I don't appreciate the inaccurate panels.
I don't appreciate the inaccurate panels.
It shouldn't be that hard these days given the 30 odd years of technological advancement since the original kit was produced.
Garbaron said:
Easier to grind out material than to fill it back in. Of course it could be done, but time intensive, and no doubt nearly as expensive as making all new molds.Junk Pilot said:
I wasn't really all that excited about the re-fit when I saw it. Of course, I had seen the "new" Enterprise in several publications of the day before I ventured to the Movies to see it.
I know I am in the minority, but I still like the Original series design the best.
I enjoyed the sequence when Kirk is in the shuttlepod...But to me, it looked more like a cruise ship than a deep space Starship.
I prefer the more Militaryish design the original series had.
The aztecing was another thing...soon every ship had to have it!! Geez.
I was eleven years old when I saw TMP in the theater on opening night. I had read all the Starlog and Fantastic Film articles so I had an inkling of the new design but seeing it on the big screen is a lot different than seeing a picture in a magazine. I absolutely loved the refit from the first time I saw her in dry-dock. The TOS version and the refit go back and forth as my favorite depending on my mood. Either way they're both beautiful designs.
Last edited by Mola Rob; Aug 3, 2012 at 3:01 PM.
For years, the refitted Enterprise has been my favorite fictional space craft. Yep, it even beat out the Millennium Falcon. But only slightly. (My fantasy was to live on the Enterprise, but have the Falcon in the hangar bay for fun... a guy's gotta dream, right?)
Like others have posted, I used to draw the Enterprise on everything.
And as much of a fan of TOS as I was, I really never cared for the original Enterprise.
Funny thing is, I had a change of heart when I was actually able to hold a model of the original E in my hands, turn it around, examine it. I was able to see the subtle elegance of the design that just never made an impression on me in the series.
And I also came to realize that, while the refitted E is impressive, much of what sells it is the lighting, lens choices and camera angles. TMP "reveal" is total space ship porn. TOS never had the luxury of that level of "fetishist" devotion to filming the ship. Viewing the TOS E from some of the same movie angles gives it some of the same majesty.
I still prefer the refit, but the original E has grown on me a lot over the years.
The refit. It's one of those designs where every time I try to make an improvement on, it just doesn't go well with anything else. Like the warp engines. I thought they were bland in comparison to the original lighted nacelles from TOS. But the more I tried to make the engines looks more interesting, the less it worked. This design just works!
I loved it from the beginning. To this day, the movie Enterprise is my favorite design.
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