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The big E sure looks different without all of the degradation and de-saturation from the old optical printers. Much more colorful.
Thoughts?
:)Spockboy
Does anyone think it would be a good idea to take some shots of the old girl (properly with modern equipment) for an effects redo?
Or perhaps build a new 11 footer?
:)Spockboy
https://modellisto-blog.blogspot.ca/2017/02/star-trek-film-set-desilu-gower-studios.html
I have always dreamed of having a time machine and revisiting this set. If YOU were able to do that, what would you do? Would you talk to Roddenberry? Rescue the Doomsday Machine from the dumpster? Steal...
I had no idea about his wife.
What do you guys think?
Star Trek would have been completely different with him. Would Nimoy have found Spock the way he did with Shatner had Hunter taken the job?
:)Spockboy
Created another video to thank the Smithsonian. Someone here mentioned a wider shot of the Big E so here it is in all it's non Optical Printer'd glory.
Spockboy
The ship seems really big. Recently I saw how small the TOS E was in comparison to an aircraft carrier. It seemed smaller than I had imagined. I thought the ideal size would be about 1500 feet.
What do you guys think?
:)Spockboy
It is amazing how far we have come with special effects, but it isn't just the stuff on the big screen, a lot can be done at home now.
Admittedly, I did these shots quick and dirty (in an afternoon) but with the proper equipment it would be possible to shoot something comparable or even better...
http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2098f.htm
To me this episode has one of the best first acts in all of Star Trek. However, I am aware of how this episode has taken a lot of heat for the.....er.... fighting aspects. (the Gorn moving so slowly etc) I have thought a great deal about whether...