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Appart from being totally redundant, nothing I guess.
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Why?
Everyone the bridge has his own dispays and readouts on his own station. Or would you expect everyone to turn towards the window/viewer to get the latest senors scan readings?
The viewer is the least important bit of equipment on the bridge.
They should've sprung for HD.
I can understand the look Abrams may be going for with his set, but in-universe, wouldn't it be critical to have your viewscreen provide the clearest and most detailed picture possible? THE GLARE! THE GLARE! ILLOGICAL! ILLOGICAL!
Why?
Everyone the bridge has his own dispays and readouts on his own station. Or would you expect everyone to turn towards the window/viewer to get the latest senors scan readings?
The viewer is the least important bit of equipment on the bridge.
Alright, what's redundant about seeing an image clearly in front of you?
What isn't redundant about this viewscreen approach then?
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Just to put it all on the table, I've liked 90 percent of what I've seen so far, but the bridge is among the other 10 percent. It's not going to ruin the movie for me. I just can't get warm to it.
Everyone on the bridge has their own display, but that does not negate the need for a "main viewer" for dramatic purposes if nothing else. After all, we're not talking real life or true practicalities, here. Spock and Kirk standing in front of that viewer instead of looking at a picture from viewscreens at their stations increases the drama of the scene.
And the viewer is not the least important bit of equipment on the bridge. A window would be.
Yes, the picture may be garbled, as datas cat spot said, that's a good point. But it's the spots (those small lights all over the bridge) reflecting on the screen that seems odd to me. Maybe it's meant to give it a more realistic look. But even today there are ways to reduce or eliminate glare on screens (I even have a coating on my glasses lenses that reduces glare). So, I don't know. It just doesn't work for me. But, if it works for you, fine. No biggie. Not a deal breaker. I'd still sit next to you in the theater.
Just to put it all on the table, I've liked 90 percent of what I've seen so far, but the bridge is among the other 10 percent. It's not going to ruin the movie for me. I just can't get warm to it.
Everyone on the bridge has their own display, but that does not negate the need for a "main viewer" for dramatic purposes if nothing else. After all, we're not talking real life or true practicalities, here. Spock and Kirk standing in front of that viewer instead of looking at a picture from viewscreens at their stations increases the drama of the scene.
And the viewer is not the least important bit of equipment on the bridge. A window would be.
Yes, the picture may be garbled, as datas cat spot said, that's a good point. But it's the spots (those small lights all over the bridge) reflecting on the screen that seems odd to me. Maybe it's meant to give it a more realistic look. But even today there are ways to reduce or eliminate glare on screens (I even have a coating on my glasses lenses that reduces glare). So, I don't know. It just doesn't work for me. But, if it works for you, fine. No biggie. Not a deal breaker. I'd still sit next to you in the theater.
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I don't love most of what I've seen of the Enterprise interiors, but they work IMAO.
I don't love most of what I've seen of the Enterprise interiors, but they work IMAO.
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ST-One
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That is exactly the only real purpose all those viewers ever served.
Yes, but seen from the dramatic POV the window is actually far more visually interesting.
That is exactly the only real purpose all those viewers ever served.And the viewer is not the least important bit of equipment on the bridge. A window would be.
Yes, but seen from the dramatic POV the window is actually far more visually interesting.
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I'm glad to see a shot that finally establishes the use of the thing as a image display rather than simply a window. One argument settled.
I like the dimensional effect, as well as the way Nero's face is just sort of "floating" in this image - that suggests that what's displayed is specific to the kind of video pickup and signal being used by the transmitter. It conveys a kind of verisimilitude that was only suggested in a more limited way by a few scenes in the Trek tv shows of the 1980s and 1990s.
I'm glad to see a shot that finally establishes the use of the thing as a image display rather than simply a window. One argument settled.
I like the dimensional effect, as well as the way Nero's face is just sort of "floating" in this image - that suggests that what's displayed is specific to the kind of video pickup and signal being used by the transmitter. It conveys a kind of verisimilitude that was only suggested in a more limited way by a few scenes in the Trek tv shows of the 1980s and 1990s.
Interesting picture.
As for the viewscreen, the reflection etc etc it looked pretty nice and clear in the trailer.
Maybe the shot with Nero's head is after the E has taken damage ?
As for the viewscreen, the reflection etc etc it looked pretty nice and clear in the trailer.
Maybe the shot with Nero's head is after the E has taken damage ?
The premise of "cost-cutting" is so far wide of the mark that it really hobbles the joke.
Kirk: Scotty adjust the screen resolution.
Scotty: I canna do it Captain the Enterprise's Flash player is last years model.
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How do we know Kirk and Spock aren't looking at a giant floating Nero head? Those are canon you know.... So I'm afraid this argument is far from settled!
I'm glad to see a shot that finally establishes the use of the thing as a image display rather than simply a window. One argument settled.
How do we know Kirk and Spock aren't looking at a giant floating Nero head? Those are canon you know.... So I'm afraid this argument is far from settled!
"Well, Spock, what do you think about the cost cutting on the new ship?"
"The three-dimensional effect created by these glasses is substandard, at best. And the cardboard scratches my ears."
Sheesh, Dennis - chill. You hobbled the joke. I'm not even going to bother explaining it - clearly it's lost on you (and shouldn't need explaining, anyway).
I got it....
And thought it was pretty funny...
Try wearing those damn things for 90 minutes or more around a real pair of glasses... OUCHIE!
In the new image it again looks like they pulled the viewer towards the captain and away from the forward wall, which sort of makes sense. Maybe now extras can walk behind it instead of always getting in the way of the picture. The glare looks like shit, obviously. This must be after some damage to the viewer which causes it to look so terrible, much like in TWOK in the nubula.
Compare with Balok from the first aired episode of Star Trek:
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/9/9c/Balok_first.jpg
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And why would they project the comm-image of Nero over the forward-view?
I mean, you can still see a nebula and the saucer behind Nero's head.
It's a window with display- and image-overlays.
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