160 hours isn't that much. That's roughly a month with 40h weeks. to design that whole bridge in only 160 hours is actually quite impressive
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Good point, I remember the same stories. Maybe that just applied to personnel and not already-constructed physical assets? Aside from the stuff I was thinking of, with the Runabout being used in TNG, and the Voyager sets being used in a couple episodes of DS9, I doubt every show had a unique supply of phasers and tricorders and background-character uniforms. So someone working on Voyager couldn't help build a prop for DS9, but once that prop was built, they could borrow it for Voyager. That'd have to be the case, all the material would be the property of the studio, it'd just be a problem billing for the work (probably didn't want to pay double to the art departments because they were working full-time on two shows).
Yes -- He did say "red, white, and grey", which evokes the TOS bridge.
That would be great, if it turns out to be the case
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That turbo lift interior space that could only fit in a TARDIS was used in Brother, which was directed by Kurtzman, but it was also just used in Light and Shadows, which was directed by Marta Cunningham. I'm sure it was just re-used footage.
I'll go on record here saying that I hope we never see it again (although I think we probably will).
@Hoity Toity : I have no particular reason to doubt you, and don't really care even if I did - I'm just going to watch the show as it comes, anyway, and one of my favorite "spoilers" for the Star Wars PT (better than what ended up being shown, honestly) came from someone with "inside information". 
But if anyone doubting you *does* bug *you*, you could probably fill one of the admins or moderators in with a little more verification, so they could vouch for you. I'd rather see you do that than leave frustrated/angry at not being believed - like happened here to Chase Masterson and on another board I visit to Reese Witherspoon, with verification coming only *after* unforgivable jackassery had occurred.
But if anyone doubting you *does* bug *you*, you could probably fill one of the admins or moderators in with a little more verification, so they could vouch for you. I'd rather see you do that than leave frustrated/angry at not being believed - like happened here to Chase Masterson and on another board I visit to Reese Witherspoon, with verification coming only *after* unforgivable jackassery had occurred.
Speaking of Calypso, our OP pointed out that Pike will give the order to abandon ship later in the season. Possibly just after receiving a new shuttle that they hadn't named yet.
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Thanks for sharing all your info. I find it fascinating!
I don't think they're the same shot, the camera move is too different. It looks like we're following along the same "junction" with the two L-bends next to each other, just one's on the left and the other is on the right track. I suppose one all the animation is set (it's probably less complex to animate than it looks, just because there's so much of it going on it hides how simple and duplicative each thing is), so they could just render the shots over and over again putting the camera in different spots.
Yeah, I get it, but I'm as sure as I can be those are two different shots. There's no "join" where one could lead into the other, even with a gap, and we see the same area in both of them, suggesting that's the "hero" part of the turbo-coaster model where all the detail is.
I just can't get over how silly the concept of those rollercoaster shots is. It looks really cool, as most of the special effects they are producing for the show do, but the idea behind it is just so silly. Do the people who made this actually think the Discovery is this hollow shell filled with a maze of turbolift shafts on rollercoaster tracks?
I have seen the argument that they aren't meant to represent the literal inside of the ship, but a more artistic rendition of the inside with the decks being invisible. But then again the show is much more literal most of the time. Sure, there's an odd transition here or there or a scene begins with the camera upside down or whatever, but most of the time it seems like what we are seeing is meant to be taken literally.
But yeah, I could live with never seeing that shot again on the show.
I have seen the argument that they aren't meant to represent the literal inside of the ship, but a more artistic rendition of the inside with the decks being invisible. But then again the show is much more literal most of the time. Sure, there's an odd transition here or there or a scene begins with the camera upside down or whatever, but most of the time it seems like what we are seeing is meant to be taken literally.
But yeah, I could live with never seeing that shot again on the show.
To be fair, there was a lot of red on the Kelvinverse E bridge too.Yes -- He did say "red, white, and grey", which evokes the TOS bridge.
That would be great, if it turns out to be the case
It's like someone said, "Hey, remember when Bruce Willis dove his hover cab down through ten thousand feet of flying New York traffic in The Fifth Element and then almost got hit by a future train? Yeah, let's do that, but with a shitload of blue neon so it looks like an amusement park from Tron. What do you mean the ship doesn't have space for all that? Make it happen."“Brother”:
“Light and Shadows”
My personal take on the turbolift shafts is that it's impressionism rather than realism....it's what's visualized in passengers' minds when they ride the lifts. 
Good to know "Portal 2" stands the test of time, then.My personal take on the turbolift shafts is that it's impressionism rather than realism....it's what's visualized in passengers' minds when they ride the lifts.
Maybe they dose them with some 'shrooms along the way to make their ride more interesting to cover for the fact that it's just a futury elevator.My personal take on the turbolift shafts is that it's impressionism rather than realism....it's what's visualized in passengers' minds when they ride the lifts.
It's more disappointing to know they specially did this TWICE.It actually wasn't.
“Brother”:
“Light and Shadows”
I just tell myself it's just a stylized representation on the turbolifts, and there really isn't a hidden Tron cityscape inside the bulkheads of the ship.
Edit to add because I see 'TrickyDickie' said the same thing earlier:
I agree.My personal take on the turbolift shafts is that it's impressionism rather than realism....it's what's visualized in passengers' minds when they ride the lifts.
"Impressionism", "stylized"...whatever you want to call it, I choose to think this really isn't what it looks like.
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I feel like this is one of those shots I can't unsee. Like 78 Decks or the static Genesis Cave waterfall.
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