That was definitely done in post-production.
Party like it's 1966!
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That was definitely done in post-production.
Well, let's not turn it into an anti-Cushman book either. Cushman who?
That's fascinating. Man Trap is certainly not a bad episode by any stretch. The characters are super strong.
It's funny that the "one woman" from McCoy's past isn't his ex-wife. Maybe that part of his backstory hadn't been considered yet.
I read the Blish story this morning. Some interesting differences. Our Heroes are a bit smarter. More scientific. They even comment that The Creature wasn't very intelligent. Crater's name is something different. And nobody buys for a minute that Darnell was dumb enough to poison himself. The one scene that was cut that I missed was where "McCoy" and Crater are in the briefing room arguing for the Creature's life.
Saw The Man Trap on 9/8/16 and tried to imagine me watching it as a 5 year old back on that first night in '66 on my dad's RCA color TV in the living room..and you know what? it worked! While watching it on my 55" 4K TV, I could close my eyes and it all came flooding back! Maybe it was the popcorn (we always watched primetime TV eating popcorn when I was a kid) my wife cooked along with the sounds and sights but all the excitement was still there and the Salt Vampire is still a bit horrific even after 50 years..
Star Trek LIVES!
Star Trek LIVES!
It's definitely that, and the reason is pretty interesting:
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/smells-nostalgia-why-do-scents-bring-back-memories-895521
For me it's the smell of certain kinds of Chinese food. Ah, nostalgia!
It's not a secret but I haven't seen it called out: It's funny that the first shot of people on Star Trek is from The Naked Time. (Right? With Uhura at the helm?)
So, I'm not watching any other TOS (certainly not 1st season) until it "airs". So right now The Man Trap is the entirety of my TV Star Trek. It feels like when all I had of TNG was Encounter at Farpoint. (And I watched it. A LOT.) So I started watching Enterprise. I'm not hating it.
I grew up watching Star Trek in re-runs where the episodes would repeat every few months. So I can't even fathom watching an episode and there being a pretty good chance that I would never see it again!
So, I'm not watching any other TOS (certainly not 1st season) until it "airs". So right now The Man Trap is the entirety of my TV Star Trek. It feels like when all I had of TNG was Encounter at Farpoint. (And I watched it. A LOT.) So I started watching Enterprise. I'm not hating it.
I grew up watching Star Trek in re-runs where the episodes would repeat every few months. So I can't even fathom watching an episode and there being a pretty good chance that I would never see it again!
Correct.
Is that a vote for the historical context posts? I had been doing them in the other review thread, but thought they might fit better here. Either is fine with me.Well, let's not turn it into an anti-Cushman book either. Cushman who?
I've never read Cushman (though his reputation certainly precedes him), so any similarity was strictly coincidental.
Well, I'm enjoying them.
Fifty years ago today Sol Kaplan recorded The Enemy Within. Fred Steiner is, to me, the heart and soul of Star Trek music. But WOW did Kaplan do good Trek. He only scored two episodes. (You MAY know the music to The Doomsday Machine.) I wish he had done more. (At least one more.) Parts of The Enemy Within score are heartbreaking (Spock Takes Over / Help Me). The action parts of this score are also probably best known as Gorn music.
It's fun to hear the various composers take on the Enterprise. Kaplan was pretty definitive. (As much as I love Steiner or, for that matter, Duning.)
50 years old today:
Charlie X
Directed by Lawrence Dobkin
Teleplay: D. C. Fontana
Story: Gene Roddenberry
As is my tradition (as of the past week) I'll be listening to the Charlie X episode of Mission Log today. Tonight I'll watch the episode (original FX, thank you very much). Sometime in the next week I'll read the James Blish adaptation (Charlie's Law).
As of tonight (50 years ago) Star Trek had TWO episodes.
Charlie X
Directed by Lawrence Dobkin
Teleplay: D. C. Fontana
Story: Gene Roddenberry
As is my tradition (as of the past week) I'll be listening to the Charlie X episode of Mission Log today. Tonight I'll watch the episode (original FX, thank you very much). Sometime in the next week I'll read the James Blish adaptation (Charlie's Law).
As of tonight (50 years ago) Star Trek had TWO episodes.
This is so true: http://pvponline.com/comic/2016-09-15
Well, I watched Charlie X last night. The blu-ray still has the cello opening credits for the original FX version, but at least the wooshes are in sync now. That original ship still looks gorgeous. Especially here in HD.
Still a good episode. If any of the stories are to believed I wonder what Fontana's original would have been like without Roddenberry's "horny teen" re-write?
One of the most interesting things for me to notice this week was that Charlie melts his OWN chess pieces.
Since I've never really watched Star Trek this way before it never occurred to me that Charlie X and Where No Man Has Gone Before are back to back. I clued in when Spock had a line about "we have to stop him while we can" kind of thing. So out of three episodes two of them are power mad yet sympathetic telekinetics and none of them have happy endiings!
(I think our local station syndicated them in production order because I remember Court Martial and The Menagerie being back to back.)
The engineering set makes it's first appearance as the gym, right? And that's our first Jefferies tube! I know NBC wanted planet shows, but I think almost all of my favorite episodes are bottle shows. Almost.
So, we're watching in airdate order (my preferred order for various reasons). But Charlie X was the seventh first season episode filmed right? Not super early days then. Odd that in an episode this late that Nimoy would still be grinning his head off. Other than this scene Nimoy seems to be getting a very firm grip on what we would know as Spock.
I still find the rec room scene to be one of the most uncomfortable things on Star Trek. (Fortunately we have more than two years until Plato's Stepchildren.)
The Enterprise has 17 year-olds as crew? Wild.
Hey! Another woman with pants!
I know it was more budget than anything, but the Antares guys wearing pilot uniforms gives an unintended bit of continuity.
The silly thing about this "project" is that I'm super excited for next week's episode even though I've seen it dozens of times.
LLAP, y'all.
Well, I watched Charlie X last night. The blu-ray still has the cello opening credits for the original FX version, but at least the wooshes are in sync now. That original ship still looks gorgeous. Especially here in HD.
Still a good episode. If any of the stories are to believed I wonder what Fontana's original would have been like without Roddenberry's "horny teen" re-write?
One of the most interesting things for me to notice this week was that Charlie melts his OWN chess pieces.
Since I've never really watched Star Trek this way before it never occurred to me that Charlie X and Where No Man Has Gone Before are back to back. I clued in when Spock had a line about "we have to stop him while we can" kind of thing. So out of three episodes two of them are power mad yet sympathetic telekinetics and none of them have happy endiings!
(I think our local station syndicated them in production order because I remember Court Martial and The Menagerie being back to back.)
The engineering set makes it's first appearance as the gym, right? And that's our first Jefferies tube! I know NBC wanted planet shows, but I think almost all of my favorite episodes are bottle shows. Almost.
So, we're watching in airdate order (my preferred order for various reasons). But Charlie X was the seventh first season episode filmed right? Not super early days then. Odd that in an episode this late that Nimoy would still be grinning his head off. Other than this scene Nimoy seems to be getting a very firm grip on what we would know as Spock.
I still find the rec room scene to be one of the most uncomfortable things on Star Trek. (Fortunately we have more than two years until Plato's Stepchildren.)
The Enterprise has 17 year-olds as crew? Wild.
Hey! Another woman with pants!
I know it was more budget than anything, but the Antares guys wearing pilot uniforms gives an unintended bit of continuity.
The silly thing about this "project" is that I'm super excited for next week's episode even though I've seen it dozens of times.
LLAP, y'all.
The DVD releases with original effects are the only place to hear the electric violin theme on this episode. Glad I kept 'em.
You can watch them on Amazon Prime with the EV main titles but they still use the cello version end titles.The DVD releases with original effects are the only place to hear the electric violin theme on this episode. Glad I kept 'em.
Neil
Yeah I forgot about Prime. Every version still has the cello end titles. Only Where No Man retained the EV end titles.
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