bridge lighting in Generations

[NCC-73515]

His graphics bear his name (Okudagrams)

 

[CoveTom]

I said undersung. Not unsung. He gets love, but not enough given his design philosophy basically created what Star Trek looked like for almost 20 straight years.

Personally, I actually like his design work for the TOS films (IV-VI) better than his 24th century design work.

 

[cooleddie74]

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.

 

[Firebird]

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…

 

[cooleddie74]

I'm a huge fan of the movie. The bridge is so hit or miss though.

 

[CoveTom]

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.

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.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

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 thought it was a good choice to back away from the TNG look a bit, considering how many decades separated the two time periods.

 

[CoveTom]

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.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

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.

 

[Maurice]

BTW, the bridge lighting on the only Trek film GR made was extremely dim and submarine-like.

Well, yeah, but that really was Wise's call.

There was a rumor at the time, and I heard it from various sources in the decade following, that the studio wanted the D destroyed due to royalty payments to Andrew Probert. In other words, it was a cost-saving move for future films. As far as I know, it's been debunked, and I think Probert has denied it.

Yeah, art staff get paid to do the work and that's it. No residuals.

@Mudd's right. It's all work-for-hire stuff. None of those production guys get points or residuals.