The Excelsior Bridge Looks So Much Cooler in III Than VI

[WarpFactorZ]

It looked different, I'll sort of give you that, but advanced? What was advanced about it?

The glowing lights under the chairs?

From the first time I saw the movie in '84, I assumed the glowing supports were force fields and the chairs were suspended in air. Seemed pretty advanced to me at the time, and it still does today.

In fact, this look was duplicated on the Enterprise-D, because you never see supports for the three command seats (yes, they're really attached to the back wall, but I don't think that was the intention).

Arm rests that act as safety buckled for transwarp? I won't even get into how stupid that was. Even K.I.T.T. had an invisible laser restraint system for Michael. These people get manual arm rests.

Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean there isn't some underlying advanced technology at work. Perhaps engaging the arm supports creates a restraint field / individual inertial dampener that secures one's entire body in the chair.

 

[publiusr]

I would have liked to have seen this bridge fleshed out
https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/wrap-around-viewscreen.287631/page-4#post-12098914

 

[F. King Daniel]

I would have liked to have seen this bridge fleshed out
https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/wrap-around-viewscreen.287631/page-4#post-12098914

That dastardly JJ Abrams, reaching back though time itself to put HUDs on starship viewscreens!

 

[Timby]

In fact, this look was duplicated on the Enterprise-D, because you never see supports for the three command seats

Uh ... what?

 

[Blamo]

I assume Excelsiors bridge in TSFS was designed specifically for testing all the experimental equipment.

 

[Kor]

I think the TSFS Excelsior bridge would have been great in Phase II if had ever come to fruition. It looks like something between TOS and TMP to me.

Kor

 

[lee249]

I loved that gentle but sweet manoeuvre the Enterprise did out of spacedock followed by the Excelsior in hot pursuit. Good ole Scotty!

 

[F. King Daniel]

I loved that gentle but sweet manoeuvre the Enterprise did out of spacedock followed by the Excelsior in hot pursuit. Good ole Scotty!

Sadly I can't unsee the Enterprise taking up the whole doorway on the way out, then wondering how the much-larger Excelsior ever fitted through.

 

[somebuddyX]

The SFS bridge looks like something SNL put together for a skit.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Sadly I can't unsee the Enterprise taking up the whole doorway on the way out, then wondering how the much-larger Excelsior ever fitted through.

And the even much larger-er Enterprise-D in "11001001".