Budweiser Factory Enterprise, Good or Bad Idea?

[JBElliott]

Using the brewery was silly and doesn't fit at all with the level of technology shown elsewhere in the movie and in Star Trek as a whole.

That said, I doubt any "casual" movie goer noticed.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Why not film on an aircraft carrier and dress that up a bit for the lower decks?

You know that actually would have been far more convincing.

I googled some pics of aircraft carrier engine rooms. I think the same problem would occur.

pipes is pipes.

 

[OneBuckFilms]

Why not film on an aircraft carrier and dress that up a bit for the lower decks?

You know that actually would have been far more convincing.

I googled some pics of aircraft carrier engine rooms. I think the same problem would occur.

pipes is pipes.

It also has the following issues:
- Lacks a cinematic Sense of scale.
- It looks a little too low-tech, not being very reflective.
- It lacks the space for customizations.
- Is on a ship, which means all the actors would be subtly swaying side-to-side.
- Impractical from the standpoint of accessibility (Military controlled).
- Being so closed in, it would be far more dangerous for stunts.

 

[Warped9]

^^ It was suggested that those areas be dressed up some.

 

[Nerys Myk]

^^ It was suggested that those areas be dressed up some.

Sure slap some futuristic computer work stations in there and a clear pipe or two...uh,wait.

 

[Devon]

Brick floors....On a Starship.....

Where?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Brick floors....On a Starship.....

Where?

Is TOS they looked like cement.

 

[shapeshifter]

I am indifferent.

I used to care that everything about Trek be perfect to the Nth Degree but I grew up.

I enjoyed - you know, had a good time watching it and that is what matters now.

 

[rramarr]

I agree. Where do we draw the line between over analyzing and acceptance?

 

[Nerys Myk]

THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN HERE!!!!!!!!!

or not.

 

[Jeyl]

Brick floors....On a Starship.....

Where?

The scene just after Kirk and McCoy just landed on the Enterprise and McCoy is carrying Kirk to sickbay. If you look on the floor, you can clearly see it's made of bricks.

 

[packrat1955]

I agree, hopefully in the next movie the engine room will look like an engine room and not a water treat facility.

 

[packrat1955]

I thimk they should go back and use the engine room design from the Wrath of Khan it would be more suitable.

 

[packrat1955]

I have #XI on dvd I will watch it and see if it is.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I agree, hopefully in the next movie the engine room will look like an engine room and not a water treat facility.

They put beer in the water where you live? cool!

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Why not film on an aircraft carrier and dress that up a bit for the lower decks?

You know that actually would have been far more convincing.

My father had served nearly 30 years in the USN, mostly on one destroyer or another. When he saw the film, he said, "Finally, engineering looks like the machine shops of a ship and not a bunch of flashing lights."

 

[Captain Rob]

Judging from the artists' concept drawings in the art book, they intended to build an engineering set. I guess they went with a brewery and a water treatment plant to save time and money. They've got the money this time and I would like to see more of the inside of the ship in the next movie. If they go with a real location; the USS Midway in San Diego is nearby and on public display. It's recently retired and is a good representation of a modern aircraft carrier, even though it launched in 1945. If they build a set then a upgraded and enlarged version of the NX-01 or the Refit would look cool.

 

[M'Sharak]

Brick floors....On a Starship.....

Where?

The scene just after Kirk and McCoy just landed on the Enterprise and McCoy is carrying Kirk to sickbay. If you look on the floor, you can clearly see it's made of bricks.

Red clay tile, at any rate--the same as you'd often find in the back room of a restaurant, the processing areas in a dairy or, yes, in a brewery--easily cleaned and sanitized.

Click click

 

[Cyke101]

I can understand why it was done, and the scale and scope work well for me, but my feelings are mixed on the execution of this.

I have two issues with this:

- It is too recognizable as a Brewery/Factory.
- There is not enough definition or sense of geography.

Stylistically though, I don't have an issue with it. In some scenes, it works really well, but for others, it is a little more problematic, and one can tell that it is a real-world location.

Much of the same can be said about the Kelvin Engineering scenes.

A combination of sets, Greenscreen and CGI set extentions could achieve better results.

Saying that, however, the basic idea behind it was great, and it works well enough for the most part.

In an attempt to piggy-back off your post, I believe something like this clip would be in order. A mix of location shooting (the brewery), green screen, and CGI would have achieved a better effect.

I think such a method would have been quite helpful in the hangar, when all the cadets are assigned to their starships.

 

[Tom]

Great clip, just amazing some of the stuff they can do.