From Wikipedia, “A practical effect is a special effect produced physically, without computer-generated imagery or other post-production techniques.”
Some of my favorite practical effect species are from TOS. There’s the Horta from TOS “The Devil in the Dark” s1e25. I was about 9 years old when I first saw the Horta episode. Old enough to know it wasn’t real, but young enough to be utterly fascinated by something that looked like an angry chunk of hot lava making its way around on the ground.
TOS’s the Salt Vampire’s look scared little kid me. Truth be told, the way it looks still gives me the creeps.
The Gorn (TOS “Arena” s1e18) didn’t scare me, but I thought it was intimidating. Sure, it looks like somebody in a lizard man suit. But, that Gorn had a knife! And, was trying to kill Kirk! Bonus points for the Gorn’s sparkly, stylish armor.
I think tribbles are just adorable.
@MikeyMongol @Nmyownworld Balok is still quite scary to me. I wish they would’ve stuck with it instead of the weird surprise finale.
Wah Ming Chang was a very talented artist of different disciplines, and was an important part of Star Trek. He was a designer on, maybe of, the false Balok and the Salt Vampire. As well as other contributions to TOS and more.
His Wikipedia page
His Internet Movie Database Page
@Nmyownworld wow, we owe him so much of what made TOS a classic!
Thanks for sharing that. We should know more about his contributions.