Poll Which is "your" Enterprise?

[Push The Button]

1. Original 1701
2. TMP/II/III refit
3. 1701-D, mostly for the luxury hotel
styled interior
4. NX-01, I think they really tried to make something that was futuristic, yet relatable to a 21st century audience.

I hate the two KU versions, and the jury is still out on the Discoprise.

 

[ItIsGreen]

Why are the TMP Refit/Ent-A separate options? They're the same bloody ship.

Having said that the Refit/A is/are a thing/s of beauty. That tops my list, very closely followed by the Kelvin 1701, then the D, E and TOS versions. The rest are all 'meh', to be honest. NX-01 is at the very bottom of the pile.

I've always said I find the Excelsior the best looking ship in Trek, but the B is not 'my Enterprise' (I doubt it's anyone's, except maybe John Harriman's).

Haven't seen enough of the Disco Remix yet, but again it won't be 'my' Enterprise, regardless of how pretty it is.

 

[Galileo7]

Why are the TMP Refit/Ent-A separate options? They're the same bloody ship.

Having said that the Refit/A is/are a thing/s of beauty. That tops my list, very closely followed by the Kelvin 1701....

Agree, 1701-REFIT/1701-A and Kelvin 1701.

 

[Saturn0660]

I like my Enterprise like i enjoy boobs... D if you please.

 

[ItIsGreen]

I like my Enterprise like i enjoy boobs... D if you please.

 

[Lord Garth]

Though I didn't comment on the Kelvin Enterprise because I don't really think of it as "my" or "one of my" Enterprises, I have to say this is an awesome shot.

 

[Pondwater]

1701-D

As a kid I wished that I lived on it.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Why are the TMP Refit/Ent-A separate options? They're the same bloody ship.

Identical on the outside, but completely different bridge, sets, shuttles etc

 

[Mage]

Can't really make a choice here.... I love the Refit, it's such a scifi-classic. The E-D and E-E have some gracefull lines and shots, but are sometimes quite clunky as well. I adore the NX01 and the E-C. The B was good, but not great. The Kelvin-universe Enterprises are just gorgeous!!! And I really loved the Enterprise from Discovery actually, more so than the TOS Enterprise.

I think the Refit is number one for me..... I think..... And than either the D or the E.

 

[C.E. Evans]

Enterprise-D. Only one I ever really wanted to serve on and loved the evolution from previous Enterprises. Still bitter about losing her in Generations, even 24 years later.


RUNNER-UP: Enterprise-F from Star Trek Online. Love that design and happy as hell that Eaglemoss is going to make a miniature of her.

 

[Relayer1]

Favourite - TMP refit. Elegant, poised and beautiful.

Least favourite - TNG 'D'. Squat, unbalanced and ugly.

Not fond of the JJprise either...

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

Enterprise D - as that is first trek I watched. Also, have the bridge set on STO, plus I now use three nacelle Enterprise D from AGT, as it's awesome ship to fly around, when I play the game.

 

[Smellmet]

Refit
Kelvin
E
D
Kelvin A
B
NX01
TOS
C

 

[Rahul]

1. The TOS Enterprise is my one, big starship love. It shaped me. It defined for me what a futuristic starship is and how it should work and what it does. I love everything about it.

2. The TOS movie refit. Same thing, just better. You don't actually get to know her as well during the movies, but the emotional connection spills over. I actallually prefer the sets (especially the bridge) from the "A"-version over the refit.
3. The NX-01. ENT isn't my favourite Trek series. But it feels as if you know this ship indside and out after watching it. I think ENT was the best in portraying the starship as a palpatable piece of technology. Which made it ever so more meaningfull when you actually got attached to it over time.

4. The Ent-E. Especially on the inside, it feels as homely as the D, but also a bit more like a real starship.
5. The Ent-D: I LOVE TNG. Almost as much as TOS. Definitely my #2 Trek series, some days they're tied for me. And the sets - the corridors, the crew quarters, ten-forward - feel as familiar as if you lived in there yourself. It's "home", probably even more than on any other Trek show. But I never liked the bridge, and the starship itself has a few weird design choices as well (Never liked the D's warp nacelles, and the lack of a bigger shuttlebay always struck me as odd. Even the TOS Enterprise felt more like a "real" starship that actually got built in the future).

6. The Kelvin-Enterprise (not the Beyond refit, nor the "A", just the original JJ-prise): It's a great new interpretation of the TOS one. She has weird size issues. But both from the outside and the inside, it felt immediately familiar.


All the other ones (Discovery, Disco-prise, Ent-B, -C, -F, the Kelvin refit/Kelvin-A): They're just models for me. Not bad ones. But I don't have an emotional connection to any of them, like I do for the other ones and the Voyager and Defiant.

 

[Cox of Seagulls]

Exterior - TOS movie Enterprise is a work of art.

Interior - I love the NX-01's more practical and submarine-like sets.

Regardless, I think we can all agree that the Ambassador Class C is the absolute worst. Holy crap is that thing fugly.

 

[The Old Mixer]

and the lack of a bigger shuttlebay always struck me as odd

There was a bigger shuttlebay, on top of the saucer...the problem was that they made it so big that they couldn't afford to depict it on the show, so they always used the two smaller ones.

 

[Rahul]

There was a bigger shuttlebay, on top of the saucer...the problem was that they made it so big that they couldn't afford to depict it on the show, so they always used the two smaller ones.

The TOS one also always was only a special effect, in the form of a tiny model, and a background painting to a door. There really is no excuse for the lack of one on TNG, except that they just didn't thought about doing it. The same way we never saw spacesuits (or other environmental suits) on TNG, despite them already appearing on TOS.

I think we saw the Ent-D shuttlebay opening in that time-loop episode from the outside. But even then it always struck me as odd that the only "bigger" shuttlebay the D had was wide, but also very flat. You can't park a taller starship in there, which you even could do on the TOS one, despite that ship being smaller overall.

Again: I LOVE TNG. But I think the one part where it has some serious weaknesses is in showing the real-world technical aspects of space travelling. Even something like a moon rover wouldn't look out of place in TOS, but strange on TNG. Which limits somewhat spilled over to all subsequent spin-offs.

 

[Forbin]

In order - The love of my life will always be the TOS E. I was 9 when I first laid eyes on her, and the magic has never faded. The TMP refit is a beautiful refinement of the original classic. The D is a graceful development of the original shape. The rest of them - meh.

 

[alensatemybuick1]

The TOS Enterprise comes second to the refit E to me for one reason only - I had the David Kimble cutaway poster in my bedroom as a kid, and loved how he depicted the interiors we saw in TMP in relation to the exterior of the ship. It made it REAL to me.

I'd say the JJPrIse is my third favorite, thought they did a nice job of evoking both the TOS (in terms of shape) and Refit (in terms of livery) versions at the same time - there is a scene where Nero is tracking it on his scanner (as he surmises young Spock is on it), and you can really see how the lines evoke the TOS Enterprise (from time mark :22-:24 seconds in the clip below):

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[Romulan_spy]

I was not born yet when TOS premiered so I was not that connected to TOS. But years later, I fell in love with the movie refit. I also grew up with TNG. So for me, the TOS movie refit (Wrath of Khan) and the Ent-D were "my" Enterprise.