I still wince whenever I happen upon a scene featuring Dr. Crusher and Counselor (NOT a doctor?) Troi chatting together. Two energy-murdering performers more deadly than the Crystaline Entity, the Borg (aka "Cybermen Lite"), and Ensign Ro combined.
The TOS phaser will always be my favorite design but that's really cool too.
Yeah, me too honestly. Especially the original phaser I - I was beside myself when Diamond Select released an actual working combo.
But I love how the STTMP phaser kind of screams 1970s. So funny how each one seemed very futuristic at the time, with design showing how tastes changed after just about a decade.
Kinda funny back in the day films had firm release dates and they couldn't be fudged at all. Which is why the film was rushed to completion and really never fully finished. Didn't prints get shipped to the theaters the night before or something?
Nowadays films can be pushed back for months or even years. I'm not just referring to Covid either. This has been going on for many years now.
