From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
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Subject: Re: Happy 30th Anniversary ST:TMP! - your memories?

On Dec 16, 9:44aam, Anim8rFSK  wrote:
> In article
> <4bc0ef8e-7971-4d74-a314-888821023...@z41g2000yqz.googlegroups.com>,
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> aGraeme  wrote:
> > On Dec 12, 3:13aam, r...@aol.com wrote:
> > > I've never noticed it but according to Memory Alpha there's a male
> > > Deltan on Regula 1 in ST2 and a female Deltan on the bridge of the
> > > Excelsior in ST3.
>
> > I did notice her, but not him. aAssuming that she's Deltan, I mean
> > just because she's bald doesn't prove it.
>
> > > Speaking of aliens, there was a big deal made at the time about the
> > > number of new aliens in ST:TMP (which seemed to be used strictly for
> > > the big crew gathering) many of which can be seen on this page
> > > dedicated to ST:TMP action
> > > figures:http://www.megomuseum.com/startrek/sttmp.html
>
> > Yeah, they had money to burn for that movie and burn it they did.
> > They had all these makeups that you really only saw on the album cover
> > of the soundtrack, along with brief descriptions, like Zaranites, that
> > had the breathing apparatus, and so on. aSome of these aliens did find
> > their way into ancillary sources, like the comic strip that ran in the
> > newspapers for a while, but they really weren't worth the effort that
> > went into making them.
>
> Remember, those were mostly staffers and fans getting to be on camera as
> a thank you from Gene, who found a way around having to use all SAG
> people
There is no rule saying he would have to use all SAG extras. Certainly
isn't one now. Just a certain percentage, it would have been less than
30% I'm guessing. The majority would have been non-union any way you
look at it.
(IIRC he called SAG the day before and said "I need 400 extras
> tomorrow morning" and when SAG couldn't supply 'em, he was able to use
> whoever he wanted). a
SAG is not a casting agency,  it is highly unlikely he would have
called SAG directly asking for 400 SAG extras when he only needed a
small percentage of them to be SAG.
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