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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MarianLH: [QB] This was posted on TrekBBS. Someone asked Mike Okuda about the issue ot the TOS sets looking more primitive than the ones on ENT. I thought some people might be interested. Marian [QUOTE] With regard to your observations on the unlabeled TOS controls: I shared your concern that the original bridge controls were not labeled. This never bothered me when I was watching the original series. Still, for the re-created set, we were a little concerned that modern audiences now know what real computers and real spaceships look like. Manny Coto, Mike Sussman, and Herman Zimmerman were all very clear in wanting to be as faithful as possible to the original set, while introducing subtle upgrades where necessary. On the re-created Defiant bridge, I actually had little clear stickers applied to nearly all the "jellybean" buttons. Each of those stickers had a numeric code printed in small black letters. The stickers were designed to be relatively inconspicuous, so they wouldn't be apparent in most photography, except in closeup. Despite all this effort, I was amused to note that while they were clearly visible in person, they were virtually invisible, even in high-definition photography. This probably has something to do with the fact that the jellybean buttons were lit from the bottom as well as with the set lights, combined with the angles of the facets and the intense colors of the resin. In other words, had such stickers existed on the original bridge, you probably would never have seen them in the original series! We did something similar with the blinking "icon" panels. Each of the colored squares was also labeled, but in a manner that nearly disappeared in most shots. I think these were more successful than the button labels, in that they were faintly visible in some of the closer bridge angles, but not in the wider shots. The goal, of course, was to imply that these labels were always there, but you just hadn't noticed them before. We tried this on the "Relics" bridge replica, as well as the one we did for "Trials and Tribble-ations." In each of those cases, I thought the lettering on the icons was just a little too prominent, so I made it smaller and lighter for "Mirror Darkly." Whether or not I was more successful this time there will remain to be seen. We are all in awe of Matt Jefferies' genius, and we very much hope that this new re-creation will be seen as a testament to his artistry. -Mike [/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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