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Posted by Ryan McReynolds (Member # 28) on :
 
Let's try to identify all of the ships, craft, and people seen during the opening sequence. This is what I could identify offhand.
  • unknown primitive boat
  • H.M.S. Enterprize
  • Orange balloon (it's on the tip of my tongue)
  • Spirit of St. Louis
  • Enterprise shuttle
  • unknown person near plane
  • the Wright Flyer
  • the X-1
  • unknown deep submersible
  • Chuck Yeager?
  • Apollo 11 astronauts?
  • unknown astronaut
  • Saturn V launch
  • space shuttle launch
  • unknown shuttle astronauts
  • Saturn V / unknown man writing equations
  • Saturn V stage separation
  • unknown shuttle astronaut and satellite
  • famous footstep on moon (can't remember who)
  • Apollo 11 LEM departing
  • Mars Pathfinder rover on Mars
  • shuttle astronaut in MMU over cargo bay
  • ISS assembly sequence
  • unknown space plane departing a space station
  • the Phoenix opening up
  • unknown warp ship aft end
  • Enterprise NX-01 flyby

    Anybody care to fill in some blanks?
     


    Posted by TheF0rce (Member # 533) on :
     
    i think the unknown person near plane was emilia earhart??[sp?]
     
    Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
     
    Okay, I just downloaded this thing, since I won't see the premiere 'til Saturday. But your "unknown person near plane" looks like Amelia Earhart, and the "unknown space plane" is, I think, supposed to be the X-33. Someone mentioned that one in another thread.
     
    Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
     
    On TV I thought I made out a small "OV-XXX" on the side of that spaceplane, but it's impossible to make out any detail that small on my digital copy of the credits.
     
    Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
     
    The Montgolfier Brothers balloon, no doubt.

    Post caps of the images & I bet I can ID most of the unknown stuff.
     


    Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
     
    The balloon isn't the Montgolfiers'... more modern. Looks like authentic video footage of it flying over some mountains.
     
    Posted by Praetorian Guard (Member # 499) on :
     
    The unkown Apollo astronaut appears to be Alan Shepard.
     
    Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
     
    I mentioned that I thought that the space plane looked like the X-33...
    Though it's possilbe they made up a new ship similar in design, seeing that NASA cancelled the X-33 program.
    Bummer.
     
    Posted by Soundwave (Member # 138) on :
     
    The boat in the beginning is the type the Polynesians used to explore the Pacific Ocean, including settling in Hawaii among other islands.
     
    Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
     
    Hey! Where can I download the opening? Or can somebody post them?
     
    Posted by NightWing (Member # 4) on :
     
    http://www.vidiot.com/Enterprise/
     
    Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
     
    I just watched it and I must say, I like it better than I thought I would. It really has that exploration theme going. Here's an off-topic question though...on the vidiot file, before the song start, theres a surround sound test where a guy says "This is the left, this is the right, center, surround." or something. Is it just me, or does that voice sound a hell of a lot like Tim Russ from Voyager?
     
    Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
     
    Yeah, I noticed that too. Sounds just like him.
     
    Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
     
    The only thing I can add is that the fellow writing on the blackboard might be Robert Goddard.
     


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