You know how sometimes you scratch your head after an episode of your favorite TV show and say… “WTF?” Witness this classic, and well travelled piece of backlot wisdom.
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How true! I remember Rick Sternbach’s issues with the producers over the Enterprise-C. I can just imagine the conversation:
Rick Sternbach: We’re making an episode about the Enterprise-C, so we have to have a new model made, preferably one that looks like the one depicted on the Enterprise History Wall in the captain’s ready room.
Producers: What!? That’s going to cost us a ton of money! Can’t you just modify that old Excelsior model?
RS: Uh, no. That would look incredibly stupid, and the fans would notice it right away. We need to make a new model.
P: Well, you can’t make it look like the history wall model, because it’s got all those sharp edges that will cost a ton of money to build. If you have to make a new model, make it as cheaply as possible.
RS: I suppose I can make the edges round instead of sharp, although it will now look completely different than what we originally intended. But Greg Jein will be building the model, and he’s a professional, so it won’t be cheaply made.
P: (clutching chest) What!? TONS OF MONEY!!!! @!&%*:@$!
It’s some folks job to make sure that the show comes in on time and on budget.
What a guy like Greg does is give the production more than they can afford. For instance, there was no money for a Klingon Battlecruiser in “Trials and Tribbleations.” Greg made it anyway. That’s passion for your art. Many passionate people made those shows happen… including producers.
Money difficulties often lead to creativity, and ingenuity. Lee Cole told me that “no boundries” was a real problem on TMP. Bob Justman told me that severe boundries helped make TOS ingeniuous. – Doug
P.S. – Look for a more in-depth explanation of the “C” story tomorrow from Mike Okuda.
I eagerly await information on the Enterprise C. Always had a soft spot for that design. Thanks.
ROTFLMAO!!!
Money difficulties often lead to creativity, and ingenuity. Lee Cole told me that “no boundries” was a real problem on TMP. Bob Justman told me that severe boundries helped make TOS ingeniuous.
Indeed. Money’s great no doubt, but there are other (often more valuable creative) sources to tap other than throwing $$$ at the pickle.
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You know, I keep coming back to this cartoon, month’s later, and enjoying the wisdom reflected in it each time!
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