Space: the final frontier

ploppythespaceship:

dubiousculturalartifact:

straight-as-a-curly-fry:

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. 

A. it’s so surreal to think of the modern technology like automatic doors, that we just take for granted while watching Star Trek. But they were legitimately part of the futuristic elements of the show to the viewers at the time. It’s interesting to consider how these elements may have influenced those future inventions, as in the case with other tech on the show like the commmunicators. Also how differing social/historical contexts influences the reception of a work. What elements in our contemporary science fiction will seem commonplace or even hopelessly dated, to societies of the future? How will what we envision wind up shaping those societies, and what is the responsibility of us to…

B. nah anyway someone tell me there’s footage of Shatner doing this

Here’s a montage of several bloopers where people have problems with the doors. My personal favorite is Michael Dorn walking directly into the turbolift door and Patrick Stewart just smiles because it has to happen all the time.

beauty-grace-outer-space:

feltpool:

Fun With Kirk and Spock (Star Trek a Parody)

Are you well acquainted with Vulcan greetings, The Enterprise and going where no man has gone before? Then this is one for you.

Bursting with master comedy on an interplanetary scale alongside oodles of glorious illustrations, this is 64 pages of Trekkie gold.

The phasers are truly set to stun with this one. You’ll be joining Kirk and Spock as they go boldly where no parody has gone before. Sure to help cadets of all ages master the art of reading alongside their favourite Starfleet officers, including Klingons, Romulans, Andorians, and Gorn beam

Get ready to beam up some serious fun.

Fun fact: my boss bought me this book and also “Red Shirt’s Little Book of DOOM” for Christmas last year.

And Star Trek pens. And a Star Trek art calendar.