[nerd]But it looks like they're just finishing building it. And this is a Kirk movie. And that's a problem, because Kirk was the third captain of the Enterprise. He didn't get the Enterprise when it was brand new, much less when it was still under construction.[/nerd]
[nerd]But it looks like they're just finishing building it. And this is a Kirk movie. And that's a problem, because Kirk was the third captain of the Enterprise. He didn't get the Enterprise when it was brand new, much less when it was still under construction.[/nerd]
[giantnerd]could be that Captains April and Morgan really wore out the ship, requiring it to be retrofitted/maintained by the time Kirk became captain[/giantnerd]
[giantnerd]could be that Captains April and Morgan really wore out the ship, requiring it to be retrofitted/maintained by the time Kirk became captain[/giantnerd]
[supernerd]Who's captain Morgan? The first two captains were Robert April and Christopher Pike.[/supernerd]
[giantnerd]could be that Captains April and Morgan really wore out the ship, requiring it to be retrofitted/maintained by the time Kirk became captain[/giantnerd]
[supernerd]Who's captain Morgan? The first two captains were Robert April and Christopher Pike.[/supernerd]
hmm. i was thinking Robert April in my head and ended up thinking about April Morgan.
IRT the current discussion: didn't the Enterprise undergo a major refit before Kirk took the chair from Pike? I may have read that in a novel so thusly it's non-canon, but I seem to recall that the original Enterprise had at least two refits (one before the main series started, one for the movies).
I think they're staying pretty cannon, else all the trekkies would leave their parents basements in one mass horde and descend, whining, upon those who would befoul Trek.
Christopher Pike is, according to cast lists, a character in the movie, so they're sticking to the hallowed rites layed down by St. Gene.
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looks like they kept the ship pretty faithful to TOS. judging by what we can see, I think it'll look pretty similar to what was on the TV, just, not held up by strings.
I put off my own birth, just so my parents could go to see Star Trek: The Motion Picture on opening day. My own birth! I did this for my parents. And they repaid me by not naming me after a character in the series.
Wow. I thought it was bad when my parents waited until the end of an episode of Miami Vice before getting themselves down to the hospital.
I really like the look of the ship. It takes the TOS design, and makes it seem solid, without trying to emulate the TMP redesign.
Was it confirmed in any way that Kirk would be the captain of the Enterprise? We know that Spock served with Pike, but if we only consider canon, we only know that Kirk didn't serve under Pike. Also, even though it was in Roddenberry's notes, I don't think Captain April was ever mentioned in something that was canon. So we might be getting a story where Pike is supposed to take command, and Kirk & Friends "borrow" the unfinished Enterprise to complete their mission.
hehe, aintitcool has having a nerd bitchfest over the implication from the youtube teaser trailer (very low quality so don't get too excited) that the enterprise was built on Earth
hehe, aintitcool has having a nerd bitchfest over the implication from the youtube teaser trailer (very low quality so don't get too excited) that the enterprise was built on Earth
There's nothing in canon material about where the Enterprise was built, and IIRC in TMP the refit was done on Earth, so I don't see what they're bitching about.
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hehe, aintitcool has having a nerd bitchfest over the implication from the youtube teaser trailer (very low quality so don't get too excited) that the enterprise was built on Earth
There's nothing in canon material about where the Enterprise was built, and IIRC in TMP the refit was done on Earth, so I don't see what they're bitching about.
Because apparently some fools think that everything has to be built on Mars or something.
hehe, aintitcool has having a nerd bitchfest over the implication from the youtube teaser trailer (very low quality so don't get too excited) that the enterprise was built on Earth
There's nothing in canon material about where the Enterprise was built, and IIRC in TMP the refit was done on Earth, so I don't see what they're bitching about.
Because apparently some fools think that everything has to be built on Mars or something.
Well Utopia Planitia ship yards are pretty big in TNG/DS9, IIRC that's where the Enterprise-D and the Defiant were built. But they were never mentioned in TOS, they might not even have existed back then.
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hehe, aintitcool has having a nerd bitchfest over the implication from the youtube teaser trailer (very low quality so don't get too excited) that the enterprise was built on Earth
There's nothing in canon material about where the Enterprise was built, and IIRC in TMP the refit was done on Earth, so I don't see what they're bitching about.
Because apparently some fools think that everything has to be built on Mars or something.
Well Utopia Planitia ship yards are pretty big in TNG/DS9, IIRC that's where the Enterprise-D and the Defiant were built. But they were never mentioned in TOS, they might not even have existed back then.
God I've got so much nerd on me I'm going to need a shower.
I knew it was Utopia Planitia but I didn't know how to spell the second part so I just said 'Mars' :P
I knew it was Utopia Planitia but I didn't know how to spell the second part so I just said 'Mars' :P
I didn't know how to spell the second part either, so I Googled it :P
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Memory alpha says it was built in San Fran.
The vessel registered NCC-1701, which was constructed in San Francisco and launched in 2245, was christened the Enterprise. Larry Marvick was one of the designers of the Enterprise. (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday", "Is There in Truth No Beauty?")
The TMP refit was done in orbit of Earth, not on the surface. That is also where it was presumed to have been constructed in the first place.
And as far as any information we have from anything shown on screen goes, all the ships were constructed in space, all the way back (chronologically) to the NX-01 from ENT.
I don't mind the idea of it being built on the surface too much, but it does seem to partly contradict what we've seen so far of starship construction in the rest of Trek.
Well yeah, when I said "on Earth", I meant in orbit of Earth, as opposed to another planet (specifically Mars). Not actually on the surface, as opposed to in orbit.
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Well yeah, when I said "on Earth", I meant in orbit of Earth, as opposed to another planet (specifically Mars). Not actually on the surface, as opposed to in orbit.
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The TMP refit was done in orbit of Earth, not on the surface. That is also where it was presumed to have been constructed in the first place.
And as far as any information we have from anything shown on screen goes, all the ships were constructed in space, all the way back (chronologically) to the NX-01 from ENT.
I don't mind the idea of it being built on the surface too much, but it does seem to partly contradict what we've seen so far of starship construction in the rest of Trek.
According to The Making of Star Trek, the Enterprise was built on Earth but assembled in space.
I don't know how canonical that is but it makes sense to build the parts on a planet then put them together in space like a cosmic LEGO set.
The TMP refit was done in orbit of Earth, not on the surface. That is also where it was presumed to have been constructed in the first place.
And as far as any information we have from anything shown on screen goes, all the ships were constructed in space, all the way back (chronologically) to the NX-01 from ENT.
I don't mind the idea of it being built on the surface too much, but it does seem to partly contradict what we've seen so far of starship construction in the rest of Trek.
According to The Making of Star Trek, the Enterprise was built on Earth but assembled in space.
I don't know how canonical that is but it makes sense to build the parts on a planet then put them together in space like a cosmic LEGO set.
I can swear I saw a scene somewhere in TNG where you see Galaxy Class parts stored on mars.
The TMP refit was done in orbit of Earth, not on the surface. That is also where it was presumed to have been constructed in the first place.
And as far as any information we have from anything shown on screen goes, all the ships were constructed in space, all the way back (chronologically) to the NX-01 from ENT.
I don't mind the idea of it being built on the surface too much, but it does seem to partly contradict what we've seen so far of starship construction in the rest of Trek.
According to The Making of Star Trek, the Enterprise was built on Earth but assembled in space.
I don't know how canonical that is but it makes sense to build the parts on a planet then put them together in space like a cosmic LEGO set.
I can swear I saw a scene somewhere in TNG where you see Galaxy Class parts stored on mars.
"Lost" creators-writers-producers J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Bryan Burk have teamed to deliver this eleventh film in the four-decades old franchise which essentially serves as a restart (ala "Batman Begins," "Casino Royale") to the franchise. Plot details have yet to be confirmed but the general word is that a group of rogue time-travelling Romulans set out to kill a young James T. Kirk before he becomes Captain. An elderly Spock (Nimoy) sets out in pursuit and must enlist the help of his younger self (Quinto) to stop them.
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"Lost" creators-writers-producers J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Bryan Burk have teamed to deliver this eleventh film in the four-decades old franchise which essentially serves as a restart (ala "Batman Begins," "Casino Royale") to the franchise. Plot details have yet to be confirmed but the general word is that a group of rogue time-travelling Romulans set out to kill a young James T. Kirk before he becomes Captain. An elderly Spock (Nimoy) sets out in pursuit and must enlist the help of his younger self (Quinto) to stop them.
Time travel? Has Entertprise taught us nothing? No thanks.
This is TOS though when time travel was awesome like the City on the Edge of Forever.
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[nerd]But it looks like they're just finishing building it. And this is a Kirk movie. And that's a problem, because Kirk was the third captain of the Enterprise. He didn't get the Enterprise when it was brand new, much less when it was still under construction.[/nerd]
[giantnerd]could be that Captains April and Morgan really wore out the ship, requiring it to be retrofitted/maintained by the time Kirk became captain[/giantnerd]
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hmm. i was thinking Robert April in my head and ended up thinking about April Morgan.
oops :P
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I want Christmas to come now, dammit.
IRT the current discussion: didn't the Enterprise undergo a major refit before Kirk took the chair from Pike? I may have read that in a novel so thusly it's non-canon, but I seem to recall that the original Enterprise had at least two refits (one before the main series started, one for the movies).
Christopher Pike is, according to cast lists, a character in the movie, so they're sticking to the hallowed rites layed down by St. Gene.
Was it confirmed in any way that Kirk would be the captain of the Enterprise? We know that Spock served with Pike, but if we only consider canon, we only know that Kirk didn't serve under Pike. Also, even though it was in Roddenberry's notes, I don't think Captain April was ever mentioned in something that was canon. So we might be getting a story where Pike is supposed to take command, and Kirk & Friends "borrow" the unfinished Enterprise to complete their mission.
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And low quality or not, trailer tease away, sir.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ8AKEHTAGs
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Because apparently some fools think that everything has to be built on Mars or something.
God I've got so much nerd on me I'm going to need a shower.
I knew it was Utopia Planitia but I didn't know how to spell the second part so I just said 'Mars' :P
So, those nerds are WRONG. http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701)
And as far as any information we have from anything shown on screen goes, all the ships were constructed in space, all the way back (chronologically) to the NX-01 from ENT.
I don't mind the idea of it being built on the surface too much, but it does seem to partly contradict what we've seen so far of starship construction in the rest of Trek.
I presume Nimoy
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I mean the AICN nerds, not you.
Nerd.
I don't know how canonical that is but it makes sense to build the parts on a planet then put them together in space like a cosmic LEGO set.
So is this a reboot or a prequel?
Jesus, he sounds terrible, huh? Even through the poor quality, it looked pretty cool.
I thought the voice was from the end of Wrath of Khan....
It's not.
But it does sound like Spock did just before 'dying'.
The trailer actually got me really excited about this. Based on the casting, I was nervous, but it looks like this has some weight/seriousness to it.
I don't think it will be too much of a problem, but I know the minute he stares at someone I'll expect their head to slice open.
Spock's Brain actually makes sense now.
Sylar took it out.
Edit: aha.
From "Parallels", apparently.
You might be referring to this episode.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_the_Beholder_(TNG_episode)
Time travel? Has Entertprise taught us nothing? No thanks.
This is TOS though when time travel was awesome like the City on the Edge of Forever.