DeForest Kelley and 'Shore Leave'
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Yea, sorry. Just my opinion, mind you. Shatner always seemed at ease with the ladies. Deforest, not so much
And who could blame bones? Memory alpha indicated that this role was originally intended for the Rand character but, after she was written out, they re imagined the role. My wife (and I agree) think that banks is a definite improvement.
"Shore Leave" was filmed during October 1966, so Banks was 33. Kelley was 46. The age difference really isn't that great. It might seem like it is if one's looking at it from one's teens or twenties. Or if one's her father.
http://www.deviantart.com/art/yeoman-barrows-the-temptress-285234223
And who could blame bones? Memory alpha indicated that this role was originally intended for the Rand character but, after she was written out, they re imagined the role. My wife (and I agree) think that banks is a definite improvement.
I don't think it would have worked with Rand. That's a great photo, too. Looks like it could have been a still shot taken right on location. Nice.
That's a great photo, too. Looks like it could have been a still shot taken right on location. Nice.
I disagree. The head is WAY out of proportion with the body, giving her a far more petite figure than Emily Banks actually had, and the skin tones don't match (compare how pale the hands are with Banks' face & neck).
Look at Banks' actual figure in this shot from "Shore Leave." Unlike the DeviantArt version of Yeoman Barrows, she had shoulders:
The genuine Banks was FAR more attractive than that bad Photoshop job.
Wasn't Kelley also a smoker then?
I just read his biography a few months back and I believe he was a smoker until the mid 90s when his health really started to decline.
No kidding was he smoker, couldn't even be bothered to put out his cig during a surgical procedure on a critically ill Federation Ambassador!
That's a great photo, too. Looks like it could have been a still shot taken right on location. Nice.
I disagree. The head is WAY out of proportion with the body, giving her a far more petite figure than Emily Banks actually had, and the skin tones don't match (compare how pale the hands are with Banks' face & neck).
Look at Banks' actual figure in this shot from "Shore Leave." Unlike the DeviantArt version of Yeoman Barrows, she had shoulders:
The genuine Banks was FAR more attractive than that bad Photoshop job.
I respect your opinion, but I personally disagree with you. I believe the person who did the photoshop work did a very good job. We may nit pick on a few specific ponits of his work , but I think he captured the essence of the episode and transformed it in a contemporary way while still being true to the rough vibe of the era.
And, no, it's not my work. I have nowhere near this level of skill
FAR too modern in style, IMO. TOS was sexy, but it was still classy.
Wasn't Kelley also a smoker then?
I just read his biography a few months back and I believe he was a smoker until the mid 90s when his health really started to decline.
No kidding was he smoker, couldn't even be bothered to put out his cig during a surgical procedure on a critically ill Federation Ambassador!
Maybe it was Nimoy behind him. Or Sarek suffered a short circuit.
That was steam from the cryo-procedure. 
Agreed. Wonder why they never brought her back?
She also pops up in Gemini by Mike W. Barr, and the last issue of DC's first Star Trek comic, in a story by Martin Pasko and Grey Morrow. And probably a few other places I'm forgetting about.
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