Which episode would you watch them film?
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Oh, right. Roddenberry lent it out to somebody who didn't realize its significance, right?
According to Memory Alpha:
"After cancellation of TOS, the three-footer was given by the studio to Roddenberry, when he returned to the studio in May 1975 in preparation for a second Star Trek production, and subsequently resided in his office for some years. Reportedly, he loaned the model to somebody during the late 1970s but later forgot to whom he had lent it, as was related to William S. McCullars' now-defunct "IDIC Page" website by Majel Barrett-Roddenberry on 10 July 1997. She stated, "That particular ship was a real model and it was Gene's – he loaned it to someone and Gene forgot to get it back and it was never returned. It's a shame because it's a piece of stolen property and since it has historical value – it is quite priceless." [X]wbm According to David Shaw the model went missing when it was on loan to one of the Effect Houses as reference for the upcoming project. [7] In 2010, personal assistant to Roddenberry for seventeen years, Susan Sackett, shed some more light on the issue, confirming Shaw's claim, "Last I heard, it was on someone's coffee table. It was ripped off during the late 1970s when the first movie was being made. It was last seen at a special effects house... btw, I took that photo!". [8] The photo Sackett referred to was the one of the model in Roddenberry's office, published in Starlog magazine, issue 2, 1976. It was the last known official photo of the model.
The effects house Shaw and Sackett refer to might have been Brick Price Movie Miniatures as two photos showing the Phase II model under construction exhibit a reference model in the background. (The Art of Star Trek, p. 60) The model – for all intents and purposes, the very first studio model in the Star Trek franchise – has been missing ever since. [9]"
"After cancellation of TOS, the three-footer was given by the studio to Roddenberry, when he returned to the studio in May 1975 in preparation for a second Star Trek production, and subsequently resided in his office for some years. Reportedly, he loaned the model to somebody during the late 1970s but later forgot to whom he had lent it, as was related to William S. McCullars' now-defunct "IDIC Page" website by Majel Barrett-Roddenberry on 10 July 1997. She stated, "That particular ship was a real model and it was Gene's – he loaned it to someone and Gene forgot to get it back and it was never returned. It's a shame because it's a piece of stolen property and since it has historical value – it is quite priceless." [X]wbm According to David Shaw the model went missing when it was on loan to one of the Effect Houses as reference for the upcoming project. [7] In 2010, personal assistant to Roddenberry for seventeen years, Susan Sackett, shed some more light on the issue, confirming Shaw's claim, "Last I heard, it was on someone's coffee table. It was ripped off during the late 1970s when the first movie was being made. It was last seen at a special effects house... btw, I took that photo!". [8] The photo Sackett referred to was the one of the model in Roddenberry's office, published in Starlog magazine, issue 2, 1976. It was the last known official photo of the model.
The effects house Shaw and Sackett refer to might have been Brick Price Movie Miniatures as two photos showing the Phase II model under construction exhibit a reference model in the background. (The Art of Star Trek, p. 60) The model – for all intents and purposes, the very first studio model in the Star Trek franchise – has been missing ever since. [9]"
I suppose if one "borrowed" the 33" inch model during the filming of "Requiem", they could have saved it from its later destruction. Maybe.
As for which episode I'd like to see filmed, it would have to be "City"; that way I could also say hi to Andy, Opie and "Barn" (to heck with Aunt Bea, I heard she wasn't all that nice). Maybe I could even get a haircut.
As for which episode I'd like to see filmed, it would have to be "City"; that way I could also say hi to Andy, Opie and "Barn" (to heck with Aunt Bea, I heard she wasn't all that nice). Maybe I could even get a haircut.
If somebody "saved" the model, we'd all just be talking about the inconsiderate jerk who stole it.
I would want to see the obelisk in "The Paradise Syndrome." I love that thing.
For several episodes, the next best thing to being there is Billy Blackburn's home movies.
For several episodes, the next best thing to being there is Billy Blackburn's home movies.
Not if they anonymously mailed it to Gene Roddenberry after he would have lent it out (say, right after the premiere of TMP just to be sure). One would have to hope of course that no "butterfly effect" would result by its 10 year disappearance.
The Immunity Syndrome
I would love to know how they made the Ameoba Effect, and how it was as colorful as it was with the low budget. It's probably my favorite effect of the series.
I would love to know how they made the Ameoba Effect, and how it was as colorful as it was with the low budget. It's probably my favorite effect of the series.
Yeah, send it back to the guy who loaned it out and forgot to ask for it back in the first place....
He didn't forget to ask for it back. But that's OK, I understand.
For that, you'd have to talk to the folks at Van der Veer or Film Effects of Hollywood or whichever company did that particular effect.
I assume the thread title refers to the actual production, i.e. live action filming.
As for me, I'd love to have been one of the lucky TRW employees who got to watch the filming of "Operation: Annihilate." Maybe I could have grabbed one of those flying fake vomit things as a souvenir when no one was looking.
As for an Episode I would have liked to watch being filmed, I would pick "Miri", because my background and work is with kids and teaching. I would have liked to have heard the direction and instructions given to the kids regarding how to act, and if there was any guidance for the little ones as to how it "wasn't real". Also, I think watching the wardrobe and make-up sessions would have been interesting.
An Episode that went "bad" that I could alter? I would "alter" "Spock's Brain" right out of existence, and replace it with a "Mudd", "Cyrano Jones", "Shore Leave", or "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"-like episode.
An Episode that went "bad" that I could alter? I would "alter" "Spock's Brain" right out of existence, and replace it with a "Mudd", "Cyrano Jones", "Shore Leave", or "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"-like episode.
Yes, I know. I'm grabbing the model right after the Methuselah scenes are filmed, and locking it away until well after Phase II is dead and buried, then giving it back to Gene (hopefully he won't lose it again).
I think that might actually be more interesting and educational than watching them film. There were some really nice effects during Star Trek, like this one or the planet killer from Doomsday Machine. It would be interesting to know how the effects team was able to make things work at the time.
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