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TMP V'ger model interior BTS photos!!!

Maurice

Maurice

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Bill George posted (link) 105 behind-the-scenes photos of the TMP Glencoe model shop working on the V'ger interior model to his Imgur account, including:
  • Amazing Syd Mead concepts
  • A small scale maquette of the geometry
  • Gags!
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Wow. Amazing amount of work put into things that were only onscreen for moments. And amazing how big that V'Ger interior "miniature" was. Plus I don't think I ever realized those lighted domes were hemispheres. I thought they were cylinders.

Syd Mead's designs for it were just amazing, and there are so many details we could never make out onscreen.
 
What craftsmanship! What a feeling of vast scale when the model was shot!
“It could hold a crew of tens of thousands...”
“Or a crew of a thousand, ten miles tall...”
 
arch101 said:
What craftsmanship! What a feeling of vast scale when the model was shot!
“It could hold a crew of tens of thousands...”
“Or a crew of a thousand, ten miles tall...”
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I wish they'd have kept that line in the DE. Classic Bones.
 
I think the thing that amazes me the most is the fact that it was made of hard substances, wood, plastic and resin, and hardened foam. In the film it looks like it has some give to it, like it's organic. I always got the impression that if you touched it, it would feel warm.
 
I'm so happy that these types of photos are emerging after so many years of sitting in someone's photo album, closet or desk drawer. There must be a wealth of material out there from Trek's lost years as well as from the production of the first Trek movie.

I really hope that someone is writing the kind of book like the amazing new Planet Of The Apes book that goes into great detail about the making of the first Trek film. Photos like these as well as others seen around the internet would be great material to be included (as long as the owner gives permission of course).
 
It's not illustrated, but Return to Tomorrow is probably as comprehensive a making of the first Trek film book as we're ever going to get.

Those photos are amazing.
 
Wow, I'm glad those were posted, it really gives an additional perspective about how much work went into it. There's some very beautiful fine details on some components of the models that look like hieroglyphics, and I'm hard pressed to figure out if I ever saw them on-screen; but I'm glad we can see and appreciate them from those pictures.
 
"Man from UNCLE", "Doctor Who" back when it was good. Those were the days!

CGI can do a lot more, arguably faster, nowadays, but the creativity still needs to be there to leave an impression (even TOS-R, which had cheap CGI at the time, still had better eye candy that worked with the story instead of being all showy and yawntacular). They had it for VGER's interior, and what's hinted at for the exterior never got a proper close-up on screen. :( Truly breathtaking stuff!

Well, the new Doctor Who since 2005 has been good, but the pulpy goodness of the original run beats the "character-driven" stuff any time.
 
So...V'ger is a singular living thing, with millions of tiny windows implying massive living spaces inside. That no one is using, yet all the lights are on.

Something even more sinister than ever about that seeing so much effort went into making it that way.
 
Kemaiku said:
So...V'ger is a singular living thing, with millions of tiny windows implying massive living spaces inside. That no one is using, yet all the lights are on.

Something even more sinister than ever about that seeing so much effort went into making it that way.
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:lol:

Yeah. I've thought about that...

A) It keeps the mystery up in the air.
B) Obviously, in-universe it's just coincidence. They just look like windows with the lights on, but it all must be some sort of techy thingie. Whatever it really is is beyond our comprehension. ;)

But, yeah. :lol:
 
Kemaiku said:
So...V'ger is a singular living thing, with millions of tiny windows implying massive living spaces inside. That no one is using, yet all the lights are on.
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Just because they look like windows to us doesn't mean that's what they are. Maybe they're the cyber-organic equivalent of pores in skin or the openings in a cell membrane.
 
Christopher said:
Just because they look like windows to us doesn't mean that's what they are. Maybe they're the cyber-organic equivalent of pores in skin or the openings in a cell membrane.
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I'd hope so, but the modules look like habitation areas, with regular viewing apartures that are lit up.

Maybe being so close to the front of the vessel, this was where the machines building V'ger "lived" during the construction.
 
Kemaiku said:
I'd hope so, but the modules look like habitation areas, with regular viewing apartures that are lit up.
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Yes, that's already established, so there's no need to restate it. The point is, things don't have to be what they "look like." If a cloud looks like a bunny rabbit, that doesn't mean it actually is one.
 
Man, I wish they still made movies in this manner. How awesome is this? Not only is it amazing, but it always looks like the people working on it are having so much fun.
 
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