Rare "Cage" pics!

[Pindar]

I really like the look of the Cage era bridge for the most part. I think it looks more high-tech than the TOS era version, which I also like very much.

The Cage is one of my all time favourite episodes of Star Trek and whilst I agree that the bridge does look more advanced than the TOS version at the same time the colours and lighting of the episode reminds me strongly of Forbidden Planet.

I even like those gooseneck viewers because it gives it some added visual texture.

They make sense, it bugs me a little that hardly anyone has any form of read out from their station.

The viewers make sense, and I quite like the look of them.


Great shot of Spock in one at the bottom of this page

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=20&page=3

There are some nice hi-res shots from The Cage in the Hi Def galleries from The Menagarie pts I & II

http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/index.php?cat=2

I don't know how I missed these before.

 

[Praetor]

Wow, these are just awesome. Trek looks great in B&W.

I even like those gooseneck viewers because it gives it some added visual texture.

They make sense, it bugs me a little that hardly anyone has any form of read out from their station.

The viewers make sense, and I quite like the look of them.

Agreed wholeheartedly. It was a shame they deleted the lamp viewers.

 

[Botany Bay]

Hey these are great Warped 9 - what a find.

Mmm...new Yeoman Colt pics

 

[USS Mariner]

Wow, those pictures are so cool, thanks for posting. It would be very interesting to see the original in b/w!!

Put in your The Cage DVD. Play with the color settings on your TV.

Boom.


Trekker, boom.

I might try it sometime, color in black and white is not always the same as black and white as intended though. A lot of stuff that was originally black and white takes more advantage of contrast and shadows than just turning the color off.

Not only that, but B/W film has a different dynamic range than color film IIRC.

 

[ChristopherPike]

Merciful Mogg! The "printout" crewperson (the young lady sitting at the science station when they retrieve the hardcopy report), she can actually smile! (See shot "ST 206" in the second to last jpeg.)

Indeed, she caught my eye too. Almost Vulcanian with those eyebrows, with the hair maybe even teased over the ears to avoid the extra expense.

I'd like to thank Warped9 for pointing these images out. Some amazing images of Jeffrey Hunter, whose universe-weary performance I've always found massively unappreciated. Horses for courses, I guess and William Shatner reflected where the 60's were heading, with Hunter a relic of the more serious, uptight generation who came before.

 

[Cakes488]

I'd like to be able to view these images in a larger size...when I try to blow them up the quality is degraded....

 

[Gary7]

Some lucky person will end up winning the auction... I wonder if they'll be magnanimous and make hi-res images available for a reasonable fee.

 

[number6]

I'd like to be able to view these images in a larger size...when I try to blow them up the quality is degraded....

You should try to just make the images larger instead of using explosives.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Put in your The Cage DVD. Play with the color settings on your TV.

Boom.


Trekker, boom.

I might try it sometime, color in black and white is not always the same as black and white as intended though. A lot of stuff that was originally black and white takes more advantage of contrast and shadows than just turning the color off.

Not only that, but B/W film has a different dynamic range than color film IIRC.

I forgot that they didn't find the color footage when showing The Cage initially and only had the B/W.

For anyone curious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFXt0ZbR_9o&feature=rec-fresh+div

EDIT: Oops, I'm a moron, it's that way on the DVD as well, I guess I haven't thrown that in in a while!

 

[RandyS]

Those are amazing photos! If I were filthy stinking rich, then I'd try to purchase them, assuming they're for sale.

It'd be cheaper to just print them out, don't you think?

 

[ahkyahnan]

Wow, those are awesome photos. Thanks so much for sharing these. I do love those early sets, and there's something about B&W that's so clean looking and lends such a sense of sophistication. It's timeless that way.

Can't quite put my finger on it exactly, but there's something about The Cage that always seemed to make me feel that this Enterprise and crew were so much further out there and alone than Kirk's, though WNMHGB has that quality too. Like they were just as isolated as all those earlier missing ships that were so far out it took years just to make a point of looking for them. Maybe it was the B&W that, by comparison and in hindsight, suggested earlier sci-fi movies where there was just the one special ship and not a fleet. Or maybe the spartan sets and reduced (onscreen at least) crew presence. Or the more serious, detached and lonely portrayal of the crewmembers themselves, like they were really far from home and had been for a long time...not just on a routine patrol. The heavier uniforms & jackets maybe, because they suggested a chillier environment. Cold and spartan, maybe that's it. Always suggests isolation to me. Like a remote base in the Antarctic after you're locked in for Winter. That's how The Cage has always felt to me.

Mark

 

[Professor Moriarty]

ahkyahnan, you have the soul of a poet! Very well said.

 

[Patrickivan]

Wow, those are awesome photos. Thanks so much for sharing these. I do love those early sets, and there's something about B&W that's so clean looking and lends such a sense of sophistication. It's timeless that way.

Can't quite put my finger on it exactly, but there's something about The Cage that always seemed to make me feel that this Enterprise and crew were so much further out there and alone than Kirk's, though WNMHGB has that quality too. Like they were just as isolated as all those earlier missing ships that were so far out it took years just to make a point of looking for them. Maybe it was the B&W that, by comparison and in hindsight, suggested earlier sci-fi movies where there was just the one special ship and not a fleet. Or maybe the spartan sets and reduced (onscreen at least) crew presence. Or the more serious, detached and lonely portrayal of the crewmembers themselves, like they were really far from home and had been for a long time...not just on a routine patrol. The heavier uniforms & jackets maybe, because they suggested a chillier environment. Cold and spartan, maybe that's it. Always suggests isolation to me. Like a remote base in the Antarctic after you're locked in for Winter. That's how The Cage has always felt to me.

Mark

I couldn't agree more. They gave it just that little more detail in the back-ground elements. I found that they carried this on for the first couple of episodes of TOS as well.

In the Cage though, I loved the use of those jackets. It made sense. Carrying equipment on an away mission, with more then 3 characters? Awesome! The bridge displays were not as static. And the more muted colours obviously contribute to mood.

And as much as I hate to say it- having women in pants made more sense. But they did this for the first TOS ep to. Well, not the first one aired, but first one made.

These are great pictures. I love this stuff and am amazed that we still get treated to the old stuff after all these years!

 

[Keith1701]

These are very cool.

A couple of the shots of Number One are bordering on art.

I agree...........

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Wow, those are awesome photos. Thanks so much for sharing these. I do love those early sets, and there's something about B&W that's so clean looking and lends such a sense of sophistication. It's timeless that way.

Can't quite put my finger on it exactly, but there's something about The Cage that always seemed to make me feel that this Enterprise and crew were so much further out there and alone than Kirk's, though WNMHGB has that quality too. Like they were just as isolated as all those earlier missing ships that were so far out it took years just to make a point of looking for them. Maybe it was the B&W that, by comparison and in hindsight, suggested earlier sci-fi movies where there was just the one special ship and not a fleet. Or maybe the spartan sets and reduced (onscreen at least) crew presence. Or the more serious, detached and lonely portrayal of the crewmembers themselves, like they were really far from home and had been for a long time...not just on a routine patrol. The heavier uniforms & jackets maybe, because they suggested a chillier environment. Cold and spartan, maybe that's it. Always suggests isolation to me. Like a remote base in the Antarctic after you're locked in for Winter. That's how The Cage has always felt to me.

Mark

I think it was the TV, after all when you're in deep space for a long time you're going to want some tube to pass the time. And when you've been out for a really long time you might even just leave your phaser laying haphazardly on top of it.

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/0x00/thecage037.jpg

 

[Shatinator]

It's like Pike and his loyal are investigating Krell--awesome

Thanks Warp9