Lets not go too PC here... I'm interested in an outsiders perspective.
a noobs star trek chrono-watch part 1: Enterprise season 1 review
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DID YOU REALLY JUST SAY THAT THE SET DESIGNER OF ENTERPRISE SHOULD BE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN PRISON BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE THE SHIPS COLOR!?!
it was a joke!
Jokes are funny. For instance, making a reference about the designer being color blind could be a funny joke. Suggesting that he or she deserves to be sodomized by convicts because you don't like their design decisions is just over-the-top creepy.
Now, if you're interested in constructive discussion... Enterprise took place between current day and TOS. The set, uniforms, and vernacular was meant to reflect that fact. It seems clear to me that the interior of the NX-01 was supposed to be a blend of the International Space Station and NCC 1701.
I remember being nervous when I first read about the concept but I think they pulled it off beautifully.
DID YOU REALLY JUST SAY THAT THE SET DESIGNER OF ENTERPRISE SHOULD BE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN PRISON BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE THE SHIPS COLOR!?!
it was a joke!
Jokes are funny. For instance, making a reference about the designer being color blind could be a funny joke. Suggesting that he or she deserves to be sodomized by convicts because you don't like their design decisions is just over-the-top creepy.
Now, if you're interested in constructive discussion... Enterprise took place between current day and TOS. The set, uniforms, and vernacular was meant to reflect that fact. It seems clear to me that the interior of the NX-01 was supposed to be a blend of the International Space Station and NCC 1701.
I remember being nervous when I first read about the concept but I think they pulled it off beautifully.
Good point, but still c'mon! The rest of the ships are BEAUTIFUL and GORGEOUS To look at, it'll b really jarring for when I get to TOS and the ship is more bright and colorful, it'll be like an nx-01 enema.
I've always explained this to myself with the assumption that the nx-01 may be the very best they can build at that point in time, but it's still quite primitive: assuming they can't build any bigger yet without compromising (*) something (speed, or structural integrity, or fuel efficiency, or whatever): space is on a premium. So "conceptually" it should look like a submarine: cramped, and functional. I think the design was then chosen 'spartan' to reinforce that feeling. You wouldn't want them to walk around in the same kind of luxurious environments the ent-D offered her crew in the 24th century.
True this. Plus, at some point we just have to admit to ourselves that
1) TOS was produced in the 60's
2) The TOS set design was largely influenced by the $3.15, one piece of slightly chewed gum, and some pocket lint they liked to call a budget.
DID YOU REALLY JUST SAY THAT THE SET DESIGNER OF ENTERPRISE SHOULD BE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN PRISON BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE THE SHIPS COLOR!?!
it was a joke!
Jokes are funny. For instance, making a reference about the designer being color blind could be a funny joke. Suggesting that he or she deserves to be sodomized by convicts because you don't like their design decisions is just over-the-top creepy.
Now, if you're interested in constructive discussion... Enterprise took place between current day and TOS. The set, uniforms, and vernacular was meant to reflect that fact. It seems clear to me that the interior of the NX-01 was supposed to be a blend of the International Space Station and NCC 1701.
I remember being nervous when I first read about the concept but I think they pulled it off beautifully.
you think i went too far with the prison shower reference?
Good gravy, YES.
Not even gonna quote any more of it. Yeesh. What is this, a lame 70s Linda Blair TVM? Crimony.We are a family board here, entity. Family board. PG-13, okay? No more references like this. It is not humorous. It's not even on topic. Your own topic, dude. Stay on topic. Talk about the show. Understood?
Don't you start, either.
My finger is already on the infraction trigger as it is.
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I actually enjoyed that episode ..because it's a Trip/Malcolm episode. Malcolm, then Trip happen to be my favorite characters. But I can see where the episode may be boring to many others, as I understand that MY favorite character is actually one that many people don't care for.
The reason I liked Shuttlepod One so much was that that was where the writers remembered there were characters on their show.
I am getting really tired of this misconception.
TOS was actually one of the most expensive television shows of its time, especially in the first two seasons.
The interiors had a minimalism that was part and parcel of the modernist design trends that were everywhere in the 50s and 60s (and have come back into vogue in recent years).
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I won't since I don't.
Yes. I was 15 when TOS was on NBC. The bridge wasn't as impressive as something one might see in a motion picture of the 1960s, but it was certainly more impressive than anything else seen on television in 1966. The only real sci-fi competition at the time was Lost in Space, and it was using recycled genuine computers already seen in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
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Wow. Actually had to look this up to believe it for myself. Your right, it didn't have a particularly low budget for the time, but it didn't have the highest either. Looks like it was about mid-range.
I always thought they were going for the purposefully vague look more than fashionably minimalist setting.
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