SPACE CRUISER C57D - Ship Of The Week 5/7/2015

[Admiral2]

UNITED PLANETS CRUISER C57D​

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This ship represents the latest in human technological advance. Operated by a crew of fourteen, the C57D is equipped with the newest hyperdrive and navigational gear, as well as equipment and weapons necessary for landing on a planetary surface, such as a crane truck, laser field fencing and a mobile laser gun battery.

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FORBIDDEN PLANET​

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The iconic science fiction film starring Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Nielsen and Anne Francis. A retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Forbidden Planet tells the story of Commnder John Adams and the crew of Cruiser C57D landing on a remote planet to rescue the crew of a lost research ship, only to find a lone survivor - Dr. Edward Morbius - his daughter, a robot and the remains of an ancient civilization.

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“Sorry, miss. I was giving myself an oil job.”​

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[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyGwe1cfQko[/yt]​

 

[Mudd]

The very best, especially the interior sets.

 

[Admiral2]

Couple things:

Forgot to mention this is Ship #21.

Every vid I try to load malfunctions. Gotta figure out what's happening.

 

[J.T.B.]

Agreed with Dennis. It may seem a little plain and featureless, but the animated "drive" and landing effects were great ideas and well done. The interior was futuristic but it also seemed like a real place where everything had a function. An early benchmark, awesome.

 

[publiusr]

I never did know quite where to place flying saucers--at least the non-human ones (unlike this model) in terms of comparing them with the ships of more recent science fiction.

The mecha conveyances at the end of A.I., the DUNE tv series ship--and the vessels from Jupiter ascending all have parts that seem unconnected except by fields--short of the Tardis, I would think that would be the ultimate.

The Enterprise seems incomplete after saucer sever, and yet--the simple, uncomplicated look of a pure disk...

Hard to place.

 

[scotpens]

One of the best-designed fictional spaceships in the entire history of filmed sci-fi. Everything looks real and functional. The only thing that looks a bit dated is the big astrogator bubble -- today it would probably be a holographic projection.

This ship represents the latest in human technological advance. Operated by a crew of fourteen, the C57D is equipped with the newest hyperdrive and navigational gear, as well as equipment and weapons necessary for landing on a planetary surface, such as a crane truck, laser field fencing and a mobile laser gun battery.

In Forbidden Planet, Cmdr. Adams (Leslie Nielsen) says: “I’m in command of 18 competitively selected super-perfect physical specimens with an average age of 24.6.” Assuming he means the entire crew excluding himself, that makes a total of 19. Shane Johnson's C-57D blueprints take that figure as canon, saying: “Standard ship’s complement is nineteen, consisting of four officers and fifteen enlisted.” The enlisted men’s bunk area has 16 berths, so I suppose there’s one extra bed for a guest.

Of course, the actual number of crew could vary according to the mission.

Oh, and the energy weapons are "blasters," not lasers. FP was released in 1956; the first working laser was invented four years later.

 

[Admiral2]

One of the best-designed fictional spaceships in the entire history of filmed sci-fi. Everything looks real and functional. The only thing that looks a bit dated is the big astrogator bubble -- today it would probably be a holographic projection.

This ship represents the latest in human technological advance. Operated by a crew of fourteen, the C57D is equipped with the newest hyperdrive and navigational gear, as well as equipment and weapons necessary for landing on a planetary surface, such as a crane truck, laser field fencing and a mobile laser gun battery.

In Forbidden Planet, Cmdr. Adams (Leslie Nielsen) says: “I’m in command of 18 competitively selected super-perfect physical specimens with an average age of 24.6.” Assuming he means the entire crew excluding himself, that makes a total of 19. Shane Johnson's C-57D blueprints take that figure as canon, saying: “Standard ship’s complement is nineteen, consisting of four officers and fifteen enlisted.” The enlisted men’s bunk area has 16 berths, so I suppose there’s one extra bed for a guest.

Of course, the actual number of crew could vary according to the mission.

Oh, and the energy weapons are "blasters," not lasers. FP was released in 1956; the first working laser was invented four years later.

I stand corrected. I blame creatures from my id.