Cheesiest set decor
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There was an episode of DS9, I think, where O'Brien takes a phaser out of a wall-mounted holder. The holder was a case I had designed for holding -IIRC- matchbook cars. One of Beverly Crusher's med-kits was actually a type of tape-casette holder I own and one of the more "famous" one is the impulse exhaust vent from an AMT model of a Klingon Battlecruiser used as the artery-repairing device McCoy uses on Chekov in TVH.
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I agree about the cassette holders on the Reliant bridge, but the IDIC sparklet thing in Spock's quarters? No way, I want one of those!
(For the record, I'm watching TWOK right now)
My now-local shopping plaza/mall had a major renovation around the time of the early 80s and had shimmery Sparklets murals everywhere! Coincidentally, one of the stores in it used to sell light-up infinity mirrors, just like the one in Spock's quarters.
The plaza was renovated again a few years ago and the last of the Sparklets were removed. A sad day.
Or props like this?
http://therinofandor.blogspot.com/2007/10/hey-hoshi-translate-this-we-all-know.html
Not a bad example. It's an uncommon item that's been reworked to make it less recognizable.
I think in Star Trek III Leonard Nimoy intentionally made things look a lot like TOS. The fight scene between Kirk and Kruge at the end for example, or the whole look of the planet and the rest of the set design. It always appeared to me like they wanted everything to look like a more expensive version of TOS (instead of a realistic look).
Indeed.
In addition to the night club:
- The lame-ass Klingon Bird-of-Prey bridge set. Wow, I'm so scared.
- The abominable redress of the Enterprise bridge for the USS Grissom. PINK chairs? Seriously???
- The Genesis planet, complete with styrofoam precipice for Kruge to be cheesily kicked off of. Shame the sound stage fire didn't destroy the whole thing!
- Kirk's apartment. Actually, this was one of TWOK's better pieces of art direction, but what the hell is a BBC microcomputer doing in the 23rd Century? Oh, wait: Kirk collects antiques. I guess that that even extends to his 1980s tracksuit. Jim'll Fix It.
- The Excelsior bridge. OH. MY. ZEUS. Has there ever been a bigger piece of crud committed to celluloid, ever? Not even excluding Ed Wood films and Star Trek: Nemesis? How can you have a yellow alert in space dock? DUDE, GET A BETTER SHIP. Seriously.
On the plus side, STIII does have some wonderful cinematography.
On the plus side, STIII does have some wonderful cinematography.
The Enterprise flyby at the beginning was cool.
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^ One of my favorite scenes from III was the Enterprise entering Spacedock.
I believe the commentary says that was intentional, in order to paint the Grissom as a wimpier ship than the Enterprise.
I'm surprised no one's cast a vote yet for TUC's "floppy bulkhead", during Scotty's 'Klingon Bitch' scene. *oy*
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EXACTLY.
My contention was, simply, that pink chairs clash badly with the colours of the bridge set. There was a snarky allusion to pink being a feminine colour, too, of course -- which makes the decision even more incongruous in the militarized universe of Harve Bennett and Nicholas Meyer -- but that was relatively benign, and more for humour's sake.
That the powers that be actually thought that the auspicious presence of a particular colour on a set conveys wimpiness is, well, troubling. I am not in the mood to whip out my TSFS DVD right now, but here is the wording, from the film's director, Leonard Nimoy, in the aforementioned commentary track:
Actually, now that you mention the fire, can we blame that for those cheapo Genesis planet scenes? Was there something better planned originally?
Now that was 100% TOS. Cheap looking set for a badly choreographed fight scene. Where's the problem with that?
Actually, now that you mention the fire, can we blame that for those cheapo Genesis planet scenes? Was there something better planned originally?
I don't think so. According to William Shatner, he singlehandedly rode in on a white unicorn and saved the day.
"GIVE ME GENESISSSS!"
Do they? TWOK had worse photography, makeup, costuming and art direction than The Original Series, so the bar had already been set very low.
Actually, now that you mention the fire, can we blame that for those cheapo Genesis planet scenes? Was there something better planned originally?
According to the first DVD special edition release of TSFS, the director of photography had wanted to film the Genesis sequences on location in Maui.
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