Talk:Relics (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

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Is the "it is green" an allusion to the original series episode or isn't it? If it is, we should say so. If it isn't, the whole thing is meant to imply something which isn't true. john k 04:31, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I think you're reffering to The Original Series episode "By Any Other Name."--BigMac1212 02:18, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it is, and the article probalby shpuld be changed to reflect such.

I was also wondering about the mention of the "problem of beaming through sheilds at the very end. I had thoguht that the sheilds failed and that they were holding it open with the ship itself at the very end when they were beamed off. that might need a change as well. Cptjeff

The missing finger !
If James Doohan's finger is missing how can it be clearly visible? I think this sentence could be written better ;-) 85.22.10.36 06:42, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Andy Dick
I think, there is another guest star to be mentioned: Andy Dick. On 1701D, he introduces the new quarters to Cpt. Scott. Andy Dick is known as Emergency Medical Hologram Mark II in Message in a Bottle (Star Trek: Voyager). Or - did I mix up some actors...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lexikorn (talk • contribs) 10:14, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Removal of Trivia
I removed the below sentence from the article,

""James Doohan's missing middle finger (shot off during the Normandy campaign in World War II) is clearly visible during the scene between him and Patrick Stewart on the recreated Enterprise bridge on the Holodeck.""

Reason for this is because this is nothing but trivia with no bearing on the article or storyline as a whole. MattyC3350 (talk) 07:53, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Triva

 * Ironically James Doohan claimed on a talk show while STNG was begining that he'd be over 120 years old if he appear on STNG! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.53.145.199 (talk) 23:20, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Miracle worker
I am not sure if this is significant enough to reference in connection with the bit about how to get a reputation of a miracle worker, but there is "prior art" in this connection, to be found in Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne: "Better to put things at the worst at first," replied the engineer, "and reserve the best for a surprise." -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 01:53, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Original bridge set destroyed? Not really...
While I can't speak for what has happened more recently, I can say that the original bridge set of the Enterprise from Star Trek had not been destroyed as of the time that Relics was produced. The issue was that what existed of the bridge set (pretty much all of it, or enough to convincingly set it up) had been donated to the Smithsonian and I guess they didn't want to pull it out of the Smithsonian (if such a thing is even possible) for the one scene. I realize I don't have a verified source already to hand about this, but I can at least tell you what I know. I see no citation on the "bridge destroyed" assertion, so even if you can't find proof of the exhibit I'm about to mention, you can at least remove the seemingly unsourced statement.

At some point after Relics, during the mid-to-late 90s, there was an exhibit at the Smithsonian (I think it was at the Air & Space Museum) which had Star Trek memoribilia. I went to this exhibit with my family. In the course of the exhibit, I came across the bridge of the Enterprise... as you see it from the camera perspective or from where the viewscreen would be looking toward the chairs. The plaque indicated that it was the complete original bridge set, other than the captain's chair, which was a fan-made replica donated. It definitely LOOKED like the original bridge set in terms of age. Even though I wasn't supposed to reach across the rope, I was near enough to Chekhov and Sulu's stations as to see the glass layer that topped their consoles and see that it was very faded and that there was wear and tear structural cracking to the material that I was close enough to see and touch. I DID in fact reach across the rope and touched one of the two consoles with my hand... glass on top of black surfaces with things painted on them.

When I started walking on to other exhibits, eventually I saw a separate instance of the bridge of the Enterprise. This one looked less faded and more contemporary, and according to the plaque was the recreation of the bridge used in Relics.

Remember how I mentioned the "original captain's chair" was not in the bridge set? I walked on again and eventually was presented with the captain's chair. The plaque explained it was the original set's chair, transplanted out, and that the only difference was that the leather backing/cushion had been replaced. It wasn't roped off and people were allowed to sit in it. I did and touched the "buttons" on the arm of the chair a bit. (Those were really set decoration and coudn't really depress)

It was a long time ago, but it wasn't so long ago that I was young enough to be fooled by a flea circus or anything like that. And, like I said, the "old" bridge set certainly looked the age in real terms when I got an up-close look at the conn and helm stations.

I'm not sure what the Smithsonian did with the stuff eventually, but I doubt they would've outright destroyed them. I know they eventually stored/stopped displaying them in the area where they had been before.

I don't know if there's an article out there that will mention the exhibit I was looking at for me, but at the very least I think it's fair to require citation on the "destroyed bridge set" thing even if there's no article to prove more than that. I could've been misled by plaques, sure, but I would hope the Smithsonian was not in the habit of doing that. 151.207.246.4 (talk) 20:03, 18 September 2008 (UTC) Ismail