totally impractical for planetary landings, obviously fragile, but damn it looks cool still 60 years on
gnufuu@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 1d
At the time TOS was produced there was a rival TV series made in West Germany. It's as nerdy and niche as you could ever wish for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raumpatrouille_%E2%80%93_Die_phantastischen_Abenteuer_des_Raumschiffes_Orion
Surely any similarities to TOS are purely coincidental.
The Internet Archive has all the episodes with English subs: https://archive.org/details/raumpatrouille-orion/1+Attack+from+Outer+Space.mp4
EDIT: Added picture and archive link
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 22h
From the German version:
Those granite slabs were put there by the Nazis.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1d
Morn actor Mark Allen Shepherd's credits include only one non-trek role in what appears to be a shelved film called Babylon Vista.
bacon_pdp@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1d
Spock/Kirk porn novella are still the best selling Star Trek novella series of all time.
davidgro@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1d
Also, that slash in the beginning of your comment between those particular names is the specific slash that named the entire genre of said works.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 22h
Homoerotic? Really?
edit: oh yes indeed
Korval@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 21h
From the article: "Star Trek was by that point one of the longest-lived and most prosperous subjects of slash fiction." ;) I approve of this writer.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 1d
The ability to do a Vulcan salute is genetic, and I always wonder what Trek would have looked like if Nimoy didn’t have the gene for it. Or if he hadn’t been Jewish, since peeking at the priestly blessing as a kid is what he said inspired it.
That one is probably too well known. Umm, do we all know about the officially licensed TOS novel Killing Time by Van Hise that had a reprint issued because it was too gay? (Kirk/Spock) I have one of the original versions around the house somewhere.
grue@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 23h
It is your duty to digitize and upload that original version of Killing Time.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 21h
I’d honestly be shocked if it’s not already floating around somewhere!
bacon_pdp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 23h
What gene?
SatyrSack@quokk.au · 3 pts · 18h
Roddenberry
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 22h
The scene where Quark and Garak are discussing how the Federation is over root beer was supposed to have originally been performed with a comedic tone. However, both Armin Shimmerman and Andrew Robinson insisted on playing it deadly serious. And thus we got one of the most legendary scenes in the franchise.
DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 21h
Which episode?
grue@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 21h
DS9 S04E02 "The Way of the Warrior"
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 20h
Because the doors in the set of TOS were manually opened and closed by stage hands, they would frequently not open on cue leading to the actors barreling straight into a closed door.
crimson_iris@piefed.social · 8 pts · 1d
Romulus isn't there anymore. It's literally gone.
SatyrSack@quokk.au · 5 pts · 18h
The gold/yellow shirts in the original series were actually green. The three Starfleet colors were supposed to be RGB. It was just a weird fabric that appeared yellow thanks to odd '60s light/film quirks. Eventually, they decided to just go with it and actually make it yellow.