Who Mourns For Adonais Nipples?

[trekkiebaggio]

Bored: You're right about Sulu, and I don't think Spock's were very visible in Patterns.

Doug

Since Nimoy's chest wasn't shaved (like Shatner's), his nips had natural camoflage.

Why didn't they shave Nimoy? Was it to make him look more "alien," or perhaps Nimoy didn't agree to it (other than the neck and up)?

Shaving a chest would be most illogical.

 

[BoredShipCapt'n]

Shaving a chest would be most illogical.

I always figured Shatner just never ate his vegetables or something.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

It was a transporter accident. He doesn't like to talk about it.

 

[Matt S]

Nice catch; never noticed before!!! Good one

 

[Stompy]

he's got 'em...

 

[Peacemaker]

The first step in doing make-up is applying a foundation to even out the skin tones for the camera. So pretty much every square inch of visible skin is going to made up--face, nape of the neck, and hands. (This will, of course, require a lot of make-up if the entire upper body ends up having to be made up for the cameras--when an actor goes shirtless.)

Having applied make-up to the entire upper body and having evened out the skin tone, the make-up artist then needs to decide if he's going to go back over the nipples with something akin to lipstick to make them standout again. It would be very easy to go overboard and make the nipples overly cartoonish and freakish. Probably easier to not highlight them at all and let the only distinction between the nipples and the rest of the chest be the slightly different skin texture, instead of the pigmentation/coloration.

So the make-up artists don't actually "cover the nipples" and the nipples aren't "unnaturally pale;" rather, make-up artists actually cover everything, and the skin is all unnaturally even-toned. (The make-up artists simply don't bother doubling back to re-emphasize the nipples with additional make-up.)

I feel a little dirty after reading that for some reason. And, yes, I thought it would be about Leslie Parrish.

 

[BoredShipCapt'n]

Will someone now please start a thread about Leslie Parrish?

Always thought she was the best-looking guest star ever on ST.

 

[Green Shirt]

he's got 'em...

Well, game over.

 

[Captain Rob]

^^ Yeah! Leslie Parrish!
Wrong outfit though.

 

[BoredShipCapt'n]

^^ Yeah! Leslie Parrish!
Wrong outfit though.

You're thinking of this one, no doubt.

 

[bbailey861]

^^ Yeah! Leslie Parrish!
Wrong outfit though.

You're thinking of this one, no doubt.

All hail William Ware (Bill) Theiss!!!

 

[Forbin]

^And that's from an episode of Mannix!

Yes, Leslie was a favorite of little adolescent me back in the day. A truly beautiful woman.

 

[BoredShipCapt'n]

She seems to have worn it to ... *ahem* ... better effect in Mannix.

Hey, now it is a thread about Leslie Parrish!

 

[Nerys Myk]

She should have played a Vulcan.

 

[Doug Otte]

How would a hairy chest be more alien???

Only because it's a contrast to all the humans on ST who appeared to have their entire torso shaved.

 

[Gov Kodos]

How would a hairy chest be more alien???

Only because it's a contrast to all the humans on ST who appeared to have their entire torso shaved.

So, I'm scrolling through pictures of Leslie Parrish then I run smack into this... now all I can picture is Leslie Parrish with a hairy chest.

 

[BoredShipCapt'n]

So, I'm scrolling through pictures of Leslie Parrish then I run smack into this... now all I can picture is Leslie Parrish with a hairy chest.

Thanks for that thought.

 

[Gov Kodos]

So, I'm scrolling through pictures of Leslie Parrish then I run smack into this... now all I can picture is Leslie Parrish with a hairy chest.

Thanks for that thought.

Excellent...

 

[Doug Otte]

How would a hairy chest be more alien???

Only because it's a contrast to all the humans on ST who appeared to have their entire torso shaved.

So, I'm scrolling through pictures of Leslie Parrish then I run smack into this... now all I can picture is Leslie Parrish with a hairy chest.

I was thinking of men, but now you've got a horrible thought implanted in my brain...

 

[Captain Rob]

Maybe she'd look like those cabaret girls from "Shore Leave". With strategically placed hair that's dyed interesting colors.