That's what I've always heard as well.
Changes To The Observation Lounge....
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That's what I've always heard as well.
Just got this from a fellow BBS member: http://images.wikia.com/trek-initia...xler_Question_3_Raiders_of_the_lost_ships.jpg
I really don't know what these guys are so happy about. Did they tear down the conference lounge's sculpture wall so they could pose with some trophies?
I think the differences between Andrew Probert's Enterprise-C (left) to the one we saw as a VFX model are rather obvious.
Bob
I really don't know what these guys are so happy about. Did they tear down the conference lounge's sculpture wall so they could pose with some trophies?
I think the differences between Andrew Probert's Enterprise-C (left) to the one we saw as a VFX model are rather obvious.
Bob
Just got this from a fellow BBS member: http://images.wikia.com/trek-initia...xler_Question_3_Raiders_of_the_lost_ships.jpg
I really don't know what these guys are so happy about. Did they tear down the conference lounge's sculpture wall so they could pose with some trophies?
It would appear so.
No, they tore down the wall so the set could be redressed for The Undiscovered Country...Did they tear down the conference lounge's sculpture wall so they could pose with some trophies?
Yes, clearly the removal of the ship wall was entirely so that those four guys could take a picture of themselves holding them. It couldn't possibly be them just having a bit of fun while taking them down in order to reuse the set for something else.
I always thought it was a cute touch that the "ships of the line" were restored to the obs lounge for the past segments of All Good Things, making it clear that although their removal from the obs lounge set was a result of real-life necessity (STVI needing to redress the set), it's also clear that it happened 'in universe' as well.
I think it was the other way around. In S1 sickbay was a re-dressed observation lounge and in S2 they built a dedicated sickbay.
I was being sarcastic, but next time I use the proper smilie.
Must have really been fun. Afterwards the conference lounge wall looked as dull as possible with these Goes-Nowhere-Does-Nothing panels, beams or whatever you call these things coming out of the wall.
Bob
How about that. I could have sworn that on one of the recent Blu-Ray special features they said it was the other way around.
The text from the link is somewhat confusing:
"As the observation lounge windows, which were covered with a gray fabric when the set had to double as sickbay, were used for the new observation lounge set, sickbay needed a new wall behind the biobeds".
IIRC from my visits to the set in 1988 the sculpture wall and the lounge windows were connected and one set. When it was the conference lounge they moved chairs and briefing table inside, when it wasn't they moved the biobeds in there and covered the windows (with matching carpet pieces).
Bob
"As the observation lounge windows, which were covered with a gray fabric when the set had to double as sickbay, were used for the new observation lounge set, sickbay needed a new wall behind the biobeds".
IIRC from my visits to the set in 1988 the sculpture wall and the lounge windows were connected and one set. When it was the conference lounge they moved chairs and briefing table inside, when it wasn't they moved the biobeds in there and covered the windows (with matching carpet pieces).
Bob
The wooden wall with the golden starship models ran right through the ceiling circle above the central "master" biobed. When the set doubled as sickbay, that wall was removed. The wall was also removed in later seasons when the Observation Lounge doubled as the Captain's messhall ("Sins of the father") or a small theatre stage. The wall with the slanted windows was used in the Observation Lounge from season 1 to 7. In season 1, it was covered with carpet when the set was redressed as sickbay. When the windows were solely used as the Observation Lounge windows beginning in season 2, sickbay needed a new wall behind the biobeds so that wall was created anew.
Which is why they revived the brass or golden sculptures aboard the Enterprise-E?
I think it's a timeless theme and added some beautiful maritime touch to the conference lounge, just as the ancient steering wheel on the Enterprise-A in ST V (gotta be grateful for little things).
IMHO still much better than the sterile GNDN wall we got after the destruction of the sculpture wall, and I dare to speculate watching that in HD on Blu-ray will just emphasize what got lost here.
Bob
I think it's a timeless theme and added some beautiful maritime touch to the conference lounge, just as the ancient steering wheel on the Enterprise-A in ST V (gotta be grateful for little things).
IMHO still much better than the sterile GNDN wall we got after the destruction of the sculpture wall, and I dare to speculate watching that in HD on Blu-ray will just emphasize what got lost here.
Bob
Yeah, the wall on the E was kinda tacky too IMO.
But fully agreed it was better than the GNDN wall. I just have an issue with the whole gold/woodgrain thing. Plus it was the eighties... no one knew better.
Actually, BECAUSE it was the Eighties, EVERYBODY knew better.
I'm guessing you weren't around then?
Although, to be fair, I'm not in complete disagreement with you. I found the neon-colored shorts alot of my contemporaries wore then to be stupid looking. That's one fashion I do hope NEVER makes a comeback.
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