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Things You Missed The First Few Times

Floyd's Barber Shop from Mayberry/Andy Griffith Show in City on the Edge of Forever. Didn't see that until a week ago.
 
That Ricardo Montalban lost his iffy Indian makeup and Khan's his crew transformed into Aryan youths between "Space Seed" and STII.

That Sarek's ST'09 speech to young Spock about choosing a path in life is lifted directly from "Yesteryear", where a time-travelling Spock tells his younger self the exact same thing (which he would have heard from Sarek in the pre-"Yesteryear" timeline and... I have a headache)
 
It took me 20 years (or more) of watching TOS before I finally noticed the lizard wall decoration next to the door in sickbay.
What?! Screenshot???
Here's all of the information you need ...

http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/albums/2x01hd/amoktimehd800.jpg

More shots and context for your review and inspection ...
http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/thumbnails.php?album=37&page=27

Thanks! Leave it to someone named 2takes to find it on Trekcore.
 
I think I said this one in a similar thread a year or so ago, but here goes anyway. In "The Apple", it took me until very recently to realize that the Feeders of Vaal were giving him the same explosive rocks for food that the landing part had stepped on.
 
^ Are you sure about that? I thought they were feeding it normal food.

Me, it took several years before I realized that Betazoid eyes are all black.
 
A couple things I didn't notice until recent rewatches:

> The Armagosa Observatory in Generations is seemingly a TOS-era construct. It uses prominant Daystrom interfaces for its computer graphics, which I had noticed before, but I didn't notice until the other day that you can actually see TOS-era intercoms on the walls (like the ones they used on the Enterprise corridors in TOS all the time). Clearly the observatory is meant to be an old station that is still in use. :D

> In Where No Man Has Gone Before, we see Scotty at the helm at the end of the episode. I don't recall ever seeing Scotty at the helm in any other episode? :confused: We do see him at the helm of the refit Enterprise in The Search For Spock, but that's about the only other time I can recall.

> In Lonely Among Us, Commander Riker has got a model of the TOS Gallileo 7 in his quarters, which I *had* noticed before... but it wasn't until a recent rewatch that it occured to me why: Riker is said to be an ace pilot, so his having an interest in shuttlecraft (ie, smaller vessels) in particular might make a lot of sense for his character. ;)
 
ENT, season 4 episode "Home". For some reason, on my first watch I didn't notice the bit where T'Pol and Trip go for a walk and look over the fire fields (or whatever that place was called) where Spock did his Kolinahr at the beginning of TMP.
 
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A couple things I didn't notice until recent rewatches:

> The Armagosa Observatory in Generations is seemingly a TOS-era construct. It uses prominant Daystrom interfaces for its computer graphics, which I had noticed before, but I didn't notice until the other day that you can actually see TOS-era intercoms on the walls (like the ones they used on the Enterprise corridors in TOS all the time). Clearly the observatory is meant to be an old station that is still in use. :D

> In Where No Man Has Gone Before, we see Scotty at the helm at the end of the episode. I don't recall ever seeing Scotty at the helm in any other episode? :confused: We do see him at the helm of the refit Enterprise in The Search For Spock, but that's about the only other time I can recall.

> In Lonely Among Us, Commander Riker has got a model of the TOS Gallileo 7 in his quarters, which I *had* noticed before... but it wasn't until a recent rewatch that it occured to me why: Riker is said to be an ace pilot, so his having an interest in shuttlecraft (ie, smaller vessels) in particular might make a lot of sense for his character. ;)

Scotty takes the helm in COTEOF after Sulu is injured, but that is clearly an emergency situation where someone had to grab the steering wheel.
 
From ST3:TSFS -- in the freighter that meets up with Kruge's ship to deliver the Genesis data, there's an alien crewmember on board (entirely separate from Valkris.)
Yes! Now, this is very strange, because for all the time and money that went into this "alien," there's just this quick, distant reaction shot of the back of his head, just as Kruge's blowing the ship up. It's hard to believe that it looked like shit and that's why, when it had to be tested and approved, every step of the way. An odd directorial decision, to say the least. Perhaps Nimoy felt that the impression of Valkris being the only alien onboard, added to her regal, even exotic, appearance?
That was likely an editorial decision. When you cut a film together you decide what works best for pacing and narrative, and lots of things end up on the cutting room floor.
 
I think I said this one in a similar thread a year or so ago, but here goes anyway. In "The Apple", it took me until very recently to realize that the Feeders of Vaal were giving him the same explosive rocks for food that the landing part had stepped on.

^ Are you sure about that? I thought they were feeding it normal food.

Marlonius is right. Go to TrekCore and take a good look at the screencaps. This seems to have gotten by a lot of people over the years, including me. I honestly think it is not as clear as it should have been, and it's especially hard to make out what the feeders of Vaal are carrying and throwing in on smaller TV screens like we had back in the day.
 
As I mentioned the last time this topic came up, it took me years to figure out that the "Seven" in "The Galileo Seven" referred to the seven stranded crew members and was not actually the name and number of the shuttlecraft!
 
^ Are you sure about that? I thought they were feeding it normal food.
I wonder where they're getting all those exploding rocks. You'd think after centuries the local area would be stripped clean.

It's possible that prior to the arrival of the Enterprise that Vaal only needed to be fed a few times per year, or outlay villages were suppying the Feeder of Vaal with rocks.
 
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As I mentioned the last time this topic came up, it took me years to figure out that the "Seven" in "The Galileo Seven" referred to the seven stranded crew members and was not actually the name and number of the shuttlecraft!
It is, or can be perceived as, both. The name and registry number of the shuttlecraft are "Galileo" and "1701/7" respectively. This makes it the "Galileo, number seven in line" of the available shuttlecraft. Copernicus is number four, I believe.

This is undoubtedly why so many people don't realize it does refer to the seven crewmembers on board, and think it only refers to the vessel.
 
That big rock Kirk holds in 'What Are Little Girls Made Of'

Yup, never noticed it for years. Now I am too embarassed to watch the episode with others present. C'mon that rock could not have been an accident !!! Was Shatner in on it , was the director ? Was the prop department simply having a joke at their expense ?
 
I just recently noticed the black Betazoid eyes like some have here.

See, I've always *known* they were black... because others told me. Either TrekBBS posters here or secondary media like the Star Trek Encyclopedia or even Wiki. And I've watched the episodes several times; it just never ever occurs to me while watching that their eyes look different. They're still human eyes to me, no matter how many times I'm told that Betazoid eyes are pure black.

If there was no mention of the eyes but the actors still had the contacts, I still wouldn't notice that they're supposed to be different. I wouldn't ... bat an eye.
 
There are a couple sequences I never noticed before in THE VOYAGE HOME, probably due to the fact that I barely watch it and they are both the same issue. When the HMS BOUNTY (!!!) is about to fly around the sun, we see a shot of the bridge, facing the viewscreen, as the sun fills the scene with bright, yellow light. Kirk then says, "... we need break-away speed, Mister Sulu," only the "Mr. Sulu" part of the line is muted, for some reason, despite our continuing to see Shatner mouthing it.
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Is this the point at which I point out that Sol isn't actually Yellow it only appears that way due to the atmosphere. Of course they could have had a filter on the viewscreen. ;)
 
I just recently noticed the black Betazoid eyes like some have here.

This. I remember noticing that Lon Sudor's eyes were black from the start, but I didn't realise it was a normal Betazoid trait until I first saw TNG on DVD on a larger TV than I'd watched the rest of trek on (including Voyager).
 
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