Now with those, Balok and a multitude of other Bulbous-headed aliens from fiction, you can see where a lot of Grey alien inspired abduction stories came from.
A Remake of the Cage
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Bulbous-headed, big-brained aliens are indeed an SF cliche, predating STAR TREK.
By coincidence, I was just watching the original 1953 version of INVADERS FROM MARS last night, where the Martian leader has an oversized dome.
I think the darker costume throws the look off.
I'd love for SNW to do an extended revisit of "The Cage," preferably in a longer format - a two parter would be, um, somewhat appropriate.
They ought to ignore any expectations of a literal retelling, maybe frame the events as relevant to some other storyline. It's not like Trek never revisits old stories - "Flashback" and "Trials and Tribbleations" come to mind.
They ought to ignore any expectations of a literal retelling, maybe frame the events as relevant to some other storyline. It's not like Trek never revisits old stories - "Flashback" and "Trials and Tribbleations" come to mind.
Probably not. Aliens or future humans with big craniums, usually bald, way predate the Trek episode both in print media and TV.
Even the big-headed "Greys" go back to the 1950s, though they weren't referred to by that name. They were staples of UFO "reports."
"Multitude of other bulbous-headed aliens from fiction" should cover this.
actually, that is a modified pic I did of the Discovery Talosian to make it look closer to TOS, I did not dislike the Discovery version, but it could have been closer than it was
And no more TOS characters in SNW, while we're at it.No more remakes please, write new stories.
M'Benga: Leonard, I have good news! I just discovered pyrrhoneuritis! Your father will be fine!
(later)
Pike: We just went through this with Dak'rah and now this?!
M'Benga: But it's true, McCoy just attacked me. I told him I found a cure for his terminally ill father and he attacked me!
actually, that is a modified pic I did of the Discovery Talosian to make it look closer to TOS, I did not dislike the Discovery version, but it could have been closer than it was
Ah, ok. I could have sworn that he didn’t look like that on screen.
Absolutely.
As a different sort of example, "These Are the Voyages..." inserted a holodeck adventure into the events of "The Pegasus."
As another kind of example, "All Good Things..." does an irreconcilable alternate history of events at the time of "Encounter at Farpoint" and makes numerous references to the earlier episode.
No. "The Cage" is a classic and is just fine as it is. Plus, we don't need more remakes.
I have often thought it would be interesting for them to do a shot-for-shot reshoot of the "future" scenes from "All Good Things..." using the actors as they are today. No changes, no 'enhancements,' no nothing. Just redo the scenes exactly as they were, but with actors who have actually aged. Now that I would be interested in seeing.
I don't think they'll remake "The Cage" but I feel like they will do some scenes in front of and after "The Menagerie" for an episode, possibly as their final episode. Sort of like how the episode of BCS "Breaking Bad" is around the BB episode "Better Call Saul." That in turn could bring in scenes from "The Cage" itself.
That would be interesting, but I'm not sure why they would ever do that. But I like the AGT future better than the PIC future
Tony Gilroy said that deepfakes have gone leaps and bounds from Tarkin in Rogue One: https://screenrant.com/star-wars-rogue-one-moff-tarkin-cgi-technology-discarded/ . AI does it faster and better. (How does he know all these details anyway? Is Tarkin showing up in Andor Season 2?)
At this point I would not be surprised if some fans ended up remaking Cage via AI deepfakes, posting it on youtube hastily before a nasty letter from Paramount etc.
At this point I would not be surprised if some fans ended up remaking Cage via AI deepfakes, posting it on youtube hastily before a nasty letter from Paramount etc.
I'd rather see SNW end picking up after The Menagerie. Pike knows he'll become disfigured and paralyzed and there's a ticking clock sense of doom from that. What he doesn't know, is that thanks to the Talosians, his life in the end winds up being ok. A happy end for Space Dad would be a fitting send off for his character's arc.
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