My favourite fact about Star Trek TOS is that, because automatic doors weren’t invented yet, the ‘automatic doors’ in TOS were really just some guy yanking a rope and pulley system to make them slide open. Problem was the person was far enough away that they couldn’t see when exactly the doors needed to be open, and relied on a signal from somebody just off set. The actors, however, had to act as if they were 100% confident the doors were going to open at the exact time and moment despite the fact that they occasionally did not which lead to multiple occasions in which the actors walked directly into the doors while they were opening.
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My favourite fact about Star Trek TOS is that, because automatic doors weren’t invented yet, the ‘automatic doors’ in TOS were really just some guy yanking a rope and pulley system to make them slide open. Problem was the person was far enough away that they couldn’t see when exactly the doors needed to be open, and relied on a signal from somebody just off set. The actors, however, had to act as if they were 100% confident the doors were going to open at the exact time and moment despite the fact that they occasionally did not which lead to multiple occasions in which the actors walked directly into the doors while they were opening.
thinking abt how the only reason they brought Chekov onto Star Trek TOS was to get more of the teenage girl demographic to watch their show so they specifically got a guy that looked like Davy Jones, that little twink from the Monkees
Can I just say I really love how colorful the Star Trek Beyond posters are? And I love that they pay homage to the original movie posters? I feel like it was a visual cue that they were trying to return to the movies’ original campy feel and I think this movie was a lot closer to it’s roots than the other two by far, and this movie just completely felt different than the first two. It triggered a much larger nostalgia reaction this time around and while it was still action packed, it just felt like one of the original movies and aaah I just loved this one so much. It’s easily my favorite of the reboots.
Beautiful, Iconic Lines from Star Trek Beyond
- “I ripped my shirt again”
- “If an earth girl says, ‘It’s me, not you’, it’s definitely you”
- “I am fully conscious, Doctor, I was merely contemplating mortality”
- “Put your phaser down!! please”
- “’Do you even know what it looks like!?’ ‘It’s that square thing, right?’ ‘It’s round!!’”
- “I have a nose for danger” *walks into a trap*
- “Montgomery Scotty”
- “’You gave your girlfriend radioactive jewelry, how romantic,’ ‘It’s harmless, but it does emit a strong signal,’ ‘You gave your girlfriend a tracking device!?’ *pause* ‘That was not the intention, but yes’”
- “Don’t break my music!”
- *Beastie Boys starts playing*
- “You know, Scotch was actually inwented by a leetle old lady in Russia”
- “’Sulu, can you fly this thing?’ ‘Are you kidding?’”
- “He likes that chair”
Fuck now I almost don’t want to see the next Star Trek movie that comes out because it’s back to JJ Abrams writing and god fucking dammit. God dammit he’s going to ruin everything. Beyond was so nice and generous it gave us a bad ass NON SEXUALIZED female main character. It gave us a gay poc family where NO ONE WAS DEAD. It gave adequate screen time for all of the characters where they had their own side stories that tied together (Karl Urban almost didn’t come back for this movie because he was tired of it just being about Kirk and Spock!) It gave us a MUCH more in character Kirk where he cares about and loves his crew and treats them like family - unlike Abrams’ Kirk in the first two movies. It gave us colorful hopefulness and a sense of family and I’m fucking. JJ is going to ruin it. He’s going to kill someone off or reduce Jaylah to someone’s feeble girlfriend or give her completely unnecessary nude scenes and. Fuck. Simon please don’t let him ruin everything that Beyond created. I’m so tired of him. I’m so fucking tired of JJ Abrams. I’m so fucking tired of lens flares.
Spock, upon discovering ancient audio files of whale song: Fascinating.
Kirk: Mr. Spock :)) isn’t technology a wonder :)) that we in the 24th century can listen to the beautiful song of this long-dead species :))
Spock, pausing his whale soap opera: What
“The way they defeated the aliens in Star Trek Beyond is unrealistic!”
For your convenience, here is a list of some other ways Star Trek villains have been defeated:
- By Kirk reciting the Declaration of Independence really passionately
- Kirk literally fighting himself
- Kirk fighting himself again (this time while Spock watched)
- Fat tribbles eating the problem away
- Dr. McCoy applying mortar to an acidic rock creature
- Spock mind-melding with a probe
- Literal whales
- The power of love defeating V’ger
- Spock killing Kirk instead of having sex (Kirk got better)
- An omnipotent being got his ass grounded by his parents
- By doing literally nothing and history happened the way it would have anyway (plus there was a cat who turned into a hot lady)
- The crew dressed up in suits and threatened to shoot gangsters
- Kirk explaining birth control to an overpopulated planet
- By making children cry
So you see, Beyond is actually well within the Star Trek tradition of ridiculousness.
tag yourself im “by making children cry”
“Stealing the Enterprise” from the score to Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, composed by James Horner.
A little note: this is one of my all-time favorite pieces composed for the Trek films because Horner weaves together multiple themes from the original series and his own score for Star Trek II to create the perfect soundtrack to stealing a starship. That and the fact I can recite all the dialogue as I listen to it.
“Steady… Steady… All right, Mr. Scott!
“Sir?”
“The doors, Mr. Scott!”
“Aye, sir! I’m working on it!”
It’s worth seeking out the expanded edition if you can; it’s a little spendy, but there’s a lot of music that wasn’t included on the original release.