enterprise compared to a 747

[Captain Robert April]

Well, we are talking about Playmates....

 

[MANT!]

Not the usual suspects YET again..

Thread Offically Highjacked..

 

[FalTorPan]

The Enterprise is huge compared to a 747.

 

[Kelso]

Yeah, the ship is bigger than I expected it to be (even after seeing Tallguy's video).

 

[Joker]

In other words,

No, that would be your words.

My words spoke for themselves.

In your opinion. I don't think this version of Spock worked at all.

The point was that this film certainly had an element of respect for the source material. Spock's inner conflict was one such point that was lifted directly from the original series.

How much ya wanna bet sales weren't quite up to snuff?

Um, nothing. Only you and a handful of other sad cases actually care about the hypothetical reason why that might have happened.

 

[Brutal Strudel]

I think the major ships in TOS (the Enterprise, the Romulan BoP, the Klingon D-7) were just big enough to inspire awe and just small enough to maintain a sense of vulnerability and recognizable scale. Much as I like the new movie--and much as the new ship is growing on me--I'm not crazy about how big they made her, especially when she's dwarfed by the Narada.

 

[Nardpuncher]

Yeah, the ship is bigger than I expected it to be (even after seeing Tallguy's video).

OOooo what video is that?

 

[Kelso]

Yeah, the ship is bigger than I expected it to be (even after seeing Tallguy's video).

OOooo what video is that?

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq0wVRuUFLk[/yt]

 

[Captain Robert April]

Now, just to confirm, that listing of "938 FEET" is a typo on Tallguy's part, right?

 

[Nardpuncher]

Yeah, the ship is bigger than I expected it to be (even after seeing Tallguy's video).

OOooo what video is that?

Thanks for finding that for me! That was well done.

 

[Chrisisall]

VERRRY cool. And accurate, IMO.

 

[Mytran]

That video conveys the ship's size very nicely. Well done!

 

[bronco2121]

while not very tall - here is a guy named stephen on the hull:
http://tinyurl.com/ygjsdmp

 

[Kelso]

^ That's awesome!

 

[ST-One]

while not very tall - here is a guy named stephen on the hull:
http://tinyurl.com/ygjsdmp

 

[EnsignHarper]

Those pics and the video make me wonder if Roddenberry was actually a little CONSERVATIVE regarding the crew compliment....that now looks like an awful big ship for 430 to man - even with the majority being in the saucer. And to think for The Cage it was 200!

 

[Captain Robert April]

Also shows how pointless it was for JJ to make the ship as grotesquely huge as he did.

 

[ST-One]

Also shows how pointless it was for JJ to make the ship as grotesquely huge as he did.

Or for Probert to make the Enterprise-D as big as he did, right?

 

[Captain Robert April]

Different era, much larger crew, and a longer duration mission. JJ doesn't have that excuse.

 

[Gepard]

JJ doesn't have that excuse.

We don't know that.