My mistake, of course, was to turn on Mike Okuda's text track as well. (Have I geeked out and mentioned lately that Mike Okuda follows me on Twitter? How awesome is THAT???) Here are some thoughts from his contributions ...
- I love that Roddenberry had the "no smoking allowed on the bridge" sign removed because he hoped smoking would not survive into the future.
- Okuda observes the then-state-of-the-art CG and states, the more advanced a computer, the faster they seem to become obsolete. Has to make production design pretty challenging!
- Wait, we didn't establish the Klingon neutral zone until 1982?? Amazing.
- "One can't help but wonder how wise it is to use live explosives as part of a training exercise." Hee! (One might also wonder why the crew of the Federation's flagship is acting as part of this exercise ...)
He's too good to waste - so I had to turn his feature off in order to get through more research. But still - there's this:
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