How about a bridge that mixes all the features you like about both of them? They did the same thing with the Enterprise D for the last Enterprise episode. Took the best elements from both the four foot and six foot models.
That's a good suggestion. I mean, there can be a stage of change between the movies that could accept that.
How about a bridge that mixes all the features you like about both of them? They did the same thing with the Enterprise D for the last Enterprise episode. Took the best elements from both the four foot and six foot models.
Agreed,
How about building the bridge with TWOK layout, (science station relocated, etc) TMP colour scheme (TWOK was much darker and grimy looking) and you could do away with some of the TWOK tweaks you didn't like.
IIRC, wasn't the bridge seen at the end of TVH put together after scavenging TMP and TWOK sets and then using a bright white colour scheme?
I was looking at those pics (from TVH) just a minute ago. The white is a very optomistic bold statement, but man, it's just too much for me. I noted that the controls are a wee different from TWK- I'm surprised they went through the trouble to change them for such a brief scene.
Yes, that's a swell option, combining the two bridges.
Maybe the difference between TMP and TWOK bridges isn't the swappable module route, maybe it was an interior remodeling job. Your bridge could be some unseen version at some point between films, where some features of both were present (your choice).
My personal favorite was TWOK. Something about TMP's bridge was just too sterile for my taste.
I thought that maybe colour/ lightening might have made it look more complex. It was a very subdued and dull movie as far as colours went- though very 70's I guess. With the exception of the bold pearlecence panelling that was lost in the subsequent movies.
I always preferred the TMP version better. I always liked the idea of Spock's station being directly behind Kirk. This allowed them to have more private conversations that worked well dramatically in TMP. Also, it allowed Nimoy to easily be in any shot from the front to the back of the set.
Exactly. The XO was 2 feet from the Captain in that arrangement. It just seemed to make sense from a command structure POV. It also gave th XO a commanding view of the bridge. Though I like how the console arrangement in TWK looked in comparison.
I am a combo fan myself. I do love TMP's clean lines , but it is a bit plain. I tend to prefer the richer colors of TWOK and TSFS (part of which can be attributed to the costume changes) as well as the revised station arrangement. As for the greeble details, I like a few of them, but not so much the ones that look like someone just put up generic cassette tape holder molds. I also preferred the TWOK chair upholstery for many years, but for the past few years I haved leaned back to the TMP originals. TMP's helm is preferable to me as well. I also prefer some of the display screen graphics in TMP as they were achieved by different means than just the video screens used in the later films.
Also, one important thing to remember about the change over between films was how the rearrangement also changed the stations' outlying frame molding and background border areas. In TMP the molding ran from segment to segment crossing separator lines, framing multiple stations, and connecting them within a single background border. For TWOK those frames are reset to surround a single station within an independent segment. I've never been able to choose which version I prefer, though I think I lean TMP.
I noted that about the segments. There was a fluid look in a sense in TMP. Almost making the stations more dynamic.
I've honestly never thought about the bridge geography enough to notice that it changed between movies, but in terms of color scheme and lighting, I prefer the set as it was shown in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan by a country mile.
Whoa there... A country mile? What's that in Canadian?
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I think, based on this so far, I will go with the simplicity of TMP (though that's largely in part because at 1/350 scale, detail is very difficult), keeping pretty much everything from TMP with the exception of adding the stations on either side.
We'll call it a transitional course of the bridge, leading into TWK.
I think it's more than acceptable to suppose that the bridge in this case wasn't a complete swap. Adding a couple of stations doesn't seem out of the realm of plausibility, eh?
