A way the new bridge look could fit into existing Trek canon....

[Admiral Buzzkill]

"You got the details all wrong. This isn't the real Enterprise bridge, it's an abomination! We need more plexiglass."

"And you've rotated the bridge 36 degrees off the centerline! What's up with that?"

 

[Red Ranger]

Just be glad that, in a nod to TOS fans, that for the most part, they kept the original TOS uniform colors, although frankly, it wouldn't have bothered me if they stuck to the TNG on color scheme. That is where the similarities will most likely end. -- RR

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

For the next 20-30 years we'll treat it like "That's what the bridge always looked like, they just couldn't do it that way in the 60's because of budget reasons."

That is how I will always treat it.

If they are using Trek rank, McCoy is a lieutenant commander. If they are using U.S. Naval rank, he's a lieutenant, junior grade.

I'm not following.

Are you talking about the number of stripes? While the rank system may be identical between Starfleet and the US Navy, the actual quantity of stripes on the sleeves never was.

 

[Captain Robert April]

For the next 20-30 years we'll treat it like "That's what the bridge always looked like, they just couldn't do it that way in the 60's because of budget reasons."

And if you believe that one, I've got a lovely little moon around Rigel IV I can sell ya.

 

[Kelso]

I'd love to see Old Spock walk onto the new bridge, raise an eyebrow, and say "Not Bad."

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

For the next 20-30 years we'll treat it like "That's what the bridge always looked like, they just couldn't do it that way in the 60's because of budget reasons."

That is how I will always treat it.

If they are using Trek rank, McCoy is a lieutenant commander. If they are using U.S. Naval rank, he's a lieutenant, junior grade.

I'm not following.

Are you talking about the number of stripes? While the rank system may be identical between Starfleet and the US Navy, the actual quantity of stripes on the sleeves never was.

Exactly. That's why the question of what rank McCoy's wearing depends on whether they've stuck with the TOS system or are using the Navy system. The pips used in the modern Trek shows more-or-less followed the U.S. Navy - four pips(stripes) for Captain, three for Cdr, etc.

 

[blockaderunner]

Hate to burst your bubble, but that canon was shot off one too many times and now it's put in storage to make way for the shiny new canon known as Star Trek (no bloody "XI" thank you very much).

 

[David cgc]

For the next 20-30 years we'll treat it like "That's what the bridge always looked like, they just couldn't do it that way in the 60's because of budget reasons."

And if you believe that one, I've got a lovely little moon around Rigel IV I can sell ya.

Hey, if we could handle the fact that the Enterprise-D spent four years suddenly and inexplicably becoming fat and ugly at random intervals without having to take both as explicit gospel truth, I don't see the problem.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Hey, if we could handle the fact that the Enterprise-D spent four years suddenly and inexplicably becoming fat and ugly at random intervals without having to take both as explicit gospel truth, I don't see the problem.

Well, Kirk's Enterprise used to mutate from shot to shot in a single episode quite frequently - one moment it would have spikes on the nacelles and weird vents on the backs of the engines, and the next it wouldn't.

 

[Sector 7]

For the next 20-30 years we'll treat it like "That's what the bridge always looked like, they just couldn't do it that way in the 60's because of budget reasons."

And if you believe that one, I've got a lovely little moon around Rigel IV I can sell ya.

Gene Roddenberry said he wanted to change it in TMP because now he had a big budget. Ummm... Gene was canon wasn't he?

 

[Captain Robert April]

TMP was a sequel of TOS, not a reboot. Learn the freakin' difference.

Anyhoo, all they had to do for this upcoming freak show is this:

Add in some of those little equipment lockers in the panels that Franz Joseph indicated, and all would be well.

 

[Sector 7]

^What have you personally created for either television or film to advance Star Trek? I know more about the real workings of Hollywood Star Trek than you could ever imagine. From your constant ramblings I'd say you know very little of reality.
Don't bother to reply. I am blocking your silly, feeble minded hatred so my eyes will no longer be offended. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

*Congratulations, until now I have never used the Ignore List feature.*

 

[Captain Robert April]

^What have you personally created for either television or film to advance Star Trek? I know more about the real workings of Hollywood Star Trek than you could ever imagine. From your constant ramblings I'd say you know very little of reality.
Don't bother to reply. I am blocking your silly, feeble minded hatred so my eyes will no longer be offended. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

Behold, the open minded liberal....

 

[M'Sharak]

*Congratulations, until now I have never used the Ignore List feature.*

Oh, but you weren't supposed to actually say that.


BTW, April: a "gimble"?

Turn in your card.

 

[BenRoethig]

Look, the bridge the current U.S.S. Enterprise (CVN-65) is more advanced than what they had in TOS. Not updating the bridge would seem silly. Just think of this as the bridge they would have had if the series had debuted today.

 

[Luminus]

Re: Here's how the new bridge look could fit into existing Trek canon.

1) Those pictures you've seen? It is the bridge. It is really the new bridge. That is what it's gonna look like. For real. It's going to look like that in the beginning of the movie, it's going to look like that at the end of the movie, and if there are sequels, it will probably look very similar to what we've seen. That is the bridge.

2) To be perfectly clear: the scenario you're describing will not happen.

3) To answer your question: I would hate it if your idea came to pass. It sounds contrived, unnecessary, needlessly nostalgic, and more than a little bit anal. I'm not saying you shouldn't entertain those kinds of ideas, but I certainly hope that professional filmmakers don't.

4) That is the bridge.

Agreed, no need for a psychedelic, Austin Powers, 60's-styled bridge. We're over that. Time to move forward and that's what Trek is about.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Seventy-nine TOS episodes, two pilots, one TNG episode, one DS9 episode, and one Enterprise two-parter says is does.

None of which have had sets that needed to withstand presentation to 21st century audiences on a huge motion picture screen.

 

[Nerys Myk]

How about we stick to it looks different because its being made in the 21st Century. Does the actual look of the bridge really figure into continuity?

Seventy-nine TOS episodes, two pilots, one TNG episode, one DS9 episode, and one Enterprise two-parter says is does.

All that versus one misbegotten movie? Movie loses in that fight.

You're not getting it are you. Changing the look of the bridge changes the stories told how?

 

[superstring01]

TMP was a sequel of TOS, not a reboot. Learn the freakin' difference.

Anyhoo, all they had to do for this upcoming freak show is this:

Add in some of those little equipment lockers in the panels that Franz Joseph indicated, and all would be well.

Really? You want to have them use the cheesy old design from TOS?

Nope. I prefer the reboot and just throw out all the dogma that's been created.

~String

 

[Therin of Andor]

TMP was a sequel of TOS, not a reboot. Learn the freakin' difference.

Looked quite a reboot to me, especially the refitted Enterprise.

Not to mention that, for quite a while, Roddenberry anticipated casting the likes of Paul Newman and Robert Redford as Kirk and Spock (or was that Spock and Kirk?), and even invited Walter Koenig to play Chekov's father!

He also recast his lead Vulcan with a new actor: David Gautreaux as Xon.