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Makes you think, though - what if the Galaxy-class ship had been re-used for the Enterprise-E? We all know that the only real reason they destroyed the E-D was to have a new ship and sets for the movies. But what if they'd had all that, and just had a slightly upgraded exterior appearance, and all-new interior sets? Most of us ave expressed general dissatisfaction with the E-E sets, especially the bridge. Would the movies have been any different if the E-E were a GCS?
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Aside from the technological convenience of having regenerative shields in First Contact, agility in Insurrection, and firepower in Nemesis... then no. A Galaxy Class with the sheilds, weapons, and manuverability of a Sovereign Class would do just fine.
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Well, those are all arbitary factors anyway. A starship is exactly as powerful as TPTB want it to be for that story, so from that point of view, no, it wouldn't have been any different at all.
Have most people expressed dissatisfaction with the Enterprise-E? I wasn't aware of that.
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From the book Industrial Light & Magic: Into the Digital Age, page 60:
"With the [Generations] Enterprise presumably shipshape for future adventures, John Goodson made a sly addition to the model prior to crating it up to send back to Paramount...changing the ship's indentification marking to NCC-17071-E."
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i would have loved to have seen a galaxy class E-E. the Sovereign has always, to me, seemed like the riced out honda of Star Trek.
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I'd pick a Honda over a Rolls-Royce anyday.
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quote:Originally posted by Colorful Cartman: I'd pick a Honda over a Rolls-Royce anyday.
yes, but would the honda have a whaletail and "type r" stickers?
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quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: I've never been completely sure of this, but is this the original 6 foot model? I heard that ILM took it apart and resufaced it for Generations, but some places say it was just used for the saucer seperation bit, and others say it was used for the entire film.
Yep. Still pisses me off that ILM did a beautiful job on renovations to the model just for it to get six seconds of screentime (the exterior shots of the Enterprise approaching Amargosa and Veridian III, plus the brief exterior shots during the Klingon battle). *Sigh...* That ship was incredible... .
I agree whole heartedly with this statement.
That was an awesome scene where the camera pans behind the Enterprise-D while the Klingon torps are firing. Inspirational. Probably the best 'effects' out of all the TNG movies so far. I'm sorry - Fleet of ships or not - the effects (ok except for the first view of the E-E) Were flat, ill-lit and terribly uninteresting. Insurrection MORESO. That ship was made so flat and beige. Ugg. And the on-set photography made the bridge look REALLY bad, I mean like a washed out piece of a Safari Suit. Really bad. TNG had a bright lit flat set - with not many shadows, but Ins was way beyond that it was fucking disgusting and really, really dreary. The Bridge in FC was Fantabulous. Very Moody. Very realistic. That is what it is the Bridge in Insurrection didn't look realistic, it looked like the rest of the bridge was a painted backdrop.
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quote:Originally posted by Prismatic EdipisReks: yes, but would the honda have a whaletail and "type r" stickers?
Nah, just neon lighting.
LOL! At that picture... and neon lighting!! Is THAT what those cars have with the big speaker systems and a blue/purple glow that seems to come from under the car. What is it's purpose? Even though it's hoon-ish it looks cool!
All us Trek fans can beat them at their own game and assemble the neon lighting to shine down either side of the car to look like nacelles and one on the front to look like a deflector dish glow!! Of course Phaser strips would be perfect during peak-hour! ;o)
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u know...i dont even remember what the bridge in Insurrection looked like...not even the color scheme [if it was a different color scheme] but thats only explained by the fact that:
i've seen it only once, it was a small screen on the airplane,....judging by the comments..wasnt a very memorble set... wait i do remember that *cough*joystick
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quote:Originally posted by Shik: And I, too, preferred the FC bridge design over Crapsurrection, if only for that giant-ass floor-to-ceiling viewscreen.
There wasn't a viewscreen. It was a projected hologram.
Great wit on "Crapsurrection" too. I like the way you took the part "In", and replaced it with a word that describes how you feel about the movie. Genius!
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