Where is Starfleet Headquarters?

[PHArchivist]

Juxtaposed to the Golden Gate Bridge...?

Northwest of the bridge?
Northeast of the bridge?
Southwest of the bridge?
Southeast of the bridge?

Is it me, or does it CHANGE in pretty much every varying Star Trek show or movie?

 

[Lightning]

I figure between Starfleet Academy and SF HQ they have facilities in all those locations.

 

[TazMan2000]

I thought the main buildings were southwest of the bridge and Star Fleet Academy on both south sides of the bridge.

TazMan2000

 

[TazMan2000]

Or, I could be wrong.

TazMan2000

 

[PHArchivist]

Taz, that is an amazing post!

 

[PHArchivist]

Here are a couple shots from the whale flick that place it NW of the bridge in the Marin Headlands:

 

[Riceball]

In Picard it's in Anaheim.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Or, I could be wrong.

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TazMan2000

On a related note…has anyone ever pinpointed where in Golden Gate Park they filmed the “$100,000 shot” of Spock’s casket having “soft landed” on the surface of Genesis in Star Trek II?

 

[TazMan2000]

On a related note…has anyone ever pinpointed where in Golden Gate Park they filmed the “$100,000 shot” of Spock’s casket having “soft landed” on the surface of Genesis in Star Trek II?

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Did they actually film it in Golden Gate Park? I haven't been there in a long, long time, but some of the vegetation looks like it belongs in a rainforest. Unless they used prop plants...then I'd say it was filmed around the Japanese Garden.

TazMan2000

 

[TazMan2000]

Taz, that is an amazing post!

Thank Google for that.

TazMan2000

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Did they actually film it in Golden Gate Park? I haven't been there in a long, long time, but some of the vegetation looks like it belongs in a rainforest. Unless they used prop plants...then I'd say it was filmed around the Japanese Garden.

TazMan2000

Yes, Golden Gate Park was the location chosen for the reshoot / insert shot. Since Nicholas Meyer refused to shoot it, Robert Sallin (producer) shot it:

“I went back to my old commercial days,” he elaborates. “I storyboarded this whole end sequence. I did a lot of it like a commercial…We shot it in (San Francisco’s) Golden Gate Park. We even added plants to make it look a little bit more exotic in terms of the foliage. I shot it and brought it back.

 

[TazMan2000]

Yes, Golden Gate Park was the location chosen for the reshoot / insert shot. Since Nicholas Meyer refused to shoot it, Robert Sallin (producer) shot it:

“I went back to my old commercial days,” he elaborates. “I storyboarded this whole end sequence. I did a lot of it like a commercial…We shot it in (San Francisco’s) Golden Gate Park. We even added plants to make it look a little bit more exotic in terms of the foliage. I shot it and brought it back.

How about that.

TazMan2000

 

[Captain Dunsel]

A little more information on the resting place of Spock’s casket…

Genesis planet location​

"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" ends with Spock's body being shot in a sarcophagus to the surface of the Genesis Planet. Producer Robert Sallin decided to film the Genesis planet on location at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. "We physically wrapped ivy and put in ferns where there were no ferns," he says. "We made it look like another place. I had a wind machine brought up."

'Star Trek II' behind the scenes (pictures)

"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" producer Robert Sallin shares some photos and images from his personal archives, including some of the concept drawings for the ear creature.

www.cnet.com

 

[PHArchivist]

Funny - ST IV was shot in Griffith Park in LA!

 

[pengbuzz]

IIRC, SF HQ was at the Presidio.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Funny - ST IV was shot in Griffith Park in LA!

Well—and the Klingon Penal World (Rura Penthe) was filmed at the Bronson Canyon / Caves section of Griffith Park, as well.

If only they they knew when they filmed “Bread and Circuses”…

…that they would be filming a movie there, 25 years later.

 

[Treadwell]

Well—and the Klingon Penal World (Rura Penthe) was filmed at the Bronson Canyon / Caves section of Griffith Park, as well.

If only they they knew when they filmed “Bread and Circuses”…

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What I love about this angle is if the camera was placed two steps to the right, you'd see the Hollywood sign.

 

[TazMan2000]

A little more information on the resting place of Spock’s casket…

Genesis planet location​

"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" ends with Spock's body being shot in a sarcophagus to the surface of the Genesis Planet. Producer Robert Sallin decided to film the Genesis planet on location at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. "We physically wrapped ivy and put in ferns where there were no ferns," he says. "We made it look like another place. I had a wind machine brought up."

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'Star Trek II' behind the scenes (pictures)

"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" producer Robert Sallin shares some photos and images from his personal archives, including some of the concept drawings for the ear creature.

www.cnet.com

So Spock's casket scene was filmed just east of Mallard Lake. Google Maps image captured January 2023 so it looks like Park staff have desecrated Spock's grave rather recently.

TazMan2000

 

[publiusr]

I think HQ was out in space by itself:

Starfleet Headquarters (space station)

Starfleet Headquarters was a United Federation of Planets space station that operated as Starfleet's space-based alternative to Starfleet Headquarters on Earth. The thick disc-shaped primary hull was surrounded by six equidistant spherical starship docking bays, which were in turn linked...

memory-beta.fandom.com

 

[TazMan2000]

My Photoshop skills are lacking...most likely because I don't have Photoshop.

But I did my best to restore the movie set with the tools that I have.

TazMan2000