Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x08 - "Four-And-A-Half Vulcans"

[GothicPudding]

I think you are mistaken, since pretty much everything behind those red benches seems to be the AR wall, including the windows, the ceiling and that upstairs lounge we curiously never see anyone go up to.

The camera seemed to move a lot less than previous scenes on that set with the AR Wall. The space background outside the ship was also plain. So, I figured they more likely used traditional green screens behind a swing set on their regular sound stage instead using the AR wall and rendered the backgrounds afterwards.

I assume that if they used the AR Wall, they would have had used more dynamic camera movements or lighting than what was seen in the episode.

I've assumed that the AR Wall is relatively expensive to use, which is why they constructed the engineering/science lab and bar sets.

 

[Quantum21]

A 6 from me.

Borderline racist? Fully racist? Imagine if you created a story with all Chinese actors or the race of your choice, and wrote it this way. See how it seems?

Admittedly there are some good bits in it, but not enough to rescue this from being a midling entry of the series.

 

[Mudd]

As a premise, "The Enemy Within" was pure mainstream Star Trek. One of the first year's most successful and consequential.

 

[Jedman67]

I've assumed that the AR Wall is relatively expensive to use, which is why they constructed the engineering/science lab and bar sets.

The main engineering set was half AR wall.
The first season lounge was partially AR, but I think they rebuilt it for Season 2 to be fully practical.
The new science lab, which I guess is this season's substitute for engineering, is fully practical.

 

[MarcKyle1964]

Stupid premise, serious story.

Did Wilder forget his line there? Funny nonetheless

 

[Nerys Myk]

Borderline racist? Fully racist? Imagine if you created a story with all Chinese actors or the race of your choice, and wrote it this way. See how it seems?

Neither, because Vulcans aren’t real and Trek has always lean heavily into the Alien race is X trope. Starting with…you guessed it, the Vulcans.

 

[fireproof78]

Did Wilder forget his line there? Funny nonetheless

Well, he is supposed to be a drunk that just woke up and seeing a black sheriff so a little confusion is expected in the performance.

Plus, it's a riff on the trope around Nick names and names. Night Court did something similar:

"Most people call me Buddy."

"Oh? What's your real name?"

"Buddy."

 

[Tuskin38]

but I think they rebuilt it for Season 2 to be fully practical.

That's a separate lounge, called the Port Lounge. It's a separate room/set from the forward lounge with the big windows.

 

[Tuskin38]

Ok that's a neat background detail I didn't notice

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It often pays off to watch the background in a #StarTrek episode. In #StarTrekSNW's "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans" you can see, for example, how Dr. Korby continuously calls back ➡️⬇️ after Vulcan-Chapel has hung up on him ⬆️. It's not ackwnowledged in any way but you can see it in the background.😀

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