anti-catoonite--
Posted on 07/25/2014 6:18:00 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
Failed drive? Say, you don’t happen to work for the IRS by any chance, do you?
I suppose a bit more redundancy this time might help.
Egad! Time (and perhaps the surgeon) has not been kind to Kelly.
Her and that one that used to be a strikin' sheila on the LEXX failed series.
That's easy..... 2 and 4.
So are the robot’s, er..., well, er, nevermind.
And in that order.
anti-catoonite--
Well, Non, here's a behind the scenes tales from "Futurama" but... 
don't tell a soul--
Recall the "I Dated a Robot" episode? It was the eleventh episode in season three... 
originally airing on May 13, 2001.
When I first was told what the title was, I assumed the "I" would be me. So... 
I started a casting couch session with Kelly, promising her the part if she gave good couch.
She..... 
did!
However, the 'Suits' were on a "I Love Lucy" diversity rant and gave the part to Lucy Lui. I didn't have the heart... 
to tell Kelly, she was so into the part--
And, I also found out Fry would get to date.... 
and have sex with the robot in the episode.
I was later told Kelly went into a tailspin and went downhill from there. Booze and pill city... 
ya know--
So, yes, she looks rode hard and put up wet... but who can blame her?
I think his line was “that was a hell of a thing”, with a slightly dazed but happy look on his face.
My brother and I used to imagine this exact same theme as we watched Star Trek re-runs growing up in the 70's. I can't help thinking that someone was listening in on our conversations and taking notes. On of my favorite aspects of the movie was the odd realism of the bridge scenes. I did some digging and found out that the set was specially designed and built on a gimbal and that the actors were often surprised by the erratic lurching of the entire set.
Usually, as in the case of Star Trek, when there is an explosion, the camera would tilt to one side and the actors would fall to the other, creating the visual effect of the set rolling and the actors reacting (an effect often called the Irwin Allen rock-and-roll by film buffs). The Protector's bridge set was built on hydraulic rams (or 'gimbals'), so when an explosion supposedly occurred, the set would actually (and very suddenly) rock to one side, vibrate wildly, and throw the actors out of their seats. According to interviews on the DVD release of the film, the effect was so real that it actually frightened (and injured) several of the main cast.[15]
Have you ever watched it with the second audio track, the one in Thermian?
Bewdy! Guess what? I just looked on the back of the DVD case and it DOES list such a track. :) Don't have a 5.1 surround sound system though. 'S ok, I can just plonk it in the optical drive on the computer and watch it again.
Matter of fact, I just may do that tonight since I've no plans on going out. *grin* Might just call a friend and see if she's not working tomorrow or working later on that day and see if she's interested in dinner and that one and perhaps one or two others...
Thanks for the reminder!
Software has come along since the original Star Trek, and home viedo packages have tools to reduce vibration in video shots. These tools have been applied to Star Trek scenes, so now we can see them in their non-camera shaking glory, which is considerably less dramatic.
“Did you even watch the show?!”
“Miners, not minors!”
“Let’s get out of here before one of those things kills Guy.”
“Alexander, where are you going?” .. “To see if there’s a pub.”
Most I ever laughed in a theater. The low box office may have been due to the ad campaign. After seeing it, I though the ads didn’t nearly convey the proper attitude, or something.
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