SPY PHOTOS at AICN

Please, anyone, screencaps? Anything?

 

Nothing there looks like Star Wars, or any more militaristic than Trek has ever looked.

And let's face it, it's really impossible for it to look lower tech than the cardboard wall/wrinkled overhead projector look of TOS. The design is what's important, and while they've borrowed some of the low-tech look of TOS (which we TOS folks all know and love), they've obviously increased the 'resolution' quite a bit. Whatever this ship is, it's a ship that lands, and has people trampling in and out of it.

It's still a bright, colorful looking future, just not a pristine one. Besides, this is a frickin refueling port.

EDIT: I saved the juicy pics, but they're huge and I'm on dial-up, so it'd take a while for me to upload again. Wow, that was quick.

 

Oh bless you. This looks pretty good so far.

 

I'm sure that someone will upload the big versions to someplace like Photobucket

 

Take another sharp look at that console, then take a look at a modern aircraft or shuttle cockpit, or what they have planned for the Orion. Tech today is already more advanced than that. And it ain't hard - this green circuit board thingy looks like someone soldered it in his garage. 20 years ago!

 

Who woulda guessed carbon fiber accent panels would make it to the 23rd century?

 

It is a drop ship. I saw it in Starship Troopers. I swear

Okay. You don't know much about state-of-the-art tech, alright

 

Who would have guessed that plastic shipping palettes would be one of the main construction materials throughout the Galaxy in the 24th?

They're not going to please everyone.

This looks like the 23rd century equivalent of a local bus that's been in service for decades. Good.

 

NCC-1701 is my new hero. Thanks!

Although, if I were your attorney, I would advise you to remove the photos from this thread before Trek BBS gets a "phone call" similar to the one AICN got. (But since the cat's already out of the bag, the Paramount lawyers probably have their hands full.)

And those sloppy Starfleet bastards spelled "protocol" wrong! Once again, J.J. Abrams rapes my childhood.

 

Realistic or not, "pristine" or not is not the question here - when technology reminds you of something in the past, it *ain't* a good example for convincing sci fi.

TOS may be blamed for being "low-cost" and, as a result, "cardboard" - it still was visionary about future technology. If you don't buy it, take another look at your cell phone.

 

^^Gee, what an argument.

 

That's as good an affirmative defense as any, I suppose.

 

I dunno - I liked "Aliens" a lot, and evidently so did lots of people. Fewer folks liked "Firefly," but I sure did. And then there's the new "Battlestar Galactica..."

And, of course, people do still watch TOS although nothing about it has looked convincing for three decades.

It's an unassailably good one until we see some box office that suggests this look didn't "convince" people.

 

Keep in mind that we don't even know what kind of shuttle this is, whom it belongs to, or how old it is supposed to be relative to the setting in which it appears.

 

Oh I want my trek future to be PERFECT!!! ... Dirty and stepped on, but perfect ... and realistic ... and a throwback to the old series ... but not the vivid color palette ... so keep the same color palette ... and you know that sound the doors make? And I know how many paces it is from the turbolift doors to the captain's chair, so don't screw me over on that!

 

I liked it too. Doesn't mean you need to turn one into the other, does it.