Why does everyone love the original TOS Enterprise so much?

[Captain Seafort]

I suppose I will do my best to respond to everyone though.

You should be able to do that by replying using the quote button in the top right of every post, rather than the "reply" button at the bottom of the thread.

Not a bad level of response from your first post - welcome to DITL.

[Sionnach Glic]

Oh, and you're the guy that s windows on starships right? :p

Yup. I'm Rochey, resident Spam Lord. If you want a good argument, feel free to mention just about anything around me.

[Captain Seafort]

Yup. I'm Rochey, resident Spam Lord.

And Official DITL Supercomputer. 8)

[Sionnach Glic]

That too.

Tremble at my awesomeness!

[Lazar]

I've always felt troubled by the visual esthetics of TOS because it seems so dated. For me, the most beautiful Trek ship is the refit Constitution (specifically with the STV / STVI interiors), and my preference would be to find some way to retcon TOS to make it look more futuristic and more compatible with the refit. (As Bernd Schneider pointed out, the TOS and refit versions have almost no shared features at all.) The new movie version isn't quite what I had envisioned, but I think it'll grow on me, and I feel enthusiastic about the movie.

[LaughingCheese]

That too.

Tremble at my awesomeness!

Hate to steal your thunder, but that's not a computer.

EDIT: Ya, its the world's largest X-Ray generator.

[LaughingCheese]

I suppose I will do my best to respond to everyone though.

You should be able to do that by replying using the quote button in the top right of every post, rather than the "reply" button at the bottom of the thread.

Oh, I could, I'm just saying it would be easier if there was a method that let me insert the quotes into one post. But I could do it that way, there would just be a lot more posts and it would be a little messier.

Not a bad level of response from your first post - welcome to DITL.

Indeed! I'm quite surprised!

Thanks for the hearty welcome guys.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Hate to steal your thunder, but that's not a computer.

EDIT: Ya, its the world's largest X-Ray generator.

That's what he wants you to think.

Welcome, LaughingCHeese. I like TOS because of the stories, myself. The effects aren't as bad as the stereotype, but are aging.

[Reliant121]

Welcome, Mr. LaughingCheese

I think you shall get on rather well at this establishment of insanity.

Oh and, don't mind the Rochey. We keep him for spam and world domination purposes only ^_^

[Sionnach Glic]

Hate to steal your thunder, but that's not a computer.

EDIT: Ya, its the world's largest X-Ray generator.

That's what you think.

[Graham Kennedy]

There's also a matter of context. Trek did this :



When it's contemporaries were doing this :



And even big budget movies were doing this :



Hell, only a decade or so before the average science fiction spaceship looked like this :



Or this :



The Constitution class was an absolute revolution in science fiction. Compared to the kinds of things that had gone before it was mindblowing original and vastly superior. And even now, over 40 years later, virtually every single design you see in Trek is some kind of variation on or refinement of the Connie.

And personally, I don't think there has ever been another sci fi spaceship design that feels as genuine and real as the Star Trek ones do.

[Sonic Glitch]

There's also a matter of context. Trek did this :

Where did you find that render, and how do I get one?

[Graham Kennedy]

I just googled "Constitution class".

And hey, that last one was my 3,000th post! Yay me!

[Sonic Glitch]

And hey, that last one was my 3,000th post! Yay me!

Woohoo! The site administrator has barely 1/5th the total of the forums top spammer ( )....er, poster....{ahem}

[Sionnach Glic]

I just googled "Constitution class".

Don't you already have a large repository of Connie pics?