If TNG gets fx makeover, should they redesign the Stargazer?

[JoeZhang]

More importantly, would they redesign the Enterprise-C?

You're a baaaad man.

This and the other comments just vividly illustrate that you guys are either unwilling or incapable to understand what I had tried to communicate all along in the debates concerning the Enterprise-C.

In a "parallel universe" ("Yesterday Enterprise" director David Carson) the Enterprise-C could have looked like any other Federation ship, there is no reason I'm aware of why it did have to look like the Probert design on the D's conference lounge wall of "our" universe.

On the contrary, the design of the Sternbach-C emphasizes the suggestion of an alternate or parallel universe, IMHO. Replacing it with the Probert-C would obfuscate the issue.

Back to the OT, redesigning the Stargazer would also require to remove the desktop model in Picard's office or ready room. I really see no good reason for that, either, add to this that the Stargazer depiction fits nicely with Picard's description of it in "Relics":

PICARD: The first ship I ever served aboard as Captain was called the Stargazer. It was an overworked, underpowered vessel, always on the verge of flying apart at the seams. In every measurable sense, my Enterprise is far superior. But there are times when I would give almost anything to command the Stargazer again.

Bob

That quote describes nothing.

 

[Robert Comsol]

Well, I think Picard's description works fine for the Stargazer as it is, but would be rather incompatible with the "advanced" design the OP was asking for:

With computer graphics of today, they could now design a Stargazer for the episode "The Battle" that looks more advanced than the Excelsior and Enterprise-A of the movie era, but still a product of the early 24th century designs, like the Ambassador class.

YMMV.

Bob

 

[Ithekro]

It does mean that the ship was considered old and underpowered even when Picard was first on it all those years ago. The starship like the Enterprise-C would likely not be considered old back then. But an Excelsior or refit Constitution style design would fit the old and by the time of the Ambassador-class, those would be underpowered as well. Even a four nacelled Centaur like ship would be old by the time Picard left the academy.

 

[Dukhat]

This and the other comments just vividly illustrate that you guys are either unwilling or incapable to understand what I had tried to communicate all along in the debates concerning the Enterprise-C.

That's not true at all. All it illustrates is that you don't have a sense of humor about this topic, as it's become a running joke here because of your, shall we say, "overzealousness" about the subject. We understood your opinions on the matter just fine. We simply didn't agree with them.

 

[Mutai Sho-Rin]

Robert Comsol, ENOUGH ALREADY! You keep dragging this Enterprise C carcass around to every place you can squeeze it in. PLEASE give it a rest.

Dukhat, it ain't your job to play moderator of summarize the feelings of other, unnamed people. Likewise, please desist.

 

[Cyke101]

I imagine that any sort of FX makeover would be much more for the SFX like anomalies, planets*, and weapons, but not so much the actual designs and filming models. They've already done things like add in missing warp flashes.

*Whenever the E-D was around Earth, the planet just looked more real than the other class M, Earth-like planets.

 

[Robert Comsol]

ENOUGH ALREADY! You keep dragging this Enterprise C carcass around to every place you can squeeze it in. PLEASE give it a rest.

Pardon me, Sir, but the pun of the posters in # 21, 22 and 23 in this thread was apparently "Robert Comsol would love to replace the Enterprise-C in Yesterday's Enterprise". I never suggested that and the contrary is true for the reasons I mentioned. I'd like to believe I'm entitled to defend myself against incorrect implications at my expense.

Bob