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how come eyeglasses on ST next generation?
22 Aug 2006 12:16:42 -0700
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kilroybass...
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i noticed that nobody, human or klingon or romulan or other species
wore eyeglasses on the ships or on Earth or on other planets. nor was
there mention of contact lenses.
weberm...
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Hmmm, I am pretty sure I've seen people wearing glasses...
John Duncan Yoyo...
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I think you saw some in things like City on the Edge of Forever.
Jerry Brown...
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The transporter operator in one of the 'The Cage' flashbacks within
'The Menagerie' is wearing glasses, but that is meant to be several
years (decades?) before TOS.
wdstarr...
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Thirteen years, IIRC.
Anim8rFSK...
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Jerry Brown
Anim8rFSK...
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I *never* noticed that before. In the first shot, he's got glasses and
it looks like he's marking lines in his script! In the next shot,
glasses and script are gone. I think we mark that up to a goof. Sheesh.
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Star Trek II had McCoy giving Kirk eye glasses because he was allergic
to Retinites which were indicated to be the normal treatment for your
arms getting too short. Plus with what we can do today with surgery
I'm guessing that they believed it would be fixed some how.
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edrhodes...
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There's a reference in one of the movies to "Retlax 5" which is
supposed to help eye conditions. Kirk needs glasses to read because
he's alergic to "Retlax"
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weird, huh?
jayembee...
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Not really. Given the level of their medical technology, corrective
lenses are likely unnecessary.
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Lobster Man...
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But there was mention of artifical eyes, which you didn't seem to
notice. If you can replace the whole eye, why bother with glasses or
contacts?
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Barry Margolin...
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McCoy gave Kirk a pair of eyeglasses at the beginning of one of the
movies. However, IIRC the novelization indicated that this was archaic.
Anim8rFSK...
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In the movie, Kirk said he was allergic to Retinax.
edrhodes...
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Never read the script or book version... I thought Bones and Kirk were
saying "Retlax"
Anim8rFSK...
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Yeah, I've seen it written at some point. It's like 'retina' with an x.
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et472...
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That almost seems like something from the pilot, though it makes more
sense to do it as the actors and characters age. In the pilot,
the doctor is older, looks like a doctor, and even has a black bag.
He makes a "housecall" to Kirk's room, and administers some alcohol
for some ailment.
Default User...
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That was Captain Pike's doctor.
et472...
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You're right, and given I was talking about the pilot, I knew it.
But when talking about the captain on "Star Trek", Kirk is obviously
the one and his name just slipped in while I was typing.
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Anim8rFSK...
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Why on Earth was Captain Pike's doctor making a house call to Kirk's
room?
et472...
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So it was Captain Pike's personal physician? No wonder we never saw
the doctor again. Once Pike was off the show, the doctor went with him.
Mark Nobles...
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Not only that, but Pike's XO was demoted to nurse, and later developed
telepathic ability.
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Michael
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Presumably any civilization advanced enough for interstellar travel will
have also developed advanced techniques like LASIK to cure vision
problems.
debdav1...
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How come they hadn't cured baldness by then? (Re: Picard)
cloud dreamer...
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Maybe they did. Maybe Picard can't have the procedure or chose not to.
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Anim8rFSK...
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I think they had. I think Picard was bald intentionally.
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Hunter Rose...
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They didn't need to. Instead, they cured the archaic notion
that baldness was bad.
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