First photo of phaser prop...for real this time.

[USS Mariner]

A bridge that looked clean and futuristic, but still like TOS.

TFF had the best bridge in the movies. Meyer came in with TUC and fucked it up trying to make it look more like something from "The Hunt For Red October."

Having seen some detail photos of the set, it looked as if Meyer intended for the helmsman and navigator to use their station to wipe their feet on.

 

[trekkerguy]

TSFS phaser would look really badass if you removed that
weird stopwatch on the top of it.

And I loved TUC Bridge, looked more like the Excelsior
and that's always an improvement.

 

[btflash]

HATE IT! HATE IT! HATE IT! HATE IT! hey, did i mention that i hate it?

 

[Pegasus]

Re: Fisrt photo of phaser prop...for real this time.

That looks like a crappy Captain Proton/ Buck Rogers one. Otherwise they all look good, very much like the continutation of the Enterprise technology. Very useful for the Enterprise timeline fanfilms.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

A bridge that looked clean and futuristic, but still like TOS.

TFF had the best bridge in the movies. Meyer came in with TUC and fucked it up trying to make it look more like something from "The Hunt For Red October."

Having seen some detail photos of the set, it looked as if Meyer intended for the helmsman and navigator to use their station to wipe their feet on.

Third this sentiment. Meyer tried to make the bridge look like a 100 different submarine movies, and wanted the helmsman and navigator to mix music instead of piloting a highly-advanced space vehicle. The damn bridge looked more antiquated than The Hunt For Red October.

Now in TFF, the bridge was perfect.

 

[USS Mariner]

TUC's sets made you wonder how fucking lazy the crew must have been to let the ship get that grimy and scuffed up.

 

[Hartzilla2007]

so which barel does the stun beam come out of and which one does the kill beam come out of?

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

so which barel does the stun beam come out of and which one does the kill beam come out of?

What'd you have in mind?

 

[Psion]

I'm still waiting for the perfect phaser, though. One that looks real, badass, and still looks like a product of the TOS generation.

Something can't look "badass" and look like TOS at the same time. The TOS-based movies, maybe. But TOS design itself was very consciously "futuristic" in 1950s/1960s terms, virtually the antithesis of badass.

Oh rubbish. Clean up the edges, add detail, beef it up ... as noted above, TSFS's phaser II is a step in the right direction. Take that, reference real firearms for details, and bring metals into the material palette et voila!

 

[ST-One]

I'm still waiting for the perfect phaser, though. One that looks real, badass, and still looks like a product of the TOS generation.

Something can't look "badass" and look like TOS at the same time. The TOS-based movies, maybe. But TOS design itself was very consciously "futuristic" in 1950s/1960s terms, virtually the antithesis of badass.

Oh rubbish. Clean up the edges, add detail, beef it up ... as noted above, TSFS's phaser II is a step in the right direction. Take that, reference real firearms for details, and bring metals into the material palette et voila!

Here you go

 

[MisterPL]

Here you go

Best reply of the thread!

 

[Psion]

Here you go

Best reply of the thread!

Nah, I soft-pitched that, expecting someone to go for low-hanging fruit. Unfortunately, I've already said I don't mind this weapon much, but I'm still waiting for the perfect phaser II.

 

[M'Sharak]

It occurs to me that we may have seen one of these in the trailer. It's not the same weapon (Romulan disruptor?) we see Kirk firing in another shot, and we don't really get a clear look at it, but where Spock is taking a swing at Kirk, the redshirt behind Spock is holding a hand weapon.

That's about as clear a capture as I can make of it.

 

[GeorgeKirk]

More than anything, it reminds me of a Men In Black weapon. It's like the bigger sibling of the Noisy Cricket.

That being said, I have a hard time believing that the design of one of the props is going to have a direct bearing on whether or not the movie will be enjoyable.

 

[Gufler]

Here is the figures wielding the new Phasor in all its glory.

 

[Michael]

I like it. Looks way better than the toy.

 

[Hartzilla2007]

so which barel does the stun beam come out of and which one does the kill beam come out of?

What'd you have in mind?

Oh I was just curious actually.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Oh rubbish. Clean up the edges, add detail, beef it up ... as noted above, TSFS's phaser II is a step in the right direction. Take that, reference real firearms for details, and bring metals into the material palette et voila!

In other words, make it stop looking like a TOS prop at all.

The TOS-based movies already did that, BTW.

 

[Psion]

Oh rubbish. Clean up the edges, add detail, beef it up ... as noted above, TSFS's phaser II is a step in the right direction. Take that, reference real firearms for details, and bring metals into the material palette et voila!

In other words, make it stop looking like a TOS prop at all.

The TOS-based movies already did that, BTW.

Oy vey. May your hair become home to noisy vermin.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Oy vey. May your hair become home to noisy vermin.

I go Brazillian.




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