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ST Phase 2: MIND-SIFTER
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Sorry, but tiny grey text reading "Advertisement" isn't clear.
Could it be that you were so attracted to the pretty girls, that your eyes missed the "Advertisement" text above it?
The pictures themselves are just pretty, they do not by themselves make any advertising statements, unless you click on them.
Seriously, what do you expect, a massive banner saying the next picture is an advertisement!!! That text is typical of a comment, both is size and colour to inform people that it is an advert. Most adverts on websites do not even do that. Look at the adverts here on TrekBBS, they inform you even less what is an advertisement.
All the same, I have had an offer from a binary trading company who want to put adverts on our site. Would that be preferably to seeing pretty girls?
Your German website has been very reliable, and as a person who tries to guide people so they can find these films easily, not give up due to the horror of the hunt, I appreciate that.
A valid concern was expressed. The response was somewhat (and in my opinion unnecessarily) snarky.
I don't see how.
The line doesn't bother me. However, everyone is entitled to express their opinions. If dissenting opinions detracts from the film, then it won't be worth watching anyway.
Hello, everyone.
I have some questions for those folks who produced this outstanding episode, "Mind-Sifter".
In those scenes where Kirk is in the mental hospital, we can hear voices in the background: female voices singing eerie tunes, as if they were very far and above, with an echo to them. The songs appear to be in 1940s-1950s style, such as Sinatra would sing them, but more, shall we say, "elongated" in time.
Is this supposed to be within Kirk's head? Are the songs a sign of his madness? Or is this something that is actually supposed to be sounding throughout the hospital as if from a radio somewhere?
Also, I have looked and looked and seem unable to pinpoint the alleged continuity error between takes in the Scotty-McCoy scene in McCoy's quarters. Director Mark Lewis says that there is an error there in his post-production commentary track, and he says it is very visible if you know where to look. I have tried, to no avail. I give up.
Can anyone tell me what the mistake is?
I appreciate the attention and remain
Yours,
SrAtoz
I have some questions for those folks who produced this outstanding episode, "Mind-Sifter".
In those scenes where Kirk is in the mental hospital, we can hear voices in the background: female voices singing eerie tunes, as if they were very far and above, with an echo to them. The songs appear to be in 1940s-1950s style, such as Sinatra would sing them, but more, shall we say, "elongated" in time.
Is this supposed to be within Kirk's head? Are the songs a sign of his madness? Or is this something that is actually supposed to be sounding throughout the hospital as if from a radio somewhere?
Also, I have looked and looked and seem unable to pinpoint the alleged continuity error between takes in the Scotty-McCoy scene in McCoy's quarters. Director Mark Lewis says that there is an error there in his post-production commentary track, and he says it is very visible if you know where to look. I have tried, to no avail. I give up.
Can anyone tell me what the mistake is?
I appreciate the attention and remain
Yours,
SrAtoz
Is it McCoy's sleeves?
All our music credits for the episode are listed at the end of the episode.
1. "Amazing Grace”
John Newton (Lyrics) Traditional Melody
Performed by Wendy Hinkle, 2014
2. "Out of This World”
Shorty Sherlock
Performed by Shorty Sherlock, 1945
Performed by Shorty Sherlock, 1945
3. “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Performed by Billie Holiday, 1937
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
Performed by Billie Holiday, 1937
4. "If I Loved You”
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Performed by Shorty Sherlock, 1945
5. "Coo Coo In the Clock”
Martha Tilton
Performed by Martha Tilton, 1942
Performed by Martha Tilton, 1942
6. “Sentimental Journey”
Les Brown, Ben Horner, Bud Green
Performed by Shorty Sherlock, 1945
7. "One Sweet"
Damfino Who
Performed by Damfino Who, 1924
Performed by Damfino Who, 1924
8. "Oh Mabel”
Damfino Who
Performed by Damfino Who, 1926
Damfino Who
Performed by Damfino Who, 1926
9. "All the Things You Are”
Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein
Performed by Artie Shaw, 1940
Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein
Performed by Artie Shaw, 1940
10. "Beautiful Dreamer”
Stephen Foster
Performed by Al Jolson, 1950
Stephen Foster
Performed by Al Jolson, 1950
11. Music from “The Twilight Zone”
Bernard Hermann, Maurice Constant, et al
Cayuga Productions, 1959
Bernard Hermann, Maurice Constant, et al
Cayuga Productions, 1959
The continuity error is the level of the fluid in the glasses as they cut from one angle to another.
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Why, thanks for the clarification!
About the songs, the real question was whether these were supposed to be playing within Kirk's head or if they were actually playing in the hospital.
Ah, also -- have I complimented you guys on the episode yet? I should. It is a great piece and not to be taken lightly. It sure does the original TOS team justice.
About the songs, the real question was whether these were supposed to be playing within Kirk's head or if they were actually playing in the hospital.
Ah, also -- have I complimented you guys on the episode yet? I should. It is a great piece and not to be taken lightly. It sure does the original TOS team justice.
Yes, it's hard to tell the intent of the songs. (The ambiguity is what makes the whole thing cool, I guess.) The music wasn't scripted, so it was a directorial choice. I don't know if Mark Edward Lewis' intention was that the music was something only Kirk was hearing in his head, or if it was source music being piped through the hospital. Of course, there's a third (and likely) possibility: the music (like nearly all of the music in Star Trek that plays over the action), doesn't exist in the Trek universe itself--neither in actuality nor in the heads of the characters; it's inserted for the benefit of the viewing audience. No one says "when Spock is fighting Kirk in "Amok Time," is the cool Vulcan "fight music" playing on loudspeakers in the ancient ponn farr arena--or is it something only Spock is hearing in his plak tow-induced frenzy? I suspect the musical standards we as the audience hear in "Mind-Sifter" should be considered no differently than the rest of the background music for the episode.
Thank you for the apt reply.
I was reviewing the Scott-McCoy scene to spot the supposed mistake of varying levels of liquid. Mark E. Lewis says in the Post-Production Commentary that the mistake is between the first and the second take. However, the first take does not show the bottle. Hence, it is very probably not the liquid level.
I am watching the episode again as I type this. Man, Kor does not only look like the original; he moves and talks like the original. John Colicos would have been proud.
I was reviewing the Scott-McCoy scene to spot the supposed mistake of varying levels of liquid. Mark E. Lewis says in the Post-Production Commentary that the mistake is between the first and the second take. However, the first take does not show the bottle. Hence, it is very probably not the liquid level.
I am watching the episode again as I type this. Man, Kor does not only look like the original; he moves and talks like the original. John Colicos would have been proud.
Backers (such as me) are getting a DL link to a widescreen version of this episode. Sadly, though, it's just been cropped from the 4x3 version, so you're actually getting less picture rather than more. Haven't had time to watch this version yet, but this process rarely yields optimal results. I don't know if this will eventually be put up on YT or if it's just an "extra" for backers, but I'd imagine it will eventually go public.
We have viewers who really, really hate 4:3 aspect ratio and the way it presents in "pillarbox" format on their screens. They really, really want 16:9 aspect ratio. So we blow up the image a tiny bit and crop the top and bottom a little bit. (Even the cropping is fairly sophisticated: it's customized for every shot to maximize the important content.) It's relatively easy to do and makes a lot of people happy.
Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but....Over the years I've watched only two episodes of the New Voyages, both of which I enjoyed. And now I've just watched my third, "World Enough and Time." What a good episode! And amazing to have the one and only George Takei as Sulu in a starring role. Wonderful. A surprisingly emotional episode with great FX, great editing, and strong performances all around. Difficult to believe that this episode is almost 9 years old. In any case, hats off to everyone involved. Just in case anyone needs a link, here it is: