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[QUOTE]Originally posted by targetemployee: [QB] There are elements of the first series that are not used in the prequel. A few examples: [list] [*]1. the use of lithium [*]2. the existence of UESPA [*]3. the position of commodore [*]4. the rank structure of the first series [/list] As the series matures or decays, depending on the perspective, there may be other elements that the literate fan of the original may notice are lacking or reduced in importance. I think the intent of the two producers is for this show to replace the original in the minds of the many younger fans. It is a well-reported fact that both men have disdain for the first series. I have never understand the disdain nor the source of the disdain. However, I do think that it exists and it will influence the fifth series. I have seen people compare this new series, favorably and unfavorably, to Star Wars. The general consensus is that Mr. Lucas did the fourth film in an attempt to cash in on the loyality of the fan. I feel, however, that Mr. Lucas was reliving his childhood fantasies and was giving to his youngest child a playground for the imagination and his ambitions. Mr. Lucas was very attentive to details. The differences that were seen could be explained as the result of different cultures and time periods. There is a very strong continuity between this fourth film and the earlier three films. The producers of the new series are creating a sequel that incorporates elements of the last three series, in their own words. The first series, and the closest to the time of the fifth series, has been relegated to an hollow honorary status. There will be three admirals named after the chief actors of the first series in the premiere episode. I think that there could have existed a possibility that the design elements of the first could have been 'modernized'. In the 1960's, there was the Volkswagon beetle. This popular little car was invocative of the decade. Three decades later, the Volkswagon company introduced the new beetle. This beetle, very popular and very common, is a 'modernized' version of the older beetle. I think the same could have occured for the first series. Taking these elements, they could have made educated conjectures about the earlier starships. There is nothing that says that they had to use 1950's designs. They could have, in their mind, created 2150's designs. I hear an argument that we don't know enough about ship designs. I disagree. There exists in the original series two ship designs of two different periods. The first is the [i]SS Botany Bay[/i] of approximately two hundred years before the first series. This ship was 'boxy' with the engines stuck at the very end. There were little or no surface obtrusions. Two centuries later, there is the [i]USS Enterprise NCC-1701[/i]. This ship has the engines-nuclear-of the older [i]Bay[/i] placed in the saucer. To accomodate the warp engines, which arised after the transport ship left Earth, and to protect the crew, the engineers created a secondary hull with two nacelles attached. A 'neck' connected the primary hull and the secondary hull. Two engineering systems mated together. Like the first ship, the second ship had little or no obtrusions. So, imagine this. The body of the [i]SS Botany Bay[/i] is shortened, the engines joining the living quarters. The construction is enlarged to a circle. Then, at some point, the warp hull is created. This is attached to the first hull. I have spoken enough. Or did I babble? :) My apologies. I see 'Enterprise' as being the last train out of the Star Trek depot. The train will be a tolerably acceptable ride, but will be nothing like the earlier trains that excited us and took us to new heights of our imagination and awe. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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