TOS, followed by ENT, and then the DS9 Cardassian transporter effect. All pretty cool. Also, the TOS Klingon "flashing" version was pretty cool too, but seen so rarely it does not really merit consideration.
Best Transporter Effect
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Most rediculous? Ardra from Devil's Due. TMP isn't Studio 54, Ardra's transporter is.
I thought the TOS movies post TMP were pretty cool.
TOS, I think, is vintage 60s, though. No matter who was being transported, they always had that too-cool-for-school Rat Pack-esque pose to them. Kirk, McCoy, random ambassador, ANYONE.
I thought the TOS movies post TMP were pretty cool.
TOS, I think, is vintage 60s, though. No matter who was being transported, they always had that too-cool-for-school Rat Pack-esque pose to them. Kirk, McCoy, random ambassador, ANYONE.
I liked the TNG series one.
TOS one was also good, but I prefer the white energy effect to the gold one.
VOY's I didn't see what the point of the orbs was and I felt it took too long.
ENT's was fine but didn't really blow my mind...and you'd think in-universe, in its era, transporting would be a bigger deal - never mind how long we've seen it on Star Trek.
I too liked the early Klingon transporter with the falling cloak of blood red pebbles look...the later one just looked like a "meh" fuzzy reddish distortion.
The Cardassian one was interesting too but I felt it matched better the early no-90 angles in Cardie design, more slippery villains than the neo-Romulans they ended up by series' end.
I never liked the Romulan or Borg effects. The future guys from TNG's "Captain's Holiday" had an interestingly freaky space/time jumping effect I remember intrigued me.
I don't think I liked any of the TNG movie versions...something about how they didn't match the silhouettes of the characters...the color touches...and they just lacked a certain verisimilitude.
TOS one was also good, but I prefer the white energy effect to the gold one.
VOY's I didn't see what the point of the orbs was and I felt it took too long.
ENT's was fine but didn't really blow my mind...and you'd think in-universe, in its era, transporting would be a bigger deal - never mind how long we've seen it on Star Trek.
I too liked the early Klingon transporter with the falling cloak of blood red pebbles look...the later one just looked like a "meh" fuzzy reddish distortion.
The Cardassian one was interesting too but I felt it matched better the early no-90 angles in Cardie design, more slippery villains than the neo-Romulans they ended up by series' end.
I never liked the Romulan or Borg effects. The future guys from TNG's "Captain's Holiday" had an interestingly freaky space/time jumping effect I remember intrigued me.
I don't think I liked any of the TNG movie versions...something about how they didn't match the silhouettes of the characters...the color touches...and they just lacked a certain verisimilitude.
The Hunters in DS9 season one's "Captive Pursuit"
I always liked the effect of the folded-space transporter from TNG's The High Ground. It's so sudden; almost violent. It works better with the sound fx though.
It was already mentioned above, but the Klingon transporter effect as seen in TOS is very cool, too.
It was already mentioned above, but the Klingon transporter effect as seen in TOS is very cool, too.
That's my favourite as well. I love the shimmering figure surrounded by a cylinder of blue light. It just looks so pretty and three-dimensional, moreso than any effect since.
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Realm of Fear
Definitely original Trek. You get much more of the effect of a body being taken apart molecule by molecule. Also, the sound and image worked better dramatically. Things started to be screwed up when Paramount demanded that actors be shown moving and talking to each other during transport. Call me nutty, but people being taken apart molecule by molecule shouldn't be moving around. Sorry, I like logic.
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