Star Trek: The Original Series
Summary
Walter Koenig reveals he set up a fault in a classic instalment ofStar Trek : The Original Seriesand William Shatner backed him . Koenig joinedStar Trekseason 2 as Ensign Pavel Chekov , and it did n’t take long for the youthful Russian Enterprise crew phallus to join in on the activity . InStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 2 , episode 2 , " Who mourn for Adonais ? " , theStarship Enterprise chance the Greek god Apollo ( Michael Forest ) , who strain to romance Lt . Carolyn Palamas ( Leslie Parrish ) into falling in dear with him .
review theStar Trek : The Original Seriesepisode"Who Mourns for Adonais ? " onThe 7th Rulepodcast , Walter Koenig tells co - hosts Cirroc Lofton and Ryan T. Husk that he corrected an error in the screenplay by Gilbert Ralston and Gene L. Coon . While discussing the right pronunciation of"Adonais,“Koenig come in that the script misidentified the Hellenic mythological hero Odysseus by using his Latinised name , Ulysses- and William Shatner concurred . Check out his quote and watchThe 7th Rulevideo below :
Walter Koenig : I just want to jump in and say I add together a word to the script … They were saying Ulysses instead of Odysseus . That ’s the way it was in the script . I said , ‘ It ’s not Ulysses , it ’s Odysseus . ’ And Shatner [ say ] , ‘ He ’s right ! ’ That was probably the only metre in [ 2 season ] and 7 movies … ( laughs )
Ryan T. Husk : That ’s the nicest thing he ever said to you . ( laughs )
Although he prise William Shatner as an actor , Walter Koenig not being fond ofStar Trek ’s series lead overall is also the stuff of legend .
Here are the best moments of Walter Koenig as Star Trek : The Original Series ' iconic Russian Starfleet Officer , Pavel Chekov .
Star Trek Now Allows Actors To Adjust Dialogue
Not sticking to the script was once forbidden in Star Trek
Who mourn for Adonis ?
Walter Koenig was right to adjust the name of Ulysses to Odysseus since Apollo was a Greek idol inStar Trek : The Original Series ' " Who Mourns for Adonis ? " However , it ’s noteworthy that an actor got to adjust negotiation in aStar Trekscript since this was interdict in the franchise for decades . In the Rick Berman geological era ofStar Trek : The Next coevals - onward , doer had to be news - double-dyed when reciting their dialogue as write , and there was no extemporisation allowed . This is something thecasts ofStar Trek : The Next Generationand other serial publication have point out upon often in the ten since their series ended .
Star Trek actor now let the freedom to improvise is a huge change in the current Star Trek on Paramount+ series .
Star Trekactors now have the freedom to improvise is a huge change in the current Star Trek on Paramount+ series . Directors like Jonathan Frakes , who was , of row , an actor onStar Trek : The Next Generation , marvels at the current casts ' power to adjust their dialog . Frakes encouraged actors like Jack Quaid and Tawny Newsome to improviseto make scenes funnier when he directedStar Trek : Strange New Worlds ' crossover episode . To the credit ofStar Trek : The Original Series ' producers and William Shatner , they saw the logical system and wiseness in Walter Koenig ’s correcting " Ulysses " to " Odysseus " in " Who Mourns for Adonais ? "
Star Trek : The Original Seriesis available to stream on Paramount+ .
Source : The 7th Rule
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