Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!pesnta!greipa!decwrl!decvax!mcnc!philabs!aecom!erosenth From: erosenth@aecom.UUCP (Elazar Rosenthal) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: the controls Message-ID: <1783@aecom.UUCP> Date: Sun, 7-Jul-85 17:03:14 EDT Article-I.D.: aecom.1783 Posted: Sun Jul 7 17:03:14 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 10:51:09 EDT References: <344@ll1.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 33 > <<< Excuse me sir, but didn't you mean "lock transporter on landing > party", and not "lock phasers"? >>> > > We all realize that the sets for S.T. were minimal, and done > on a small budget, and unlike Star Wars, were not the star of the > show, but the controls have always bothered me. Do you realize that > not a single control or indicator on the entire ship was labeled? > Okay, so the regular man at that post would know the controls, but > how about someone filling in during an emergency? Not even the > emergency type equipment was labeled! Everyone would have to know > every single control on the ship!!! > > That, and the three slides on the transporter controls. Has > anyone ever seen a show were all three were not slid together? Why > not one slide control? (I know, they built the set with three.) So > why not slide just one on an occasion. > > Actually, other than the controls, I never noticed any > inconsistencies during the first runs. (That rules out the problems > of not using second season technology in the first season.) In > fact, the only other thing that bothered me was "Eden". I almost > get embarrassed for G.R. each time I see it. I mean, just because > SPOCK has ears... > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > discalimer: If royalty were still in power, > I'd be the King of Fools > > ...ihnp4!mgnetp!ll1!cej Llewellyn Jones > ------------------------------------------------------------ *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** I always liked the idea that the controls where not labled or "modernized" otherwize they would become dated . (rember the led watches in Battlestar)