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Designer Ryan Church Defends His New Enterprise NCC 1701 Design

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By GustavoLeao / 21:27, 12 November 2008 / Star Trek: Nemesis

New Star Trek movie production designer Ryan Church, the designer of the new starship Enterprise NCC 1701, posted the following message at TrekMovie.com comments forum, responding from the criticism of some fans regarding his new design. Here is his message :

"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." Church wrote at TrekMovie forum "To clarify: there's a slight optical illusion occurring here, consequence of the "camera" angle. For Rick [Sternbach] and others who worry the nacelles don't have a clear line of sight over the disc - they, in fact, do. We were hardly working in a vacuum. I raided ILM reference photos like a madman. We were deferential to "inviolates" of Star Trek design vocabulary. Additionally, the profile here isn't 100% representative, because, as you've noticed, the Bussards are dimmed. The true profile of the nacelles may or may not be revealed here, and that's all I'll say."

You can read more, including Sternbach comments, at TrekMovie.

Star Trek Phase II fan series actor/producer James Cawley also defends the new Enterprise design in a new editorial at TrekMovie.com.



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RE: New Star Trek Enterprise Looks Stupid | Report this post to moderator
By: aquirius (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:43:16 on Nov 19, 2008

I dont think you understand what he is talking about when it comes to the asthetics. And he is not talking from the position of just a trekker. The white bright interior is not astheticly pleasing for any reason. That much shiny bright white look seems way too campy. And that is precisely what JJ Abram is claiming to be trying to move away from. Campy doesn't equal cool. That amount of white creates the impression that they are trying to mimic "2001: A Space Odessy". 2001, a pure sci-fi classic is definitely not considered cool even by hardcore sci-fi buffs, its even nerdy by nerd standards.

Personally I get the glass walls and the shine and the holographic computer terminal interface. But the white color ruins it. See if they had done the glass walls and the shine and the holographic interface on a black decor or black metal decor, with less lighting, then it would have come off a bit more Minority Report looking. And that would be a kick ass.

A bit darker, a bit more serious. Instead the creators went with "nerdy factor 9 bright white".

I mean face it, Apple iStore IS "Nerd Factor 9".



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