After reading through the "Probert/Sternbach" critique...

[Just_Bob]

Understood.

 

[USS Mariner]

FYI... he prefers to be called Andrew, not Andy. Just sayin...

Now someone tells me.

 

[Tom Servo]

Apparently the "Probert redo sketch" passed right over my head. Would you care to provide a link, please?

My mother was recently hospitalized so I have been a bit out of touch lately.

Sorry to hear that. Hope all is well.
Here's the post:
http://trekbbs.com/showpost.php?p=2306844&postcount=88

Almost has an arrowhead look to it...

Thank you! Yes, things are improving.

Andy's modification does add more of a balanced flow to the overall design so much so that the new "E" now appears to have had its original primary hull replaced by an older model, imho. While I do like the ship I can now understand and appreciate some of the criticisms concerning the "kitbash look."

While I really respect Andrew's design work and artistic talent, and he has designed some FANTASTIC ships over the years, on this matter, I respectfully disagree. I really prefer what we got to his sketch. For me, the saucer, nacelles and secondary hull combination is the Enterprise. You can play with the proportions and the shapes a little, but I think keeping those basic elements is important.

I am biased of course, cause I do like the new design, but his design is exactly what I did not want to see from in this movie. One thing I love about the TOS ship is the saucer that is still a circle, not an oval, and I am glad they kept that. I think that his design takes it TOO far away from the original, even if the movie was intended as a remake. To me, and I love discussing starship design, this ship is a a nice update to the TOS design. I know some may disagree with me, but it was much nicer then what I feared we would get. I honestly thought we would get something that was very very close to the original ship, or something that was way out of left field, and with this design I think they met in the middle. Similar elements, but with some changes.