The "new" Enterprise

[DarthAkuma]

Now that I've posted the pic above, it's interesting to note the difference in the stars even.

 

[Acheron]

The 'new' Enterprise does not even come close to matching the beauty of Andrew Probert's Enterprise-refit design. So much care was put into that design and model. The attention to detail on the TOS movie Enterprise is really astounding when you realise they did not have any of the CGI technology that today's artists do.

It is a shame the new generation can't get past the 'ohh, that looks cool' mentality. The proportions of the new big E are all wrong. And don't get me started on the 'brewery' engineering deck.

 

[starbuck]

Will there be 12 sister ships like her in this time line

 

[DiSiLLUSiON]

The 'new' Enterprise does not even come close to matching the beauty of Andrew Probert's Enterprise-refit design. So much care was put into that design and model. The attention to detail on the TOS movie Enterprise is really astounding when you realise they did not have any of the CGI technology that today's artists do.

It is a shame the new generation can't get past the 'ohh, that looks cool' mentality. The proportions of the new big E are all wrong. And don't get me started on the 'brewery' engineering deck.

I sincerely disagree. While I understand the fact that it was made by a master designer and I do understand that it's astounding for that day and age, I still don't like it. It doesn't look like it could actually go into space. It looks clunky to me, and unfinished. There are too little details -- it's obvious it was once a filming model, it looks like it's made out of clay. Clay can't fly into space. It should look like it's made of metal or some other strong compound. What do you find so beautiful about the thing?

I also disagree about the proportions about the new enterprise. The neck is slanted; the ship now has an 'eager' look to it, as if the saucer is reaching out into the unknown. As if it's eager to start exploring. Very much in spirit with Star Trek. Warping space should be a powerful thing, those big engines look like they could indeed do some heavy physics bending. The connection points (like between the body and the nacelle pylons) now look like they're reinforced, instead of simply tucked on. It no longer looks as if it can break at a moment's notice. And the lines are more elegant, more sweeping. It has more style and more substance. What's not to like about it?

 

[Gepard]

Now that I've seen the movie I like the new ship. I mean, I always did kinda like it, though the curved nacelle strutts used to bother me, but up on the big screen, in motion it's beautiful.

The only minor nitpick I had -

Spoiler: The only thing that bugged me a little..

The only thing that bugged me a little watching the movie, and maybe I missed something but, when they come out of warp near Vulcan and there is all that debris floating around, they have their shields up, right? So why is it the top of of one of the nacelles gets scraped by a large piece of debris and tiles fly off of it?

did the tiles actually come off the enterprise or was it from the debris the enterprise hit? i couldnt tell.

Pretty sure they are the Enterprise's hull-plates.

Did we get a decent look at that area of the ship afterward? Because it seemed odd that there was no visible damage other than in the scene when it happened.

 

[Peter the Younger]

The official site lists it as a "Constitution Class", but that's pretty much just marketing people copying from other references. For the benefit of us tech-heads, I'm hopeful somebody says, "You know what, this Enterprise is a different class."

I know, the silly little things we care about.

 

[ST-One]

did the tiles actually come off the enterprise or was it from the debris the enterprise hit? i couldnt tell.

Pretty sure they are the Enterprise's hull-plates.

Did we get a decent look at that area of the ship afterward? Because it seemed odd that there was no visible damage other than in the scene when it happened.

No, we don't get to see that spot again... but we can clearly see how the plates are ripped off the nacelle.