Star Trek XI

[Mr. MacDougall]

I am completely and totally psyched about the new movie. As many stumbling points as there are, there are also as many places where they could just knock it out of the park.

[kallen]

I saw a picture of the movie Enterprise today, and the teaser. Some thoughts: for me, the Enterprise makes or breaks this movie. If they disrespect that lady, I will be seriously, terribly dissapointed. Now, of course, this ship is from 2245, twenty years before TOS and there were at least two refits between "The Cage" and the normal run Star Trek episodes, so if the old girl doesn't look exactly the same, I'll be dissapointed but more understanding.

If you are referring to the ship itself, and if it is this pix of it you saw, I believe the following link (provided it works) will answer.

http://www.starshipmodeler.net/talk/...ic.php?t=59111

If not, then check out www.starshipmodeler.com go to forum and star trek modeling. Then look under April Fools enterprise. There was a rather interesting concept art of a "new" 1701, but it was a April Fools joke.

[Galician]

Would people consider it a change of the canon if Scotty were to be shown in a kilt?

[Nick]

No, that's not the one I saw. I did see that one when it came out.

Here's an interview with the guy who does "New Voyages". http://trekmovie.com/2007/11/13/jame...ew-enterprise/

I agree with him, the Enterprise isn't dated, just because it doesn't have all kinds of things sticking out of it like today's sci-fi (such as Babylon 5). Jefferies designed her that way for a reason. We'll see how things go, it does look like she's more streamlined than the NX-01.

But, like I said before, the old girl's had a few refits in her day, and when you consider the immensity of the refit of 2270-2271 (ST:TMP), which probably replaced 90% of the ship, these things happen. In fact, since this takes place before 'Where No Man Has Gone Before', showing the ship as it was in the series would be non-canon, since she was different in 'The Cage'.

[davedove]

Would people consider it a change of the canon if Scotty were to be shown in a kilt?

Scotty was shown at least once in the original series wearing a kilt, so the precedent has already been set. Not full time though, it's just to hard to scramble through the Jeffries tubes in a kilt.

[MacTavishOfJapan]

I'm really looking forward to the new movie as well. Only 11 months to go ....... assuming it comes out here at the same time as the US.

[Panache]

...I agree with him, the Enterprise isn't dated, just because it doesn't have all kinds of things sticking out of it like today's sci-fi (such as Babylon 5). Jefferies designed her that way for a reason. We'll see how things go, it does look like she's more streamlined than the NX-01...

I kind of liked that the Earth Alliance ships on B5 looked function (let's here it for rotating midsections for artificial gravity!). I can remember having a conversation with my Dad as a kid about the design of the Enterprise and how exactly the thing would really move through space based on the design. Never talk about Star Trek with an engineer (especially how the transporter system really works! )

I liked the Reliant's design much better than the Enterprise's in the second movie.

Cheers

Jamie

[MacTavishOfJapan]

Those TOS movie era ships are still my favourites, they just look majestic. Especially the Enterprise...... I need to go pull a DVD now!

[Mr. MacDougall]

I must've assembled a dozen of the old blue AMT models of Enterprise in my childhood. I loved that ship... and still do.

[morrison]

The transporter was most unique in operation. The springlike sounding sproing or thwaing noise was important for the transportees to know that they need to be motionless until they hear it again at the reassembly point!!!