Comments on: Official ST09 Site Update: Check Out New ‘Panoramas’ Inside The New USS Enterprise

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:57:33 +0000

I love it, cant wait to see it

By: Timeship Destiny

Timeship Destiny — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:44:57 +0000

Ok, I admit, I somehow like the new look, even the…uh…LCARS similar interface looks kinda nice, but despite the eyecandy, the film still needs to prove to me, that it’s a Star Trek movie and not another shoot-at-anything-that-looks-different movie. :)

By: Felix_Faust

Felix_Faust — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:16:47 +0000

Did I miss something?Did Kirk and Company go from being in Starfleet (a military organization) to being on a cruise ship? White instead of haze gray? There is no indication that this ship has a military function. Of course, all we have to go on are these corridors and the few glimpses of the bridge so far. And yes, it should have, in some way, paid homage to TOS imo HOWEVER, this is Star Trek™ for a new generation, still, would have killed them to make it resemble, in some manner, the original ship. The translation from old to new has been successful in the automotive world, with the Beetle, the Mini-Cooper and other designs; I find it difficult to believe the set designers couldn’t use the same design process. Still, all indications are, there will be a hell of a story line, so, if the story is good enough, I’ll ignore lazy, sterotypical set design.
Live Long and Prosper.

By: colonyearth

colonyearth — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:48:37 +0000

there’s just no frakkin’ pleasing u folks is there? god, why do i even read what u guys say, it just frustrates the hell outta me. whine, whine, whine, pick, pick, pick, complain, complain, complain and no one has seen the film yet. geesh!

By: RetroWarbird

RetroWarbird — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:39:17 +0000

First thing it reminded me of actually was Alien. Lot of Apple white surfaces in Alien, at least in the crew areas of the ship, the sickbay, mess hall, yadda.

By: McCoy

McCoy — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:18:41 +0000

425: “the designs don’t seem very well thought out .”

We’re already feeling the disconnect between the sets and the uniforms. The uniforms take us back and do say “TOS” but nothing else does.

By: BK613

BK613 — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:52:42 +0000

421
well said. sir.
you know, perhaps the crux of this whole thing for me (and the reason I feel so conflicted when I really want to be nothing but excited) is that the designs don’t seem very well thought out .

What do I mean by that? Matt Jefferies went through hundreds if not thousands of drawings developing the interior and exterior of the original Enterprise. His designs gave attention to not only trying to create something that looked like nothing ever seen before but at the same time tried to present rational reasons for why things were the way they were.

The engines are powerful and dangerous? Place them far from the hull where they can be jettisoned. Spacewalks are hazardous (and expensive to show on TV?) Design the ship so that the majority of the repairs can be done inside. Etc. Etc. Etc.

And because he took time to make it make sense to himself, down to the smallest details, it ended up making sense to us. Helped us believe.

That too is part of the TOS legacy. A design ethic that makes sense. And I am just not seeing any of that in what has been released.

424
Your welcome :-)

By: Jefferies Tuber

Jefferies Tuber — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:32:02 +0000

414. BK613 – Thanks for adding a useful new word to my vocabulary.

By: The Governator

The Governator — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:55:53 +0000

You know, there’s a lot more to a ship than just the corridors. Just sayin’.

By: dan

dan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:18:40 +0000

Where is the Color…Where is the Imagination!
This looks like going to the Dentist!

*sigh*
Anybody working on this piece garbage actually see the 1960’s show called “Star Trek”?