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Spock was originally going to use hypnosis before NBC's "precautions to avoid hypnotizing a viewer" led to the creation of the Vulcan mind meld (lemmy.ml)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37876959

https://www.slashfilm.com/1823758/star-trek-vulcan-mind-meld-nbc-meddling/

screenshot of text in quotation marks: "In accordance with our precautions to avoid hypnotizing a viewer, the act of hypnotizing must be either out of context or done off-camera. Further, since you are portraying hypnotism as a legitimate medical tool, Van Gelder should be hypnotized by Dr. McCoy rather than Mr. Spock unless Mr. Spock can be established as being qualified in the use of this technique."
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[–] 17 points 1 year ago

It was a still frame with the actors that were masked with stock effects. Bread and butter of film VFX at the time.

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