Hey, I never noticed that before....

Discussion in 'Star Trek - The Original & Animated Series' started by Warped9, Aug 1, 2015.

  1. Phaser Two

    Phaser Two Commodore Premium Member

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    Of course. Thanks, you two; good points. The music cue - is that the slowly blowing descending horn? Used, e.g., in Return of the Archons when Landru first appears and in Wink of an Eye when Kirk notices the bridge crew "slowing down?" If so, I love that one.
     
  2. johnnybear

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    Strange how the actress playing Lethe made her one and only appearance in television with this episode!
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  3. CorporalCaptain

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    Except she was in multiple shows.

    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913748/
     
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  4. JonnyQuest037

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    ...That makes it even stranger! ;)
     
  5. johnnybear

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    That's weird! I remember looking her up on the IMDB years ago and Dagger was her only credit! It must be the Mandela Effect all over again!
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  6. CorporalCaptain

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    Granted, IMDb isn't 100% reliable, but at least one of those citations should be easily checkable, I'd think....
     
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  7. johnnybear

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    I used to check up on actors that I didn't really know much about years ago and she was one that I had looked up! Either that or whomever updates her page found other listings for her in the years since!
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  8. Trekfan12

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    WOW Spock had big feet :D
     
  9. Trekfan12

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    I wonder why he was wearing the laced up shoes instead of the regular Starfleet boots?
     
  10. Trekfan12

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    Maybe to emphasize that Spock belonged to the colonists now and was no longer part of the Enterprise?
     
  11. JonnyQuest037

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    Yep, that was exactly it. I can't remember where I read this, but those plain coveralls the colonists wore were meant to symbolize their mindless conformity.
     
  12. johnnybear

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    Mindless conformity or not they were plenty happy on that little world and I'll bet a lot of us would like it there too! :techman:
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  13. Laura Cynthia Chambers

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    Lots of actors have uncredited roles. I remember hearing that some movie actors who were extras, bit parts in the 30s, 40s, etc didn't even even know they'd been in a particular well-known film until someone told them - they were just given a costume and told to walk around on a stage for a scene. They did it, then never gave that job a second thought. If I understand it right, they were contract players for a studio and hung around doing little things here and there.
     
  14. johnnybear

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    Yes there are many uncredited actors on television and even in Star Trek itself! But how anyone could not know they were in Trek TOS is crazy! I wonder what juice they were on? :guffaw:
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  15. Harvey

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    The studio system of the 30s and 40s is not the same environment as the one at Desilu when Star Trek was produced.
     
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    Marsden Commodore Commodore

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    I think LDS is what you're thinking of.
     
  17. The Old Mixer

    The Old Mixer Mih ssim, mih ssim, nam, daed si Xim. Moderator

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    If you can remember the 2260s, you weren't there.
     
  18. GNDN18

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    Part of the Free Speech movement, no doubt.
     
  19. Noname Given

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    Because a set is a set. It was a job to them:

    1) Go to wardrobe and get costumed.
    2) Go to stage 9 (or whatever stage they're filming on.)
    3) Stand/Walk in the background per the Director's (primary or secondary) until the Director says you're done.

    They have no lines, they're set dressing; so it wouldn't surprise me that (back in the day when Star Trek was a Network show consistently at the bottom of the ratings); that someone couldn't recall walking standing in the background for a few hours on one particular set if that's what they did multiple times a week for multiple productions.
     
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  20. JonnyQuest037

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    Yeah. Not everybody is a fan like we are. To us, being on TOS would be the thrill of a lifetime. To some of the extras and actors, it was probably no different than being on Lost in Space or Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.