Operation – Annihilate: Operation – Stay Awake

[Doug Otte]

NG just did a big article in their company newsletter with some great pics I've never seen before

http://www.as.northropgrumman.com/media/pdf/August_2010.pdf

Thanks for the link. That's an interesting article, and fun pictures. I did notice a typo in the article, where they stated that Shatner, Nimoy, Kelley, Doohan, Nichols, and Takei were all on location at the park. Obviously, Kelley, Nichols and Takei did not appear in any location shots for this episode. However, we see Kelley in costume in the pictures. Why was he there?

Doug

 

[GSchnitzer]

NG just did a big article in their company newsletter with some great pics I've never seen before

http://www.as.northropgrumman.com/media/pdf/August_2010.pdf

Thanks for the link. That's an interesting article, and fun pictures. I did notice a typo in the article, where they stated that Shatner, Nimoy, Kelley, Doohan, Nichols, and Takei were all on location at the park. Obviously, Kelley, Nichols and Takei did not appear in any location shots for this episode. However, we see Kelley in costume in the pictures. Why was he there?

Doug

Kirk
Spock
McCoy
Scotty
Zahra
Bobby

 

[Smellincoffee]

I've always referred to this episode as "Attack of the Flying Electric Pancakes".

 

[Doug Otte]

NG just did a big article in their company newsletter with some great pics I've never seen before

http://www.as.northropgrumman.com/media/pdf/August_2010.pdf

Thanks for the link. That's an interesting article, and fun pictures. I did notice a typo in the article, where they stated that Shatner, Nimoy, Kelley, Doohan, Nichols, and Takei were all on location at the park. Obviously, Kelley, Nichols and Takei did not appear in any location shots for this episode. However, we see Kelley in costume in the pictures. Why was he there?

Doug

Kirk
Spock
McCoy
Scotty
Zahra
Bobby

Oops! I just knew I must have forgotten Kelley. I'm still correct that Nichols and Takei didn't appear on the planet, right?

Doug

 

[Ssosmcin]

Kirk
Spock
McCoy
Scotty
and Ensign Ricky.

"Ah crap."

 

[trevanian]

Now if I could only stay awake during "The Immunity Syndrome"!

YES! IS is a sleeper as well. Glad I am not alone on that one as well...

TOTAL sleeper. Maybe worst episode of TOS for that fact. No coolness like space hippies or Spock's hair being good after a brain operation. Just DULL. Woof.

Different strokes I guess. 40 years ago when I started watching TOS in reruns I started ranking them, and DOOMSDAY and IMMUNITY were always in my top 3 (other was usually BALANCE or OBSESSION.) I don't think IMMUNITY has EVER been out of my top 10. Wish they did more stuff that didn't bother with guest cast.

EDIT ADDON: odd, but the reason I went into this thread was I saw newest member name was dgerrold and I was wondering if it was David Gerrold. Info on page indicated he had posted here, but there's nothing here from him, and now when I go back to the username it has zero posts listed.

 

[scotpens]

The only thing that irked me about "Operation -- Annihilate!" was the cheap device of Spock being blinded. Of course, we knew he would regain his sight before the closing credits rolled.

It's interesting to see the TRW employees watching the filming from the walkway overhead. I wonder if it was hard to keep them quiet during takes?

That shouldn't have been a problem. We Southern Californians are used to seeing film crews everywhere and we know how to conduct ourselves when a location shoot is in progress. Besides, all the dialogue in the outdoor scenes had to be looped in postproduction anyway.

A lot of fans thought the location was a college campus. Here's a link to a screencap of a well-composed shot, with the walkway in the foreground blocking out the TRW logo on the tall white building.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewfeinberg/2290231332/

On second thought, it would have been a pretty hefty coincidence if an overhead walkway just happened to be in the right place for that shot. I'm sure the dark triangle in the upper left corner is just a piece of cardboard or something mounted on a stand in front of the camera.

ADDENDUM: Wait a minute -- this is a ZOMBIE THREAD!