I've never seen some of these photos, but here are some promotional slides from TMP that are up on flickr.
TMP Promotional Slides up on Flickr
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Wow. Great pics. Thanks for the link.
I count four slides taken from the memory wall sequence, and one showing the zapped security ensigns from the plasma probe on the bridge sequence.
I've seen the one of Spock in the original EVA suit holding the phaser, but not the one of him leaving the airlock.
Is that a phaser in his right hand? I didn't know any of the principals were even filmed holding phasers.
Doug
Yes. The original Space Walk scene called for Spock to fire his phaser in order to rescue Kirk from being crushed by a swarm of crystal pyramid-like devices.
Indeed, I believe they were supposed to be some sort of digital antibodies of some type.
Also the two security guys who showed up on the bridge and had phasers drawn, though I'm not sure if they ever actually were to fire them at the probe or not, who then get zapped.
Doug, anywhere from 80% to 100% memory wall principal photography was completed on the segment. Why it was cut is unknown really. Some say it was because it was felt that the cost for SFX was too high for the already over budget production to finish. Some that it was too long of a segment in an already slow and too long movie and was "cut for time". And even more say it was because of politics, that the segment was scrapped because it was the primary focus of the first effects house, since it was the majority of the principle/effects interaction in the film. That is was cut because either the new effects team didn't like it, or that it was deemed unusable to allow for the contractual break with the first effects team.
It seems that RA&A had some issues with the model work, and that this area suffered. But was actually ground breaking in a lot of their practical effects, which this sequence, as well as the bridge probe sequence, demonstrated. But in order to fully break the contract with RA&A they needed cause, and declared this and several other major practical effects shots as unusable so they could, and cut out completely the Memory wall and cut around the bridge probe, in doing so loosing the security guys.
I haven't compared these, but they look to be the original slide sources of a few sets of the Lincoln Enterprises mail order catalogue's "Wallet photos" for ST:TMP.
That's my Flicker and all are welcome to them and any other Trek pics I've posted or am gonna post (more to come)
But technically they belong to Indysolo who sent me them in the first place. Im hoping he's not to pissed with me for posting them :/
But technically they belong to Indysolo who sent me them in the first place. Im hoping he's not to pissed with me for posting them :/
Thanks for the details on the Memory Wall sequence, middyseafort & Data_Holmes. I have read many things about it on this forum, but didn't remember anything about hand phasers.
I'm thinking TMP was the only original series film where none of the principals held a phaser. Yup, even in IV, Kirk used a Klingon phaser on the hospital door.
Doug
I'm thinking TMP was the only original series film where none of the principals held a phaser. Yup, even in IV, Kirk used a Klingon phaser on the hospital door.
Doug
^Kirk and Spock are wearing a different space suit design in the Memory Wall sequence than the one used in the final film. This suit can also be seen when Kirk leaves the Enterprise in the extended television cut.
If I remember my old Starlog correctly, the actors complained about the original space suit costumes built by Brick Price Movie Miniatures because they were made out of a material that smelled like "fresh vomit."
If I remember my old Starlog correctly, the actors complained about the original space suit costumes built by Brick Price Movie Miniatures because they were made out of a material that smelled like "fresh vomit."
I think that was because they used neoprene rubber type material for the body suit under the plastic chest piece and helmets.
