What's Your Favorite Star Trek Practical Effect Species (startrek.website)

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From Wikipedia, "A practical effect is a special effect produced physically, without computer-generated imagery or other post-production techniques."

Some of my favorite practical effect species are from TOS. There's the Horta from TOS "The Devil in the Dark" s1e25. I was about 9 years old when I first saw the Horta episode. Old enough to know it wasn't real, but young enough to be utterly fascinated by something that looked like an angry chunk of hot lava making its way around on the ground.

TOS's the Salt Vampire's look scared little kid me. Truth be told, the way it looks still gives me the creeps.

The Gorn (TOS "Arena" s1e18) didn't scare me, but I thought it was intimidating. Sure, it looks like somebody in a lizard man suit. But, that Gorn had a knife! And, was trying to kill Kirk! Bonus points for the Gorn's sparkly, stylish armor.

I think tribbles are just adorable.

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[-] MikeyMongol@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 year ago

Tribbles are an excellent lesson in doing more with less. What an iconic creature that's nothing more than a fistful of rabbit fur on a string.

The false Balok from The Corombite Maneuver deeply freaked me out as a child, but heart forever belongs to the Horta

[-] Nmyownworld@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

"Tribbles are an excellent lesson in doing more with less."

Yes they are. And those sweet little sounds they make.

[-] Meowrilena@mstdn.fr 2 points 1 year ago

@MikeyMongol @Nmyownworld Balok is still quite scary to me. I wish they would've stuck with it instead of the weird surprise finale.

[-] Nmyownworld@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

Wah Ming Chang was a very talented artist of different disciplines, and was an important part of Star Trek. He was a designer on, maybe of, the false Balok and the Salt Vampire. As well as other contributions to TOS and more.

His Wikipedia page

His Internet Movie Database Page

[-] Meowrilena@mstdn.fr 4 points 1 year ago

@Nmyownworld wow, we owe him so much of what made TOS a classic!

[-] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing that. We should know more about his contributions.

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