Compare the thickness of the neck to the bridge to get an idea as to how thin the thing is. How are elevator…*ahem*… turbolift shafts suppose to fit in there along with other stuff like a staircase, support structures, etc.? Same with the engine-supports. There’s a window at the top of them..they’re too skinny to contain any sort of room + elevator where that window is.

Thank you! I’m glad somebody else also spotted these inherent design flaws, bravo! The neck and warp pylons are too thin and fragile and just imagine if the Enterprise were to travel at full impulse speed: they would snap off like twigs! It would be logical to increase the thickness of the neck like in the case of Excelsior, or better yet, do away with the neck and have the saucer wedged onto the secondary hull just like the Enterprise E, making it look ultra sleek, elegant and tough.

To Rob Lyons – Thanks very much for the review. It made my day.

Me too. I’d love to see the non-fan’s reactions as they laugh themselves out of the theater at the sight of a 1960s looking design.

Richard Hatch’s BSG novels are so off the wall, that they are considered an alternate take to the original BSG series as well.

So, I don’t doubt there will eventually be books based on the new movie. We’ll just have to wait and see.

I don’t like the new Enterprise design. I like the original and TMP designs the best, with the Ent-E and NX-01 after. I never cared for the B or D, though I liked the Excelsior. I didn’t like the ugly changes to the B that differentiate it from the Excelsior.

The classic Klingon D7 and the TMP upgrade are also favorites, but the STIII Bird of Prey isn’t.

It’s all a matter of taste.

I echo the immediate liking of the Kelvin, I hope there is a model or toy of it in the works. If not, a resin garage kit will show up at some point.

First, even if they started getting new-continuity proposals immediately after the release of the film, it’ll still be somewhere around late 2010 or early 2011 before they’d be published, unless they really rush them through the pipeline.

Second, aside from a few fairly obvious differences, it’s not clear how different the continuities actually are, and it may well be possible to do a lot of storytelling that would fit fairly seamlessly into either continuity.

Third, it’s likely that only TOS itself would be impacted, at least in the short run (though perhaps Vanguard might be infliuenced, as well). ENT is shared by both timelines, and TNG, DS9, VOY, and Titan are all pretty much explicitly in the prime universe.

I guess the real question would be, would TOS be split into two different series, original and Abramsverse, or would original TOS be supplanted by Abramsverse TOS?

I just wish that question never had to be asked. :(