The biggest fact that most people don't know is that Lucille Ball is the only reason the show got on the air. Every other studio turned it down, so she produced it at Desilu.
Its a fact the original pilot was rejected and by NBC. Gene got a second chance with his "wagon train to the stars" was given the go ahead by Desilu. When the production company board voted to cancel Star Trek because it was too expensive, the owner Lucille Ball overrode them and saved Star Trek from the first attept to cancel the show. She actually saved Star Trek twice. Additionally, Desilu by giving gene the go ahead made Star Trek the first syndicated program.
To clarify: The nerve pinch wasn't entirely improvised. It was cooked up on the set during production, but Nimoy did discuss the idea with the director first, and how bonking Evil Kirk over the head with the butt of his phaser was a bit lowbrow. Ninmoy made a good pitch, the director said, "Okay, we'll try that," and Nimoy gave credit to Shatner for really selling the move. And the rest is history.
Kate Mulgrew was such a good choice to play Captain Janeway. I don't know if her lines changed when Bujold left the role, but Mulgrew's personality shines through that character. She makes you believe she is a highly competant leader, someone who could unite a fragmented crew, and someone you would trust enough to follow into many dangerous situations. She was the perfect first female (show lead) captain!
Discovery was the first Trek not to star a captain? Commander Sisko would like to have a chat and give you a closer look at the Defiant. Yes he became a captain later but he was just a commander the first few seasons.
@@everydaymartian1364 Same in Star Trek. O'Brian explained it to Nog and then told him that by the time the Feringi got to be called Captain there would be nobody to call him such.
I was at Publix at 7am this past Friday. I didn’t expect them to open until 8am, but as I walked by, the door obligingly slid open. Surprised but pleased, I leaned in and asked. Indeed, they were open. It’s hard to remember that it was rare as recently as the ‘60’s that motion sensors and automatic doors didn’t exist.:)
I know this is in a list among so many videos, but I'm very happy with what you guys do on this channel, Star Trek has been a part of my life since I was a kid, and got me into loving Science Fiction in general. Thanks for bringing up the little details that went into making such an amazing world, that we all continue to Explore and Expand on with every year.
Oh! The Vulcan nerve pinch: long before Star Trek my father used to do that to me every time he passed by me at the supper table. Being rediculously ticklish, I'd immedialy collapse into a ball in my chair, trying to get away from his steely fingers.
It is a nerve point, it can't render you unconscious, but done RIGHT it CAN seriously incapacitate you due to the excruciating pain it inflicts! (Altho it is not in the least bit injurious!)
Here here! How the hell do these guys ever get into these positions? Some serious butt kissing must be involved. One such executive wanted to cut "Over the Rainbow" from Wizard of OZ because he felt the Kansas part was too long. They always make the worst choices.
@@rebeccarebeccaa2515 I just found this out this week too. Of course my this week came six months after yours. I saw it on some other Star Trek retrospective on youtube a few days ago, I don't remember which. Funny how that works and now one week later I am watching this which you watched 6 months ago. Can you please give me next week's lotto numbers since you seem to be living six months in my future?
Yes, you missed a couple of things. Did you know that James Doohan was missing his middle finger on his right hand? He lost it in WWII. In the cartoon version of Star Trek, Scotty has all of his fingers on his right hand. Another thing that you missed was that the Enterprise was one of 12 star ships in the federation Fleet in the original series. Each star ship had its own insignia on the uniforms of its crew. Later in the movies and other series, Star Trek corporate heads decided to adapt the Enterprise insignia as main insignia of Star Fleet. I grew up with Start Trek so I know these things.
Quite true about the insignias; "The Doomsday Machine", "The Ultimate Computer", and "The Omega Glory" are all examples. However, in "Court Martial", Kirk's fellow Academy graduates he meets in the bar are all wearing Enterprise insignias. Oops.
There are several episodes in TOS where you can see James Doohan is missing the middle finger on his right hand, as well as a scene in Star Trek III and a scene in Star Trek V. There may be others but I cannot think of them right off the bat. Also quite true on the insignias. Just as in the Navy, aircraft carrier squadrons have unique patches, as do Air Force squadrons. (I'm a Navy veteran and also did JROTC in High School.) I am not familiar with Marines, Army or Coast Guard so I cannot offer any insight on them. It wasn't until TNG that Startleet used the TOS Enterprise insignia. As it was explained to me back when the TNG was originally airing (I do not recall exactly what year, sorry) this was done to pay homage to how successful the Enterprises original five year mission was. Or so I was told. Finally the last piece of trivia is in TOS the Enterprise was part of the United Earth Space Probe Agency as well as Star Service, Spacefleet Command and Space Central were all used before they settled on Starfleet, Starfleet Command and the United Federation of Planets which we've all come to know and love.
"The Menagerie" is probably the best example I can think of for inspired cost cutting. You have to remember that, while *we* know that it was really a bottle episode, and basically a clip-show recycled from the original pilot "The Cage"...the audience in 1966 would have no way to know that, because The Cage was the rejected original pilot that *never* aired. From the point of view of its contemporary audience, "The Menagerie" would have actually appeared to be an *exorbitantly* expensive two part episode featuring, apparently, multiple versions of sets, multiple version of costumes and props, and a very large cast of guest characters, complete with an alternate interpretation of Spock by Leonard Nimoy...all seemingly done just for these episodes! As always, my hat is off to The Great Bird of the Galaxy for not letting a great original pilot go to waste!
Dax character - notice she is almost ALWAYS filmed sitting down? She is nearly never seen standing straight on with another character. I met her at her house proabably 15 years ago, purely by chance, and I was astonished how tall she is. I am 6'0, and felt like she was taller than me. A quick Google search says she's 6'0 as well, but man, she seemed a good 1-2" taller for some reason! After that encounter, I could not ever "not" notice that the camera angle, or her positioning, always makes her look at good 2-3" shorter than she really is.
Actually, Patrick Stewart was advised by his agent at the time that it was destined to fail for this reason. He went into it after being in Shakespearean theatre for many years and was excited at the prospect of doing something new, but a little apprehensive of being away from home for 6 years. His agent told him it would be lucky to last a year and advised him to enjoy himself while he was in the States, make some money, get a tan and go home after the show was cancelled. It wasn't Patrick Stewart who thought it would fail, it was his agent
Fun fact: Susan Gibney was also a favorite for the role of Janeway, who guest stared in Star Trek:TNG two times. She later played Captain Benteen in a DS9 two part.
@Tom Smith , And plenty of eye candy for the ladies! 😁 I do think starting Enterprise in San Francisco would have given the series substantial weight...too bad the studio had to butt in! Oh, well, it's still a good show ...
I just knew 1 and 6. And my favourite funfact is that the actor of Harry Kim, Garret Wang, was so pissed About Kim just being an ensign, that he begged the Writers to promote him. He even went to Kate Mulgrew to ask her to promote him
I saw convention video of Kate being asked why Harry was never promoted. Her list of reasons included Garrett's impression of Kate (if you haven't heard it, you should as it's funny), off-camera antics involving tossing combadges (and Vulcan nudity - or, as Kate herself put it, "He (Paris) was drunk! Tuvok was naked!"), and falling in love on the show.
My Naval brother said Harry was such a baby. One can stay an ensign for quite a long time. Look at Ensign Chekov. Not promoted to until "MP" and I think Lt. Reed was older than Cdr. Tucker.
Garret Wang is a moron extreme. Do a search for the video where he tries to upstage Ray Parkes by showing off his light saber skills. Garret the Moron actually thinks the audience are laughing with him and not at him.
Whoopi Goldberg also received encouragement from her, telling her mother there was a black lady on tv and she wasn't a maid. You mean she never watched "Julia"? She need not worry. There are more people of colour than those of disability.
Nope she married a Jew with lots of $ after her relationship with that European prince. I feel sorry for woman who want to be a princess. Is their life really that devoid of reality?
Wow I never saw that Voyager pilot with the different captain. That's wild! And I toally either forgot or didnt notice at all the dudes in skirts on TNG. Big props to this channel.
I love Tos remembering the first time, I saw it in 1969. We had to wait that long, for the bbc to show it. I first thought the tribbles, were William Shatner's toupee. Lol.
It was really good and it had the best first season of any Trek besides maybe TOS. I hated the Xindi arc which most people seemed to like. I enjoyed the bottle episodes that were simple exploration and unique one off problems of the first season. Still the cast was great and it had just the right amount of cheese to make it truly feel like old star trek in a world of progressive slick star trek
Roddenberry didn't come up with the idea for 'The Menagerie'. Associate Producer Bob Justman did, because the show had run out of scripts to shoot at that point. John D. F. Black wrote the first draft of the framing story, which was then extensively rewritten by Roddenberry, to the point that Roddenberry didn't feel the need to credit Black. It was another nail in the coffin of the relationship between Black and Roddenberry.
Yeah, Roddenberry took a lot of credit for things he shouldn't. He also wrote lyrics for the Star Trek theme (that were unused) just so he could be a "co-writer" of the tune and receive royalties on that. Roddenberry had some questionable ethics the more that I find out about him.
Wow! Enterprise first season was suppose to be on earth! Now that would have made the show a lot more interesting to watch actually. I wish they had done that!
I wouldn't have done an entire season on Earth. A few episodes at first, maybe, but no more than that. The fans would have become impatient. It's Star Trek, not Earth Trek.
James Doohan who played scotty was shot 6 times during the allied invasion of Normandy. 4 in the leg. 1in the chest that was stopped by a silver cigarette case his brother gave him. 1 in the hand. Which resulted in his middle finger being amputated. Had to look it up on the exact number. Which was cool because I had never heard of that cigarette case part.
Naw, you haven't lived until you have been "dismissed" by Captain Janeway. Also, don't get in the way of her and "Coffee! Black!" Plus, it's evident that Kate Mulgrew developed Janeway's biting wit. I'm thinking of a scene in "The Q and the Grey": Q - "Is it because of his tattoo?" [Referring to Chakotay] "Well, mine's bigger!" [As Q turns his head to reveal half his face in tattoo] Janeway - [Stands and walks by Q] "Not big enough!"
Gor, am I the only one that liked "Enterprise?" Oh well ... The "Vulcan nerve pinch" has a basis in fact. Press under that back shoulder blade muscle, and you'll literally hit a nerve. I dunno if it'll knock ya out, but it hurts. ...Hey, I didn't know if TNG would fly, or not! But I was, of course, favorably impressed right from the jump.
Seth McFarlane was Ensign Rivers in a few "Enterprise" episodes. Dr. Phlox fed a tribble to one of his plants. Poor Hoshi had the misfortune of seeing him do that. Perhaps, he should've done it in front of T'Pol instead.
And he played also in TNG a friend of Whesley in one or two episodes! Plus he asked CBS for permission to create a new Star Trek Series, they rejected him and now see what he did! He outperformed Discovery! What kind of awesome Star Trek we could have get with him as showrunner!
Fun Fact: When John Colicos got the role of Kor, no one knew what a Klingon was supposed to look like so he suggested a cross between Fu Manchu and Genghis Khan and voila!
There was some controversy as to the reason Bujold didn't wind up with the part. Though a reason was offered that she wasn't happy with the schedule, whyt was she was the only one with this problem? If you compare the performance of Mulgrew vs Bujold, Mulgrew is passionate and warm, where Bujold came across as cold and aloof. I remember a statement from one of the producers that they felt they wanted to take the character in a different direction. The schedule thing was probably done to save face for the seasoned actress so as not to put a black mark on her record.
I recall that the entertainment news was all over Bujold "walking off" the set after a mere three days, doesn't sound like anyone was helping her save face to me. As to why she was the only one with the problem? Because she was a fairly well-known film actress who was being forced to adjust to the schedule of tv, whereas just about everyone else were either relative unknowns happy for their big break or else tv veterans who understood the system.
@@jb888888888 good answer - but i still remember hearing the producers wanted to take it in a "different direction" - unfortunately don't remember the source so take it for what it's worth
I liked Enterprise, but the idea of it being on Earth originally sounds amazing. This would have been a very creative take and would have a genuine culmination. The next years could explore very early flights of various sorts.
Who WASN’T jealous of Worf?!... lol... And it’s like they knew the audience would feel this way when they wrote in the bits of Bashir and Quark being jealous to reflect the feelings of the audience... lol
@@christopherlively8477 Boring?! Rigid perhaps, but Worf isn't someone I'd call "boring". Hardcore training regimes, implied to regularly go Targ hunting, *tons* of bedroom fun, and the dude learned how to play Poker, man! He even had a good time in a holodeck program as an ancient-western American Sheriff after only a couple of minutes! And Dax, as an ex-Klingon liason officer, knew herself how much fun a grumpy Klingon can be made to have~
I wish there was a short fan-film showing Finnegan constantly pranking "grim" young cadet Kirk and hearing and seeing Finnegan laughing maniacally at Kirk one prank after another👍🤣
That's what the first "NuTrek" film needed! A Finn v. Kirk subplot! Even if only to build up Kirk's screwball-sense of character during the academy scenes...then they could've killed Finn later as a "Red Shirt" death, instead of that nameless security guard during the orbital drop scene...or maybe as a triggering moment for Kirk to start taking things more seriously, complete with a "crew death monologue" moment.
Which Star Trek character was indirectly created by John Wayne? Answer: Pavel Chekov. George Takei was filming the John Wayne movie The Green Berets when series 2 of Star Trek was starting production. So the character Chekov was created as Helmsman until Takei returned. It also resulted in the creation of the dual helm positions that became a standard Star Fleet design.
Kate Mulgrew did a fantastic job as Captain Kathryn Janeway. My only real problem with Janeway was that when she spoke, her voice on occasion would creep down to a near quiet whisper and I always hated that.
The Vulcan nerve pinch is real, though it's somewhat different in real life. The person receiving the pinch doesn't slowly fall unconscious. He suddenly drops straight down to his knees fully conscious, though in pain. That spot is one of many pressure points throughout the body. To mention another, if you give someone a spear-hand thrust to the brachial plexus (in the pit of the shoulder), it'll paralyze his arm for a minute or longer.
The thought occurs that TOS grew its audience thanks to the quirkiness of its central actors as they embraced their pop culture icon-ness. Shatner and Nimoy with their albums solidified their presences in the public psyche ...and of course, going into syndication. They built a good foundation for forcing a comeback.
David has said that he was not aware of Flat Cats when he wrote TTWT. Rather, he and RAH were both inspired by the same source: a newsreal showing a population explosion of rabbits in Australia. The sea of furry creatures covering the landscape and obliterating crops is impressive and ominous and makes a lasting impression. In fact, the Tribbles story is more in parallel to the newsreal, in that they are eating all the human's food.
Genevieve Bujold (the film actress who almost played Janeway) actually wanted to walk out much earlier after learning what the filming schedule was like-- from TNG cast member interviews, the cast can be expected to work over 12 hours a day, 5 days a week-- longer if you're using heavy prosthetics like Klingons or Ferengi. But she was contractually obligated to do _some_ filming, so she did the bare minimum to get out of the contract as efficiently as possible. Those few scenes that are accessible online feel wooden and dispassionate mainly because Bujold was exhausted from the long hours.
Great video. Thank you. I was reminded of the Saturday Night Live episode with William Shatner at a Star Trek convention. Shatner to convention audience: "Get a life!"
TOS: The GNDN tubes that are all over the ship is an in-joke. While they look important, possibly some kind of wiring conduits or small plasma relays, the GNDN actually stands for "Goes Nowhere, Does Nothing". These tubes iirc also showed up in a DS9 Episode that wasn't a crossover with TOS, can't remember which one.
Im not a HUGE trekie but know quite a bit. But having seen that entry that episode of futurama make so much more sense. Its not just an homage it a straight up parody of an episode 😀
tribble showed up also in the 2009 star trek in a cage. If you really pay attention to the scene where kirk met scotty in the outpost, as they were talking you can hear a tribble. He is in the background in a cage. Also in discover season 1, the captain had a tribble in a cage as well.
In light of what the technology around Stephen Hawking was capable of, it's strange that they couldn't conceive of a way to give an invalid like Pike the ability to talk through technology. Case in point, toward the end of Hawking's life, they perfected his type-talking technology to the point where he could control it simply by quivering his cheek slightly, which was about all the mobility he had left. There should be lists of technology that appeared on Star Trek that has since become real and real technology that exists now that makes Star Trek seem dated.
The goal of story telling is to tell a story to YOUR audience not to get all the real world details right. When writing and filming for a 1960s audience they needed to design things in a way that audience would understand and accept so that meant doing things that looks silly in retrospect. TOS was a. TV show to be consumed by the average person of the time, not an exercise in futurology, I try to remember that when watching old media and it makes things much more enjoyable.
During that segment of this video, you can see Nimoy giving an interview of sorts. Fact is, it was that very interview where he exclaimed the Jewish blessing was used for the Vulcan symbol.
@@joycewasser2883 It's also in the Anglican 1928 Book of Common Prayer. I met Leonard Nimoy once and told him I knew that since my priest recited it often. He smiled and asked "Where do you suppose he got that from?" I told him from his Jewish religion since our Bible also includes the Old Testament.
During the promotion of the first season of TNG, Sir Patrick Steward was in the UK and was watching the BBC when Red Dwarf (the original british version, damn the American remake is one of the worst remakes I've ever seen) was being airred. Apon seeing the introduction he reached for the phone to call his solicitor (or lawyer as they're called in the US). Whilst dialling, he stopped once he realised the laughter he could hear was his own and has been a big fan of Red Dwarf since. On a completely different subject Sir Patrick Steward also wrote the introduction to the fifth volume of Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. For those not into comics, Transmet is considered to be one of the best comics ever written, personally it's in my top 3 (but due to Preacher and Uncanny X-Men being my other favourites, I can not say in which order the top 3 are in)
10 Star Trek series? I only count 8 series (original, animated, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, Discovery and Picard). What are the other 2 that I didn’t know about?
As a big Dr. Who fan....no! Especially with the writing and his performance in Picard.....ugh a bore fest. And Dr. Who unfortunately is falling on hard times until they replace Chibs and Jody. The two of them and the BBC has basically destroyed this iconic show.
@Theodryck _Orville_ is a different universe altogether; no connection/relation to _Star Trek _ whatsoever. Indeed, from what I've seen of it, it's more of a _Galaxy Quest_ rip-off tbh. . .
Nimoy approached director Leo Penn with his idea. William Shatner had been listening in, so when Penn asked for a demonstration, he quickly volunteered to be the guinea pig. Nimoy recalled, "I applied pressure to the juncture of Bill's neck and shoulder, and he most convincingly fell into an unconscious heap on the floor. Thus the famous neck pinch was born, in part because of Bill Shatner's talent for fainting on cue." He himself said he had been asked this question at least 100 times.
10 series? The Original Series The Animated Series The Next Generation Deep Space Nine Voyager Enterprise Discovery Picard That’s 8 series. Is there another two I don’t know about?
There are two upcoming series being produced. Section 31 and Lower Decks. Sort of future proofing the list. Also don’t know if short treks counts as a series or as a collection of stand alone short films. 🤷🏼♂️
@@SwashbucklingFinch Star Trek franchise considers those to be canon along with Star Trek: Short Treks and soon to be released Star Trek: Lower decks. That is 10 total though I can't be certain it is the 10 the narrator was referring to.
#11: In the first Season closer: "The Neutral Zone", Clare Raymond found her children's progeny shared the names of the first 6 Doctor Who actors (Peter Davison's name misspelled Davidson). But this info was removed from the DVD release.
I will always take issue with Burnham performing the Vulcan neck pinch. Because, it is physically impossible to pull off unless you have the superhuman strength of a Vulcan, or an android like Data. Vulcans have physical strength that is several times that of a human being. From what I have heard, they are stronger than those who compete in Strongman Competitions. A Vulcan neck pinch probably hits your nerve with the force of a 10 pound sledgehammer, swinging like you are trying to break concrete. So, any human pulling it off is something that should be reserved for parody shows like Spaceballs.
Tribble always had an easy answer. Move every food source onto a few runabout, beam crews back and forth for meals. Roaming teams with wide beam distuptor rifles. Bam.
1. Dax did Not die as stated, because that was the name of the symbiont that went from the dying Jadzia to survive as Ezri Dax, as any trekky should know! :)
The biggest fact that most people don't know is that Lucille Ball is the only reason the show got on the air. Every other studio turned it down, so she produced it at Desilu.
@dave carter you can't buy a show of nobody is selling it. All the other studios turned it down and Lucy personally gave the green light.
@dave carter meh, suck it up buttercup. do a little research Karen.
@dave carter muting you. bye.
Its a fact the original pilot was rejected and by NBC. Gene got a second chance with his "wagon train to the stars" was given the go ahead by Desilu. When the production company board voted to cancel Star Trek because it was too expensive, the owner Lucille Ball overrode them and saved Star Trek from the first attept to cancel the show. She actually saved Star Trek twice.
Additionally, Desilu by giving gene the go ahead made Star Trek the first syndicated program.
@dave carter I think somebody found their first thesaurus and wants to use all the new big words he found inside.
did anyone else notice the orville was included as star trek in that summary at the beginning lol...... i approve of this.
I love the fact that it started as a parody and now it's waaay better than Discovery
@Samuel_ 2005 it's considered star trek by most of the TNg cast
My god...
I love for the fact galaxy quest is there
@Samuel_2005 Galaxy Quest is the bestest sci-fi movie evar!
To clarify: The nerve pinch wasn't entirely improvised. It was cooked up on the set during production, but Nimoy did discuss the idea with the director first, and how bonking Evil Kirk over the head with the butt of his phaser was a bit lowbrow. Ninmoy made a good pitch, the director said, "Okay, we'll try that," and Nimoy gave credit to Shatner for really selling the move. And the rest is history.
Kate Mulgrew was such a good choice to play Captain Janeway. I don't know if her lines changed when Bujold left the role, but Mulgrew's personality shines through that character. She makes you believe she is a highly competant leader, someone who could unite a fragmented crew, and someone you would trust enough to follow into many dangerous situations. She was the perfect first female (show lead) captain!
Discovery was the first Trek not to star a captain? Commander Sisko would like to have a chat and give you a closer look at the Defiant.
Yes he became a captain later but he was just a commander the first few seasons.
But he was still the commanding officer. Discovery was the first Trek to focus on an officer that wasn’t in a command position.
Also Sisko is the most badass captain on Star Trek
At least in the US Navy, it is common to refer to the commanding officer of a vessel as the captain, no matter what his or her rank may be.
@@everydaymartian1364 Same in Star Trek. O'Brian explained it to Nog and then told him that by the time the Feringi got to be called Captain there would be nobody to call him such.
@@everydaymartian1364 Royal Navy too, I believe.
The Menagerie is an incredible demonstration of necessity being the mother of invention, and some really beautiful editing to recontextualise footage.
After the pandemic of the 21st century, all doors, everywhere, became automatic doors.
Thumbs up just for your moniker.
Hey, that's even better than the lever handles. Very clever. These knobs have to go!
Wesley: Why aren’t there handles on doors anymore?
Picard: Wesley, It’s time I tell you about the year 2020.
I was at Publix at 7am this past Friday. I didn’t expect them to open until 8am, but as I walked by, the door obligingly slid open. Surprised but pleased, I leaned in and asked. Indeed, they were open. It’s hard to remember that it was rare as recently as the ‘60’s that motion sensors and automatic doors didn’t exist.:)
Richard Poll I know dat meme too
I know this is in a list among so many videos, but I'm very happy with what you guys do on this channel, Star Trek has been a part of my life since I was a kid, and got me into loving Science Fiction in general. Thanks for bringing up the little details that went into making such an amazing world, that we all continue to Explore and Expand on with every year.
Oh! The Vulcan nerve pinch: long before Star Trek my father used to do that to me every time he passed by me at the supper table. Being rediculously ticklish, I'd immedialy collapse into a ball in my chair, trying to get away from his steely fingers.
It is a nerve point, it can't render you unconscious, but done RIGHT it CAN seriously incapacitate you due to the excruciating pain it inflicts! (Altho it is not in the least bit injurious!)
@@DMSProduktions The original idea was that due to Spock's Vulcan strength the neck pinch would render the victim unconscious.
@@ThatsViews Well duhh!
Wish "studio executives" would butt the hell out of the creative processes.
Except for the guy at Fox who insisted that Joss Whedon make Inara on Firefly a space hooker. That guy can stay. And clearly it was a guy.
Agreed!!!!
Here here! How the hell do these guys ever get into these positions? Some serious butt kissing must be involved. One such executive wanted to cut "Over the Rainbow" from Wizard of OZ because he felt the Kansas part was too long. They always make the worst choices.
Exactly.
Alain Archambault that line of thinking can readily be applied to a number of scenarios.
"[...] Michael Burnham is still carefully tied into the existing Star Trek universe [...]" I haven't laughed so hard in a long time, thanks!
Stewarts younger self? I don't think Patrick Stewart was ever young. He's looked like he's in his sixties, for the past 40 years.
Didn't you see him as Sejanus in I CLAUDIUS?
It may have been a rug, but he had HAIR!
He was 47 during the first season of TNG. He doesnt look bad for 80, now.
@@paul16451 And in Dune, he was 43
Being Bald makes you look older, however Walter Cronkite had hair and still looked like an old man for a long time.
Loved him in Excalibur.
Another fact: Malcolm McDowell, who played Dr. Tolian Soren in "Star Trek: Generations", is the real uncle of ALEXANDER SIDDIG aka Dr. Julian Bashir!
Horrorshow!
I just found that out this week!!
@@rebeccarebeccaa2515 I just found this out this week too. Of course my this week came six months after yours. I saw it on some other Star Trek retrospective on youtube a few days ago, I don't remember which. Funny how that works and now one week later I am watching this which you watched 6 months ago. Can you please give me next week's lotto numbers since you seem to be living six months in my future?
Yes, you missed a couple of things. Did you know that James Doohan was missing his middle finger on his right hand? He lost it in WWII. In the cartoon version of Star Trek, Scotty has all of his fingers on his right hand.
Another thing that you missed was that the Enterprise was one of 12 star ships in the federation Fleet in the original series. Each star ship had its own insignia on the uniforms of its crew. Later in the movies and other series, Star Trek corporate heads decided to adapt the Enterprise insignia as main insignia of Star Fleet. I grew up with Start Trek so I know these things.
Quite true about the insignias; "The Doomsday Machine", "The Ultimate Computer", and "The Omega Glory" are all examples. However, in "Court Martial", Kirk's fellow Academy graduates he meets in the bar are all wearing Enterprise insignias. Oops.
There are several episodes in TOS where you can see James Doohan is missing the middle finger on his right hand, as well as a scene in Star Trek III and a scene in Star Trek V. There may be others but I cannot think of them right off the bat.
Also quite true on the insignias. Just as in the Navy, aircraft carrier squadrons have unique patches, as do Air Force squadrons. (I'm a Navy veteran and also did JROTC in High School.) I am not familiar with Marines, Army or Coast Guard so I cannot offer any insight on them. It wasn't until TNG that Startleet used the TOS Enterprise insignia. As it was explained to me back when the TNG was originally airing (I do not recall exactly what year, sorry) this was done to pay homage to how successful the Enterprises original five year mission was. Or so I was told.
Finally the last piece of trivia is in TOS the Enterprise was part of the United Earth Space Probe Agency as well as Star Service, Spacefleet Command and Space Central were all used before they settled on Starfleet, Starfleet Command and the United Federation of Planets which we've all come to know and love.
"The Menagerie" is probably the best example I can think of for inspired cost cutting. You have to remember that, while *we* know that it was really a bottle episode, and basically a clip-show recycled from the original pilot "The Cage"...the audience in 1966 would have no way to know that, because The Cage was the rejected original pilot that *never* aired. From the point of view of its contemporary audience, "The Menagerie" would have actually appeared to be an *exorbitantly* expensive two part episode featuring, apparently, multiple versions of sets, multiple version of costumes and props, and a very large cast of guest characters, complete with an alternate interpretation of Spock by Leonard Nimoy...all seemingly done just for these episodes!
As always, my hat is off to The Great Bird of the Galaxy for not letting a great original pilot go to waste!
Dax character - notice she is almost ALWAYS filmed sitting down? She is nearly never seen standing straight on with another character.
I met her at her house proabably 15 years ago, purely by chance, and I was astonished how tall she is. I am 6'0, and felt like she was taller than me. A quick Google search says she's 6'0 as well, but man, she seemed a good 1-2" taller for some reason!
After that encounter, I could not ever "not" notice that the camera angle, or her positioning, always makes her look at good 2-3" shorter than she really is.
Cool
Gal likes her2-3" heels.
Loved the shots of her in the TOS outfit on Trials And Tribbleations episode. Long legs lady.💗
While the effect is over emphasised the nerve pinch is based on a martial arts technique
Actually, Patrick Stewart was advised by his agent at the time that it was destined to fail for this reason. He went into it after being in Shakespearean theatre for many years and was excited at the prospect of doing something new, but a little apprehensive of being away from home for 6 years. His agent told him it would be lucky to last a year and advised him to enjoy himself while he was in the States, make some money, get a tan and go home after the show was cancelled. It wasn't Patrick Stewart who thought it would fail, it was his agent
Fun fact: Susan Gibney was also a favorite for the role of Janeway, who guest stared in Star Trek:TNG two times. She later played Captain Benteen in a DS9 two part.
Thought Susan was sexy !
Also, The Cage was the most expensive episode of TOS which was probably another reason the footage was re used
it was made to save money wasnt it?
Boy that would have been different if Enterprise did a first season just on Earth.
@Tom Smith ,
And plenty of eye candy for the ladies! 😁
I do think starting Enterprise in San Francisco would have given the series substantial weight...too bad the studio had to butt in! Oh, well, it's still a good show ...
I just knew 1 and 6. And my favourite funfact is that the actor of Harry Kim, Garret Wang, was so pissed About Kim just being an ensign, that he begged the Writers to promote him. He even went to Kate Mulgrew to ask her to promote him
Did a segment on that in 12 Actors That Hated Being On Star Trek. Check it out :)
denNes he was not promoted until part 1 of Endgame in the future😇😇
I saw convention video of Kate being asked why Harry was never promoted. Her list of reasons included Garrett's impression of Kate (if you haven't heard it, you should as it's funny), off-camera antics involving tossing combadges (and Vulcan nudity - or, as Kate herself put it, "He (Paris) was drunk! Tuvok was naked!"), and falling in love on the show.
My Naval brother said Harry was such a baby. One can stay an ensign for quite a long time. Look at Ensign Chekov. Not promoted to until "MP" and I think Lt. Reed was older than Cdr. Tucker.
Garret Wang is a moron extreme. Do a search for the video where he tries to upstage Ray Parkes by showing off his light saber skills. Garret the Moron actually thinks the audience are laughing with him and not at him.
The Orville- one of the best series 😂. Glad you snuck it in 😋
Nichelle Nichols was going to quit, but MLK jr. persuaded her not to.
Wait, *the* MLK Jr.?🤔🤔🤔
Interesting.
Whoopi Goldberg also received encouragement from her, telling her mother there was a black lady on tv and she wasn't a maid. You mean she never watched "Julia"? She need not worry. There are more people of colour than those of disability.
@@theobserver314 yes him, he said she was a good role model for younger women and please don't quit.
she said he loved watching a power black women on TV which encouraged her to stick it out.
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Ah, then that will explain the motive; you won't have to worry in I deleting my previous comment which I left.
Terry Farrell married a Vulcan. Adam nimoy. Spock's son.
Nope she married a Jew with lots of $ after her relationship with that European prince. I feel sorry for woman who want to be a princess. Is their life really that devoid of reality?
Yup married him in 2018
Wow I never saw that Voyager pilot with the different captain. That's wild!
And I toally either forgot or didnt notice at all the dudes in skirts on TNG.
Big props to this channel.
I love Tos remembering the first time, I saw it in 1969. We had to wait that long, for the bbc to show it. I first thought the tribbles, were William Shatner's toupee. Lol.
While Enterprise may be polarizing, it's my favorite Trek series. I love that show and Paramount needs to bring it back.
It was really good and it had the best first season of any Trek besides maybe TOS. I hated the Xindi arc which most people seemed to like. I enjoyed the bottle episodes that were simple exploration and unique one off problems of the first season. Still the cast was great and it had just the right amount of cheese to make it truly feel like old star trek in a world of progressive slick star trek
2:37 Hey it's the Latina actress Rosa Salazar who played Alita: Battle Angel, I can't wait to see the next sequel movie of that series.
Thanks for the CTV logo at the top. Shout out to Canadian TeleVision!
* sigh * Janeway was NOT the first female captain. We saw the first one in ST IV. Why does nobody remember her?
Who, just kidding :D
@@davidareeves There was a woman in Next Generation that was Captain that was 1987
Captain Rachel Garrett of the Enterprise C...
They mean as the lead in a TV show - which she was.
Perhaps implied, though that was definitely not clearly stated... But Woo Woo if it makes you feel chipper.
Cheers!
daaaaymnn finding out what could have been with Enterprise hurts … I would have much rather seen a first season on the ground like braga wanted.
@TrekCulture
Tribbles had their chronological first appearance in Star Trek Enterprise when Dr. Flox used one to created a clone of Engineer Tucker.
RIP Sim Tucker...
Mork's pet Bebo was inspired by the Tribbles. Though, he had an attitude and didn't purr.
Thank you, Marcus, for the 100 bars of your love.
Roddenberry didn't come up with the idea for 'The Menagerie'. Associate Producer Bob Justman did, because the show had run out of scripts to shoot at that point. John D. F. Black wrote the first draft of the framing story, which was then extensively rewritten by Roddenberry, to the point that Roddenberry didn't feel the need to credit Black. It was another nail in the coffin of the relationship between Black and Roddenberry.
Yeah, Roddenberry took a lot of credit for things he shouldn't. He also wrote lyrics for the Star Trek theme (that were unused) just so he could be a "co-writer" of the tune and receive royalties on that. Roddenberry had some questionable ethics the more that I find out about him.
@@joelellis7035 A lot of creatives seem to have, just look at Stan Lee.
Wow! Enterprise first season was suppose to be on earth! Now that would have made the show a lot more interesting to watch actually. I wish they had done that!
I wouldn't have done an entire season on Earth. A few episodes at first, maybe, but no more than that. The fans would have become impatient. It's Star Trek, not Earth Trek.
James Doohan who played scotty was shot 6 times during the allied invasion of Normandy. 4 in the leg. 1in the chest that was stopped by a silver cigarette case his brother gave him. 1 in the hand. Which resulted in his middle finger being amputated.
Had to look it up on the exact number. Which was cool because I had never heard of that cigarette case part.
Naw, you haven't lived until you have been "dismissed" by Captain Janeway. Also, don't get in the way of her and "Coffee! Black!"
Plus, it's evident that Kate Mulgrew developed Janeway's biting wit. I'm thinking of a scene in "The Q and the Grey":
Q - "Is it because of his tattoo?" [Referring to Chakotay] "Well, mine's bigger!" [As Q turns his head to reveal half his face in tattoo]
Janeway - [Stands and walks by Q] "Not big enough!"
She had the military "bark" nailed down years ago when she was in, "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins".
Gor, am I the only one that liked "Enterprise?" Oh well ... The "Vulcan nerve pinch" has a basis in fact. Press under that back shoulder blade muscle, and you'll literally hit a nerve. I dunno if it'll knock ya out, but it hurts. ...Hey, I didn't know if TNG would fly, or not! But I was, of course, favorably impressed right from the jump.
eyyy I liked ST: Enterprise too!! It may not be as good as TNG but it's enjoyable 😞😞
As always, love your work. A lot of fun.
Seth McFarlane was Ensign Rivers in a few "Enterprise" episodes. Dr. Phlox fed a tribble to one of his plants. Poor Hoshi had the misfortune of seeing him do that. Perhaps, he should've done it in front of T'Pol instead.
And he played also in TNG a friend of Whesley in one or two episodes!
Plus he asked CBS for permission to create a new Star Trek Series, they rejected him and now see what he did!
He outperformed Discovery!
What kind of awesome Star Trek we could have get with him as showrunner!
@@nicosteffen364 When did he pitch a new series?
I really wish the Trek Universe had a series set primarily on Earth. I feel like there's an untapped well of stories set on planetary surfaces.
Fun Fact: When John Colicos got the role of Kor, no one knew what a Klingon was supposed to look like so he suggested a cross between Fu Manchu and Genghis Khan and voila!
Additionally the reason Kor quoted Shakespeare was to tie back to the original series and it's use of Shakespearean themes and plots.
"You have not read Shakespeare until you read it in the original Klingon," "ST:6"
@@virginiaconnor8350 undiscovered country🙌
@@SantaPorter420 Right. And "Only Nixon could go to China". Cpt. Spock
@@virginiaconnor8350 old Vulcan proverb🤣
You actually found a few tidbits that I did not know. Congratulations, I am impressed. 👍
There was some controversy as to the reason Bujold didn't wind up with the part. Though a reason was offered that she wasn't happy with the schedule, whyt was she was the only one with this problem? If you compare the performance of Mulgrew vs Bujold, Mulgrew is passionate and warm, where Bujold came across as cold and aloof. I remember a statement from one of the producers that they felt they wanted to take the character in a different direction. The schedule thing was probably done to save face for the seasoned actress so as not to put a black mark on her record.
I recall that the entertainment news was all over Bujold "walking off" the set after a mere three days, doesn't sound like anyone was helping her save face to me. As to why she was the only one with the problem? Because she was a fairly well-known film actress who was being forced to adjust to the schedule of tv, whereas just about everyone else were either relative unknowns happy for their big break or else tv veterans who understood the system.
@@jb888888888 good answer - but i still remember hearing the producers wanted to take it in a "different direction" - unfortunately don't remember the source so take it for what it's worth
Fun list I knew some already.
Thanks 🖖
I only knew a few, so, much appreciated on your deep research. Some of those were mind-blowing!
If a series ever deserved a couple of movies it's Enterprise! Bring em back!
We ALL knew about the Vulcan salute. I've heard it at least 100 times.
I liked Enterprise, but the idea of it being on Earth originally sounds amazing. This would have been a very creative take and would have a genuine culmination. The next years could explore very early flights of various sorts.
Who WASN’T jealous of Worf?!... lol... And it’s like they knew the audience would feel this way when they wrote in the bits of Bashir and Quark being jealous to reflect the feelings of the audience... lol
I dunno, I was kinda jealous of Dax...~
I dunno, Dax is a free fun loving spirit and Worf is so ridged and boring! She would have had more fun with Quark😊🖖
What the gf said 😂
@@christopherlively8477 Boring?! Rigid perhaps, but Worf isn't someone I'd call "boring". Hardcore training regimes, implied to regularly go Targ hunting, *tons* of bedroom fun, and the dude learned how to play Poker, man! He even had a good time in a holodeck program as an ancient-western American Sheriff after only a couple of minutes!
And Dax, as an ex-Klingon liason officer, knew herself how much fun a grumpy Klingon can be made to have~
wasn't jealous.
just felt bad. poor Worf can't be happy. lol.
what he loved always died
I wish there was a short fan-film showing Finnegan constantly pranking "grim" young cadet Kirk and hearing and seeing Finnegan laughing maniacally at Kirk one prank after another👍🤣
That's what the first "NuTrek" film needed! A Finn v. Kirk subplot! Even if only to build up Kirk's screwball-sense of character during the academy scenes...then they could've killed Finn later as a "Red Shirt" death, instead of that nameless security guard during the orbital drop scene...or maybe as a triggering moment for Kirk to start taking things more seriously, complete with a "crew death monologue" moment.
Brilliant! Nicely done Marcus!
Which Star Trek character was indirectly created by John Wayne?
Answer: Pavel Chekov. George Takei was filming the John Wayne movie The Green Berets when series 2 of Star Trek was starting production. So the character Chekov was created as Helmsman until Takei returned. It also resulted in the creation of the dual helm positions that became a standard Star Fleet design.
Will Ricker. He walked like him and he was a fan of John Wayne.
I knew many, but not all. Subscribed.
Kate Mulgrew did a fantastic job as Captain Kathryn Janeway. My only real problem with Janeway was that when she spoke, her voice on occasion would creep down to a near quiet whisper and I always hated that.
I remember seeing the first ever broadcast of TOS on the BBC. Fan from day 1.
The Vulcan nerve pinch is real, though it's somewhat different in real life. The person receiving the pinch doesn't slowly fall unconscious. He suddenly drops straight down to his knees fully conscious, though in pain. That spot is one of many pressure points throughout the body. To mention another, if you give someone a spear-hand thrust to the brachial plexus (in the pit of the shoulder), it'll paralyze his arm for a minute or longer.
Great video!
I think we all knew about the Menagerie.
I knew 8, 7, 3, 2, and 1. Fun list! I'd love to see some more DS9 appreciation on this channel, though.
Didn't think I'd notice the Galaxy Quest and Orville title cards did you :P
The thought occurs that TOS grew its audience thanks to the quirkiness of its central actors as they embraced their pop culture icon-ness. Shatner and Nimoy with their albums solidified their presences in the public psyche ...and of course, going into syndication. They built a good foundation for forcing a comeback.
I'm a ROCKET MAN!First Trek actor to actually get to space( or good as).
David has said that he was not aware of Flat Cats when he wrote TTWT. Rather, he and RAH were both inspired by the same source: a newsreal showing a population explosion of rabbits in Australia. The sea of furry creatures covering the landscape and obliterating crops is impressive and ominous and makes a lasting impression. In fact, the Tribbles story is more in parallel to the newsreal, in that they are eating all the human's food.
Genevieve Bujold (the film actress who almost played Janeway) actually wanted to walk out much earlier after learning what the filming schedule was like-- from TNG cast member interviews, the cast can be expected to work over 12 hours a day, 5 days a week-- longer if you're using heavy prosthetics like Klingons or Ferengi. But she was contractually obligated to do _some_ filming, so she did the bare minimum to get out of the contract as efficiently as possible. Those few scenes that are accessible online feel wooden and dispassionate mainly because Bujold was exhausted from the long hours.
Worf and Dax, fun couple. Also Quark and the GORGEOUS Grilka!
The Klingons MUST be tizzy-ed that a Ferrengi is in their House structure!
@2:34 Bob from Bobs Burgers. He only tried to make the ultimate space burger. lol
i consider myself a hardcore trekkie, but some of these i didnt know at all, thats for sure * ^^ * thx for the vid =)
Great video. Thank you.
I was reminded of the Saturday Night Live episode with William Shatner at a Star Trek convention. Shatner to convention audience: "Get a life!"
TOS: The GNDN tubes that are all over the ship is an in-joke. While they look important, possibly some kind of wiring conduits or small plasma relays, the GNDN actually stands for "Goes Nowhere, Does Nothing". These tubes iirc also showed up in a DS9 Episode that wasn't a crossover with TOS, can't remember which one.
Im not a HUGE trekie but know quite a bit. But having seen that entry that episode of futurama make so much more sense. Its not just an homage it a straight up parody of an episode 😀
Golden, much love, mate.
tribble showed up also in the 2009 star trek in a cage. If you really pay attention to the scene where kirk met scotty in the outpost, as they were talking you can hear a tribble. He is in the background in a cage. Also in discover season 1, the captain had a tribble in a cage as well.
And Kate became one of the best captins in trek history.
12:30 Keep in mind, Patrick Stewart didn't know he was not circumcised until he was in his 70's
What?
Been a Trekkie since the start in the 60’s, but I didn’t know all this stuff!
Discovery should not be mentioned when talking about Star Trek.
In light of what the technology around Stephen Hawking was capable of, it's strange that they couldn't conceive of a way to give an invalid like Pike the ability to talk through technology. Case in point, toward the end of Hawking's life, they perfected his type-talking technology to the point where he could control it simply by quivering his cheek slightly, which was about all the mobility he had left. There should be lists of technology that appeared on Star Trek that has since become real and real technology that exists now that makes Star Trek seem dated.
Our "flip phones" are Trektech, though they can't broadcast and receive communications 2 light years distant.
The goal of story telling is to tell a story to YOUR audience not to get all the real world details right. When writing and filming for a 1960s audience they needed to design things in a way that audience would understand and accept so that meant doing things that looks silly in retrospect. TOS was a. TV show to be consumed by the average person of the time, not an exercise in futurology, I try to remember that when watching old media and it makes things much more enjoyable.
I had always heard that the Vulcan greeting was in fact a gang sign from Leonard Nimoys upbringing.
Tough paper route.
no it's a Jewish blessing.
During that segment of this video, you can see Nimoy giving an interview of sorts. Fact is, it was that very interview where he exclaimed the Jewish blessing was used for the Vulcan symbol.
@@joycewasser2883 It's also in the Anglican 1928 Book of Common Prayer. I met Leonard Nimoy once and told him I knew that since my priest recited it often. He smiled and asked "Where do you suppose he got that from?" I told him from his Jewish religion since our Bible also includes the Old Testament.
I knew them all! ☺ With a name like mine, you kind of have to know stuff like this, or the name isn't earned. 😁
Are you the Tribble who gave Kirk space herpes. (search for space herpes Robot Chicken before commenting and making a fool of yourself please)
3al
I got to meet Brent Spiner at Dragon Con a couple of years ago!
Actually both my tribbles are pink. And very hairy!
During the promotion of the first season of TNG, Sir Patrick Steward was in the UK and was watching the BBC when Red Dwarf (the original british version, damn the American remake is one of the worst remakes I've ever seen) was being airred. Apon seeing the introduction he reached for the phone to call his solicitor (or lawyer as they're called in the US). Whilst dialling, he stopped once he realised the laughter he could hear was his own and has been a big fan of Red Dwarf since.
On a completely different subject Sir Patrick Steward also wrote the introduction to the fifth volume of Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. For those not into comics, Transmet is considered to be one of the best comics ever written, personally it's in my top 3 (but due to Preacher and Uncanny X-Men being my other favourites, I can not say in which order the top 3 are in)
10 Star Trek series? I only count 8 series (original, animated, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, Discovery and Picard). What are the other 2 that I didn’t know about?
I think he's counting the two that CBS is currently in development.
They must be counting Star Trek: New Voyages and Star Trek Continues.
GregInHouston2 Star Trek continues occurred to me just after I posted this.
As for the minis, ( and Marina's favorite go go boots) during the TNG episodes, with guys wearing the short "dresses" wasn't such a noticeable thing
Really good job I only knew about five of these and I consider myself a ST:TOS expert.
Next video you do you should add to the list 2 cartoon series.
Stewart would have been a great Doctor Who.
As a big Dr. Who fan....no! Especially with the writing and his performance in Picard.....ugh a bore fest. And Dr. Who unfortunately is falling on hard times until they replace Chibs and Jody. The two of them and the BBC has basically destroyed this iconic show.
_10 series?_ I only count EIGHT(!):
1> ST: TOS;
2> ST: TAS;
3> ST: TNG;
4> ST: DS9;
5> ST: VOY;
6> ST: ENT;
7> ST: DSC;
8> ST: PIC.
@Theodryck _Orville_ is a different universe altogether; no connection/relation to _Star Trek _ whatsoever. Indeed, from what I've seen of it, it's more of a _Galaxy Quest_ rip-off tbh. . .
The Vulcan Nerve Pinch was lifted from Doc Savage pulp novels.
Nimoy approached director Leo Penn with his idea. William Shatner had been listening in, so when Penn asked for a demonstration, he quickly volunteered to be the guinea pig. Nimoy recalled, "I applied pressure to the juncture of Bill's neck and shoulder, and he most convincingly fell into an unconscious heap on the floor. Thus the famous neck pinch was born, in part because of Bill Shatner's talent for fainting on cue." He himself said he had been asked this question at least 100 times.
@@GarrethandPipa Nimoy must've grown up reading Doc Savage. lol
You forgot that one tribble which Phlox fed to his pets
Poor tribble! Good thing he didn't show this to T'Pol!
10 series?
The Original Series
The Animated Series
The Next Generation
Deep Space Nine
Voyager
Enterprise
Discovery
Picard
That’s 8 series. Is there another two I don’t know about?
Arthus850 ‘Short Treks’ makes 9
There are two upcoming series being produced. Section 31 and Lower Decks. Sort of future proofing the list. Also don’t know if short treks counts as a series or as a collection of stand alone short films. 🤷🏼♂️
Glad that you replied and clarified this. My best guess was that Short Treks & The Orville were counted.
@@OkiePackerFan10 Orville is not a Trek series.
it's interesting to know that Nimoy invented a volcan salute.
10 series? TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, DISCO, PICARD...that's 8 series??!!??
Ever since he said that, I have been trying to figure out what the other two are, as well...
@@SwashbucklingFinch Star Trek franchise considers those to be canon along with Star Trek: Short Treks and soon to be released Star Trek: Lower decks. That is 10 total though I can't be certain it is the 10 the narrator was referring to.
@Mike Manfredi I read that somewhere that those were the ones that they considered to be canon. Can't remember where though...
#11: In the first Season closer: "The Neutral Zone", Clare Raymond found her children's progeny shared the names of the first 6 Doctor Who actors (Peter Davison's name misspelled Davidson). But this info was removed from the DVD release.
I don't think so.
I will always take issue with Burnham performing the Vulcan neck pinch. Because, it is physically impossible to pull off unless you have the superhuman strength of a Vulcan, or an android like Data.
Vulcans have physical strength that is several times that of a human being. From what I have heard, they are stronger than those who compete in Strongman Competitions.
A Vulcan neck pinch probably hits your nerve with the force of a 10 pound sledgehammer, swinging like you are trying to break concrete.
So, any human pulling it off is something that should be reserved for parody shows like Spaceballs.
True, but that's the least of Discovery's contradictions with "real" Star Trek.
7:01 I knew about that one. 11:24 Knew about this, too.
Love Trek and Marcus too!
Tribble always had an easy answer. Move every food source onto a few runabout, beam crews back and forth for meals. Roaming teams with wide beam distuptor rifles. Bam.
Thanks for not ignoring TAS!
1. Dax did Not die as stated, because that was the name of the symbiont that went from the dying Jadzia to survive as Ezri Dax, as any trekky should know! :)