wetwareproblem:

lyra-lost-in-space:

everkings:

kinkstertime:

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garashirs:

my absolute favourite thing about all the old star trek series is when the ship unexpectedly collides with something and, due to the lack of sophisticated special effects available at the time, everyone just throws themselves across the set as dramatically as possible

Wait, isn’t there stabilised gifs of these shots floating around?

I FOUND SOME!!!

Is Uhura just like grinning like a dork in the last one? 

@chloewithacoffeecup the best special effects

The old series? They did this in TNG, too, and I’m reasonably sure it turns up in DS9 and Voy.

Special effects might have gotten more sophisticated, but when the alternatives are “a ridiculously expensive hydraulic platform” and “everybody throws themselves around while we shake the camera (cost $0)”…