Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site spp2.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwspp!spp2!urban From: urban@spp2.UUCP Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Front viewing screen (transparent dome) Message-ID: <156@spp2.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 13:54:50 EDT Article-I.D.: spp2.156 Posted: Mon Oct 1 13:54:50 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Oct-84 06:39:30 EDT References:Reply-To: urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike Urban) Organization: TRW, Redondo Beach CA Lines: 23 Summary: Obviously, someone changed his mind about the bridge/dome between the time of the first pilot and the regular series. In particular, one of the first episodes, "Corbomite Maneuver", begins with the IDENTICAL establishing footage (Enterprise in space, zoom close to the bridge...) but simply cuts to the interior:bridge shot before the "transparent dome" matte would occur. The original pilot (if I recall the screenings I've seen) also had a particularly corny bit of business as the Enterprise is traveling to Talos IV, in which the theme music plays while you see the people at the helm doing their thing with a star-field superimposed. Since the only complete prints of "Cage" are in B&W, the whole thing feels very 1960-space-cadetish when you watch it now. BTW, KCOP (Ch. 13, LA) is airing nice fresh prints of these early episodes. These episodes used interesting camera angles (overhead shots of people waiting for elevators, moving camera follows behind Kirk onto bridge) that they never bothered with in the later episodes. I guess imagination had to take a back seat to budget as time went on, huh? Mike