Many of the FX were ground breaking at the time, at least for tv. As a kid I got the original Enterprise blueprints in '76.
Many of the FX were ground breaking at the time, at least for tv. As a kid I got the original Enterprise blueprints in '76.
The TMP blueprints, which I still have, did not layout the interiors of the ship.I had those - the Franz Joseph ones that came in a little brown and transparent plastic pouch? I loved them, pored over them, and it was fascinating to see all the areas that had gone unseen on TV. They really gave you a sense of how huge the Enterprise was. I'm sure some of those ideas for spaces like the arboretum went into TMP, which is why we also got the big aft entertainment deck.
Wish I still had those! No idea what happened to them.
They also put out blueprints for TMP, but IIRC they didn't show the interiors of the Enterprise; they were only external plans. Memory might be shaky on that, as I only looked at those at a friend's house.
The TMP blueprints, which I still have, did not layout the interiors of the ship.
I, too, poured over the FJ blueprints when I got them. I still have them along with the Technical Manual. I love their layout and the professionalism FJ brought to this kind of materiel. He set a standard that fed our fascination and set many of us on a road to emulate and build upon what he did.
But with that said we can easily see that he did quite a few things that were inconsistent with what we saw onscreen. And we could see that on ‘70’s era televisions long before high definition DVD and BluRay on big flatscreen televisions.
If you want to replace them, they sell for like $20-25 on eBay these days.Wish I still had those! No idea what happened to them.
Despite what the blurb on the packaging says, FJ's plans are not actually of "The Fabulous Starship Enterprise" but rather were meant to represent her sister ship, the U.S.S. Constitution. this alone would account for the many subtle differences between the plans and the ship we see onscreen.
I love that Avatar, Robin.
The Planet of the Titans Enterprise had a flyer that landed atop the bridge cluster that I am sure would have been similar to the Eagle cockpit you have Spock in.
As a kid, I was actually disappointed when Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica showed bigger ships than the Enterprise. Ever since then, with HALO and everything else---the Enterprise comes across as tiny---so when JJ scaled it up--I cheered.
She still IS huge. That's the problem.Back in the 1960s she was huge!
Nowadays, when you've got Star Destroyers and whatever looking like they're three miles long, the original 1701 looks pretty dinky. Back in the 1960s she was huge!
Honestly, neither did Star Trek. "Didn't care" is too strong on both shows. Lucas knew you needed life support. Knew you needed something for faster than light travel. Energy weapons can be stopped by force fields.Lucas never cared about real-world physics, or any other science that got in the way of telling a story. Back in 1977 he called Star Wars "space fantasy", not "science fiction".
This is my approach as well. Dramatic license will trump reality. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. It was more disappointing to me to learn about the real nature of space travel wouldn't look like Star Trek than it was to watch a reimagined Enterprise on screen.When Isaac Asimov complained to Roddenberry that the galaxy didn't have a defined edge Roddenberry replied that hey, were just trying to make a TV show. Asimov said that of course they were and apologized.
Learning even a smidge about orbital mechanics has me yelling at so many TV shows.This is my approach as well. Dramatic license will trump reality. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. It was more disappointing to me to learn about the real nature of space travel wouldn't look like Star Trek than it was to watch a reimagined Enterprise on screen.
Life is funny.
Lucas never cared about real-world physics, or any other science that got in the way of telling a story. Back in 1977 he called Star Wars "space fantasy", not "science fiction".
Definitely. The Force is based in Eastern Mysticism, but the transporter was based on not wanting to deal with shuttlecraft.Oh, and the transporter is as magical as The Force ever was.![]()
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