Bridge Tour Promo
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Cue the naysayers, but … That. Bridge. Set. Is. Just. Awesome! It's a lot of blue, I know, and it's dark and it might not be the revolution of Star Trek bridge designs some were hoping for, but it sure looks really sleek and futuristic and cool.
Interesting, though, that there are several instances where the graphic of the ship is that of the older nacelle configuration. I guess they just changed the model after they had already built the sets.
Interesting, though, that there are several instances where the graphic of the ship is that of the older nacelle configuration. I guess they just changed the model after they had already built the sets.
That bridge set looks decades more advanced then the TNG bridge or even the later Enterprise-E bridge. I wonder if there will be an episode of STD (maybe the series finale) when a bunch of Luddites take over Starfleet and revert all the tech to where it should be to explain why STD is the most advanced looking ST series ever. At least the reboot movies could use BS "butterfly effect" logic for why everything made the TNG era look like the bronze age in comparison. Also, I like how the Captain's chair just has two tablet computers stuck in the arm rests 
Take it out of the context of Star Trek, the bridge is too dark and too blue, the eye strain of the crew members would be worse in that lighting then with the blinding lens flares of the reboot Enterprise.
Take it out of the context of Star Trek, the bridge is too dark and too blue, the eye strain of the crew members would be worse in that lighting then with the blinding lens flares of the reboot Enterprise.
Yep, it's awesome, and I'm in love.
And yep, the people determined to hate it came here just to hate it. Had their mind made up before they clicked "play". See directly above.
And yep, the people determined to hate it came here just to hate it. Had their mind made up before they clicked "play". See directly above.
It is so obvious that the people involved put so much love into things like this... To me, DSC truly feels like a labor of love. No matter how much hatred certain people try to spread around (in here, and elsewhere around the net), you can never take that away. Love always wins. That's why I believe DSC will succeed.
Nice set. Very curious how they'll shoot it to get more than one crewman in a shot at a time.
All the practical displays in Star Trek Beyond had the Enterprise on them as she appeared in Star Trek and Into Darkness. Only the ones added in post-production feature the ship with the smaller, swept-back nacelles and thinner neck as she appears in the movie.
Yeah ok, that's pretty lovely. I like the displays a lot. I like the scale and scope of it, I like the chairs, and I think it'll look great on film with a much wider variety of shooting options than previous TV bridges.
There are colours available other than blue, though guys
There are colours available other than blue, though guys
I said it in another thread, but it's worth saying here...That bridge set looks decades more advanced then the TNG bridge or even the later Enterprise-E bridge. I wonder if there will be an episode of STD (maybe the series finale) when a bunch of Luddites take over Starfleet and revert all the tech to where it should be to explain why STD is the most advanced looking ST series ever. At least the reboot movies could use BS "butterfly effect" logic for why everything made the TNG era look like the bronze age in comparison. Also, I like how the Captain's chair just has two tablet computers stuck in the arm rests
Take it out of the context of Star Trek, the bridge is too dark and too blue, the eye strain of the crew members would be worse in that lighting then with the blinding lens flares of the reboot Enterprise.
To me, the 1960's look of TOS is the look of the 1960's TOS TV show, it is NOT necessarily the look of the TOS universe.
Looks impressive. But Lorca will need to pack a lunch just to walk over and see what's on the helmsman's panel.
And in the same thread I said that I always believed, growing up, that if I were "actually there" on the bridge of the Enterprise, it would look different, more real. This looks more like what I pictured it actually looking like.
Well that's fine to think that, but its also just your opinion. Also, according to TNG, DS9 and Enterprise your idea is incorrect, since TNG's holodeck, a time traveling DS9 crew and a dimension hopping constitution class USS Defiant showed that the TOS era looked exactly like what was shown on TV.
Gotta link to that?
Well, I suppose I don't get as hung up on such things, and let my imagination just run within the fictional universe.
It's "sorta, kinda" like an Asimov Book I once read ("Nightfall", I believe). Asimov included a preface in that book explaining that the characters in the book have been anthropomorphized for ease of story-telling, and the characters were written as if they were human, but that the characters in the story were actually aliens who were very very un-humanlike.
The human-like descriptions were not accurate, but that was not important. I could let my imagination just run within the fictional universe Asimov was presenting and think the characters looked like whatever I wanted. I certainly knew they didn't look and act human, even though that's the way they were written.
Similarly (or at least in the same vein) I think the TOS enterprise bridge may have been shown to have gum-drop lights, toggle switches, analog chronometers and such, but they look that way for "ease of storytelling" (i.e., because that's the way they felt like showing them in 1966), I could let my imagination just run within the fictional universe and think the TOS enterprise can look like anything I want.
Sigh...this argument again. I don't know how to address this because I can't really get my head around how to explain homage within a fictional TV series vs. watching actual history. ST is not actual history. It's made-up. Stuff happens that's not meant to be taken 100% literally. Apparently you're totally comfortable with the idea that for about 20 years in the mid-to-late 23rd century, technology and aesthetics are suddenly going to take a giant leap backward and look like a tacky 60's set with tech that isn't capable of stuff it's already capable of in real life, as long as "canon" is preserved. Forget about willing suspension of disbelief, everything must preserve the illusion that Star Trek is real.
I can't be that kind of viewer. I really don't understand the mindset that "canon" (which really has nothing to do with visuals anyway; never has) overrides everything. Canon is not a tiny box in which to trap creativity. It's just a guide for the events of this universe for the writers to use.
Wow, I liked the bridge before, but now I love it. I especially like how most of the panels have a combination of modern looking touchscreens and buttons and switches.
As for the whole TOS vs DSC design debate, when I read TOS era books, I tend to picture the stuff we saw on TOS looking like it did onscreen, but the ships and stations and things we didn't see looking closer to this.
And that is pretty much how I'm approaching DSC, unless we see an updated Enterprise, I'm going imagine it out there looking like it did in TOS, while the DSC ships are out there looking like this.
As for the whole TOS vs DSC design debate, when I read TOS era books, I tend to picture the stuff we saw on TOS looking like it did onscreen, but the ships and stations and things we didn't see looking closer to this.
And that is pretty much how I'm approaching DSC, unless we see an updated Enterprise, I'm going imagine it out there looking like it did in TOS, while the DSC ships are out there looking like this.
