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A Star Trek fan in an Orion costume. Fans of Star Trek embraced the Orions, specifically the image of the Orion slave girl, making it a popular choice for cosplay at science fiction conventions. [40] This includes an Orion themed dance troupe called "Orion's Envy". [41]
A similar sentiment was shared by MaryAnn Johanson of FlickFilosopher.com, who wrote: "Because 'Lolani' better shows the potential that Continues has: to bring a more modern progressive attitude to universe that is Star Trek. Not that the original Trek wasn't progressive, but 'Lolani' pushes that to a place where a 1960s TV show couldn't have ...
The Orion slave girls had been introduced in the original Star Trek: The Original Series pilot "The Cage", [1] footage from which was later adapted to appear in the episode "The Menagerie". [2] The make-up was designed by Fred Phillips, which was originally tested on Majel Barrett, [3] before it was applied to Susan Oliver. [4]
For the fantasy sequence in the pilot, in which her character appeared as an "Orion slave girl", Oliver was covered in green makeup all over her body, and a dark brunette wig. [6] A still of her with green skin is frequently seen in the end credits of the television series, and it has since become an iconic image of Star Trek.
In the Star Trek canon, Orion women are described as "...like animals. Vicious. Seductive. They say no human male can resist them". [22] Garth uses Marta, also an escaped inmate, in an attempt to have her seduce Kirk through dance and then murder him. Craig related the problems in having to wear green body makeup from head to toe in the episode.
D'Vana Tendi is a fictional character from the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Lower Decks. She is the first Orion main character in a Star Trek show. [1] Among Orions, she is known as the Mistress of the Winter Constellations. [2] Tendi is voiced by Noël Wells. [3]
Michael George Westmore I (born March 22, 1938) is an American make-up artist best known for his work in various Star Trek productions, winning nine Emmy Awards, and is a member of the Westmore family.
He was the first motion picture makeup artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [8] Chambers worked on the pilot episode of Mission Impossible and created the pointed ears worn by Leonard Nimoy's Spock in the original Star Trek television series. [9]