What Trek visual effect do you think was the WORST?

[Char Aznable]

Now, I'm not one to focus on things I dislike all that much, but I thought it was only fair since we have a thread dedicated to what we thought was the best Trek visual effect.

Granted, I know people will be going on and on about the FX in V and/or Insurrection and rightfully so. However, I do hope that some will at least try to name some from the others since all the movie have at least one off effect shot, right?

For instance, one effect that really bugs me is the probe in TMP. I can't explain why exactly, but it just looks off and rather unimaginative. It frankly looks like a flourescent light with crap coming out of it.

Anyway, what do you guys think?

 

[STR]

The Enterprise in ST3. It looks washed out in every scene.

 

[Captain59]

Near the end of Star Trek VI when Kirk battling Chang, the Enterprise goes by from right to left, and the effects look unfinished. Something is missing but I can't put my finger on what. I think it looks awful.

 

[GalaxyX]

The worst FX have to be the V'Ger flyby before they actually get to V'Ger, and they are just flying thru a bunch of kadeiloscopic colours. There's zero substance in it, might as well stare at a disco ball for 30 mins.

 

[sbk1234]

In TMP, in the scene where Vejur destroys Epsilon 9, there is a guy in a space suit that flies toward the camera. It looks like a little doll. Completely phony looking.

 

[RichMerk]

Star Trek V. The Klingon ship shoots a green blob and the Enterprise warps away just in time. The effects themselves are pretty terrible, but something always seemed seriously off with the perspective or something.

Oh wait, maybe the worst is god's head shooting lightning bolts out of his eyes.

One effect I really LOVED in STV was the shot of the Great Barrier out the lounge windows. Absolutely magical. But then there was the shot of the Enterprise flying into the Barrier. Terrible.

 

[Captain59]

Well, if we're talking Star Trek V, I have a laundry list. I just wonder how much better it would have been if they could have snagged IL&M. I think Shat wanted to wait for them, but Paramount was in a "do it yesterday" mind frame after the success of Star Trek IV. Too bad.

 

[Lazarus]

Understanding why they inserted that horrible flyby from early Next Generation into Star Trek Generations is still beyond me. It stands out like a sore thumb. If you HAD TO insert a shot from the series there are dozens of better ones!

 

[Captain59]

Understanding why they inserted that horrible flyby from early Next Generation into Star Trek Generations is still beyond me. It stands out like a sore thumb. If you HAD TO insert a shot from the series there are dozens of better ones!

Didn't know that...which shot are you referring? They also recycled the Bird of Prey blowing up from Star Trek VI, but that was spectactular. Although, it lost something, as good as it was, since it was recycled.

 

[Lazarus]

Understanding why they inserted that horrible flyby from early Next Generation into Star Trek Generations is still beyond me. It stands out like a sore thumb. If you HAD TO insert a shot from the series there are dozens of better ones!

Didn't know that...which shot are you referring? They also recycled the Bird of Prey blowing up from Star Trek VI, but that was spectactular. Although, it lost something, as good as it was, since it was recycled.

 

[GalaxyX]

Understanding why they inserted that horrible flyby from early Next Generation into Star Trek Generations is still beyond me. It stands out like a sore thumb. If you HAD TO insert a shot from the series there are dozens of better ones!

Didn't know that...which shot are you referring? They also recycled the Bird of Prey blowing up from Star Trek VI, but that was spectactular. Although, it lost something, as good as it was, since it was recycled.

I think they wrote the story around that FX so they had an excuse to recycle it.

 

[JarodRussell]

Understanding why they inserted that horrible flyby from early Next Generation into Star Trek Generations is still beyond me. It stands out like a sore thumb. If you HAD TO insert a shot from the series there are dozens of better ones!

Didn't know that...which shot are you referring? They also recycled the Bird of Prey blowing up from Star Trek VI, but that was spectactular. Although, it lost something, as good as it was, since it was recycled.

I read somewhere that this shot was a requirement made by Paramount. ILM could have easily done something new, but Paramount insisted on having a VFX shot from the TV show.

The below shot of the saucer seperation is also from the show.

http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/generations/ch12/gen0732.jpg

Got to find that article again.

 

[Nerys Myk]

The probe/scan that kills Ilia in TMP.

 

[Kpnuts]

Some of the visual effects in Nemesis were truly terrible.

And in Insurrection actually.

Generations and FC without a doubt had the best VFX, although with ILM in charge of those two, that's hardly a surprise.

 

[shadowedgalaxy]

1. The Kelvin being attacked by the Giant Space OctopusTM
You can barely see a thing with the Kelvin spinning around, dodging torpedoes in fast mo, explosions and lensflares blinding you, etc.
2. Whenever the Enterprise-E appears in Insurrection. Some scenes are so dark, it's as if they painted it black, which is very annoying because the E-E is a beautiful ship, which I demand to see properly!

 

[Chrisisall]

Almost every FX shot in STV, and EVERY shot of Enterprise E in ANY film (it should be hauled away AS garbage).

 

[m.lp.ql.m]

Star Trek V. The Klingon ship shoots a green blob and the Enterprise warps away just in time. The effects themselves are pretty terrible, but something always seemed seriously off with the perspective or something.

I have to agree with this one. Of all the shots they could have used, I remember seeing this particular one in the trailer for the film. I saw this and thought, "What!? They're recycling shots from TAS?!"

 

[Anticitizen]

STV gets a lot of flak, but frankly, The Voyage Home probably had the most dire effects of the TOS movies - not only in quality but in execution; and by 'execution', I mean 'very slowly and dramatically getting closer to the Sun while supposedly doing maximum warp' and 'bad 3D models of actors' busts floating around during time travel'.

 

[JarodRussell]

'bad 3D models of actors'

Dude, it was 1986. That was actually some groundbreaking VFX there.

 

[trevanian]

'bad 3D models of actors'

Dude, it was 1986. That was actually some groundbreaking VFX there.

THE LAST STARFIGHTER broke a lot of CGI ground right before this, but I don't ever see anybody cutting that pic any slack either. I think the cyberscanned part of the whale dream is a good example of ILM foisting stuff onto production, like the dog was on SFS. The whole timewarp dream seems ill-conceived to begin with, and that's on Nimoy as artiste,but the execution? ughh ... even worse.

And the shots of Scotty in mid=air as the copter loads the glass are really really bad, like they were farmed out to some cheap-o outfit, very grainy. Haven't seen the film on DVD, but I assume the shots must look even worse than in the theater.

Still isn't as awful as the last shot of the astronaut fleeing epsilon 9 in TMP, though.