na ▁had ▁hoped ▁to ▁incorpor ate ▁more ▁ess ence ▁of ▁the ▁reuse ▁of ▁props ▁and ▁set ▁elements ▁from ▁these ▁shows ▁within ▁the ▁film , ▁but ▁the ▁film ▁didn ' t ▁provide ▁enough ▁space ▁for ▁this . ▁She ▁used ▁color ▁them ing ▁to ▁help ▁distinguish ▁the ▁key ▁elements ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁with ▁steam ▁blue ▁for ▁the ▁Th erm ians ▁and ▁the ▁Prote ctor , ▁while ▁Sar is ▁and ▁his ▁species ▁were ▁made ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁green ▁tone ▁that ▁stood ▁out ▁against ▁that . ▁The ▁design ▁of ▁the ▁Th erm ian ▁station ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁artist ▁Roger ▁Dean , ▁especially ▁his ▁cover ▁art ▁for ▁the ▁Yes ▁live ▁album ▁Y ess ongs ▁( 1 9 7 3 ). ▁ ▁The ▁bulk ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁shot ▁in ▁stud ios ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁Sc enes ▁of ▁the ▁al ien ▁planet ▁were ▁fil med ▁at ▁G ob lin ▁Valley ▁State ▁Park ▁in ▁Ut ah . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁access ▁to ▁the ▁park ▁was ▁partly ▁by ▁d irt ▁road ; ▁fe es ▁paid ▁by ▁the ▁production ▁company ▁were ▁used ▁to ▁upgrade ▁the ▁entire ▁access ▁road ▁to ▁as ph alt ▁pav ement . ▁Other ▁locations ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁included ▁the ▁St ahl ▁House ▁as ▁N es m ith ' s ▁home , ▁and ▁the ▁Hollywood ▁P all ad ium ▁for ▁the ▁fan ▁convent ions . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁We aver , ▁Allen ▁h ector ed ▁her ▁to ▁sign ▁a ▁piece ▁of ▁the ▁N ost rom o , ▁the ▁spaces hip ▁from ▁Ali en