Donny’s Late TOS Movie Era Interiors

[Donny]

I don't really mind which thread the TVH bridge should go in, although again from aesthetic sense and design, it would make more sense for it being discussed in the other thread. That being said, I wonder if you'll jump on it sooner due to popular demand.

No. Haha. With this being stuff I do for fun, I really have to stick with where my current motivation lies. No amount of popular demand will be the reason for me to spend a month or more of my free time on something unless my heart is really in it. Or if I’m being paid.

That being said, the fact I now have reference to make such a bridge has definitely upped the motivation, but I still don’t see that happening for many months from now. I’ve got too much current motivation to explore more of the aesthetic this thread is focusing on to deviate from that anytime soon.

 

[Rusty0918]

It's all your call, Donny. I'm looking forward to seeing your TUC Excelsior bridge.

 

[STEPhon IT]

Final screenshots! Unfortunately, I've been having a hell of a time with Unreal today. I started creating the video of the bridge this morning and ran into crashes for the first time since I started the project, even with real-time ray-tracing disabled. So I put the video on hold, re-installed Unreal and took final renders. I tried to at least turn on ray-tracing for the screenshots, but was faced with more crashes and slow-down. So, I unfortunately have to present these renders with sub-par reflections. Not that many of you would notice. But it is what it is. I'm still super pleased with how this bridge turned out, and am happy to present the final renders now so I can move onto the TUC Enterprise-A bridge in the coming days.






















Oh, and I should note. Anywhere you see a monitor that's "blank", it's because it was blank during bridge scenes where the Enterprise was in normal operation, which start with the scenes when Chekov is in command through Sybok's speech about the Great Barrier. Many were visible as blank screens in blurry background images or behind the scenes shots during these scenes in the movie.

Outstanding work, Donny. Looking at this beautiful rendering on the Enterprise bridge makes me wish that bridge was used again for another movie... without the Meyer changes. This version definitely presented a nod and a precursor design to TNG's Enterprise bridge and this design reminded me how beautiful this set was.

 

[Donny]

Outstanding work, Donny. Looking at this beautiful rendering on the Enterprise bridge makes me wish that bridge was used again for another movie... without the Meyer changes. This version definitely presented a nod and a precursor design to TNG's Enterprise bridge and this design reminded me how beautiful this set was.

Thank you!

And with that, here's some WIP shots of the conversion to the Enterprise-A as she looked in 2293. I'm still converting things, but you get the gist. I'm loving the return of decals! And screws

 

[Tomalak]

Yes! The little graphical details help make the place feel more real, like the fire extinguishers in TWOK.

And I love the red doors!

 

[Donny]

Yes! The little graphical details help make the place feel more real, like the fire extinguishers in TWOK.

And I love the red doors!

Fire extinguishers coming soon!

 

[Lt. Washburn]

Donny, will it be possible for you do transition shots from TFF to TUC? I think that would be a really cool way to show off the set evolution.

 

[Donny]

Donny, will it be possible for you do transition shots from TFF to TUC? I think that would be a really cool way to show off the set evolution.

Very possible, as long as Unreal’s cinematic tools don’t constantly crash and thus disrupt my workflow/sanity like they did the other day

 

[TOMFAN]

Have you got a close up of the lift controls Donny?

I've always been intrigued but what they do (other than just call for the lift), there sems to be a lot more going on than just a DOWN button!

 

[cardinal biggles]

I'd love to know what the bottom half of that panel is for. Fingerprint ID access?

 

[publiusr]

Looks that way. The late TMP era is my favorite.

 

[Rusty0918]

I liked the signage that they added for TUC, which DEFINITELY improves things a lot on the bridge. Nick Meyer might have been a thorn on Roddenberry's side, but he sure knew how to get things detailed and such. The bridges done for TUC are among the best ever done.

 

[Donny]

Have you got a close up of the lift controls Donny?

I've always been intrigued but what they do (other than just call for the lift), there sems to be a lot more going on than just a DOWN button!

Ah, yes. That thing.

My interpretation is that it is a generic doorway/room control panel, as we see it in more places than near a turbolift.

We see it on the bridge of course, in both turbolift alcoves near the door:


We also see the structure of one near the turbolift doorway in the shuttlebay:


So one may assume it's a panel for calling a turbolift. BUT....

We later see it in the officer's lounge in TFF near the doorway. Bones actually uses it, pressing the topmost button to turn on lights to disrupt Spock's "staring out the window at the stars in contemplation" moment:


The fact that it's here, not near a turbolift, suggets it was meant to be a generic door/room control.

We see it in TFF yet again in the brig:

This is the most interesting depiction. The top two buttons are omitted and the word SECURED in their place. Also, we can see that the bottom portion says "SECURITY SCAN". This leads me to believe that the lower portion of these displays is in fact a security scan feature of some sort, most likely a fingerprint/handprint scanner to access certain areas, engage security lockouts, and...obviously...lower and raise the brig forcefeild This is evident by the placement of the five brackets arranged in a hand/digit fashion (what about crewmembers with more that 5 digits on a hand?? )

For the next film, I believe we only see them on the bridge:


And then in GEN, we see them again near the turbolift, the "fingerprint brackets" converted into five skewed capsule graphics, which could still be fingerprint scanners:


So, in summation, I think they're meant to be multipurpose control panels for things like generic room functions (such as controlling illumination), displaying readouts of turbolift status/availability, and security scans. Hell. Maybe even thermostat capabilities.

My replica, just one of the many color variations we saw of it:

 

[Firebird]

I think I remember the Okudas mentioned it's supposed to be a fingerprint scanner in their text commentary for one of the latter TOS movies.

 

[STEPhon IT]

Ah, yes. That thing.

My interpretation is that it is a generic doorway/room control panel, as we see it in more places than near a turbolift.

We see it on the bridge of course, in both turbolift alcoves near the door:


We also see the structure of one near the turbolift doorway in the shuttlebay:


So one may assume it's a panel for calling a turbolift. BUT....

We later see it in the officer's lounge in TFF near the doorway. Bones actually uses it, pressing the topmost button to turn on lights to disrupt Spock's "staring out the window at the stars in contemplation" moment:


The fact that it's here, not near a turbolift, suggets it was meant to be a generic door/room control.

We see it in TFF yet again in the brig:

This is the most interesting depiction. The top two buttons are omitted and the word SECURED in their place. Also, we can see that the bottom portion says "SECURITY SCAN". This leads me to believe that the lower portion of these displays is in fact a security scan feature of some sort, most likely a fingerprint/handprint scanner to access certain areas, engage security lockouts, and...obviously...lower and raise the brig forcefeild This is evident by the placement of the five brackets arranged in a hand/digit fashion (what about crewmembers with more that 5 digits on a hand?? )

For the next film, I believe we only see them on the bridge:


And then in GEN, we see them again near the turbolift, the "fingerprint brackets" converted into five skewed capsule graphics, which could still be fingerprint scanners:


So, in summation, I think they're meant to be multipurpose control panels for things like generic room functions (such as controlling illumination), displaying readouts of turbolift status/availability, and security scans. Hell. Maybe even thermostat capabilities.

My replica, just one of the many color variations we saw of it:

I'm trying to remember if these dressings were ever incorporated into the story on any of the movies?

 

[TOMFAN]

That's great Donny! Thank you very much for such a detailed explanation, much appreciated!

 

[Donny]

I'm trying to remember if these dressings were ever incorporated into the story on any of the movies?

No. Other than McCoy using one to turn on the lights in the officer's lounge, or to indicate that the brig was secure in the scene of Sybok's speech to the crew.

 

[cardinal biggles]

And they did that with the upper half of the panel both times, right?

 

[Rusty0918]

I was just thinking about in TUC, they brought back the original "turbolift door" opening sound from TOS. Did anyone else notice that when watching it? I know in Generations for the Enterprise-B they combined the TNG door sound with the TOS door sound (ugh...Generations...bad movie).

 

[Commander Troi]

My replica, just one of the many color variations we saw of it:

My only problem with the bottom being a fingerprint scanner - can you get your fingers in that position? I can't.