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In this video, we’ll explain the filmmaking process of Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and break down the CGI and VFX.

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A nice, little video focusing on how much First Contact relied on practical effect and how that made it age very well.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

I thought that was Darth Vader, and now I just want a Kurasawa-style movie remake of the Obi-wan series.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 28 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

Toblerone Gaming Heat Sink.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Because tape deck adapters exist, this should be possible. A slot for an SD card and the rest of the “tape” can be anything you want it to be, turning tape players into linear digital players. Maybe there’s a way to use the FF and RW buttons to trigger track skips on the adapter’s software.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago

At’ll do, Nancy, at’ll do.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

“But, Doctor, I AM Mr. Blinky.”

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

You just reminded me of the book series of the Wayside School, which was built taller than wide and had mentally-deranged teachers.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

“What’s going on?”

Greed.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

“Why do people keep canceling their subscription?”

Because you only release enough episodes to binge during a weekend.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago

He’s got Clark Kent look going on there. Something the other characters would buy, but everyone in the audience knows it’s a disguise.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

“Give unto Miyamoto what is Miyamoto’s.”

 

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#49: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 8 "I, Mudd"

Written by Stephen Kandel, directed by Marc Daniels.

Stardate 4513.3 (July 2268)

"This place is even better than Leningrad!" - Ensign Chekov

A man named Crewman Norman transfers aboard the Enterprise. After days of rubbing Doctor McCoy the wrong way for his robotic behavior, Norman forced his way into auxiliary control with superhuman strength and sabotages the Enterprise into redirecting to coordinates in unknown space. Once the sabotage is complete, and measures are taken to prevent the crew of the Enterprise from undoing it without destroying the ship in the process, Norman reveals he is an android and shuts down until the days-long journey is completed. There, in orbit of an unknown planet, Norman tells Captain Kirk, Commander Spock, Doctor McCoy, Lieutenant Uhura, and Ensign Chekov to beam to the surface saying that his kind needs their help. On the surface, Norman introduces the away party to his master; Harcourt Fenton Mudd. Mudd announces that he is the King of this planet and that they are staying there for the rest of their lives.

Originally released: 3 November 1967

"I, Mudd" on Memory Alpha (mirror)

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#48: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 3, episode 6 "Spectre of the Gun"

Written by Lee Cronin, directed by Vincent McEveety.

Stardate 4385.3 (June 2268)

"Physical reality is consistent with universal laws. Where the laws do not operate, there is no reality." - Commander Spock

The Enterprise has been sent to make peaceful contact with the Melkotians. When they reach Melkotian space, a probe intercepts the ship and communicates telepathically that they are not allowed to continue. Captain Kirk, citing the Federation's desire to make contact "at all costs," decides to ignore the probe's warning and continue towards their home planet. Once on the surface, the entire landing party is lost in a dense fog and their equipment no longer works. The Melkotians announce that they are being sentenced to death for their transgressions and that the method of execution will be taken from Kirk's mind. Kirk, Commander Spock, Commander Scott, Doctor McCoy, and Ensign Chekov find themselves in an incomplete recreation of Tombstone, Arizona in the late 1800s being addressed as members of the Clantons. Kirk eventually recalls that the Clantons were killed by the Earps in this very town during the gunfight at the OK Corral.

Originally released: 25 October 1968

"Spectre of the Gun" on Memory Alpha (mirror)

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#47: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 3, episode 13 "Elaan of Troyius"

Written and directed by John Meredyth Lucas.

Stardate 4372.5 (June 2268)

"We cannot make peace with people we detest." - Petri

The Enterprise agrees to a top-secret escort for a Troyian Ambassador and the Dohlman of Elas for a marriage of convenience intended to end war between their two planets. However, there is barely-contained chaos on the ship from the moment the Dohlman comes aboard. She demands absolute obedience form everyone aboard, including Captain Kirk and Ambassador Petri. A forced arrangement which becomes harder and harder for both men to endure. To make matters worse, a Klingon ship is detected lurking nearby.

Originally released: 20 December 1968

"Elaan of Troyius" on Memory Alpha (mirror)

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Stay positive, button.

 

Last week’s brutal, damaging storm actually revealed something beautiful at Mount Hope Cemetery. When the storm toppled a tree, it revealed the headstone of a woman who died more than 100 years ago. The marker of Edna Goodman Allen was buried under the roots, but Mother Nature brought her name back.

Uploaded to YouTube by News10NBC.

 

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#46: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 18 "The Immunity Syndrome"

Written by Robert Sabaroff, directed by Joseph Pevney.

Stardates 4307.1 through 4309.4 (May 2268)

"Tell Doctor McCoy he should have wished me luck." - Commander Spock

The Enterprise is heading towards Starbase 6 for rest and relaxation when a garbled message mentioning the USS Intrepid and a set of coordinates is picked up. Just as this happens, Commander Spock suddenly goes into momentary shock. Spock recomposes himself and claims he just felt the Intrepid and its 400 Vulcan crewmembers die. As Spock is escorted to sickbay, Ensign Chekov scans the Gamma 7A System and confirms it is now completely dead and that the Intrepid is no longer there. Starfleet Command immediately diverts the Enterprise to that system and once they arrive they find what looks like a dark hole in space where the Gamma 7A System used to be.

Originally released: 19 January 1968

"The Immunity Syndrome" on Memory Alpha

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48681138

In 2022, a clip of the anime Serial Exeriments Lain that aired after 9/11 went viral online and was described as "bizarre" and "surreal." This is the full story of how that clip came about, from the PBS station KTEH to its upload last year.

Uploaded to YouTube by Dan's Screen Takes.

 

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#45: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 19 "A Private Little War"

Written by Jud Crucis, directed by Marc Daniels.

Stardate 4211.4 through 4211.8 (May 2268)

"I thought my people would grow tired of killing." - Apella

The Enterprise returns to a planet that was the first away mission Captain Kirk commanded for further scientific research. He reminisces making friends with a local tribe of humanoids and particularly a man named Tyree when he and Commmander Spock hear yelling over the rise. They see a rival tribe of humanoids called Hill People laying an ambush with what look like Earth flintlock weapons, which the people of this planet should be centuries away from inventing. Kirk spots Tyree himself and some of his people simply using bows and arrows slowly walking into the trap and startles the Hill People, giving their position away. In the resulting crossfire, Spock is shot in the back and rushed back to the ship. With Spock fighting for his life under the care of Doctor M'Benga (Booker Bradshaw), and a Klingon ship detected entering the system, Kirk and Doctor McCoy beam down to the planet dressed as locals to figure out how just the Hill People's technology could have leapfrogged and to make sure Tyree's tribe is alright.

Originally released: 2 February 1968

"A Private Little War" on Memory Alpha

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#44: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 6 "The Doomsday Machine"

Written by Norman Spinrad, directed by Marc Daniels.

Stardate 4202.1 (May 2268)

"They called me. They begged me for help, 400 of them." - Commodore Decker

The Enterprise picks up a garbled distress call that seems to have originated from the USS Constellation. When they trace its origin into a previously surveyed star system they discover that almost all the planets that were there had been destroyed without explanation. Among the planetary fragments they find the Constellation, adrift and almost completely obliterated. When they beam aboard, none of the crew can be located until Commodore Matthew Decker (William Windom), the Constellations's commanding officer, is found collapsed at the auxiliary controls station. When he is brought to he immediately goes into shock and starts rambling about a planet killer, an impossibly-large beast that can devour entire planets... including the one Decker's entire crew had beamed down to when they were forced to abandon ship.

Originally released: 20 October 1967

"The Doomsday Machine" on Memory Alpha

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Deep Space Nine, season 3, episode 8 "Meridian"

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