Deborah Preuss, pcc ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

Just watched #StarTrek's original pilot, with Capt Pike.

Very interesting, for its time: psychology, sociology, philisophy, fantasy, space all rolled into one. ๐Ÿค”

Oh, and truly *terrible* makeup & costumes! ๐Ÿซ 

It seems clear to me that Number One (Majel Barrett) was the model for Rebecca Romijn's character, Una Chin-Riley, in SNW.

Majel Barret was synonymous with the franchise: as #1, Nurse Chapel, ship's computer, Lwaxana Troi, & more.

(NBC requested a 2nd pilot, without a female #1. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ)

Mar 26 at 5:15pmWeb
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆMar 26

โ€ฆ and why am I watching Star Trek?

Oh, I'm on hold for government phone "service" again. Patience.

"We are experiencing longer than average wait times

Show threadJavensbukanMar 26
@deborahh But but but Daddy Carney said AI would fix everything! /s
Show threadWilliam HamiltonMar 26
@deborahh
โ€œEverybody but the guy with the ears is fired.โ€
โ€” NBC, 1964
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆMar 26

@Beltliner403 oh, and Majel Barrett โ€ฆ with a demotion, obviously!

(Roddenberry also married her ๐Ÿคญ - and don't anyone bother with the "that's a promotion" jokes!)

Show threadJavensbukanMar 26
@deborahh Of course NBC did ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ
Show threadBill Mason ๐Ÿ–– ๐ŸŽถ ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿฅ…Mar 26
@deborahh Number One and Una Chin-Riley are the same character. It just took a few decades before she got an actual name. ๐Ÿคฏ
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆMar 26

@billmason no way!
But of course! ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ I lost track of the timeline.
Thanks!

I have always wondered about Una's stern character.

And: #1 was clearly human (that's why the aluens snatched her), and Una is something else (I forget what). Guess the SNW writers hoped nobody remembered that first pilot!

Show threadBill Mason ๐Ÿ–– ๐ŸŽถ ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿฅ…Mar 26
@deborahh I haven't read all the works involved, but I gather than her name and that she's an Illyrian were suggested in assorted novels, so I guess they decided to build off those to flesh out her background.
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆMar 26
@billmason do you know: did the books precede the pilot? (I always assumed they were derived from the tv series).
Show threadBill Mason ๐Ÿ–– ๐ŸŽถ ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿฅ…Mar 26
@deborahh They would have come after the pilot. After the whole of TOS was aired and done, for that matter.
Show threadChu ๆœฑMar 27

@deborahh

I truly miss the genius of Roddenberry.

The last few years of DS9 really suffered without him but the writers kept it alive.

The new stuff created after his death were all trash as far as I am concerned.

Not even the beloved Michelle Yeoh saved discovery for me.

The reboot movies were trash. The new be series were trash. Nice effects. Nice costumes. But none had the writing and vision that existed in that original series or TNG.

He had a vision for the world and a code of ethics that would define me as I grew up.

Show threadAaronMar 28

@chu

I always felt like he got it -- what it's like to be different -- and that was the wellspring of his creativity. So many characters have felt representative of me, as an autistic person, in one way or another. It's nice to be seen and appreciated. And the message, that there's a way for us all to work together to each other's mutual benefit, despite our differences, and sometimes even *because* of them, could be seen as a sort of prototype for the neurodiversity movement.

@deborahh