Donny's Late TNG Era Interiors

[Ajax]

Awesome work as always

I was digging around for reference pictures for one of my own projects and stumbled up this. Apparently Picard's desk, and his chair.

Picards Desk and Chair[/url] by Michael Bradbury, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[Ajax]

Picards Desk and Chair by Michael Bradbury, on Flickr

 

[Donny]

Picards Desk and Chair by Michael Bradbury, on Flickr

Yeah, that’s Picard’s desk from his quarters, not the ready room. Thanks though!

 

[Ajax]

Yeah, that’s Picard’s desk from his quarters, not the ready room. Thanks though!

I realized after posting that, unfortunately, I'm unable to delete or edit posts atm. sorry about that

 

[Donny]

Took about a week off to relax and do other things, but back at it tonight. Here's Picard's desktop computer seen in "First Contact". Always loved this little guy.

 

[danellis]

Looks fab (no surprise there then!), Donny

I was about to ask if the prop was an "upcycled" portable DVD player - then I realised when the film came out and that portable DVD players probably didn't exist back then lol

dJE

 

[Donny]

Looks fab (no surprise there then!), Donny

I was about to ask if the prop was an "upcycled" portable DVD player - then I realised when the film came out and that portable DVD players probably didn't exist back then lol

dJE

The Yourprops.com page of the prop has a little bit of info. Most likely it was a custom-made prop.

Interestingly, the first portable DVD player wasn't introduced until 1998, two years after the film was released. Funny how portable DVD players ended up so similar to this Trek prop.

 

[Redfern]

And now, even portable, "with screen" DVD players are considered "vintage" tech with "smart phones" and "tablets" thoroughly entrenched among the population. What'll be next? Devices made with "memory" materials which can be rolled into a pencil sized 'scroll" that can slip into a pocket and then unfurled into a rigid, flat "sheet" that acts like the surface of a "smart phone"?

 

[cardinal biggles]

It's entirely possible that's the directions things will be going in; we're already starting to see smartphones with foldable LCD displays. Also, not sure if you realize it but putting those terms in quotes comes across as really derisive/condescending.

 

[Tomalak]

Yeah, foldable/flexible screens is an area with a lot of development at the moment. I'd say the piece of Trek Tech that have dated the most is arguably the TNG PADDs. They're clunky, thick and have teeny tiny screens. In a funny way the TOS version looks more modern, as it's a large iPad-sized screen with a stylus.

 

[cardinal biggles]

By the time the TNG movies roll around, they started having PADDs with larger screens; Picard's desk was littered with them in Insurrection. (and still they look clunky compared to an iPad Pro!)

 

[137th Gebirg]

Honestly, with that big-ass hinge, it kind-of resembles an old repurposed first-gen Mac Portable "laptop", turned backwards with a new skin:

 

[Mytran]

This particular prop always puzzled me as to its practicality.

Visually, however, it was perfect for the scene it appeared in!

 

[NCC-73515]

Visually, however, it was perfect for the scene it appeared in!

Both that thing and Picard's body fold in the middle and rise up at the same time - brilliant!

 

[cardinal biggles]

This particular prop always puzzled me as to its practicality.

Visually, however, it was perfect for the scene it appeared in!

I remember reading somewhere that the motor that tilted the screen up was too slow, so they gave Picard a more conventional desktop monitor in Insurrection, and then one that slid up vertically out of his desk for Nemesis (rising up out of the desk, and fully extended).

(edited to add pics)

 

[Tallguy]

That's lovely. I wonder how much of the bulkiness of the prop came from physical limitations of building and lighting the thing. 1996 suddenly seems like a loooooong time ago.

 

[Ajax]

Found this today, I never realized the display ship in Picard's ready room was so basic.

https://flic.kr/p/2m94LYk

 

[Mytran]

I remember reading somewhere that the motor that tilted the screen up was too slow, so they gave Picard a more conventional desktop monitor in Insurrection, and then one that slid up vertically out of his desk for Nemesis (rising up out of the desk, and fully extended).

(edited to add pics)

Every time I see that scene with the swiftly retracting monitor screen I am reminded of its slower counterpart in ST:FC
The thing is, if SF engineers were going to build a permanent display device into Picard's desk, why not make it a holographic emitter? That tech was around in ST6 and TNG season one and there's much less risk of trapped fingers when using it!

 

[Spaceship Jo]

Found this today, I never realized the display ship in Picard's ready room was so basic.

https://flic.kr/p/2m94LYk

Oh, this is glorious! I've always been a fan of Jefferies' thoughts on Starship design detailing, and this makes me appreciate Eaves E design so much more!

Donny's gold model had a similar effect on me, but seeing it in a whiter color really makes me want to see TNG era ships detailed in that "less is more/keep the details inside" TOS exterior aesthetic. (I've seen a few "TNG era with straight pylons and fewer complex curves", but that's not at all what I mean.)

 

[publiusr]

Honestly, with that big-ass hinge, it kind-of resembles an old repurposed first-gen Mac Portable "laptop", turned backwards with a new skin:
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I see that as a drop ship in a nice green