The 5 Shocking Facts About Wah Ming Chang You Never Knew!

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@deadlyradiation7977
@deadlyradiation7977 3 ай бұрын
I'm happy that Mr. Chang is getting recognition for his work.
@marktaylor9975
@marktaylor9975 3 ай бұрын
@@deadlyradiation7977 Sad that’s it’s after the man and not during. Such talent.
@LesterManley-s9n
@LesterManley-s9n 3 ай бұрын
@@marktaylor9975 well it's like the old saying goes,,"Great artists are never recognized in their own time."
@marktaylor9975
@marktaylor9975 3 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-s9n
@LesterManley-s9n 3 ай бұрын
@@marktaylor9975 America's still in De Nile. It's not just a river in Egypt.😢
@projectartichoke
@projectartichoke 3 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_
@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.
@henrykujawa4427
@henrykujawa4427 3 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.
@cliffrichardson6302
@cliffrichardson6302 3 ай бұрын
This is one of the best documentaries you have made. Fantastic
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
Thanks! It was one of the most fun and interesting ones I’ve done so far.
@kevingiven3463
@kevingiven3463 3 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
That's why I keep making these videos!
@kerry-j4m
@kerry-j4m 3 ай бұрын
AGREED.Same goes for me too.NICE to always learn something new every day if possible. Live Long and Prosper
@bettyleeist
@bettyleeist 3 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.😮
@sureshmukhi2316
@sureshmukhi2316 3 ай бұрын
Oh my, after all these years I have never heard of this man. I too am a lifelong Trekkie.
@sectorbob
@sectorbob 3 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@DRATproductions1
@DRATproductions1 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for doing an AWESOME video giving Mr. Chang the recognition he deserves!
@jcortese3300
@jcortese3300 3 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.
@tracytobias9367
@tracytobias9367 3 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
Forry was a national treasure himself, wasn't he?
@tracytobias9367
@tracytobias9367 3 ай бұрын
@TREK-WORLD -- Yes he was -- and very much missed!
@TomUlicny-gx6hs
@TomUlicny-gx6hs 2 ай бұрын
He worked with Jim Danforth on alot of George Pal movies.
@DanFuka-l8d
@DanFuka-l8d 3 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much. Your comment is the reason I do videos like this.
@x15galmichelleevans
@x15galmichelleevans 3 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.
@jackyoung3936
@jackyoung3936 3 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.
@DeclanMBrennan
@DeclanMBrennan 2 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.
@NoFormalTraining
@NoFormalTraining 2 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.
@AvengerII
@AvengerII 3 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!
@stevenewman1393
@stevenewman1393 3 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
Thanks, you’re making my day!
@user-ke8vk8bo4j
@user-ke8vk8bo4j 2 ай бұрын
Great focus on Wah Ming Chang, especially going beyond his Trek days!
@TheSpritz0
@TheSpritz0 3 ай бұрын
The ORIGINAL Lasers as seen in THE CAGE and MANTRAP were so incredibly cool with the twist-control, etc... looked more convincing!
@jimbeckert7946
@jimbeckert7946 3 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.
@KerbalSpaceCommand
@KerbalSpaceCommand 3 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-ze1tg
@Lp-ze1tg 3 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.
@jaymedina3142
@jaymedina3142 3 ай бұрын
Amazing, loved this. Thank you Wah Ming Chang for wonderful memories!
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
You're welcome! Wah Ming Chang's work lives on in our memories.
@HeroJournalism
@HeroJournalism 3 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
Agreed, his work was incredible and deserves more attention!
@Comedy4cast
@Comedy4cast 3 ай бұрын
Yes. I feel like he's been getting a lot more attention over the past few years. Which is a good thing.
@jlovebirch
@jlovebirch 3 ай бұрын
He also worked under Willis O'Brien on The Black Scorpion (1957) which has great stop-motion effects of creepy scorpions.
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
I’ll have to watch that one!
@waltonartvisualeffects1077
@waltonartvisualeffects1077 2 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!
@tychomagneticanomaly
@tychomagneticanomaly 3 ай бұрын
Wah Ming was fantastically creative!
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
I agree, he was a visionary.
@originalblackplate
@originalblackplate 2 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 2 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.
@1locust1
@1locust1 2 ай бұрын
Well done on this video.The union owes Chang an apology.
@LesterManley-s9n
@LesterManley-s9n 3 ай бұрын
Wah Chang also worked with David Gerrold on the 70s Saturday Mornings kid show Land of the Lost😊😊
@crownprincesebastianjohano7069
@crownprincesebastianjohano7069 3 ай бұрын
His *Dinosaurs: The Terrible Lizards* was seared into my brain as a kid. They were showing it well into the 80s.
@alexxbaudwhyn7572
@alexxbaudwhyn7572 3 ай бұрын
His timeless designs are honored gems of the scifi genre. The Tos Communicator, Phaser and Tricorder are iconic legends for the ages
@cbspock1701
@cbspock1701 3 ай бұрын
He made some iconic props for Trek
@raincoast_bear
@raincoast_bear 3 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@ungowa1002
@ungowa1002 3 ай бұрын
Excellent episode
@montigobear
@montigobear 3 ай бұрын
Thank you. The Grit of that man!
@johnbuck8515
@johnbuck8515 2 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.
@rrrosadorr
@rrrosadorr 3 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.
@ooklathemok
@ooklathemok 3 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
I completely agree. He was a true genius.
@ooklathemok
@ooklathemok 3 ай бұрын
@@TREK-WORLD seen your video in its entirety now. very thorough and interesting as usual. Thank you
@davidmaestas5680
@davidmaestas5680 3 ай бұрын
I LOVE the laser pistol ! I actually prefer the laser pistol over the phaser. A masterpiece science fiction space opera prop !
@donaldkroth2579
@donaldkroth2579 2 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-s9n
@LesterManley-s9n 3 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.😊
@jacov127
@jacov127 3 ай бұрын
thanks for the great info on this Legend
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
Our pleasure!
@jonathanmartin-ives8665
@jonathanmartin-ives8665 3 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 😔
@hadleymanmusic
@hadleymanmusic 3 ай бұрын
That lazer pistol was in movies too
@MrMichelPM
@MrMichelPM 3 ай бұрын
This was a really good video, Jim!
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@DWNicolo
@DWNicolo 2 ай бұрын
Wah Ming Chang also filmed the only color footage of the folk singer Leadbelly.
@bobbymak6964
@bobbymak6964 2 ай бұрын
His story reminds me of the time I had elementary dance rehearsal. A girl would not even touch me.
@chrisddawson
@chrisddawson 3 ай бұрын
Another great informative episode!
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@evensgrey
@evensgrey 2 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-s9n
@LesterManley-s9n 3 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-ip2kg
@CaptainHarris-ip2kg 3 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-j4m
@kerry-j4m 3 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-ip2kg
@CaptainHarris-ip2kg 3 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-j4m
@kerry-j4m 3 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.
@albagreenbunny8553
@albagreenbunny8553 2 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 2 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.
@Normanx964
@Normanx964 3 ай бұрын
Nice!!
@evensgrey
@evensgrey 2 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).
@mediaversenetwork
@mediaversenetwork 3 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.
@MAZE4
@MAZE4 3 ай бұрын
General chang my chief of staff.
@smtwo7047
@smtwo7047 3 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 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.
@sureshmukhi2316
@sureshmukhi2316 3 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.
@rickytoddbotelho9555
@rickytoddbotelho9555 3 ай бұрын
Excellent job 👍👏❤😂
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
@fred36956
@fred36956 3 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."
@leclue22
@leclue22 3 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 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.
@ChrisLawton66
@ChrisLawton66 3 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
No problem! My high school english teacher told me I was hopeless... lol..
@ChrisLawton66
@ChrisLawton66 3 ай бұрын
@@TREK-WORLD I don't know if your teacher was right. I think you speak English very well. I understood every word 😉
@infinityvideoprod
@infinityvideoprod 3 ай бұрын
@15:06 the newspaper spells his middle name "Meng" not "Ming". Do you know which one is correct?
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 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-us9pc
@diegojines-us9pc 3 ай бұрын
anyone notice the clear tubes? each one for a different type of beam. not a selector switch.
@almag6872
@almag6872 3 ай бұрын
For future reference, the VFX company formed by Chang and Gene Warren was PROJECT Unlimited - Not ProjectS Unlimited . .
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
Got it! Thanks!
@silverknight6414
@silverknight6414 2 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 2 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.
@fredricclack7137
@fredricclack7137 2 ай бұрын
had Tribble-likeness!
@LesterManley-s9n
@LesterManley-s9n 3 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 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
@thurin84
@thurin84 3 ай бұрын
its pretty clear that whomever made the phaser rifle also made the laser pistols. they have a commonality of style.
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 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.
@thurin84
@thurin84 3 ай бұрын
@@TREK-WORLD i wonder if the whoever made the rifle was inspired by the lasers.
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 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!!
@JacknVictor
@JacknVictor 3 ай бұрын
I thought it was Randy Quaid at 0:38
@davefox8948
@davefox8948 2 ай бұрын
This is very sad. It makes me wonder how many others were ripped off like Mr Chang.
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 2 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.
@YTRulesFromNM
@YTRulesFromNM 3 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'!
@patrickwilson1459
@patrickwilson1459 3 ай бұрын
How about from Star Trek movies 3-6?
@Haywood-Jablomie
@Haywood-Jablomie 3 ай бұрын
Hahaha 🤣 😂🤣 I was flagged as using Racist/Hurtful speech because I wrote his name !
@tracytobias9367
@tracytobias9367 3 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 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-s9n
@LesterManley-s9n 3 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 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.
@patricktaylor4997
@patricktaylor4997 3 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.
@papalaz4444244
@papalaz4444244 3 ай бұрын
He never took credit for it or talked about it.
@ChrisCooling
@ChrisCooling 3 ай бұрын
lol, you're not throwing shade on the Treksperts are you?
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 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.
@nojustno8468
@nojustno8468 2 ай бұрын
Would it have been better if his first name was Wah but John....probably not?
@splitprawn
@splitprawn 3 ай бұрын
You mean this isn't somehow Bill Shatners' fault????
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
Don’t ask George!!!! Lol
@sureshmukhi2316
@sureshmukhi2316 3 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-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 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.
@cedarledgepublishing
@cedarledgepublishing Күн бұрын
Is it just me or did his wife appear Asian as well?
@Sennmut
@Sennmut 3 ай бұрын
The proper word is "crises", not Crisises".
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@Sennmut
@Sennmut 3 ай бұрын
@@TREK-WORLD YW
@CaptainHarris-ip2kg
@CaptainHarris-ip2kg 3 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-s9n
@LesterManley-s9n 3 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.'😊😊😊
@Barnabas45
@Barnabas45 3 ай бұрын
That's Capitalism!
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 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".
@Barnabas45
@Barnabas45 3 ай бұрын
@@TREK-WORLD He was a brilliant professor!
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
My wife and I are rewatching Dark Shadows now. We're in the Quinton Collins 19th century storyline.
@Barnabas45
@Barnabas45 3 ай бұрын
@@TREK-WORLD I was one of the kids in the 60's who ran home from school to watch this!
@squidfartz
@squidfartz 3 ай бұрын
That was delightful. I learned a lot of new stuff thanks to your hard work. Keep it up.
@TREK-WORLD
@TREK-WORLD 3 ай бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
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