With the details of the new Enterprise appearing recently, professionals
and fans alike are weighing in with their opinions of the newly-designed
ship.
As reported by
TrekMovie,
to some fans, a ship is just a vehicle to get to the story or on which a
story takes place, but to others, a ship is much more than that, and
every bit of design is carefully scrutinized and critiqued.
Former Star Trek designer Rick Sternbach, responsible for the
design of many Star Trek ships and stations, had this to say
about the new Enterprise. "I get the distinct impression that to do the
nacelles and secondary hull, someone stared at the USS Pasteur for a
while," he said. "Just a thought. But even the Pasteur's Bussard
collectors had line of sight to open space, which the nacelles on this
new ship don't seem to have. Perhaps the designers didn't know exactly
how the different hardware bits worked (I violated this rule a little
here
and there, but I knew when I was doing it.)" Sternbach went on to
say that "There's room in this Trek world for healthy design criticism,
as well as simply sitting back and enjoying a well made SF film. I hope
the film is well written and clever and has good proportions of action,
humor, tech, etc. but I'm also prepared to analyze the design work to
see, perhaps, how far the shapes and colors and functions stray from
forty years of evolved gear."
The designer of the new Enterprise, Ryan Church registered his reactions
to the comments made by Sternbach and others. "I'm not going to get
involved in the mud slinging, here, but needed to assure you guys and
gals: we've built you a fine ship."
Fans have also weighed in with their opinions, as reported by
TrekBBS.
Some liked the new design. "Looks good," said TrekBBS poster JRS. It's a
nice mixture of something old (TOS and TMP) and something new. It has
sense of
power in it, but not without some grace and elegance added to
the mix." Plum also liked the new Enterprise. "Very radical design. Has
a futuristic retro style with it's sleek form but offset with technical
detail. Notice the photon-torpedo tube mount as from the TMP design. Do
I like it? It's great and seems to fit the design styles the film seems
to be going for. I find this design to be wonderfully contemporary,
sophisticated and appealing to today's eyes. Well done I say!"
Other fans weren't as enthusiastic. JBElliot was short and to the point.
"Looks horrible." But Ethros injected a bit of humor into the
discussion, borrowing a line from The Trouble With Tribbles when
commenting on the new design. "I didn't mean to say the Enterprise
should be hauling garbage. I meant to say that it should be hauled away as
garbage."
Some fans had mixed feelings about the Enterprise. "I hate the
nacelles," said cultcross. "Otherwise, it's beautiful." "I actually like
the nacelles," said Manticore. "And I really don't like the secondary
hull. It just 'feels' very
back heavy. With the way that the neck is
centered over that ridiculously long cutout, it looks like it's about to
tip over backward."
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