I don't remember ever not noticing it.
Hey, I never noticed that before....
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I don't remember ever not noticing it.
I know it's a Vulcan technique, but i wonder if humans can learn to do the neck pinch. That might have stopped Spock temporallily.
Data picked it up after seeing Spock do it once in "Reunification."
But as for humans learning how to it, I'd vote no, they can't.
Spock even says that some of his guards are Vulcans when he's intimidating Sulu.
I know it's a Vulcan technique, but i wonder if humans can learn to do the neck pinch. That might have stopped Spock temporallily.
Data picked it up after seeing Spock do it once in "Reunification."
But as for humans learning how to it, I'd vote no, they can't.
Then I'm going to start using Kirk's patented drop kick the next time I get in a fight.
Then I'm going to start using Kirk's patented drop kick the next time I get in a fight.
Be prepared to get stabbed by Andorians.
Then I'm going to start using Kirk's patented drop kick the next time I get in a fight.
Be prepared to get stabbed by Andorians.
Only if I miss the kick and fall on my Starfleet butt like Kirk did.
Good point. But pretending to hold it is exactly what he's doing.
Only if I miss the kick and fall on my Starfleet butt like Kirk did.
That's what happened even when Kirk made contact with his target. Because gravity is a thing that exists.
^Shatner has an anecdote in one of his ST Memory books where he was confronted by some tough guys who wanted to fight 'Captain Kirk'. He first thought of using his Kirk jump-and-kick on those dudes, but IIRC, his daughters talked him out of the idea.
Any less likely than a supply of Nazi uniforms?
^Indeed. Let us not forget, in the 23rd century, the quartermaster ran the ship's replicator. It was only after they figured out how to use it to make food that it received terminals in all quarters.
In 'Shore Leave', Sulu starts shooting a pistol. Kirk, McCoy and Barrows start running in the direction of the sound of the shots. They stop again, then start to run some more. The next shot shows Sulu firing the pistol. In the background, you can just make out the figures of Kirk and Company standing in the shadows of the trees, waiting until their cue tells them to run into the picture.
^Again from 'Shore Leave', I just noticed something from right after the crew reassembles on the bridge after they leave the pleasure planet : the last flyby of the Enterprise around the planet is from right to left across the screen. That is different than normal but I didn't pay much attention to it until I looked at the 'NCC-1701' markings on the engine nacelle and it is backwards/reverse image.
I don't see Kirk, McCoy, and Barrows waiting in the trees at the top of that shot. They seem to be running from the moment that shot starts; I don't see them standing and waiting for their cue to run.
The Enterprise orbits from right to left at both the top of the episode and at the end. (It's the one time the ship orbits in that direction--other than in "Mirror, Mirror.") The remastered version of the episode changes the orbit to the standard direction.
More info here:
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I'm looking at it right now. There are 3 small trees in the center of the picture. Just behind the left side tree you can see McCoy's blue tunic and his face, waiting for his cue. Kirk and Barrows are obscured by the tree. The path they supposedly ran down is visible leading off to the right. No one is running. Only after Sulu aims and fires do Kirk and friends suddenly bolt from behind the tree.
I know it's a Vulcan technique, but i wonder if humans can learn to do the neck pinch. That might have stopped Spock temporallily.
Didn't Picard do it once after his mind meld with Sarek? Or am I imagining things?
It's hard to tell if the small amorphous spot back in the trees is Dr. McCoy, and it's hard to tell if that spot is not moving but is instead lurking, waiting for a cue. If it's not moving, it's only for a handful of frames. After looking at that shot, I'm hard-pressed to assert that the spot is an actor, waiting. But others' eyes might be better than mine.
I know it's a Vulcan technique, but i wonder if humans can learn to do the neck pinch. That might have stopped Spock temporallily.
Didn't Picard do it once after his mind meld with Sarek? Or am I imagining things?
Memory Alpha says that Picard did do the nerve pinch in an episode (Starship Mine) and also ST:Nemesis.
Jonathan Archer also could do the pinch, when he was carrying Surak's katra.
Seven of Nine did it in at least one VOY episode, I think.
I certainly never noticed it before, but Spock's Barber is right.
Here you can see Kelley's shirt:
His badge shines a little:
You can see the black collar:
Shatner starts to cross in front of Kelley:
And here they come:
^Thank you, J.T.B, for taking the time and effort to post those screen caps. You just earned a promotion to Starfleet Command Admiral.
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