agreed...very cool...also, as was mentioned above by Melakon, the moving camera transporter effect was impressive...
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agreed...very cool...also, as was mentioned above by Melakon, the moving camera transporter effect was impressive...
The Voyager transporter effect was problematic from the get-go. Those horizontal light bands: just what would they look like from different sides? From above? Now, most of the others have a similar problem too, but the light bands really highlight the shortcoming.
The Next Generation tried odd angles once or twice, and it always looked weird.
The Next Generation tried odd angles once or twice, and it always looked weird.
...and, how basic and simple was TOS...aluminum oxide crystals/flakes dropped like so much Transporter dandruff...ILM, indeed!
...and, how basic and simple was TOS...aluminum oxide crystals/flakes dropped like so much Transporter dandruff...ILM, indeed!
Within that column of light, TMP's transporter had this sfumato effect that was very pleasing. And the odd energy patterns pulsed and flexed, as if they were arranging things, almost, as if the process were being "controlled." The swirling sparkles in the T.V. series that were whooshing all over, like a random swarm of angry bees was rather "busy" ... like it wasn't even responsible for the actual transporting, itself, but just some arbitrary sparks flying everywhere.
Probably doesn't count as a transporter effect, since I'm pretty sure the implication was the method Losira's computer-created doppelganger was using was some sort of transdimensional doorway, but I like the Kalandan effect in That Which Survives.
I guess I have to be a lone voice in the crowd but I always thought the Cardassian effect was the coolest, just loved the way it flowed between the initial scanning section and the orbs dematerilaising the transportee into spark like remnants.
The Romulan one from "the die is cast" looked pretty swish too.
The worst one has to be the Klingon one I think. It's basically just a TNG rip off that fizzles out after the initial waterfall effect *shrug*
The movie ones never ever did much for me because they seemed to be slightly different in every film!
I think Trek 09 to Into Darkness was the first film that had a continuity of transporter beams!
They have done a good job of finally making the transporter beam 3D in those movies.
It feels both like a cool homage to the original series beam and also an update at the same time.
Kudos.
The Romulan one from "the die is cast" looked pretty swish too.
The worst one has to be the Klingon one I think. It's basically just a TNG rip off that fizzles out after the initial waterfall effect *shrug*
The movie ones never ever did much for me because they seemed to be slightly different in every film!
I think Trek 09 to Into Darkness was the first film that had a continuity of transporter beams!
They have done a good job of finally making the transporter beam 3D in those movies.
It feels both like a cool homage to the original series beam and also an update at the same time.
Kudos.
1. TOS alka seltzer
2. ST09 swirly
2. ST09 swirly
Since I grew up on Trek TOS, I naturally have a soft spot for the original transporter effect. Simple and convincing. And a hell of a lot better than this discarded effect.
Best IMO: Movies II and III (not in T'Pol -- got it? "The Poll"? 
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Worst: TNG. I remember the first time I saw "Farpoint" and thinking, what a shitty effect
I'm here all week)Worst: TNG. I remember the first time I saw "Farpoint" and thinking, what a shitty effect
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Every few years, whenever this topic comes up, I always say the best transporter would have been the one Bran Ferren SHOULD have done for TFF ... basically doing the ALTERED STATES energy effect, which is what a beam-up should have looked like. Kills me that you have somebody innovative enough to do something like that, but THE SHOTS GET FARMED OUT TO VCE!
i suppose the TOS effect is still the best, though the TWOK stuff has some appeal. HATE the TMP one ... it has that terrific laser cylinder (the one that keeps misaligning!), but the sparkle is just crazy flashy, downright obnoxious.
i suppose the TOS effect is still the best, though the TWOK stuff has some appeal. HATE the TMP one ... it has that terrific laser cylinder (the one that keeps misaligning!), but the sparkle is just crazy flashy, downright obnoxious.
I think that if the transporter were a real device, the process would always look the same, regardless if it were NX-01's single pad transporter, the one on 1701-E, a Klingon ship, etc., similar to how a Soviet A-bomb detonation looked exactly like an American one, which looked exactly like a Chinese one, and so on.
The TOS sparkly powder effect was classic, and should have been used throughout the movies and the spinoff series.
Having said all that, I did like the effect in the JJ movies, the sort of spinning halo effect was kind of neat.
The TOS sparkly powder effect was classic, and should have been used throughout the movies and the spinoff series.
Having said all that, I did like the effect in the JJ movies, the sort of spinning halo effect was kind of neat.
I liked the effect from TNG. Nice and sparkly.
It turned out they made the effect using gold sparkles and water and stirring it.
I'm in shock... I just found it on Youtube... the memories.
Just look up star trek next generation reading rainbow and go from there
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I'm in shock... I just found it on Youtube... the memories.
Just look up star trek next generation reading rainbow and go from there
.It's probably a little cheesy to some, but I *really* like the transporter of the Hunters in DS9's Captive Pursuit. One of the few transporter effects that actually surprise you, probably because it's so dang fast!
*SHWOOOOM!* Hunters are here!
*SHWOOOOM!* Hunters are here!
That would have bee nice, a consistent little nod to the original series. When they duplicated the effect in Relics, it worked just fine! I'm all for updating things (especially in view of the time difference between the two shows), but changing something just for the sake of change...not so much.
As far as I remember, the only direct carry-over to TNG was the red alert sound effect. I don't think there's a person alive who doesn't hear that sound and knows what it means. I'm a believer in 'if it works, don't mess with it'.
I do understand the necessity of different species having different transporter effects, though. For story-telling purposes, no one would be left wondering "Why are Klingons beaming down from the Enterprise?".
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