I didn't like the external aesthetic of Enterprise D
I'm still curious what it was about this that didn't click with you. I can go on a guided tour of the exterior and go into all the things I like. Maybe some of it comes from the intimate familiarity of building it in model form a few times...
I did (at that time) like everything else about it. I enjoyed the series and the changes they made along the way only made it more enjoyable. Like, I hated the uniforms they started out with... the minor changes (raised collar, back zip, no piping) were HUGE for me. Not sure why things like that bothered me but they did.
Oh my goodness yes. The initial outfit was intended to make them look like (no lie) action figures. They even had to endure muscle suits under the spandex. Even the later rework of
those uniforms -- with the mandarin collar and removal of the yoke piping -- is an improvement. My favorite version was the early third season two-piece, with the decorative seams down the front panel.
Another would be the progression of the hand phaser designs from the Dustbuster (awful) and the blocky rifle to the much more streamlined later versions.
Yup, again. I like the version of the Type II that saw the most use on DS9 and Voyager, the "Boomerang".
And the early phaser rifles don't hold a candle to the compression phaser rifle and the ones from First Contact on.
My favorites are actually the TNG Type I hand phaser, the "cricket"...
...and the early model Mark VI tricorder -- the one with the removable scanner probe...
And I'm one of those that hate the
Enterprise-E. Definite step backward, plus I liked the -D.
--Jonah
