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Where is the light coming from?

 Mistakes, Mistakes, Mistakes, Mistakes, Mistakes, Mistakes, Mistakes, Star Trek DS9, Star Trek ENT, Star Trek Movies, Star Trek TAS, Star Trek TNG, Star Trek TOS, Star Trek VOY  1 Response »
Sep 012010
 

There is one thing about every Star Trek series and movie ever made that has always bothered us. It has to do with the outdoor lighting in any of the exterior shots of the Enterprise (ANY Enterprise). It isn’t as obvious in the original series, but anything made afterward shows the ship passing by with a light source illuminating the ship’s exterior.

What we want to know is WHERE is the light source, because you never get a clue where the light is coming from, but in deep space with no nearby stars or planets the exterior shots should be black as midnight, maybe blacker.

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Tribbles, tribbles everywhere

 Star Trek TOS  No Responses »
Sep 012010
 

Hallmark Tribble OrnamentTribbles have got to be one of the most famous alien creatures in all of Star Trek, having appeared, if only as cameos, in almost every trek series and at least one movie.

The tribbles used in the original series were just fuzzy beanbags, some of which also contained the inner workings of a toy baby that crawled, allowing the tribble to crawl across the railing on the bridge.

After that episode, the props department had hundreds of tribbles which were used for all sorts of practical jokes – one of which involved filling someone’s office wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling with tribbles.

Apparently, in 2008 Hallmark commemorated this episode with the Christmas ornament you see pictured here. It plays sound clips of Kirk’s voice as tribbles continue to fall out of the storage bin onto the pile he’s buried in.

This is definitely on our wishlist now.

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