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Re: Commercially available chairs in Star Trek

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Post by coumbaya »

bjpirt wrote: post #67

This is one of my favourite distractions when watching Sci-Fi films set in the future - spotting objects from now. For example: - In Luke's home in Star Wars IV there's a lot of Tupperware - https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2014/02/in-praise-of-t... - In Alien, Ripley drinks from a Tupperware mug - https://twitter.com/EverRotating/status/1156650673972363264

In The Expanse, a painted Ikea "washcloth hanger" that looks like an octopus is actually a game for special childrens. Also a 3d connexion space mouse is used to control the rocci. I kind of hate spotting them tho.

Re: Commercially available chairs in Star Trek

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Post by aidenn0 »

dragonwriter wrote: post #95
harimau777 wrote: post #77

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Arg! I can't find it now but a while back I read an amazing article discussing the set design on the original series; particularly for the alien planets. From what I recall, their overall assessment was that the set designers used strong color design and bold shapes to compensate for their lack of budget. In that respect, while later entries in the series had much "better" sets, TOS had the strongest aesthetic.

> From what I recall, their overall assessment was that the set designers used strong color design and bold shapes to compensate for their lack of budget. I thought it was specifically because of (1) the color film process used at the time required it for faithful (-ish) reproduction, and (2) the need to make something that looked good on both black and white and color TVs, as lots of people were still using black an…

As to the latter, my mom watched it on B&W originally, and then when it was rerun she had a color TV and was astonished that the skies on the alien planets weren't blue!

Re: Commercially available chairs in Star Trek

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Post by jonah »

slg wrote: post #98
bjpirt wrote: post #67

This is one of my favourite distractions when watching Sci-Fi films set in the future - spotting objects from now. For example: - In Luke's home in Star Wars IV there's a lot of Tupperware - https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2014/02/in-praise-of-t... - In Alien, Ripley drinks from a Tupperware mug - https://twitter.com/EverRotating/status/1156650673972363264

I think the most famous/beloved/notorious version of this is the guy in Star Wars running around with a completely unaltered off the shelf ice cream maker. https://www.reddit.com/r/Thatsabooklight/comments/bf20dp/i_p... I just found that link through Google, but that is apparently a whole subreddit devoted to this type of use of modern objects getting repurposed as some fantastical movie/TV props.

Sure looks like an electric ice cream maker but it's not the exact model pictured. Look at the pattern of vents on top of the motor, how far the "arms" overhang the pot, and the thickness of the pot lip for example. ;)

Re: Commercially available chairs in Star Trek

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Post by aidenn0 »

noduerme wrote: post #61
charlieo88 wrote: post #60

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Lighting in black and white movies was much more important where you didn't have the additional dimension of color. My understanding was the Star Trek lighting team came with black and white experience.

A lot of people were also watching it on black and white TVs.

I recall B&W TVs still being available as a budget option in the early 80s, though by then most middle class homes had a color TV.

Re: Commercially available chairs in Star Trek

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Post by aidenn0 »

rpmisms wrote: post #69
js2 wrote: post #46

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Didn't know that. DS9 is the only series in the franchise I was never really able to get in to. I've only seen a handful of episodes.

You should force yourself through the first season or two. I promise the dominion war is worth it.

I am the only Star Trek fan I know who was not a big fan of the dominion war arc. I really liked some of the later season episodes, but the arc itself was a bit of a letdown.

OTOH, DS9 is the only Star Trek that my wife will willingly watch with me; she finds the others too campy. As another data-point she likes the dominion war arc as much or more than B5, which was her favorite sci-fi series previously.

Re: Commercially available chairs in Star Trek

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Post by fknorangesite »

Night_Thastus wrote: post #116
lallysingh wrote: post #111

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No it stays heavy on the comedy.

Oof. Well hopefully it gets a little less cringey.

The first couple episodes of Lower Decks are the worst ones. The show only gets better.

I get that not everything is for everyone, but I really love Lower Decks. It's terrific Trek, even if it is a comedy.

Re: Commercially available chairs in Star Trek

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Post by crooked-v »

hef19898 wrote: post #114
dragonwriter wrote: post #66

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> The federation is militaristic to the point of the military, Starfleet, running diplomacy. Starfleet, despite the ranks, authority structure, style of discipline, use of “courts-martial”, and the fact it fights wars, is not, as Starfleet personnel are eager to point out, a military force. Also, usually , Starfleet doesn't run diplomacy, they provide transport for diplomats. They do sometimes fill in when the transp…

If quacks like a duck, it is a duck. Starfleet is a navy, one that has a way to high share of officers, nowhere near enough NCOs and enlisted men and a worrying tendency of carrying dependents and civilians into combat, but a navy still. Regarding diplomacy: - Kithomer Accords, re-established between Cpt. Sisko and Chancellor Gowron, the first accords were Picard's job (could be wrong about that) - everything Bajor r…

The "not a military" lines in early TNG are, while intended to reflect Gene's somewhat out there vision of an evolved Federation, so obviously wrong in the context of later material that the only coherent way to handle them is to either chuck them from canon, or to treat them as a bit of in-universe exaggeration and semantics wrangling that gets proven completely wrong by the time of Wolf 359.

Re: Commercially available chairs in Star Trek

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Post by standardly »

metadat wrote: post #19
Jeff_Brown wrote: post #16

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That's because I. the future people ... uh ... someone please finish this sentence for me.

Apparently, in the future people don't need or want to rest their arms. By itself, this is uncharacteristically dystopian for Star Trek because it suggests people will relax so much less that arm rests are unnecessary. Strange because Star Trek usually presents a more optimistic picture of the future. That futuristic look is more important.

> it suggests people will relax so much less that arm rests are unnecessary

Or they relax SO often, that they don't need arm rests (because their arms are never tired, because they aren't working much)

Re: Commercially available chairs in Star Trek

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Post by [deleted] »

slg wrote: post #98
bjpirt wrote: post #67

This is one of my favourite distractions when watching Sci-Fi films set in the future - spotting objects from now. For example: - In Luke's home in Star Wars IV there's a lot of Tupperware - https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2014/02/in-praise-of-t... - In Alien, Ripley drinks from a Tupperware mug - https://twitter.com/EverRotating/status/1156650673972363264

I think the most famous/beloved/notorious version of this is the guy in Star Wars running around with a completely unaltered off the shelf ice cream maker. https://www.reddit.com/r/Thatsabooklight/comments/bf20dp/i_p... I just found that link through Google, but that is apparently a whole subreddit devoted to this type of use of modern objects getting repurposed as some fantastical movie/TV props.

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