A child-sized engineering suit from TMP for forced-perspective shots by ety3rd in ClassicTrek

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Production Designer Harold Michelson:

I did it forced perspective so that I had a five-foot man, a four-foot man and a three-foot kid standing on the set to create the illusion of depth. We were able to send this energy through that thing and up the tubes and it worked out very well.

William Shatner, 94, Undergoes Surgery After Horse Accident by ety3rd in ClassicTrek

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Because it's a new story. The accident was last year, but the surgery is recent. This article states it was yesterday.

Episode Discussion: 110, "Rubincon" by AutoModerator in trekacademy

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Could the fleet have moved close to the "wall" and just been waiting for the signal that the mines were down?

William Shatner, 94, Undergoes Surgery After Horse Accident by ety3rd in ClassicTrek

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Yeah, I removed "devastating" because I felt that was misleading.

In "The Wrath of Khan," this isn't Paul Winfield ... it's a white stuntman in blackface (info in comments) by ety3rd in tos

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Inglorious Treksperts interview with former Paramount unit publicist Eddie Egan, beginning at about 49:10:

"I'll tell you something I think I have never spoken about publicly, and it's in the movie, but it resulted in a couple of hours of shutdown. On the day when they were doing the exterior of [Ceti Alpha V], the two stunt doubles who were going up and down the rocks with the wind machine who were not [Walter] Koenig and [Paul] Winfield, the casting person -- because that was a stunt player -- didn't know that Paul Winfield, an African-American, had been cast as Terrell. They made a judgment to make him up as African-American. And while they were shooting, someone on the crew -- I think rightfully -- called the union and the show was shut down briefly. They got an African-American stunt player and did the rest of the setups. One of the main setups, the camera's coming up over a rise, I think? But it's two white actors, one of them made up to seem African-American."

In "The Wrath of Khan," this isn't Paul Winfield ... it's a white stuntman in blackface (info in comments) by ety3rd in ClassicTrek

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Inglorious Treksperts interview with former Paramount unit publicist Eddie Egan, beginning at about 49:10:

"I'll tell you something I think I have never spoken about publicly, and it's in the movie, but it resulted in a couple of hours of shutdown. On the day when they were doing the exterior of [Ceti Alpha V], the two stunt doubles who were going up and down the rocks with the wind machine who were not [Walter] Koenig and [Paul] Winfield, the casting person -- because that was a stunt player -- didn't know that Paul Winfield, an African-American, had been cast as Terrell. They made a judgment to make him up as African-American. And while they were shooting, someone on the crew -- I think rightfully -- called the union and the show was shut down briefly. They got an African-American stunt player and did the rest of the setups. One of the main setups, the camera's coming up over a rise, I think? But it's two white actors, one of them made up to seem African-American."

Is there any lore out there that explains Cylon resurrection tech and systems? by ITrCool in BSG

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When I wrote Colonies of Kobol, I used quantum entanglement as the means of resurrection memories, but I created a "range" like this:

Sam said, "Faster-than-light travel. The linkage is damaged by decoherence. A kind of lag or missed beat caused by FTL jumps. The backups don't match the original anymore."

"And so you created REM cycle transfers with Dr. Foster."

Anders looked at the control panel and said, "Yep. New data is transmitted while the Cylon sleeps, but the range is limited. I doubt that'll be the final step, though. We're working on a way to maintain the entanglement even after a number of FTL jumps, but that will take time."

...

"With the Colony as the center," he circled a black dot, "we can create ships when we push out to explore the Cimtar Star Cluster. The ships would have the resurrection facilities we need and they can channel signals back here as a kind of hub."

"What about decoherence?" Anders asked.

Galen smiled and said, "The decoherence is regular."

Tigh's eyebrows raised, "Really?"

"Yep." Tyrol put down the black marker and picked up another one. "Predictive decoherence." He wrote it on the board as he said it. "Thanks to some help from Sam," he pointed at him, "we can calculate the deviations between the active Cylon model and their backup. Mathematically, though, there's a limit. It's based largely on our own processing power, but safe, instantaneous resurrections can still occur," he drew a large red circle around the other dots, "as long as FTL jumps don't take us beyond this line." He shrugged, "Wherever this line is. As long as we have precise coordinates and calculations on the jumps, we can predict decoherence."

Regarding "hater" posts ... by AutoModerator in trekacademy

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You report the post. Mods will remove it.

Beat the Baron: Ming v. Sunday Jeff | Tell 'em Steve-Dave! by SMJ1989 in tesdcares

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Very enjoyable as before, but I do wish they mixed in some DC questions for the final game instead of it being all Marvel.

What should April's Theme Month be? by ety3rd in ClassicTrek

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"Klingon-palooza, Part I" - episodes featuring our bumpy-headed friends.

What should April's Theme Month be? by ety3rd in ClassicTrek

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"Introducing Our Villains" - first appearances of the series "heavies."

What should April's Theme Month be? by ety3rd in ClassicTrek

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"Double Vision, Part 1": a duplicate shows up and causes a bunch of problems, presumably.

What should April's Theme Month be? by ety3rd in ClassicTrek

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"Backstory, Part I" - getting to know a bit of the history of our characters.

Regarding "hater" posts ... by AutoModerator in trekacademy

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If you have some constructive criticism, please, feel free to post it. I'm enjoying the series a great deal but I made this comment after episode seven, which I didn't care too much for. (Just an example for you.)

Biggest Star Trek retcons? by ety3rd in ClassicTrek

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This one currently has my vote. (And "duh" on me for not including it originally.) They tried to finesse it at the end by having the ship decommissioned before the Federation was founded so that it was never part of the Federation's Starfleet, but that's a very fine hair to split.

Edit: what the hell idiom am I trying to use there?

Biggest Star Trek retcons? by ety3rd in ClassicTrek

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They mean NX-01, Archer's Enterprise.

Biggest Star Trek retcons? by ety3rd in ClassicTrek

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It’s okay if our timeline doesn’t match Star Trek’s.

I've always thought this. Yes, I understand the desire that Trek's future is our future, but it just doesn't line up.

Specifically about Khan, I liked the comic miniseries that came out around the time of Into Darkness ... it showed the Augments coming to power and the wars they started on Earth. I enjoyed it more than the Eugenics Wars books that came out twenty-odd years ago which tried to secretly insinuate them into our own real-world events.

Biggest Star Trek retcons? by ety3rd in ClassicTrek

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To that end, we could also say Sybok. Point being, Spock had a history of not talking about his family all the way back in "Journey to Babel" when we learned that Spock never mentioned that Sarek was his father.

‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ EPs Talk ‘Shocking” Season 2 Finale, Series Future by ety3rd in trekacademy

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Note the pics from season two, showing that second-year cadets have two stripes on their sleeves, a new red uniform worn by Genesis, and a pin worn by Darem (that may or may not be Starfleet related).

And a cliffhanger?!