Best and worst VFX?

[F. King Daniel]

For the most part, Enterprise looked great. But, occasionally, an effects shot would come up that looked incredibly ropey. The space scenes were always fantastic. Ground based stuff, often less so.

Worst effects: The stadium in "Home" (very unconvincing in general), the explosion in the Earth embassy on Vulcan in "The Forge" (a slow, zero-g space explosion effect used on Vulcan's surface)

Best effects: The Temporal Observatory in "Cold Front", the ruins of Earth in "Shockwave", Earth's destruction in "Twilight", the damage incurred (and bodies flying out into space) in "Azati Prime", the Enterprise flying low over New York in "Storm Front, part 2". Awe-fucking-some!

Anyone else got any bests or worsts that stick out in their minds?

 

[bluedana]

Not a fan of the Gorn in IAMD, but even that was LOADS better than the man in a rubber suit version from TOS.

I liked the hidden observatory scene in The Andorian Incident. Lots of great detail.

 

[SchwEnt]

Worst--Arik Soong standing in front of the wall of augment specimen tubes. Horrible green screen effect. Just horrible.

 

[bluedana]

Ding, ding! You win.

 

[Pariah Carey]

"Home"

Like a 1990's video game.

 

[Gaith]

^ Yeah, especially 'cause it's a laughable design. A simple baseball stadium, such as Pac Bell Park or a winking derivative thereof, would have been far superior.

 

[Holiday Romantic]

Great FX: Season 3 space battles. Enterprise getting the hell shot out of her in "Azati Prime." "Countdown" and "Zero Hour." (I think the show won the Emmy for special effects for Season 3.)

And there was the ship itself. Beautifully rendered.

 

[Pariah Carey]

^ Yeah, especially 'cause it's a laughable design. A simple baseball stadium, such as Pac Bell Park or a winking derivative thereof, would have been far superior.

There should have been a parade in the streets of San Fransisco, but I guess that would have been way over budget.

 

[T'Girl]

"Home"

Like a 1990's video game.

The thing is, what else could they use it for? Except for the end zone, the floor of the "stadium" appears not to be flat, it has a curve to it, like a long shallow trench. You couldn't play sports there.

Maybe they built it special for this one event, and then tore it down immediately after?

 

[F. King Daniel]

^The stadium is flat (as seen in subsequent shots), it's just the perspective and arrangement of people that gives the impression of a trench.

 

[Pariah Carey]

it's just the perspective and arrangement of people that gives the impression of a trench.

It's the B-movie grade CGI that gives the wrong impression.