Star Trek

Carrera

I'm reading a book about how Star Trek came into being. Has anyone seen the pilots for the first series? They were, in fact, quite violent and quite erotic.
Turns out that the studio was co-owned by Lucille Ball of the former Lucy Show. It was a small studio called Desilu Studios. The original captain of the starship enterprise wasn't William Shatner as he came later on. Added to that, after the pilot was shown, the producers wanted to get rid of Mr Spock's character.
Anyway, in this studio, one of the problems they had was pigeons making a noise in the rafters while filming as well as noisy drains. Maybe if you watch the pilots carefully you can hear some of this background interruption.
I wonder if there are any Trek fans on the soapbox?

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RussB

Are you talking about the pilot epesode "the Cage" which was later incorporated in the 2 hour episode "The Menagerie"?

Carrera

Yes. I saw it ages ago. That was the pilot for the series.

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astroluc

StarTrek roadie here.

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jhuskey

Shatner was brought on later and Spock was supposed to be a minor character.
He and Shantner vied to upstage each other during the series.
The First captain was Christopher Pike,the character that is, the actors name escapes me without cheating.
Now,which actor played more different character during the series? Hint, she was very close to Roddenberry.

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limerickman

Was it the lady who played Lte Uhuru (spelling) ?
I read somewhere that her and Roddenberry were "involved".

Have to say I loved ST when I was a youngster : superb series.
For me, the original series was the best.
Although I was initially lukewarm to the TNG - I got to like it.

Deep Space Nine and Voyager, I never watched.

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morelike hypocrisy.

jhuskey

Roddenberry's wife played the first officer in the pilot,nurse Chapel in the first series and Roxanna Troi in the next generation.
Good to keep in the family,I guess.

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graphixgeek

Majel Barrett-Rodenberry also did the voice of the computer in the TNG, DS9, and Voyager series.

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willocrew

Star Trek sux...its just all conversations with little action.

Star Wars though...

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jhuskey

That's the Next Geneation. Kirk had balls,he fired first and then asked questions.

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MountainPro

i liked the original Star Trek when i was a kid but when Star Wars came out i was a total convert and never looked back...

light sabre's are so much cooler than a phaser....light sabres can decapitate a man or take an arm off plus phasers can go on 'stun mode' which is a bit gay. And Princess Layer (sp) was far sexier than anything in Star Trek...i could be wrong though, havent watched in in 15 years..

the neck grab that Spock did was good though..

Harrison Ford could kick Shatners fat arse.

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jhuskey

Princess Lay-a-lot...no wait that was the X rated version.

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avmanansala

I loved it when Scotty took over the bridge...you just KNEW he was launching the photon torpedos to get his captain back.

Scotty: "Queen to Queen's Level One."
Spock: "Queen to King's Level One"

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Anthony

lwedge

Okay, you take the light sabre and I'll take a phaser and we'll see who wins.

Just because you have the light sabre doesn't mean you can use the Jedi Mind Tricks.... I am way too stupid for that. Or the other way around.

lw

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