The Deadly Years, for the aging makeup, especially Shatners, which jarred a bit as he got older.
Which episode would you watch them film?
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I would like to have been present for several, especially the ones shot at Vasquez Rocks, which I amazingly failed to visit event though I lived in the Antelope Valley for three years. I would have loved to see the location filming for "Arena" and "Friday's Child." "The Alternative Factor"? No, I'd pass on that one. A mess is a mess no matter where it's shot.
Also, I'd have loved to have been present for "Space Seed,' if just to see the scene in Khan's quarters when a shaken Kirk tells him that he's 'answered them all.' Shatner and Ricardo Montalban were so good that it still gives me chills to watch that played.
At the risk of stating the obvious, "The Doomsday Machine," but not for the reason you'd think. No, As good as William Windom's performance was, there's really nothing I am compelled to want to see--except maybe the 11 minutes of Windom sitting in the shuttlecraft chair emoting while he's piloting the craft down the machine's throat. I'd be interested to know what ended up on the cutting room floor. No, what I'd really like to see is the havoc created by Shatner's line stealing from Nimoy.
Finally, my guilty pleasures: "Wink of An Eye," to meet Kathie Browne and her petite pretty (WHO IS SHE?!?!?!?!?!) sidekick, "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" to meet Sherry Jackson,' "Catspaw" to meet Antoinette Bower.
Also, I'd have loved to have been present for "Space Seed,' if just to see the scene in Khan's quarters when a shaken Kirk tells him that he's 'answered them all.' Shatner and Ricardo Montalban were so good that it still gives me chills to watch that played.
At the risk of stating the obvious, "The Doomsday Machine," but not for the reason you'd think. No, As good as William Windom's performance was, there's really nothing I am compelled to want to see--except maybe the 11 minutes of Windom sitting in the shuttlecraft chair emoting while he's piloting the craft down the machine's throat. I'd be interested to know what ended up on the cutting room floor. No, what I'd really like to see is the havoc created by Shatner's line stealing from Nimoy.
Finally, my guilty pleasures: "Wink of An Eye," to meet Kathie Browne and her petite pretty (WHO IS SHE?!?!?!?!?!) sidekick, "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" to meet Sherry Jackson,' "Catspaw" to meet Antoinette Bower.
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"So we're reshooting this?"
"No, it's a new scene. You fall off the cliff again."
"Wait, what...?"
Similar idea, but And The Children Shall Lead, to watch the age make up being done to Nichelle Nichols, and especially her reaction to first seeing it complete.
Change something? Court Martial, change the display on Commodore Stone's wall, the one with the list of ships, make it easier to read. And make the NCC numbers totally non-sequential (just to mess with some fans heads).
According to what I have read. It was lost when Gene loaned it out to someone during the making of Star Trek Phase 2. It was never returned. Shaw knows a lot about what happened.
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Yes, that was what I meant. Sorry if that wasn't clear. I suppose that would include SFX footage being shot as well, but I imagine that most of it would be done simultaneously with the actors being filmed.
Not really the spirit of the question, as it's too easy & glib of an answer to just say "I'd get rid of this bad episode and replace it with a good one!" That's why I asked it the other way.
Think of it like this: You've got the story of "Spock's Brain," and the production clock is ticking. The episode is shooting in just a day or two, so you only have time for a few quick changes or maybe a quick rewrite. But you can't shut down production, so you, and the studio, are locked into doing that episode. What do you do?
I've never heard that there were specific instances of that happening during "The Doomsday Machine." What's your source for that?
Honestly, I think "Spock's Brain" gets a bad rap as the "Worst Ever" episode of TOS. It's more entertaining than a lot of other third season episodes, and the scenes where the crew have to deduce which of several planets Spock was taken to are quite good. I think the main problem is that it's neither particularly serious nor particularly funny. So it's neither fish nor fowl. Maybe if they'd steered into the curve and made it a humorous episode like "Tribbles" or "I, Mudd" it'd be more fondly remembered.
Or, failing that, just give it a less goofy title.
Norman Spinrad. He's said it in a number of interviews he's given over the years.
First who am I Quantum Leaping into?( "Oh boy!") I have no filmmaking skills and could seriously screw something up if in a key position. I also cannot act, so I'd cost someone future work.
Come think of it. Which one of you QLed into Alternative Factor and screwed things up?? Come on, fess up! You leaped into John Drew Barrymore didn't you?!!
Come think of it. Which one of you QLed into Alternative Factor and screwed things up?? Come on, fess up! You leaped into John Drew Barrymore didn't you?!!
Whomever is best positioned to put right what once went wrong, I suppose.
This is what your hologram friend Al is for, to help you through those tough spots.
Not even Al could make me into an actor
I did a little searching, and I found this on StarTrek.com:
Going back to you being on set, did Shatner or Nimoy ever say anything to you about this script you’d penned for them?
Spinrad: Sure, but the funniest thing is there’s a sequence in there, dialogue, that goes Spock, Kirk, Spock, Kirk. While I’m on the set I see that William Shatner, in between takes, is sitting somewhere. He’s got the script and penciling out Spock lines, because he had something in contract saying that he had to have the most lines, that Nimoy couldn’t have more lines than he did. So, Marc Daniels, who was the director, starts to shoot this. Five blown takes. I’m there. It’s really an usual honor. You’re not really supposed to stick your nose into this. But I can’t stand it finally. I know what’s wrong. There’s a reaction line from Spock that’s missing. It just can’t work (without it). So I call Marc Daniels over into the corner. I said, “Listen, Marc, the reason you’re having trouble with this is because of the missing Spock line that Shatner took out. I know the whole reason why that is. We can’t put it back in, but maybe you just tell Leonard to grunt. Can you get away with a grunt?” And that’s the way they shot it.
- See more at: http://www.startrek.com/article/doomsday-more-with-norman-spinrad-part-1#sthash.l3M0tQRu.dpuf
It would be best to see the making of the Second pilot to learn about their hopes and fears for the new show and see the ideas develop, maybe one would have the chance to nudge the show a little bit, though just imagine if via the butterfly effect one's presence lead to Star Trek not being made into a series
I would like to go back ad watch them film The Gamesters of Triskelion. I really used to have a huge crush on Angelique Pettyjohn back when I was a teen. :All because of that one episode.
I'd love to watch them film "Amok Time," partly because it's my favorite episode, partly to watch Leonard Nimoy at the top of his game, partly to watch Shatner and Nimoy rolling around in the dirt. :-) Does Nimoy avoid the temptation to strangle Shatner extra hard with that ahn-woon because Shatner's been crossing out his lines, or does he manage to get in a little "take-that"? :-)
Kirk and Spock always seem curiously helpless to me during "And the Children Shall Lead." I know that I couldn't save the whole episode, but if I could at least add in Spock trying to neck-pinch the brats or Kirk trying harder to free Sulu and Uhura from their horrified fascination with what they think they see, then at least the main characters wouldn't feel so OUT of character.
Kirk and Spock always seem curiously helpless to me during "And the Children Shall Lead." I know that I couldn't save the whole episode, but if I could at least add in Spock trying to neck-pinch the brats or Kirk trying harder to free Sulu and Uhura from their horrified fascination with what they think they see, then at least the main characters wouldn't feel so OUT of character.
The Mark Of Gidron, probably. Less of Kirk randomly wandering around the ship with the annoying girl and more of the rest of the crew in action.
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