I meant the difference between your ship's gravity and whatever planet you send an away team to. If the atavachron adjusts you to new conditions, you could use/modify it to get you ready for different planet conditions.
This is reminding me of my head-canon that, when applicable, starships have their shipboard clocks run fast or slow en route to subtly sync up the crew with the local time at their destination.I meant the difference between your ship's gravity and whatever planet you send an away team to. If the atavachron adjusts you to new conditions, you could use/modify it to get you ready for different planet conditions.
- UHURA: No, you have an answer. I'm an illogical woman who's beginning to feel too much a part of that communications console. Why don't you tell me I'm an attractive young lady, or ask me if I've ever been in love? Tell me how your planet Vulcan looks on a lazy evening when the moon is full.
- SPOCK: Vulcan has no moon, Miss Uhura.
- UHURA: I'm not surprised, Mister Spock.
Well, TWOK and TSFS actuallyBoth McCoy and Chapel have carried Spock's katra (TVH and Return to Tomorrow, respectively).
Not to mention the shadows. The filming crew had to pick up some shots after the sun had set one day so they lit things up as much as possible to 'simulate' daytime, and had to stage said shots according to that, hence why the sudden overhead viewpoints here and in Sulu's isolated encounter with that samurai. As far as the shadows are concerned with that, they're way too pronounced and pointed, while in the left you can see evidence of where the stagelights were starting to fade.Shore Leave
As Kirk and Spock head back to the glade, they are strafed by the plane. On the lower left corner of the screen cap is a crack/fissure with a distinctive inverted V.
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Next they run into the Samurai. After they knock him down they run by the same crack with the inverted V that they just passed.
*Credit to TrekCore for their kind use of this screencap.*
That's a very unfortunate situation, if they've gone to all the expense of outdoor shooting, and then the shot looks like studio work because of the artificial light. I'm sure it's a very brief bit in the episode.Not to mention the shadows. The filming crew had to pick up some shots after the sun had set one day so they lit things up as much as possible to 'simulate' daytime, and had to stage said shots according to that, hence why the sudden overhead viewpoints here and in Sulu's isolated encounter with that samurai. As far as the shadows are concerned with that, they're way too pronounced and pointed, while in the left you can see evidence of where the stagelights were starting to fade.
If a film's intended aspect ratio is 1.85:1, it was almost certainly shot "open matte" -- i.e., exposing the full 1.37:1 frame with the top and bottom masked off in projection. So if it's cropped to the standard modern TV ratio of 1.78:1, that means you're actually seeing a bit more picture at the top and bottom, not less.Since it's harder to guess aspect ratio and I doubt it's 1.78:1 despite being close to that, but I'm off to find a still photo of the viewscreen plus screencaps of any bog standard comedy film that was shot in 1.85:1 (but likely cropped to fit 1.78:1 on blu-ray as the loss is nominal) and where was I going with all this again?
I just measured the McMaster drawing with a ruler. I got a viewscreen length of 68 inches, height 40, and diagonal 80.2. The viewscreen of the Enterprise... appears to be comparable to a 80~82" LCD TV screen that's the norm nowadays. At least, based on "Spock's Brain" when Kirk is on the edge of the set as close to it as possible, which gives a solid approximation of vertical height (40", or very close to it).
I just measured the McMaster drawing with a ruler. I got a viewscreen length of 68 inches, height 40, and diagonal 80.
Even allowing for error on my part, that's remarkably consistent with your eyeball figures. I wonder if McMaster looked at stills from "Spock's Brain" and came to the same estimates you did, in the same way.
She was good, despite being given some crap lines, and having to play in a crap episode. I wish she'd come back multiple times.I read "McMasters" and I think "Lt. Masters" one of my favorite one off crewmembers.
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