TMP crowd - 3 guys with rectangular badges

[Pauln6]

Nope they just look bloody awful. Lack of color particularly on the bridge didn't help TMP

Pros and cons. I rather liked the TMP uniforms albeit I would have preferred it if they'd had a bit of padding and a collar, more like the dress uniforms in NuTrek . I think the muted colours on the bridge are what make the design feel more futuristic despite all the clunky switches.

 

[Mojochi]

I know it wasn't meant to be looked at this closely, but that poor Vulcan has something very wrong with his ears, they look like green play-dough!

I think it's just unfinished. Those are the uncovered armatures. They all look like that until they get a proper latex surfacing. Couple hundred extras. Most of the alien ones wearing rubber pull over masks. They probably didn't figure to do detail makeup work on them, because honestly, back then who would've ever thought we'd eventually have the high definition close ups, to see it that clearly?

 

[Qonundrum]

I never really noticed. Sadly, I was too busy noticing how everyone in the rec deck were starting in Kirk's direction... apart from not just the two gossiping folk in the lower left corner but the really tall enterprising chap who was looking over and downward at another crewmember's goodies... what, no retake? Then again, so many scenes reveal those pajama outfits making it too understandable for anyone to look (what were the costumiers (clothiers?) on at the time, anyway?!).

But I never noticed some of the people wearing civilian or non-military attire dotted around the scene. As postulated above, I agree that it's a civilian badge of some sort.

Had the same movie been made 30 years later, somebody would have put in Waldo. But in a red outfit, Waldo would have stood out in that beige and sky blue blandfest...

Spoiler: Oh my!

 

[Nerys Myk]

I never really noticed. Sadly, I was too busy noticing how everyone in the rec deck were starting in Kirk's direction... apart from not just the two gossiping folk in the lower left corner but the really tall enterprising chap who was looking over and downward at another crewmember's goodies... what, no retake? Then again, so many scenes reveal those pajama outfits making it too understandable for anyone to look (what were the costumiers (clothiers?) on at the time, anyway?!).

But I never noticed some of the people wearing civilian or non-military attire dotted around the scene. As postulated above, I agree that it's a civilian badge of some sort.

Had the same movie been made 30 years later, somebody would have put in Waldo. But in a red outfit, Waldo would have stood out in that beige and sky blue blandfest...

Spoiler: Oh my!

There's also the guy on the far right, with a chestpiece who seems to be looking right at the camera.
The fellow in Vulcan ears looks like he showed up with his own make-up from home.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

The fellow in Vulcan ears looks like he showed up with his own make-up from home.

God, that guy always looked awful.

 

[Nerys Myk]

There an Asian fellow in the second row sporting a brown uniform I don't recall noticing before. A very different design than the others,with a high collar and a front closure. A few others in the same brown color, but only one I can spot with the same cut. The tans, greys and whites are what I tend to think of as TMP colors, totally forgot about the browns. Were there any brown uniforms on the bridge?

 

[GNDN18]

Not that I recall, but the airlock attendant wore brown.

I don’t think he got a tip.

 

[Maurice]

I...but the really tall enterprising chap who was looking over and downward at another crewmember's goodies... what, no retake?

No instant playback on motion picture film. And we see that stuff because we've watched it over and over and scrutinize screen caps.

Then again, so many scenes reveal those pajama outfits making it too understandable for anyone to look (what were the costumiers (clothiers?) on at the time, anyway?!).

That sentence is gibberish. What?

There's also the guy on the far right, with a chestpiece who seems to be looking right at the camera.
The fellow in Vulcan ears looks like he showed up with his own make-up from home.

God, that guy always looked awful.

Actually, I believe he was one of several fans who made himself up.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Actually, I believe he was one of several fans who made himself up.

Surprised they let that pass. Unions and all that.

 

[Maurice]

Surprised they let that pass. Unions and all that.

Roddenberry famously took advantage of a loophole which let non-union extras be used in addition to union ones in certain circumstances, getting over 100 fans into that Rec Deck scene. Many movies do this. I did it as an extra in the 2009 movie Milk, where they needed thousands of extras to march int the streets.

 

[Nerys Myk]

If I was doing make-up, I sure wouldn't want someone thinking that was my work!

 

[Maurice]

Well, the 1st A.D. is in charge of the "background" and if there were crappy looking ones he should have tried to make sure they weren't on camera.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Film making is complex. Most of us probably have no idea how complex it is.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Would it have violated guild or union rules to have given him professional makeup, if not hero makeup for close-ups, then at least some that would have been noticeably superior to what he had? And I imagine the other question is would it have been feasible to do so?

 

[Sir Rhosis]

Roddenberry famously took advantage of a loophole which let non-union extras be used in addition to union ones in certain circumstances, getting over 100 fans into that Rec Deck scene. Many movies do this. I did it as an extra in the 2009 movie Milk, where they needed thousands of extras to march int the streets.

Time index, please. Are you visible in any shots?

 

[Maurice]

Time index, please. Are you visible in any shots?

Not really. The did an embarrassingly bad digital crowd extension in the Civic Center scene and overwrote the back edge of the extras and we got erased.

Old blog posts about the shoot, including some photos:

• On the sidelines for faux police brutality and ending up almost next to the stars (link)
• 1500 extras like a silent movie (link)
• On location shooting the Gay Freedom Day 1978 scene (link)
• A note about the film wrapping (link)
• Where we were for the Civic Center scene (link)

 

[Joe_Atari]

There's also the guy on the far right, with a chestpiece who seems to be looking right at the camera.

For Galactica fans, that chestpiece is the underbelly of a Cylon fighter miniature!

I wonder where he got it. Maybe he was an original ILM / MCA-57 employee...

 

[David cgc]

For Galactica fans, that chestpiece is the underbelly of a Cylon fighter miniature!

I wonder where he got it. Maybe he was an original ILM / MCA-57 employee...

It's probably just from the model kit. The V'Ger interior chamber was literally tiled in basestars cut into triangular segments.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

It's probably just from the model kit.

I don't recall that the Revell model was that big.

ed - Sorry, at the time it was Monogram. Maybe it was that big, 11" or so; my memory could be playing tricks on me. I know that I didn't put in the missile launchers, and I have no recollection of that even being on option.

 

[Maurice]

For Galactica fans, that chestpiece is the underbelly of a Cylon fighter miniature!

I wonder where he got it. Maybe he was an original ILM / MCA-57 employee...

The kits of the Vipers and Raiders were on the market before Galactica even hit the airwaves.