In this episode they used footage from TOS which made this episode a classic for me and one of my favourites of Discovery. But did they tweak the footage? In the original TOS episode does Spock smile when touching the plants?
The TOS footage in the episode "If Memory Serves"
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Maybe one day some later series will use footage from Discovery and stick goofy transitions on that.
Amazing how just splicing a bit of old footage into something can make it into a person’s favorite episode.
Seems like a pretty low bar to clear.
Seems like a pretty low bar to clear.
I suppose it shows how effective continuity can be if it's used intelligently.
I’ll take your word for it.
Been a long time since I saw it.
Still, it takes a bit more than splicing a minute of The Cage into something to rock an episode to the top of my favorites.
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I love the Cage, and it was why I put Pike as my top captain over Picard and Kirk but I agree on this point.
You got to work with the information and add to it otherwise it might as well say, "Watch this episode before watching the new episode."
Same. Doctor Who did the same thing much more effectively around the same time, but embraced the evidence of their longevity rather than turning it into a joke about how campy everything used to be.
(I know the audio’s a bit overwhelming, but it’s the only video of the recap I could find on YouTube.)
I’m surprised no one has tried to edit a “straight” recap of “The Cage” for “If Memory Serves.” I guess I’ll have to do it myself someday.
Dubstep soundtrack, lots of freeze-frames and fast-forwards and rewinds for emphasis. Maybe throw in a “Well, that just happened” to really capture the spirit of the 2010s.
I loved the episode, particularly the new Vina and her scenes with Pike. And the way they did the intro was marvelous. Rather than trying to fit unlike things together in a literal way, it gives this great sense of someone imagining a story that they weren't witnesses to being told to them as a kind of legend.
Aside from that, they're trying to cover a lot of story points in under a minute, with little latitude to stitch visual continuity together in editing. So foregrounding the necessarily abrupt nature of the visual jumps makes sense.
The DW posted for reference synopsizes a relatively brief sequence taking place in a single location with two or three speaking parts. STD covers a pilot running close to an hour.
Aside from that, they're trying to cover a lot of story points in under a minute, with little latitude to stitch visual continuity together in editing. So foregrounding the necessarily abrupt nature of the visual jumps makes sense.
The DW posted for reference synopsizes a relatively brief sequence taking place in a single location with two or three speaking parts. STD covers a pilot running close to an hour.
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Same. I've planned to do it but never gotten around to it. Race ya.
If I was doing it, I'd use disco music instead.
I have no idea what I'm looking at.
It feels too TV promo for my taste. Your mileage may vary.
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