That's definitely my problem with it.
Yes, the shape is a lot more faithful to the original design, but the texture kills it for me. It's like someone took the original ship and tried to turn it into a Transformer.
Do you like the *NEW* NCC-1701? Simple Yes or No.
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Yes, the shape is a lot more faithful to the original design, but the texture kills it for me. It's like someone took the original ship and tried to turn it into a Transformer.
That's not just "from another angle," though. This is a later revision of Gabe's design. He posted a lot of this stuff here, and we gave him an ongoing set of critiques (some polite, some fawning, some pretty critical but in a constructive fashion, and a few just downright nasty).Here it is from another angle:
The thing is... he MADE CHANGES. And by the time he'd gotten to this point, I really liked most of what I was seeing (though not as "the TOS Enterprise," it works beautifully for me, as seen above, as another Federation ship which may have been in-service at the same time!)
The thing is this... the closer he got to having it look like the TOS ship, the more we tended to like it... and according to his own comments, the more HE seemed to be liking it as well.
Good Will Riker
Admiral
Yes
It became more familiar looking, so of course that's true.
It's the "Roger Debris effect."
It's the "Roger Debris effect."
Has William Shatner's response to the new movie's ship been posted anywhere on this board yet?
Sort of.
ST-One
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Yeah, the subD-modelling method is pretty obvious on the secondary hull and also on some of the details on the nacelles.
But it's a very nice model and also an interesting take on the design.
ST-One
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That's been around a while.
I still love the 'Battlestar' Enterprise portion at the end (the phaser-sound effect is cool.).
Not as much as I like the TMP Enterprise (which to this day is my favorite of all enterprises) but I like it just fine. Maybe just assume that this is the Enterprise that was refitted into the TMP ship.
I actually despise this version and am infinitely relieved that the new one is different from it.
I actually despise this version and am infinitely relieved that the new one is different from it.
I like the music from Generations over the opening bit.
That's not just "from another angle," though. This is a later revision of Gabe's design. He posted a lot of this stuff here, and we gave him an ongoing set of critiques (some polite, some fawning, some pretty critical but in a constructive fashion, and a few just downright nasty).Here it is from another angle:
The thing is... he MADE CHANGES. And by the time he'd gotten to this point, I really liked most of what I was seeing (though not as "the TOS Enterprise," it works beautifully for me, as seen above, as another Federation ship which may have been in-service at the same time!)
The thing is this... the closer he got to having it look like the TOS ship, the more we tended to like it... and according to his own comments, the more HE seemed to be liking it as well.
Get rid of the stark blue lines in the hull plating, and you've got a winner much superior to the Abrams movie version. Its the STAR WARS Clone Trooper armor/Transformer-like coloration that messes it up.
No. The bridge is too Apple iPod-esque. The bridge should have retained the old lines, but have more advanced features, like multi-touch displays on the overhead monitors. The stations strewn about as they look so far in the preview aren't really as functional as they appeared in the original.
The bigger viewscreen is good, but if the underbelly of the ship is like a factory like reported, and not the interior of a ship of the line, that will be very disappointing, especially for the flagship of the fleet. I'd hate to see JJ get his hands on the Enterprise D in twenty years....
James
The bigger viewscreen is good, but if the underbelly of the ship is like a factory like reported, and not the interior of a ship of the line, that will be very disappointing, especially for the flagship of the fleet. I'd hate to see JJ get his hands on the Enterprise D in twenty years....
James
I like this version of the Enterprise at least 5 times more than the JJ Abrams. The secondary hull is much more meaningful here 
I don't agree with placing the photorp launchers at the neck *before* the refit, but I can deal with it - you got essentially everything else right. Good work here; bad work JJ.
I don't agree with placing the photorp launchers at the neck *before* the refit, but I can deal with it - you got essentially everything else right. Good work here; bad work JJ.That's not just "from another angle," though. This is a later revision of Gabe's design. He posted a lot of this stuff here, and we gave him an ongoing set of critiques (some polite, some fawning, some pretty critical but in a constructive fashion, and a few just downright nasty).Here it is from another angle:
The thing is... he MADE CHANGES. And by the time he'd gotten to this point, I really liked most of what I was seeing (though not as "the TOS Enterprise," it works beautifully for me, as seen above, as another Federation ship which may have been in-service at the same time!)
The thing is this... the closer he got to having it look like the TOS ship, the more we tended to like it... and according to his own comments, the more HE seemed to be liking it as well.
Get rid of the stark blue lines in the hull plating, and you've got a winner much superior to the Abrams movie version. Its the STAR WARS Clone Trooper armor/Transformer-like coloration that messes it up.
I don't like the nacelles. Too bulky at the front. So it's neither a yes or a no.
That's not just "from another angle," though. This is a later revision of Gabe's design. He posted a lot of this stuff here, and we gave him an ongoing set of critiques (some polite, some fawning, some pretty critical but in a constructive fashion, and a few just downright nasty).Here it is from another angle:
The thing is... he MADE CHANGES. And by the time he'd gotten to this point, I really liked most of what I was seeing (though not as "the TOS Enterprise," it works beautifully for me, as seen above, as another Federation ship which may have been in-service at the same time!)
The thing is this... the closer he got to having it look like the TOS ship, the more we tended to like it... and according to his own comments, the more HE seemed to be liking it as well.
I would have been happy with this. Although, I would have been happy if the proportions and positioning on the new Enterprise had been adjusted.
There is a reason they didn't want to copy the original design - it's too 60's They needed to update the design.
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