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I read over at TrekBBS that John Eaves had done pre-TOS designs that were not based on modern ship designs. Berman saw the designs, said no, and commanded Eaves to modify the Akira. This is from Rick Sternbach.
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If that's true, then it's too bad that Eaves is getting dumped on by the fans for his design, when it actually wasn't his choice.
One wonders why Alex Jaeger doesn't just sue Eaves/Berman for copyright violation. After all, it was Jaeger who designed the Akira, and any judge with a modicum of brains would see that the Enterprise is a blatant rip-off of the Akira.
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Well, I'm sure Jaeger signed one of those contracts where everything that he did on First Contact became the sole creative property of Paramount, and thus Trek. He won't see a red cent for the copious use of his deigns in Voyager and DS9...
Watch it. Pretty soon someone wil declare that Mike Okuda is "In the house." And that he's "bitchin'".
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Whose doing the what now? You hate it when normal people talk like Star Trek nerds?
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