I love that this is a detail the set designer did expecting it to go unnoticed, that's a level of passion for sure.
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This is the best thing I've read in weeks
These are pretty fun!
Wow .... that is impressive
Not only did they have to watch a lot of Star Trek but each episode would probably be analyzed, catalogued, noted, researched and screenshot for hours or days
Today is a good day to ~~die~~ observe trek fans are fucking lit👏
Never have I been so delighted to read such obscure trivia
This is delightful!
Amazing.
Insanely good catch
That page was written by the man interviewed in the posted article!
Yea I'm seconding this being within normal operating parameters for a Trekkie.
Purple body suit, it's time for her and 7 of 9 to fight.
In a prop that was never intended to be seen.
In a prop that appears in several episodes and was carefully placed each time.
It's clearly intended to be an obscure Easter Egg and not a big plot point, but regularly displaying that exact book is not accidental.
Nobody would be able to make it out when the show was filmed and released. It's was a fun thing for the set, but it wasn't intended for the audience.
Nobody would be able to make it out when the show was filmed and released.
You sure about that?
I can make that out fro 1.5m away, on a screen a quarter of the CRT I'd have been watching from a similar distance.
but it wasn't intended for the audience.
The book is literally highlighted and on display?
Really, you can make out Patrick Stewart's face in that photo in the book?
No, but neither could the person who figured it out in his day and age. He compared several of the pages layouts to figure out the book, then ordered a physical copy (there's two different ones they use in the show, he got copies of both). The title is pretty prominently displayed as well there, in case you missed it.
"The Globe Illustrated Shakespeare"
I don't want to link to Amazon, but it's easy enough to find. It would make sense of Picard to have it, since he's into Shakespeare, but the reason he is into Shakespeare is because Patrick Stewart is. And it'd make sense that when they want a prop book, they'll use one with him in it, which he probably may have provided himself. I mean, I don't think he did, but I would not be surprised. Not like he's egotistic in any way, just whimsical.
So if someone actually watched the shower intensely back in the 90's and went into their library to see if such a book would be available, they maybe have found it, and been pleasantly surprised to see Patrick Stewart in there. The book was like 20 odd years old at that point. (Or at least the photo of PS is, the book must obviously be at least a bit younger)
It's not much different than modern Marvel movies talking about movies which feature same actors as in the movie. Hardly a big thing, sometimes done on purpose (Deadpool absolutely bashing on Green Lantern etc) and sometimes just because they want to mention a thing and it just happens to be a franchise with some of the same actors as Marvel is pretty big and has all the actors.
That's an awesome article and interview!