Io9: 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Original Star Trek

[Larry]

Link: (http://io9.com/5827581/10-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-original-star-trek)


2. Mr. Spock's skin color was originally different.
Originally, Gene Roddenberry and friends wanted Spock's skin to be a dark red, or at least to have a red tint. This was abandoned when they realized that on black-and-white TVs, Spock's skin would look black, possibly as if Spock was in blackface. Plus Leonard Nimoy would have needed hours more in makeup every morning. (See early Spock concept art, with a very different uniform design and a skullcap, at left, via Star Trek History.) Eventually, it was decided to make Spock's skin yellow-tinged instead — but when the network converted the film for the first episode for electronic broadcasting, the network's color specialist, Alex Quroga, "corrected" Spock's face to make it look pinker. (Watch "The Man Trap," and you can still see a more pink-faced Spock.)

There's one item in there that I'm amazed that I didn't know.

[Park City Skins]

Courtesy of Shatners books and a few other things I knew most of that,but was surprised as well about the Spock skin color thing,(I had the blueprints growing up so knew about the bowling alley).

[sean_e_b]

He added that he hated watching himself, because he feels as though "I suck."

That feeling is called truth.

[Kosher Ham]

Besides Spock and Kirk, I do not know the names of anyone else in the series including movies. Wait...I do know Khan and that movie was entertaining back then. I just never really got into it.

[Larry]

Courtesy of Shatners books and a few other things I knew most of that,but was surprised as well about the Spock skin color thing,(I had the blueprints growing up so knew about the bowling alley).

I still have the blueprints. Two sets. And two of the technical manual.

[Teller]

Once we all have in-home holodecks, women become obsolete. :)

[BRAVEONAWARPATH]

Once we all have in-home holodecks, women become obsolete. :):applause:

[Rocky21]

That was fun. Thanks Larry.

[Predicto]

http://i.imgur.com/wrogC.jpg (http://imgur.com/wrogC)

[Skins_Fan82]

Once we all have in-home holodecks, women become obsolete. :)

That's awesome lol.

[China]

I love the bit about them visiting Mayberry. :ols:

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[HailGreen28]

And today......


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dULOjT9GYdQ


Kirk and Spock still showing up from time to time.

:ols:

[Larry]

I liked the ones where Nimoy appeared in a few Priceline commercials.

In particular, there was one exchange, where Shatner was pitching some idea at Nimoy, where they could split the job, and Shatner would be in charge of (some thing) and Nimoy in charge of (some other thing).

Nimoy: Sounds logical.

Shatner looks relieved.

Nimoy: But no.

Shatner looks frustrated.

[Skins_Fan82]

William Shatner is a frikkin' pimp.

i LOVED him in Boston Legal. He had me in tears.

::Shatner reaches down and rubs his fingers across his chest:: "My nippes are hard!"

[Larry]

I never saw the show, but there was a scene in a commercial, with a bunch of attorneys around a conference table, and one woman tell Shatner "I'll have a pair of my pants couriered over. You can try to get in them on your own time."