Some CGI reproductions of scenes from the Trek movies. The thing to remember is that this guy does this at home with a low powered Amd Dual core system. A labor of love with hundreds of hours of render time.Lotta talented Trekkers out there doing amazing CGI stuff!Enjoy, and if your connection can handle it, try watching at 1080p

And one morehttp://youtu.be/-F235ndbWRQ

NCC-1701 is still the best-looking spaceship design ever done.Half the programmes on that credit list are ones which I train people on for a living LOL. The one which does most of the visual magic is After Effects.Al

 

NCC-1701 is still the best-looking spaceship design ever done.

 

Classic or the refit? I'm partial to the refitted 1701 (the movie model).

 

I've been a Trekker longer than I've been an aviation nerd. Thanks for posting those!

1701, but the refitted one from Wrath of Khan; they did just enough to it to make it look that little bit bit cooler with all the blue lights and nicer engine nacelles. I have a big model of that one on my desk actually.

 

Al

1701, but the refitted one from Wrath of Khan; they did just enough to it to make it look that little bit bit cooler with all the blue lights and nicer engine nacelles. I have a big model of that one on my desk actually.

 

Al

So do I - NCC-1701 'the refitted one', on top of the bookshelves. Its there along with the NCC-1701-D; a Concorde; a MiG-29 and an Su-27 on either side; and small Vickers VC-10 and Tupolev Tu-154 airliner models underneath. Also a bunch of other airplane and spacecraft (real and fictional) models all over the house.........

 

Can't say I much like the new NCC-1701 from the 2009 movie............

Yup, the one in the newer movie(s) was a tweak too far in my opinion, but, aside from that I thought the JJ Abrams ;reboot of the original series; idea was a great way to go with things in most respects, it could have turned to be a real 'cluster.. you know what', but they did okay with it. The casting was spot on, with the possible exception of Scotty.

 

Al

The refitted Enterprise and its successor still look the best, IMHO.

 

CBS did an admirable job 'remastering' the Original Series; it was the local affiliates who screwed everything

up by 'cutting' the episodes for the sake of extra ad time!

 

Back to Devon's thread... here's another example of a fan made video that rivals the work CBS did with TOS:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9onOBZBR_k

 

There are only four parts (instead of eight) and he hasn't updated it in a couple of years, but it's pretty good!

 

Alan

Awesome.

Very impressive videos.

 

"..it was the local affiliates who screwed everything

up by 'cutting' the episodes for the sake of extra ad time!"

 

That sort of thing is steadily making TV ever more unwatchable, and increasing the tendency to trivialise content so that it doesn't matter if it's served up in chunks between bloated ad-breaks. The paradox is that the more channels there are, the more time individual channels must give to ad-time, since they can't charge the advertisers as much as they once did to due to the increased competition from their rivals.

 

I think the future will eventually bring a choice for the viewer between free TV full of product placement, long ad-breaks and rubbish content, or pricey premium channels like HBO.

 

/rant

Devon,

 

Great videos! I have to say, the first one is almost like the original version from TMP, just without the live action scenes.

What makes it though is the theme "Leaving Drydock", composed by Jerry Goldsmith.

 

Roddenberry told Goldsmith that the musical score needed to 'help' the story along; almost like another character.

 

I think he did an awesome job, creating the Main Theme that ended up being used for TNG.

 

Alan

Devon,

 

Great videos! I have to say, the first one is almost like the original version from TMP, just without the live action scenes.

What makes it though is the theme "Leaving Drydock", composed by Jerry Goldsmith.

 

Roddenberry told Goldsmith that the musical score needed to 'help' the story along; almost like another character.

 

I think he did an awesome job, creating the Main Theme that ended up being used for TNG.

 

Alan

 

I just wish we could create strong Sci-Fi television today that could attract a tenth as much creativity and loyalty with even half the longevity.

 

Babylon five came close despite a pathetic budget, and Battlestar Galactica was probably the next closest, even though nobody ever smiled in that show, and they kinda went all weird and metaphysical in the later stages.

 

Sorry, but LOST was just a gooey mess.

Battlestar Galactica was probably the next closest, even though nobody ever smiled in that show,

 

That's completely false.

 

Flat Top smiled shortly before a drone fell from it's rack and killed him after his 1000th landing.

 

Doral smiled just before pressing the button on his suicide vest.

 

And Dualla....Dualla smiled beautifully just before blowing her brains all over her locker.

 

So don't go saying there were no smiles! :LMAO:

 

I've been a Trekkie(er) my entire TV watching life. I'm picky about what I like. Babylon never hooked me. Loved Voyager but was bored to tears by DS9. Loved the new BSG.

 

This may not count, but I started playing Mass Effect about a year ago, and it has quickly taken it's place among my favorite sci fi.

Those are some short-lived smiles! Blink and you might miss it.

 

I stand corrected corrected though, (I think) but still believe the show suffered from way too much "Sturm und drang"

Man, they never had any GOOD days on "The Old Bucket"! For all of the booze they drank on BSG, I wondered if there was a

"Liquor Ship" in the Fleet that supplied everyone!

 

And don't get me started on what Laura and the Admiral 'shared' together on New Caprica... I laughed for days after that one!!

 

Alan

 

EDIT: Back on topic... it amazes me that a 60's TV show, which only lasted three seasons on the air, has endured for almost FIFTY years...