Posted on 06/22/2010 3:20:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I like spiders.
Good examples, all. Star Trek was only loosely science fiction.
When one watched it, yeah, for sure we saw the science and futurism - I can only smile when I wonder who exactly was their cell phone providers - but the stories were all people and ethical based stories.
You could write the exact same stories and stage it on a desert island with a few folks with boats and harpoons.
In that respect, I’ve always thought they were somewhat Philip K. Dick type endeavors, because any readings of his stories soon take you into the intro-retrospection kind of area.
I suppose in true classical mythology, it is always the same. The struggles, the barriers, the failings, the triumphs, the heartbreaks...
That, by itself, I will always think is Roddenberrys greatest achievement. The pure timelessness of it.
You got all that out of Star Trek? Whew, and to think I only watched it for the hot chicks in mini-skirts......
The miniskirts were tame compared to some of those alien girl fashions.
Compared to the drab, androgynous fashions of The Next Generation, they were spectacular. Everything from furry bikinis to gossamer one pieces that were almost see through, with elaborate and expensive hairstyles.
Yet at the time, everybody noticed the men’s triangular sideburns. Half the teenage boys in the US wanted sideburns like that.
Speaking of which, how long's it gonna take for that fashion trend to come around? I'm living in the future!
The more I watch the original series, the more I appreciate the musical score. All the follow-ons were pretty limp in that regard.
Star Trek was the last production that used original sound effects before they were all copyrighted. Today, it costs a fortune to have new sound effects made, so the few public domain ones, like the “Wilhelm scream”, are used over and over.
I knew a guy who provided just one sound effect for the movie Starship Troopers. He had to buy the rights to an entire episode of the Iron Giant cartoon, which had the basic sound effect, then modify the effect so that it was unique enough to by copyrighted. He made about $75k from it.
Compare that to the 30 or so unique sound effects used on Star Trek.
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