TNG early makeup footage

[WillsBabe]

I think Denise Crosby looks so beautiful in the shots with Brent Spiner.

She was quite a poem, in her day ...

Great way of putting it!

 

[publiusr]

Even with the make-up being a bit softer, Data still had a little of that Michael Myers (The Shape) look about him--sued to great effect at times.

 

[C.E. Evans]

Seeing that video reminds me of one sad thing. Before TNG premiered. Wil Wheaton was probably the most well known of the cast. Burton was known only for "Roots" and Stewart was known in the US for "Dune" (a supporting part at that).

More people knew Burton than anyone else on the show. "Known only for 'Roots?'" That series was watched by 130-140 million people. He became something of a TV celebrity afterward, guest-starring on several other TV shows during the late '70s/early '80s, but more often than not appearing here and there as himself. Burton was considered the only real star that TNG had when it premiered.

Burton was also famous to an entire generation of kids as the host of PBS' Reading Rainbow, which started well before TNG.

 

[Harvey]

Seeing that video reminds me of one sad thing. Before TNG premiered. Wil Wheaton was probably the most well known of the cast. Burton was known only for "Roots" and Stewart was known in the US for "Dune" (a supporting part at that).

As pointed out above, Roots was a big deal. Burton was one of the best known members of the cast.

Also, US audiences may have also recognized Stewart from Lifeforce (1985) and Excalibur (1981). But he was certainly not a starring player in film or television until he played Captain Picard.

 

[Hober Mallow]

Burton was also famous to an entire generation of kids as the host of PBS' Reading Rainbow, which started well before TNG.

Yep, I was 10 when TNG premiered, and Burton was the only member of the cast I knew. I didn't care much about Star Trek, but I got really excited when I saw Burton's name in the credits.

 

[SPCTRE]

Amazing stuff.

 

[Richard Baker]

Even with the make-up being a bit softer, Data still had a little of that Michael Myers (The Shape) look about him--sued to great effect at times.

Ironic since Carpenter used a store bought rubber Captain Kirk Halloween Mask for Michael Myers in the first film...