Thought I'd watch "Code of Honor" for the first time in years, and Denise looks strange in this frame.

It’s interesting because I no longer see it as it truly is. It’s only racist in the real world. If all that exists is the trek universe it’s not racist at all and that’s all I see now cuz why bother

I had my outrage and disgust. The whole world knows what it is. Just me and my tv for the thousandth time, why should I care?

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That's not Denise, because it's not Tasha. You think the Enterprise is going to put one of its bridge crew in mortal danger for some low budget local version of American Gladiators? They beamed in a redshirt at the last minute to take her place, Ensign Fatale was expendable. We all look alike to these aliens anyway.

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ElectricPaladin@reddit

...why would you do that to yourself, though?

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Ralph--Hinkley@reddit (OP)

Curiosity. I haven't watched it in a good seven years, so I felt like it. I always skip Code and Rosa, but I did watch Rosa last time through, so I told myself I'd watch Code next time.

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GargamelLeNoir@reddit

Wait you skip Sub Rosa? Do you hate fun and joy?

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il_dulce_vita@reddit

Oh Nana!

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tommytraddles@reddit

Your masturbation candle is amazing, Nana.

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AmittaiD@reddit

That's her stunt double.

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Ralph--Hinkley@reddit (OP)

Are you sure?

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GargamelLeNoir@reddit

That's a wild theory, but it might be crazy enough to be true.

(Also I can see you're trying humor here. It might be better received in a sub named after the subpar version of a famous in universe institute)

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Crimdal@reddit

The other womans stunt double is even more obvious. Actress is a skinny woman and stunt double is a buff dude doing crazy acrobatics on the bars

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GargamelLeNoir@reddit

The idea that they needed stand ins to flay around like drunk toddlers is hilarious. If it wasn't for the overwhelming racism this episode might be as funny as Sub Rosa.

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OhNoIBoffedIt@reddit

Keep watching 90s Trek and you'll notice all of the principle women start looking like Lyta from Babylon 5.

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IKindaPlayEVE@reddit

Patricia Tallman was in a number of Trek episodes so that checks out.

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crp5591@reddit

Today I learned!!! How did I miss this all these years!! Her page on Memory Alpha is a mile long!

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Titanosaurus_Mafune@reddit

She also runs to the Bunker in Jurassic Park

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OhNoIBoffedIt@reddit

Yes, that's the joke 😏 She was a stunt double for most of the 90s Trek women.

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peteybombay@reddit

The HD upscaling allowed numerous stunt men and women to prove to their families that they really were in Star Trek!

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MindlessNectarine374@reddit

Stuntdouble

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Thismomenthere@reddit

Haha, Cheers to the stunt doubles.

You should check out the Anbo-jyutsu match in season 2. There's a scene where (I think Frakes) is knocked down and replaced with "Uncle Frakelyn" It's easy to see once ya see.

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afriendincanada@reddit

TOS is the best. They weren’t even trying.

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Ralph--Hinkley@reddit (OP)

In Conundrum, when Riker fights the Admiral, there are a great few frames with a stuntman who looks like David Johansen.

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UrguthaForka@reddit

Yeah, all those early TV shows and movies never imagined anyone would capture high-resolution stills and re-distribute them. I don't think they worried too much about whether stunt doubles were accurate enough representations or not.

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Ralph--Hinkley@reddit (OP)

I just paused the Blu-ray.

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Rocketboy1313@reddit

Yeah. A technology that did not exist when they made the show.

High resolution allows you to see all the screws, make up, seams, and doubles that a 4:3 480p TV would not.

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Swimming_Sink277@reddit

Good ol' Planet Africa

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jetserf@reddit

https://i.redd.it/28u5f0ny8vwg1.gif

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Jelaur09@reddit

https://i.redd.it/c12b9uge5vwg1.gif

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jtrades69@reddit

you'll get better reaction comments by posting this in shittydaystrom 😄

that said... if the chief of security has a stunt double, what are the chances that armus was able to actually kill her instead of the double!?!

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bannock4ever@reddit

I certainly did a double take when I saw the word armus.

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TheMidnightRook@reddit

Arms killing her was just a cover story, so she could disguise herself as a half-romulan to infiltrate the Empire.

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jtrades69@reddit

ohhh the conspiracy runs deep!

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unbalancedcheckbook@reddit

These are not them. These are their STUNT DOUBLES.

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Diela1968@reddit

That’s from back in the day when television was in 4:3 aspect ratio. The sides would have been cropped out. That is probably a stand in or stunt double who was never meant to be seen.

You see it in a lot of shows that were altered to fit 16:9 standards. They’re not going to go back and shoot it again.

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