I haven’t gone near a Star Trek website in 5+ years for the very reasons mentioned.

I only started frequenting trekmovie.com when I saw the quality of information Tony was able to find, much of it exclusive, and the fact that he was a nice guy and the site hadn’t become a mess of thread crapping.

He and I soon started talking outside of the site via e-mail and phone and before I knew it because of my extensive Media Center PC background he had me on the staff for taking screenshots of the new remastered TOS ;)

One thing that concerns me about forums is that I do not want it to descend into the typical trekkie pissing matches that so many other BBSs turn into. I hope that in the future people involved in both TOSR and STXI actually participate. ANd the problem with that is that it will require a level of moderating I do not have the time to do…hence the need for help

To me, it is amazing that there is still this passion for this show. I can remember the discussions (and arguements) I’d have with my friends about the characters, stories and effects.

To date myself, I watched the whole first season and part of the second in black & white ’cause we didn’t have a color TV. I clearly remember the first episode I saw in color, “A Private Little War.” Wow! Seeing Star Trek in color was… epiphanal.

What’s really great about this site is the threads and commentaries… Sometimes they’re enlightening, sometimes they’re funny, sometimes they’re this strange snapshot of a collective mood.

And unlike the verbal banter of year’s ago replete with the same thrusts and parries found here… You can actually go back and read what this person said or that person’s point… over multiple pages. No revisionist history here.

It’s just that in your effort to get people to stop talking about it, I think that you may have stepped on a few toes, because some of us are genuinely voicing our artistic concerns. You can generally tell who we are by the lack of profanity and extremism in our posts… ;)

And I also agree with you that a tagged forum would be nice, but I don’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth… Anthony has an awesome site, and that would be a great improvement down the road if he has both the time and inclination.

It’s rather easy to categorize “constructive criticism” as perpetual whining when every third post in the forums is a “constructive criticism” repeated ad infinitum.

How many different ways can people incessantly say they don’t like something before it becomes mundane?

That old chestnut grew old the first week a new episode premiered.

We get the point already, some people don’t enjoy the effects.
Stating it once is making a point, stating it every third post to the forums is obsessive crying and whining about an entirely subjective matter.

And then when someone rightfully points out the Nacelle fetish, they are labeled an “ass” for pointing out the obvious.

My question is, why didn’t the forum moderators and creators simply create a tagged subject forum for people to go in and voice their complaints all day long?

Every topic that comes up reverts back to ” The Enterprise sucks”, “The nacelle dome caps are too orange” ,”why can’t they get it right?”, “Why can’t they this, that and the other?”

It gets tired.

That’s been my only point all along.

I had to see for myself. I went into Dochterman’s video and did a screen capture from every shot of the Enterprise he has, from the opening credits on. I put them each next to the still image of the shot of the E on that guy’s computer monitor from above. I suggest anyone interested do the same. I defy anyone to come back and tell me that his are any more standardized than theirs in regards to color. What his DO have is better dome shapes. I’d like to see that, which he did a great job on! The one from CBS-D seems squashed-in a bit, but color?? Forget it. His blades are super dark and then not, his dome is candy red when it’s aproaching the Constellation (as seen from behind Enterprise) and mettalic-shiny colored later on and in some they look just like the CBS one above.

There are valid points from everyone here, but not EVERY point is valid. In this case let your eyes do the talking.

On to new subjects: I wanna see a WICKED COOL Apollos hand! That would be awesome! All energy and stuff. The new Botany Bay I hope will be cool. A new barrier for the galaxy edge in Where No Man!

It’s like candy-land!! WOW us CBS and Okuda!! We’re behind you!!