So if Idris had a son named for him, that would be Idris Elba II...
(OK, I'll show myself out...)
(OK, I'll show myself out...)
Hey, I never noticed that before....
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And don't let the door hit you on the way out either! 
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"Immunity Syndrome"....the full size hangar deck set has a black circle around the full size Shuttlecraft, while the miniature has a red square or rectangle.
I watched "The Man Trap" this morning, in celebration of the 50th, and caught something that hey, I never noticed before: they remark several times that M-113 is a very hot and arid planet, and thus the need for salt. To this end, the filmmakers take great pains to show that everyone is sweating profusely -- except for Nancy. She is completely sweat-free. This is a very subtle and lovely touch that I never took in, before high definition. It reminded me of the ending to John Carpenter's The Thing, which everyone seems to think is ambiguous, but really isn't.
Also, at the end of the episode, where Kirk confronts the Salt monster in McCoy's quarters, the series of close-ups on McCoy that start with "Are you insane?!?" are all out of focus.
Also, at the end of the episode, where Kirk confronts the Salt monster in McCoy's quarters, the series of close-ups on McCoy that start with "Are you insane?!?" are all out of focus.
What I've noticed is that it couldn't be a shapeshifter like Odo's people for example, because three different people see three different things at the same time. So the creature must somehow influencing the minds of the people directly and each mind individually. Maybe if ten people had seen it, they would have seen ten different persons.
Sorry for the ot, but could you elaborate, please?
I agree. But I wonder if the strongest feelings the creature picked up would be the template for the appearance, ei, Janice sees Green, therefore Sulu also sees Green because that's who it's mimicking, but then reads Uhura and turns into Swahili speaking crewman.
And if Ella Fitzgerald married Darth Vader...
And yes, the salt vampire isn't really a shape shifter. Also, after the teaser they all see it the same way. That episode is not a favorite of mine.
Neil
At the end of the The Thing, only two characters remain alive: Kurt Russell's MacReady, and Keith David's Childs. They have a short conversation and the movie is over -- but is one of them an alien? Is the Earth still in danger? It's supposedly ambiguous, but if you watch the scene closely -- every time MacReady speaks, billows and billows of steam-breath gush from his mouth with every word. When Childs speaks, absolutely nothing. No steam. They are sitting two feet apart. A clear indicator that Childs is the Thing. It's genius. 
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Or on HUGE TV screens at high resolution.
Yes, those were the sixties, back then black people were supposed to be attracted to black people and white people to white people, even the salt sucking monsters shared that prejudice.
Frame by frame and with a magnifying glass...
But Uhura stated that she had never seen that crewman on the ship before or anywhere else for that matter!
JB
At the end of the The Thing, only two characters remain alive: Kurt Russell's MacReady, and Keith David's Childs. They have a short conversation and the movie is over -- but is one of them an alien? Is the Earth still in danger? It's supposedly ambiguous, but if you watch the scene closely -- every time MacReady speaks, billows and billows of steam-breath gush from his mouth with every word. When Childs speaks, absolutely nothing. No steam. They are sitting two feet apart. A clear indicator that Childs is the Thing. It's genius.
I bought this one years ago and still haven't opened it! I'll have to get it pencilled in...
JB
I don't know, doesn't everything go these days? 
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I suppose it was an amalgam of her past musings about an ideal man?
It is nowadays for salt vampires, with the concern for too much salt in some diets...
Sure as hell sounds like it.
That's what I always thought as well. Thank whateverness we have enlightened people to point out how wrong we all are.
Why can't people fancy their own race if they want to? What's the problem with that?
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