On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:55:47 -0700, Hop David wrote:

Steve Maudsley wrote:

... the Star Trek transporters was invented because the TV
production company didn't have enough budget to do a "space ship landing"
special effect.

Could have sworn I saw Star Trek like transporters in Forbidden Planet
(or is my memory playing tricks on me?)

Er... no, but you saw something that looked like the transporter...kinda.

When the C-57D prepared to exit hyperspace and go sublight the crew hopped
onto small transporter-like platforms scattered around the ship and
for the duration of the transition from FTL were turned into green-glowing
masses of energy (or something)... Afterwards the crew went about the
business of getting the ship into orbit and landing it. Just a neat setup
implying that FTL travel was no simple thing. Presumambly the faux
transporter thingies somehow protected the crew during the transition.

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