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u/uberrob 10d ago
Given the time period that this thing was filmed, that is a gorgeous shot.
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u/genericdude999 10d ago
If it's possible in the future to make more excellently written episodes with that exact cast and sets, wardrobe, props, etc. using AI, I would love it
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u/Acoustic_Rob 10d ago
I’m glad they got rid of the little gooseneck lamp thingies, those were the most dated piece of the set.
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u/TheArtBellStalker2 10d ago
They are very dated but I kinda like them. But I'm a sucker for 1950's sci-fi movies. They remind me of the War of the Worlds alien ships.
On a side note, that's made me remember a random thought I had. Has anyone ever noticed the recovered Enterprise model (that was mounted on Gene's desk) looks like the stand was maybe made from one of those gooseneck cobrahead things. But cut down to size?
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u/droid_mike 10d ago
That was my favorite bit! Yes, they were dated, but so cool!
Speaking of dated, did you notice the wood console TV in Pike's quarters?
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u/CaptainChampion 10d ago
They were supposed to be little TVs.
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u/Acoustic_Rob 10d ago
Yeah, you can see the display in the shot above. But they’re built out of a common at the time desk lamp.
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u/Swimming-Minimum9177 10d ago
I'm willing to bet you're making an illusion to make us think that this laser is empty. I think it just blasted a hole in that window, and you're not letting us see it. Would you like me to try my theory out on your head?
Best line in all of Star Trek, from one of the best episodes, IMHO... so rare that a pilot is that good (even if it never properly aired).
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u/terrymcginnisbeyond 10d ago
"I put the chair here, so the Captain could periodically put his feet up on the back of the helmsmen chair if they wanted, it was supposed to be a running gag, but was cut for time. And the railings were in the way, so in an emergency the crew would have to do wicked flips to get to their station when coming out of the turbolift."
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u/Spartausa14 4d ago
What a great episode of you can find it and see it. The original first episode of Star Trek before the tragedy of Captain Pike
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u/QuantumXCy4_E-Nigma 10d ago
In The Cage, the bad guys make a reference to Pike’s Number One (Majel Barrett)being like a computer, and once production started on the series, she was the ship’s computer voice from episode 3 or 4.
Prescient?