I'll start with the good...
- The uniforms are pretty good. From a distance, you'd be hard-pressed to be able to tell the difference between the classic era uniforms and these.
- The sound effects seem to be consistent (specifically: the red alert klaxon) with the old show. Very nice touch they didn't have to add.
- I like the fact they're making this their own thing. With this being 2008, I do not expect nor would really want to see right down to the last detail the 1966 look. However....
The Bad
- Enough has been said about how thankful people are that it's not like the DS9/VOY/ENT design aesthetic but I would note that I am sad to see the 60's aesthetic is not present. I DON'T WANT A REPLICA but the bright white bridge just does not look good, in my considered opinion. I liked the dark color palette with the bright splashes of color of Matt Jefferies' design.
- I hope they also took the same seriousness to designing the bridge as the original designers did. Every button, every panel had to have a function, a specific purpose. I liked that and I hope the same care goes into this bridge as the 66 one.
- Now this is where I might get into trouble but I'm not going to couch it in terms of canon or faithfulness or whatever buzzwords the anti-11 crowd have been using.
I'm not a fan of Abrams' work thus far. Neither do I have much faith in Orci and Kurtzman to write at the level of a Sam Peeples, Gene Coon, Robert Bloch or even good ol' Harlan. These guys had Optimus Prime, the noble leader of the Autobots, saying 'my bad'. They seem like 'cool' writers and not really writers.
Now here's where I ramble a bit. Feel free to ignore the rest of this post if you feel it falls into the 'TL;DR' category.
Before I get jumped on by the squee crowd, let it be known I don't really care where the Enterprise gets built. I'll admit, I think building it whole on the ground smacks of 'easy' dramatic moment writing but...not a big deal.
Look of the Enterprise is kinda blah to me but not a deal breaker. It's still a Starfleet ship.
Just based on what I've seen so far, though, I just get this vibe which says it's aiming to be 'cool' and in no way a Star Trek movie. I DESPERATELY WANT TO BE WRONG. I hope I am, I really do. I want this movie to succeed.
However, a minor worry as I've noticed on the board so far, is that fans who prefer the 60's era version of the classic characters and ship and so on will be considered regressive primitives. Already there's been plenty of attacks on TOS for the cheapness of it's sets and so on. That sort of criticism always rubs me the wrong way. What should be more important is if the idea is interesting, thought-provoking and will give you ideas to consider you hadn't before.
Boldly go.
- The uniforms are pretty good. From a distance, you'd be hard-pressed to be able to tell the difference between the classic era uniforms and these.
- The sound effects seem to be consistent (specifically: the red alert klaxon) with the old show. Very nice touch they didn't have to add.
- I like the fact they're making this their own thing. With this being 2008, I do not expect nor would really want to see right down to the last detail the 1966 look. However....
The Bad
- Enough has been said about how thankful people are that it's not like the DS9/VOY/ENT design aesthetic but I would note that I am sad to see the 60's aesthetic is not present. I DON'T WANT A REPLICA but the bright white bridge just does not look good, in my considered opinion. I liked the dark color palette with the bright splashes of color of Matt Jefferies' design.
- I hope they also took the same seriousness to designing the bridge as the original designers did. Every button, every panel had to have a function, a specific purpose. I liked that and I hope the same care goes into this bridge as the 66 one.
- Now this is where I might get into trouble but I'm not going to couch it in terms of canon or faithfulness or whatever buzzwords the anti-11 crowd have been using.
I'm not a fan of Abrams' work thus far. Neither do I have much faith in Orci and Kurtzman to write at the level of a Sam Peeples, Gene Coon, Robert Bloch or even good ol' Harlan. These guys had Optimus Prime, the noble leader of the Autobots, saying 'my bad'. They seem like 'cool' writers and not really writers.
Now here's where I ramble a bit. Feel free to ignore the rest of this post if you feel it falls into the 'TL;DR' category.
Before I get jumped on by the squee crowd, let it be known I don't really care where the Enterprise gets built. I'll admit, I think building it whole on the ground smacks of 'easy' dramatic moment writing but...not a big deal.
Look of the Enterprise is kinda blah to me but not a deal breaker. It's still a Starfleet ship.
Just based on what I've seen so far, though, I just get this vibe which says it's aiming to be 'cool' and in no way a Star Trek movie. I DESPERATELY WANT TO BE WRONG. I hope I am, I really do. I want this movie to succeed.
However, a minor worry as I've noticed on the board so far, is that fans who prefer the 60's era version of the classic characters and ship and so on will be considered regressive primitives. Already there's been plenty of attacks on TOS for the cheapness of it's sets and so on. That sort of criticism always rubs me the wrong way. What should be more important is if the idea is interesting, thought-provoking and will give you ideas to consider you hadn't before.
Boldly go.
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