The Green Girl (2013)

[Drunk Monk]

The documentary about Susan Oliver, most remembered as Vina in the pilot for Star Trek, thus the title. Her Orion slave girl Vina image was the final still for many of the ST: TOS end credits.

Impressive. Oliver delivered a massive body of work, so many classic TV roles, plus she was an early female director and a record-setting pilot.  I never knew.  Never put her career all together. The doc is long-winded. It has too many talking heads, many saying redundant points. Where it shines is the clips - Oliver appearing in every show you can imagine, so many of my favorites, alongside a stellar line-up of co-stars. She's stunningly beautiful, and the doc goes to great lengths to showcases her intelligence and what a maverick she was despite constant chauvinistic oppression from Hollywood. She was a tragic talent, and clearly deserved better. I see her in a completely new light.  A true artist on many levels.

[cranefly]

Yeah, yesterday when I was discovering there were two green girls, I skimmed the wikipedia page for Susan Oliver and thought, holy shit!  Even though I preferred Yvone Craig as green girl Marta, Susan Oliver seemed to have led the more amazing life.  And she's very beautiful.  I don't know why Yvone Craig comes across more beautiful as a green girl.  Something about the way green shadows, or other makeup details, or just how squirmy Yvone was in her dancing.  But outside the green room, Susan Oliver shines the brighter.

Tempted to check this out, even with your reservations.

[Drunk Monk]

Actually I do recommend this despite the longwindedness. Mostly because Susan is so captivating. I suspect LCF will enjoy it too.

It think Marta is more captivating because she’s so psycho and meets such a tragic end. Vina is also tragic but her ending is happy. 

SPOILER Oliver was not a dancer and there was allegedly an Orion slave girl whipping scene that was censored from the original pilot. She had issues with her green makeup, which comes off splotchy unlike with Yvonne. 

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One more thing - I stand by my comment on my ST: DISCO thread last week even more so now.

I thought the new Vina could've been better cast (Susan Oliver in the TOS was such a unique classic beauty; Melissa George just didn't capture that).  

Who the heck is Melissa George anyway?  Will she ever deserve a doc?  Unlikely.