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minus-squareDharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoI genuinely would have thought they’d allow you to smoke on set back then Is it because the film is flammable, or just an early example of smoking bans?
minus-squareSatyrSack@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months ago I genuinely would have thought they’d allow you to smoke on set back then Of course they wouldn’t let you. It was a film set, not a hospital!
minus-squareDharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoThat makes sense. You need that cigarette in the hospital, I can’t remember a time I was in a hospital and wasn’t stressed enough to smoke
minus-squareummthatguy@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoIt would damage the costumes over time, I’d think.
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months agoIt’s probably more of a continuity problem, clouds of smoke wafting randomly around without plot significance. Even if they had a character who did smoke, the smoke should be centered around them.
minus-squareDerpenheim@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoI get the sentiment, but early trek is NOT a paragon of continuity
I genuinely would have thought they’d allow you to smoke on set back then
Is it because the film is flammable, or just an early example of smoking bans?
Of course they wouldn’t let you. It was a film set, not a hospital!
That makes sense. You need that cigarette in the hospital, I can’t remember a time I was in a hospital and wasn’t stressed enough to smoke
It would damage the costumes over time, I’d think.
It’s probably more of a continuity problem, clouds of smoke wafting randomly around without plot significance. Even if they had a character who did smoke, the smoke should be centered around them.
I get the sentiment, but early trek is NOT a paragon of continuity