Personally, I actually like his design work for the TOS films (IV-VI) better than his 24th century design work.
The sleek Okudagram and all-touchscreen Enterprise-A bridges will always be superior to the weird mishmash of touchscreens and recording studio switches and faders that was in TUC.
I must admit I do have a fondness for that TUC bridge, though…
I'm a huge fan of the movie. The bridge is so hit or miss though.
That was unrestrained Nick Meyer again. I have said many times that I think Meyer needed to be balanced out by someone like Harve Bennett who kept some of his ideas in check and had more respect for the source material.
I thought it was a good choice to back away from the TNG look a bit, considering how many decades separated the two time periods.
The TFF bridge is actually my all-time favorite bridge. I thought it was a perfect transition point between the TOS/TMP bridge and the TNG bridge. I wish Meyer hadn't changed it for TUC.
It's a good transition point, it's just that they're in different centuries so maybe it's not time for that yet.
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