New Engineering

[EJD1984]

Just curious as to other people opinion on the design atheistic of the Enterprises' new Engineering.

 

[captcalhoun]

fucking hate it. stupid Bud brewery.

 

[Michael Chris]

It was very good. Much better than previous engineerings.

 

[TheGeneral]

I couldn't stand it, nor the whole "Industrial Complex" innards of the engineering hull area. wasn't very "star trekY". Here's hoping for a timely "Refit" by the time of the next movie. XD

 

[RoJoHen]

Meh, I'm indifferent. It looked more like what one would expect from an engineering section on a ship, but I definitely missed the traditional warp core. Granted, that warp core wasn't around in TOS anyway, so it wouldn't have mattered.

I was more annoyed by the bridge. SO BRIGHT! It would have looked great if they had just turned the lights down!

 

[captcalhoun]

i hated the entire fucking ship. ugly on the outside, overly shiny on the inside, stupid combination of touch-screens and toggle switches AND A FUCKING THROTTLE LEVER! ugh.

 

[Brent]

See my thoughts here - http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=91499

 

[nx1701g]

I'm okay with it.

 

[Wally]

I just remember watching the scene with Scotty trapped in the water/coolant tubes and thinking "when did Engineering turn into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory?"

 

[Brent]

I just remember watching the scene with Scotty trapped in the water/coolant tubes and thinking "when did Engineering turn into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory?"

that scene i'm ok with, it makes sense that the Enterprise have a room dedicated to water recyling

 

[Mr. B]

It was absurd on every level... obviously a present day brewery, too big to fit inside the Enterprise, no connection to the design aesthetic of the rest of the ship. Future technology should have some sense of elegance and simplicity... pretty much the exact opposite of a pipe maze.

 

[Trekker4747]

I hated it. The closer shots weren't so bad, the shot of them running between the vats weren't so bad (the vats cold be antimatter pods or something) but the wider shots, or many of them all togther, the palce jst looked like what it was -a brewery.

Main Engieering really, also, needed a "central" focus.

 

[Jeyl]

Six words.

SPACE MUTINY WITH A BIG BUDGET

 

[EJD1984]

I just hope the producers get enough feedback, and make some serious changes to the "set".

One MAJOR problem with using an existing "industrial" location for a major set that will be needed in future films it that there is no guarantee that it will be available in the future.

I have no issue with portraying engineering as more mechanical/realistic, but this was not only entirely over the top and didn't seem to follow and type of rhyme or reason.

*Seriously, at one point I could see a painted cinder block wall in the background.

 

[Peter the Younger]

I'll admit, I think they went a wee bit too far on that. I like the idea of using the gritty industrial look, but they could have found something that was a wee bit uh, well, less like a brewery.

 

[Bisz]

Terrible.

 

[Amaris]

I thought I would hate it. I loved it.

J.

 

[DiSiLLUSiON]

I did not like everything about engineering, but I did like the fact that it was more 'real' then any engineering we've seen before.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

It seemed to work fine in the movie. I had big doubts about it before seeing the film, though.

 

[Alpha_Geek]

Not sure which part of the engineering spaces it was that we saw in the film. There are no doubt many industrial processes that have to run to keep a starship going, and the people onboard alive and healthy. Water treatment would certainly be one of them, replication can't be the answer to everything.

If the giant stainless fermenter tanks were indeed supposed to be the engine room, I'd be dissapointed.