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doesnotloveyou · 3 months

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watching a star trek TOS episode where a starship captain has a psychosis that makes him aggressive and manipulative. he kidnaps kirk and spock, tortures his doctor, kills another mental patient, and threatens the safety of the Enterprise crew.

despite this, kirk continues to show him dignity and respect. instead of villainizing him, kirk reminds him his mental illness is not his fault and the awful things it has caused him to do are not who he truly is.

when spock finally shoots the man you think "well that's the end of that guy." but then we learn spock intentionally only stunned him, and the man is last seen getting mental health treatment. he is unaware of what has passed or who he is, and is confused to be referred to as "Captain" but he returns the respect he receives

Mental illness was treated better in a '60s scifi show than it is now.

#star trek #kirk is truly a good character #every time i rewatch i gain new respect for the characters #dnly tv #star trek tos

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luke-skywalkrs · 5 months

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costume design in star trek: the original series (1966— 1969)

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rosalie-starfall · 9 months

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Those Old Scientists

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atomic-chronoscaph · 6 months

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William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek (1968)

#star trek gif #william shatner gif #leonard nimoy gif #a piece of the action gif #captain kirk #mr. spock #star trek tos #60s sci-fi #60s tv series #1920s gangsters #sixties #1968 #gif #chronoscaph gif

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writergeekrhw · 5 months

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In the special features for Star Trek, the producers and writers often refer to Trek as a "period piece" in the same vein as Jane Austen or Bonanza, just set in the future instead of the past.

With this in mind, 90's Trek had very distinctive language usage. It is formal, even stilted at times, but it comes off as erudite and evolved. Even Patrick Stewart has commented how he could always tell when Star Trek was on TV because he'd hear the dialogue and recognize that distinctive formalness.

From a narrative perspective, this choice falls in line with the whole "humanity has evolved" theme. But from a technical writing standpoint, it seems to have served a much more important purpose of setting the time period by scrubbing the dialogue of any time-stamped, current slang.

So in this future universe setting, casual, current language (such as F bombs) would be akin to one of us using slang from the 1600's. It's jarring not because it's crass (for some it is), but because it cracks the suspension of disbelief that what we are watching is set in different time period because they are using our language, not theirs.

I apologize for the massive run up to this question (maybe I've completely missed the mark with my musings) but what were the instructions you were given that gave DS9's dialogue that "period piece" feel?

Good observations regarding language use in Star Trek.

There were no specific instructions on how to write "proper" Star Trek dialogue. It was mostly learning by doing. But we adhered to the same unwritten rules as TNG, and that could be gleaned from reading scripts and watching episodes. Once I started on the job, a few things became quickly apparent to me:

Avoid slang.

Avoid religious expressions.

Generally, dialogue between Starfleet characters should be respectful (or even warm), slightly formal, and thoughtful.

Playful is fine, but not too goofy.

Use metric units.

Most aliens don't use contractions or use them minimally.

There are probably plenty more that I learned (and adhered to) unconsciously, but those were the ones that jump out in memory.

#ask me anything #tv writing #ask me stuff #ds9 #star trek #star trek ds9 #deep space nine #star trek deep space nine #deep space 9 #star trek deep space 9 #st tng #star trek tng #tng #star trek the next generation

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papanowo · 6 months

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soooo these started out as me doodling to get used to my new tablet but 2 months later here we are

#if you look reeeeally closely you can see where i got obsessed w mirrorverse for a couple weeks ^_^#my art #star trek #star trek tos #star trek aos #spock #james t kirk #jim kirk #bones mccoy #leonard mccoy #spirk #mirrorverse #mirror kirk #mirror spock #mirror bones #incubus 1966 #doom 2005 #theres also tng ds9 ent and the boys tv but id rather not clog those tags

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vancruejovi · 18 days

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Kirk and Spock ⭐️

(and bonus behind the scenes because look at them!!)

#star trek tos #Star Trek #captain kirk #spock #leonard nimoy #william shatner #80s #60s tv #60s

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humanoidhistory · 8 months

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Star Trek fan, 1984: “Star Trek is just something that people believe in. It gives you hope and promise. That’s why I believe in it.”

#star trek #tv #film #Star Trek day #sci-fi #scifi #fandom #history #DFW #texas

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lucy-moderatz · 3 months

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#tv: star trek: deep space nine #ds9edit #trekedit #jadzia dax #klingon grandpa said trans rights #character: jadzia dax #things i made

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one-time-i-dreamt · 1 month

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My parents texted me about something that had happened in the episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that they watched, but what they described never happened in any episode so I realized that it was a dream and woke myself up.

#dream #parents #texting #family #star trek #deep space nine #star trek deep space nine #tv show #tv series

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spirk-trek · 18 days

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