Size of ship in debris field.

[writergal]

The laws of perspective state that anything farther away looks *smaller* than things that are closer, not larger. There's no way that debris is going to get smaller the closer you get to it; quite the opposite.

I think it was simply a visual device the filmmakers used to make the scene look dangerous. They knew it didn't make sense but didn't care, because it was a cool shot. Bummer about that body floating in space above the letters, though...

 

[M'Sharak]

So why is there an E (clear as day) on that piece of saucer debris?

There's no E in Farragut.

Very true, can't be the Farragut.

I humbly submit the following images, posted by M'Sharak in this post and this post of the "Ships of the Line" thread:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/mudshark58/trekXI/farragut-1.jpg

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/mudshark58/trekXI/farragut.png

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1026/farragut.jpg

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/mudshark58/trekXI/startrektlr3720p3060.jpg

So why is there an E on it?

Again from the "Ships of the Line" thread, the answer might be that there are pieces of two ruined saucer sections in the shot, one belonging to the Farragut and one to the Mayflower (whence the 'E') behind it:

Actually, one can see the destroyed Mayflower behind the Farragut. If you look in the upper left corner, you can see "..OWE...". This is the Mayflower.

So, the Enterprise passes first the debris of the Farragut, then the debris of the Mayflower.

...

It's possible in this image to see both the 'Farragut' marking and the 'OWE' mentioned by clindsly, and in this detail from it can be seen the 'OW' with Tachyon Shield's 'E' in the upper left corner. You get another angle on the Mayflower quickly afterward in the movie.

We'll get it all sorted out yet.

 

[VOODOOXI]

I'm taking that the Enterprise in this movie is roughly the same size as the Enterprise in TOS and the movies, I've got my own reasoning, but need to go and use stills from the movie to explain why. However there is a ship in the debris field that seems to absolutely dwarf the Enterprise.

You can see the size of the ship compared at the Enterprise as it approaches it in the debris field.

Who cares?