I'm happy that Mr. Chang is getting recognition for his work.
@marktaylor99753 ай бұрын
@@deadlyradiation7977 Sad that’s it’s after the man and not during. Such talent.
@LesterManley-s9n3 ай бұрын
@@marktaylor9975 well it's like the old saying goes,,"Great artists are never recognized in their own time."
@marktaylor99753 ай бұрын
@@LesterManley-s9n well that’s a comfort I’m sure for the artist trying to skimp by, meanwhile the other artists are being paid for it. I think it’s clear, as long as your alive your work isn’t worth much- Yet. America-Land of concentrated racism.
@LesterManley-s9n3 ай бұрын
@@marktaylor9975 America's still in De Nile. It's not just a river in Egypt.😢
@projectartichoke3 ай бұрын
This was really eye opening. It's a testament to Mr. Chang that he never let anything keep him down. What an astounding strength of spirit with equally astounding talent.
@MikeD_3 ай бұрын
I had never heard of Mr. Chang until this video. He designed much of the most recognizable props, BEMs and ships from the original series, as well as pretty much many of the other sci-fi props and costumes from movies in my childhood. His life story probably deserves a Netflix documentary.
@henrykujawa44273 ай бұрын
The part that really hurt was hearing that other people in the industry thought his work was "too good" and that he "made them look bad". I worked in the engineering field for 20 years as a mechanical draftsman, and was repeatedly getting this feeling from co-workers. I even had 2 bosses tell me, "You don't HAVE to put this much work in, you know." They didn't understand that I was BORED with my job and the only way I could keep from falling asleep at my drawing board was to put as much effort in as possible. In a sane world, someone doing better work would be respected by management and PAID better. But not in a world where "the bottom line" for the owners is the ONLY thing that's allowed to matter. The union tried to sue the studio for hiring a non-union craftsman-- but REFUSED to allow the man to JOIN their union? SUCH B***S***!!! The studio should have hit them with a COUNTER LAW-SUIT, to force them to hire Wah Chang!!! I had heard of Wah Chang over the years, but, I believe it was always in reference to THE OUTER LIMITS, not STAR TREK. But, I've long read there were many behind-the-scenes people the two shows had in common. In FACT... when I first watched the show, with the 4th episode broadcast (I came in on "The Naked Time"), the ONLY thing I'd ever seen on TV it reminded me of was THE OUTER LIMITS... if that show was in COLOR, and with a regular cast & setting.
@cliffrichardson63023 ай бұрын
This is one of the best documentaries you have made. Fantastic
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Thanks! It was one of the most fun and interesting ones I’ve done so far.
@kevingiven34633 ай бұрын
I'm a Star Trek fanatic and had never heard of Mr. Chang. Thank you for this video. It shows that no matter how much you think you know, there's always more to learn.
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
That's why I keep making these videos!
@kerry-j4m3 ай бұрын
AGREED.Same goes for me too.NICE to always learn something new every day if possible. Live Long and Prosper
@bettyleeist3 ай бұрын
I’ve liked the salt vampire 🧛 that Mr.Chang made!It had an other worldly quality that was perfect for the show!It had an oriental quality to it,too!I don’t know why?I think,it just look’s like that.😊I recognize that pointy eared alien 👽 from the Outer Limits,too.Mr.Chang sure made a lot of props for Star ⭐️ Trek!This kind of reminds me of my mom,and all the trouble she had with her own dance 💃 company.She walked out of her own dance company,when she got fired from her job.😮
@sureshmukhi23163 ай бұрын
Oh my, after all these years I have never heard of this man. I too am a lifelong Trekkie.
@sectorbob3 ай бұрын
this made me happy that his story was told, but sad that it was hidden for so long. Great work putting this together.
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@DRATproductions13 ай бұрын
Thank you for doing an AWESOME video giving Mr. Chang the recognition he deserves!
@jcortese33003 ай бұрын
If it weren't for David Gerrold mentioning him in his book, I'd never have known his name. It's so nice to see these great creative people finally being mentioned and given their due.
@tracytobias93673 ай бұрын
I think I first heard of him in FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND. So, I guess I can thank Forry Ackerman for me knowing who Wah is.
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Forry was a national treasure himself, wasn't he?
@tracytobias93673 ай бұрын
@TREK-WORLD -- Yes he was -- and very much missed!
@TomUlicny-gx6hs2 ай бұрын
He worked with Jim Danforth on alot of George Pal movies.
@DanFuka-l8d3 ай бұрын
Excellent work on this episode, it was a beautiful testament to Chang, the respect and admiration you show here really hit home.
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much. Your comment is the reason I do videos like this.
@x15galmichelleevans3 ай бұрын
Thank you for creating this mini-documentary about Wah Ming Chang. He is essential to the history of Star Trek and needs to be a more familiar name among the fans.
@jackyoung39363 ай бұрын
This all should be put in an official biography on Chang. I could see Takai doing a forward for this as a Japanese American with his experiences.
@DeclanMBrennan2 ай бұрын
Chang's family will have been originally Chinese (via Honolulu) rather than Japanese but both Star Trek (and America at its best), are a celebration of IDIC.
@NoFormalTraining2 ай бұрын
I've never heard of this man until today, and hearing about his work and skill and contributions in so many amazing projects and how he's basically been screwed over has really boiled my blood! Hopefully he'll get the recognition he deserves, and I hope will all the others who will be in the same boat.
@AvengerII3 ай бұрын
I became of Wah Ming Chang's work through the Star Trek Sketchbook that the Solows produced. The work is impeccable! Too bad the Romulan Bird of Prey no longer exists but I can understand why it was used as a piñata in Chang's backyard!
@stevenewman13933 ай бұрын
🖖😎👍Very totally wonderfully cool and truly informatively explained and executed in every detail way shape and format on "What They Didn't Want You To Know About Wah Ming Chang!"; A job very nicely fabulously well done indeed Sir!👌.
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Thanks, you’re making my day!
@user-ke8vk8bo4j2 ай бұрын
Great focus on Wah Ming Chang, especially going beyond his Trek days!
@TheSpritz03 ай бұрын
The ORIGINAL Lasers as seen in THE CAGE and MANTRAP were so incredibly cool with the twist-control, etc... looked more convincing!
@jimbeckert79463 ай бұрын
What was done to this man was stealing, plain and simple. People saw the quality of his work and wanted his work, but just couldn't give him his due. I truly can't understand how he didn't become bitter. He's a big man.
@KerbalSpaceCommand3 ай бұрын
I heard a story from someone that got to see the original cage laser pistol. They said the black paint was coming off and under the paint was the same clear material and circuitry as the communicator.
@Lp-ze1tg3 ай бұрын
It is really something that he was able to live up to his 80s despite his health conditions. His story is inspiring and also sad to see how his great work was recognized but not his name. The first engineer at Boeing was a Chinese guy who help built the foundations of Boeing in the industry. One of the team members of the atomic bomb creation was a Chinese lady but later she went to China to help built their atomic bomb. Discrimination discourage people. But society evolve and so as the people.
@jaymedina31423 ай бұрын
Amazing, loved this. Thank you Wah Ming Chang for wonderful memories!
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
You're welcome! Wah Ming Chang's work lives on in our memories.
@HeroJournalism3 ай бұрын
Wow, this was amazing. We need a full Wah Chang documentary or book - is there more non-Trek work? But dang was this video fantastic. He was brilliant!
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Agreed, his work was incredible and deserves more attention!
@Comedy4cast3 ай бұрын
Yes. I feel like he's been getting a lot more attention over the past few years. Which is a good thing.
@jlovebirch3 ай бұрын
He also worked under Willis O'Brien on The Black Scorpion (1957) which has great stop-motion effects of creepy scorpions.
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
I’ll have to watch that one!
@waltonartvisualeffects10772 ай бұрын
I worked with Wah a couple of times at Excelsior! Animated Moving Pictures, producing the Pillsbury Doughboy and Land of the Lost. My boss, Gene Warren Sr. and Wah were partners at Project Unlimited, Inc. Wah was an extremely talented artist and inventor. Thank you for this very informative video!
@tychomagneticanomaly3 ай бұрын
Wah Ming was fantastically creative!
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
I agree, he was a visionary.
@originalblackplate2 ай бұрын
Thank you for researching and presenting the important life's work of this man! How he was treated was not at all Star Trek. I had never heard about him before but I'll never look at the things he created in the same way again!
@TREK-WORLD2 ай бұрын
It's a shame the way he was treated. I hope his story inspires more people to appreciate the work of talented artists who work behind the scenes.
@1locust12 ай бұрын
Well done on this video.The union owes Chang an apology.
@LesterManley-s9n3 ай бұрын
Wah Chang also worked with David Gerrold on the 70s Saturday Mornings kid show Land of the Lost😊😊
@crownprincesebastianjohano70693 ай бұрын
His *Dinosaurs: The Terrible Lizards* was seared into my brain as a kid. They were showing it well into the 80s.
@alexxbaudwhyn75723 ай бұрын
His timeless designs are honored gems of the scifi genre. The Tos Communicator, Phaser and Tricorder are iconic legends for the ages
@cbspock17013 ай бұрын
He made some iconic props for Trek
@raincoast_bear3 ай бұрын
When I first learned of Mr. Chang's work, it immediately occurred to me that Chang had made the classic phasers to replace pilot lasers because I remember reading somewhere, a producer stating something to effect, "The original laser pistols built by the in-house prop house at Desilu were awful crude things with typewriter keys glued on. We sourced better phasers as soon as we could." It might have been in the making of Star Trek. Could also have been in a Starlog in the 80s. I know that's not much help, Jim. Thanks for the excellent discourse on TOS.
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@ungowa10023 ай бұрын
Excellent episode
@montigobear3 ай бұрын
Thank you. The Grit of that man!
@johnbuck85152 ай бұрын
I have a cast brass ashtray he created with a relief image of a horse on it. It sits on my Star Trek shelf in my living room.
@rrrosadorr3 ай бұрын
This was a great profile on Wah Ming Chang. A talented man who toiled in obscurity for decades due to racism in the movie and tv industry. The list of productions he worked on include classic movies and iconic tv shows. Maybe you can consider a profile on Patricio "Pato" Guzman. The production designer on the "The Cage". He created preproduction designs for the bridge, Capt. Pike's quarters and worked with Gene Roddenberry and Matt Jefferies on the exterior of the Enterprise.
@ooklathemok3 ай бұрын
wah changs designs were beautiful. Functional but also a great design. For the first time (to my recollection) there was a functional, compact weapon instead of a typical large "ray gun" AND it came in 2 ! Brilliant.
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
I completely agree. He was a true genius.
@ooklathemok3 ай бұрын
@@TREK-WORLD seen your video in its entirety now. very thorough and interesting as usual. Thank you
@davidmaestas56803 ай бұрын
I LOVE the laser pistol ! I actually prefer the laser pistol over the phaser. A masterpiece science fiction space opera prop !
@donaldkroth25792 ай бұрын
I knew from reading about Wah Ming Chang in Starlog and other sci fi magazines, including Enterprise Incidents magazine. He also did props on sci fi and fantasy movies. I liked his bird of prey and feel that it doesn't get the credit or use by cgi in other trek series we have now. They have made it a practice to snub the original series at Paramount over the years. I hope one day when someone else owns Trek. This will change. Sorry about the rant.
@LesterManley-s9n3 ай бұрын
I have both the books mention here. A treasure-trove of information no Trekker/Trekkie should be without. Along with Star Trek the inside story -they make up my Holy Trinity of second gen Trek books. My 1st gen Trinity being The Making of Star Trek, The World of Star Trek and The Trouble with Tribbles making of book. The last two written by David Gerrold. Was an in-depth look at Outer Limits ever done here. A live podcast would be cool. So much to talk about. Especially how so many production people ended up on Tos Trek following OL's cancelation.😊
@jacov1273 ай бұрын
thanks for the great info on this Legend
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Our pleasure!
@jonathanmartin-ives86653 ай бұрын
Wow... The real horror about this, is that Chang created props and such for a show that was set to combat prejudice and injustice 😔
@hadleymanmusic3 ай бұрын
That lazer pistol was in movies too
@MrMichelPM3 ай бұрын
This was a really good video, Jim!
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@DWNicolo2 ай бұрын
Wah Ming Chang also filmed the only color footage of the folk singer Leadbelly.
@bobbymak69642 ай бұрын
His story reminds me of the time I had elementary dance rehearsal. A girl would not even touch me.
@chrisddawson3 ай бұрын
Another great informative episode!
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@evensgrey2 ай бұрын
There was at least one other communicator used in filming. Bill Shatner was so disappointed with the poor quality of the communicator props that when the toys came out, he went out and bought one for his own use on set.
@LesterManley-s9n3 ай бұрын
He also worked on George Pal's 1960 version of The Time Machine. He built the timy demo of the mavhine seen early in the movie.
@CaptainHarris-ip2kg3 ай бұрын
One other thing, I was always told the Rom ship was lost in a fire. I am very sad that he was so enraged by his treatment that he destroyed it.
@kerry-j4m3 ай бұрын
Can't say I don't blame him,after a while racism gets to every one,especially when you're trying to make a living. In 1968 it was against the law for interracial marriages in Cali.
@CaptainHarris-ip2kg3 ай бұрын
@@kerry-j4m As a very very young boy I remember those days, but I saw mixed race couples around Sacramento. I guess the law applied where prejudice was very prevalent ... like in Los Angeles ... maybe Modesto, San Francisco before it have a huge social shift. "Interesting times" to appropriate paraphrase the Chinese.
@kerry-j4m3 ай бұрын
@@CaptainHarris-ip2kg Yeah,I found out about this law while watching a documentary on Bruce Lee and it was said on this documentary.I have no ideal about where this law was enforced,but,not surprised tho,this was 1968 tho.The US was going thru MAJOR social and racial changes and it was ripping this country to it's very foundations.
@albagreenbunny85532 ай бұрын
You missed one of the critical props in the TIME MACHINE. Wah Chang built the stunning miniature time machine along with the display box it was kept in. A photo of the very first time machine is available now and then on Ebay. Sellers do acknowledge him as it's builder. In the photo it is clear that the miniature was missing some surface detail that was added later. At one point in his career, a book was marketed on his mainstream sculptural works, each one reflecting a fine sensitivity to animals and simple beauty. Perhaps some day, a book of his media works will be issued. A few years back, I stumbled on an auction for a personal project he had undertaken. It was an exotic harpsichord he'd built from a kit but greatly changed and enhanced the wood wooking on it. It was listed as a "Vulcan Harpsichord". One other omitted fact is that one Outer Limits monster and the giant primitive seen in the Star Trek episode "Galileo 7" were both deemed too frightening for TV audiences, and thus their full visage were never seen onscreen. It is only in publicity photos that we get to see both creatures fully. I also own a phaser gun body that I got a semi-confirmation of origin on. I wrote to Mike Okuda and sent him many pix of what I had been gifted. He wrote and told me that it was hard to say for certain, but it certainly looked like the same materials and techniques used to make the non-hero phasers. I have to agree with his assessment having seen the detailed photos of actors hero phaser that went up for auction not too long ago. The person who gave it to me told me that he'd heard it may have been one of the props for the second series, which alas, never happened. As you say, most all those people are gone now, so I may never know for absolute certain. Finally, I had a few chances to talk with Gene Roddenberry and the stars (except William Shatner) back in the very early fan years of 1973 or so. When I asked Roddenberry about the Vulcan Harp, (I was and am a Spock groupie) he told me that it wasn't functional as far as he knew. He also never referred to it as a "lyre". He did say it was a Vulcan musical instrument, unlike anything humans had created. Bless him, he was so kind and patient with my eager questions. That was in Bloomington, at Indiana University at an after party. Later, when Spock played the harp again in one of the movies, they hired Dominick Giovaniello, who made musical instruments, to re-create the prop for the film. Giovaniello made a few signed copies of it through an ad he ran in Starlog magazine. I bought mine from him, and it's a beautiful thing. I even had a harpist play it for me. As you might imagine, it's range is limited, but I'm still happy to own a prop copy made by the original craftsman. Okay, I'm done distorting Star Trek memories for now. Enjoyed the Wah Chang retrospective a LOT!!!
@TREK-WORLD2 ай бұрын
By all means, thank you! I love getting these personal recollections from viewers here at the channel. To be honest, I deliberately glossed over the non-Star Trek specific work, as I wanted to pull the focus back from Star Trek and refocus on his personal life and struggles. The actual work was only used to illustrated how he was blocked at almost every turn. For example, I kept the Time Machine reference very short to highlight just the injustice of winning an Oscar, but being refused in something as simple as having his name engraved. I hope that someday, someone steps up and does a true in-depth documentary on his life's works. Maybe someone like Glen Swanson? It's just something I don't have the luxury of doing here due to the speed at which media has to be created on KZbin to keep a channel's audience engaged.
@Normanx9643 ай бұрын
Nice!!
@evensgrey2 ай бұрын
That rare fit of pique where Wah Ming Chang destroyed the Romulan Warbird shooting model has had far-reaching consequences. One of the longest running ones is in the games set in the Starfleet Universe (which is based on the original series and animated series) the Romulans have a whole series of ships built on hulls the Klingons sold them. (As a result, the Romulans have the greatest number of hull types in the game, with three entirely separate series of ships.) There are multiple games in this setting, including the tactical level Starfleet Battles and the strategic level Federation and Empire (for which Starfleet Battles can be used as an alternate combat system).
@mediaversenetwork3 ай бұрын
nice piece. i searched down who he was decades ago. I missed the Land of the Lost stuff though.. lol being non union ( not really a choice just a fact of being early digital) i understand part of his problems career wise in LA.
@MAZE43 ай бұрын
General chang my chief of staff.
@smtwo70473 ай бұрын
Huh, I always heard that the Romulan Bird of Prey was stolen between its first appearance and when they wanted to use it again in "The Enterprise Incident". Was this alluding to Wah Chang taking back his creation and smashing it?
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Yes. But to be honest, I don't think that anyone at Desilu had any idea what became of it. From their point of view, they simply couldn't use it as they never paid for it, and weren't allowed to reach out to him.
@sureshmukhi23163 ай бұрын
Star Trek from the beginning was against racism in that they had a racially integrated crew but it saddens me that they still practiced racism behind the scenes.
@rickytoddbotelho95553 ай бұрын
Excellent job 👍👏❤😂
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
@fred369563 ай бұрын
And unfortunately we humans even today haven't "grown out of our infancy" as spoken by Captain Picard in TNG first season episode "The Neutral Zone."
@leclue223 ай бұрын
Walt Disney originally didn’t give credits on his movies. This according to Animator and Director Jack Kinney (1909-1992). Other companies famously poached Disney’s animators after he had trained them so for a long time Walt’s name was the only name to appear on his movies. I’m not sure when this changed.
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Correct! They began doing full credits in 1944 with the 3 Caballeros. However, they did in fact list some people on each new release, beginning in 1937 with Snow White. However, every movie he did had only a few names listed for the animators and not all.
@ChrisLawton663 ай бұрын
Great video thanks for recognizing his amazing work. *Edit: hate to be that guy, but the plural for "series" is simply "series".
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
No problem! My high school english teacher told me I was hopeless... lol..
@ChrisLawton663 ай бұрын
@@TREK-WORLD I don't know if your teacher was right. I think you speak English very well. I understood every word 😉
@infinityvideoprod3 ай бұрын
@15:06 the newspaper spells his middle name "Meng" not "Ming". Do you know which one is correct?
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Newspapers are famous for those kind of mistakes. You would think that they would look up the spelling first, right? LOL His middle name was indeed "Ming".
@diegojines-us9pc3 ай бұрын
anyone notice the clear tubes? each one for a different type of beam. not a selector switch.
@almag68723 ай бұрын
For future reference, the VFX company formed by Chang and Gene Warren was PROJECT Unlimited - Not ProjectS Unlimited . .
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Got it! Thanks!
@silverknight64142 ай бұрын
In the making of Star Trek there were lazer pistols made. But they said they were unusable. The lazer pistols and the big oversized communicator do not look like the work of wah Ming. The quality is not there. Wah Ming’s phaser and communicator were a work of art.
@TREK-WORLD2 ай бұрын
The lazers and communicators were Chang's. Desilu messed up the original Phasers. That's the story retold in The Making of Star Trek. The phasers were designed by Matt Jeffries. Wah just made more functional units following Matt's design. Which is why they were still able to use the original white handled phasers in the show.
@fredricclack71372 ай бұрын
had Tribble-likeness!
@LesterManley-s9n3 ай бұрын
I don't know how Chang workrd 3yrs of The Outer Limits when it only ran on ABC for a year and a half? It was cancelled med season. Even with Lead-Time 3yrs is a stretch but was he on staff getting a steady paycheck or was he a freelancer?
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Hi Lester!!! I hope we’ll see you this weekend on the watch party. IMDB lists that there were two seasons. 32 episodes in 1, and 17 in the second. And it lists both Fred Philips and Bob Justman as working on Outer Limits from 1963 - 1965. Wah was uncredited, (of course), but I know he was with Bob & Fred on the same tenure. Jim Sent from my iPad
@thurin843 ай бұрын
its pretty clear that whomever made the phaser rifle also made the laser pistols. they have a commonality of style.
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Believe it or not; they were developed by two completely different people. Wah Chang did the original lasers for the Cage. The rifle was done by a toy company hoping to secure a licensing agreement to sell them. That was done for Where No Man Has Gone Before. The toy company guy sold it at auction a couple years back. It had been believed lost for decades.
@thurin843 ай бұрын
@@TREK-WORLD i wonder if the whoever made the rifle was inspired by the lasers.
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
To be honest, now that I think about it…. He should have been. They continued to use the original lasers in the 2nd pilot. So he only had those designs to go by when he first started the design to build the rifle. I never really thought of that before - GOOD catch!!
@JacknVictor3 ай бұрын
I thought it was Randy Quaid at 0:38
@davefox89482 ай бұрын
This is very sad. It makes me wonder how many others were ripped off like Mr Chang.
@TREK-WORLD2 ай бұрын
There were so many laws on the books when he was alive that he and many others really got the short end of the stick. The good news is that we've come a long way since the 1960s. And while the laws have long since been struck down ----- well, let's just say that there are still more than a few people being held back for less than noble intentions.
@YTRulesFromNM3 ай бұрын
Replacing the 'Bird of Prey' with a Klingon D-7 ruined the story arc. And, NO! I will never call any Klingon designed ship "Bird of Prey'!
@patrickwilson14593 ай бұрын
How about from Star Trek movies 3-6?
@Haywood-Jablomie3 ай бұрын
Hahaha 🤣 😂🤣 I was flagged as using Racist/Hurtful speech because I wrote his name !
@tracytobias93673 ай бұрын
Come on...who doesn't know who Wah Chang is? I've been in Fandom since the early 70s and I've always known who he was and what he worked on. Before Star Trek, he worked for Projects Unlimited and created creatures and props for the original Outer Limits. I'm not sure, but i'll bet Bob Justman brought him onto Trek since he worked on both series
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Read through these comments my friend. There are many people who were not as informed as you. And this video wasn't about just his Star Trek work.... It was about his life's work. You may have known about the Outer Limits because of the Justman link. But did you know about Disney? His Academy Award without his name on it? Or the George Pal puppettoons? Or him being a child prodigy? Or his two tragic stays in sanitariums? If so, then congratulations on being a well read individual concerning Hollywood lore. But don't dismiss all these other people learning of him only now with a curt "Come on... who doesn't know who Wah Chang is?" That's disrespectful of the people who weren't aware.
@LesterManley-s9n3 ай бұрын
Sorry. I don't know it you do live-streams but audio only ones with background pics are way easier and not everybody can set up or want to set up a web can but audio can be done from any cell phone.
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Actually, I have working solution now for that. You may have noticed the latest videos now feature a dial-in line. I will be adding that telephone line to livestreams in the near future; and for the caller it will be just like calling into a live radio show.
@patricktaylor49973 ай бұрын
It is disappointing to learn that, at a time when other trade unions were making moves to be progressive about race and gender, that the prop union in Hollywood would be so covertly racist. I hope those responsible for denying Mr. Chang both membership and recognition all had short and unfulfilling careers.
@papalaz44442443 ай бұрын
He never took credit for it or talked about it.
@ChrisCooling3 ай бұрын
lol, you're not throwing shade on the Treksperts are you?
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Hi Chris! We have some really nice and authentic “Treksperts” out there. And it’s not just Mark & Darren. I’ve seen and learned a lot from several other such people. But we do have an army of “armchair quarterbacks” out there who absolutely love to profess to be an authority on subjects that they really have no experience in. And those folks - yeah…… I’ll throw a lot of shade to. One of my “Professional Trek” acquaintances warned me about that maybe three years ago. They said people say things “out there” (the Net) that they obviously have no real idea what they are talking about. I wish it were always easy to tell the differences right up front. lol.
@nojustno84682 ай бұрын
Would it have been better if his first name was Wah but John....probably not?
@splitprawn3 ай бұрын
You mean this isn't somehow Bill Shatners' fault????
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Don’t ask George!!!! Lol
@sureshmukhi23163 ай бұрын
Was Benny Russel from the DS9 episode Far Beyond The Stars based on Wah Ming Chan? I know Benny Russell is Black and Wah Ming Chang is Chinese but both stories are about hiding credit because of race. At least Benny Russell's name appeared in his works. Could they not have given Mr. Chang a pseudonym of some sort? Not that it would justify the racism but at least he would get some credit.
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
You know, that could be possible. The story was written by Marc Zicree, who has written books on things suc as the Twlight Zone and such. He may have very well been aware of Wah's story.
@cedarledgepublishingКүн бұрын
Is it just me or did his wife appear Asian as well?
@Sennmut3 ай бұрын
The proper word is "crises", not Crisises".
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@Sennmut3 ай бұрын
@@TREK-WORLD YW
@CaptainHarris-ip2kg3 ай бұрын
That outrageous that he suffered such prejudice. In the 70s, as a kid from overseas, Asian students were just other kids, and in high school I noticed that the WASPy teenage boys went for the Asian girls. The Smithsonian ought to do a special for him.
@LesterManley-s9n3 ай бұрын
What happened to Chang is a classic example of 'Workers controlling the Means of production' And in my book that's Socialism at best. Communism at worst. Its 'gate keeping'. Unions decide who does and doesn't get in. But thats the distinction between being an Artist and being a Technician. And Chang was clearly an Artist. Unions are specialists and stay in their lanes. Artists don't want anything interfering with their Visions. There's a famous quote in Hollywood. 'It aint Show Art its Show Business.'😊😊😊
@Barnabas453 ай бұрын
That's Capitalism!
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
Ok..... So this has nothing to do with Trek World - but every time I see your avatar, I smile.... Why? My father's name was "Ben Stokes".
@Barnabas453 ай бұрын
@@TREK-WORLD He was a brilliant professor!
@TREK-WORLD3 ай бұрын
My wife and I are rewatching Dark Shadows now. We're in the Quinton Collins 19th century storyline.
@Barnabas453 ай бұрын
@@TREK-WORLD I was one of the kids in the 60's who ran home from school to watch this!
@squidfartz3 ай бұрын
That was delightful. I learned a lot of new stuff thanks to your hard work. Keep it up.