30 Days of Trek: Day 3 - Favorite Starship

[lizbee]

This is hard, because every ship is a product of its time and the needs of its series. And, like, I can easily rule out the TOS-era Enterprise or Enterprise-A, but I still got choked up at Discovery's modernised recreation of the "Cage"-era bridge, complete with original sounds, un-ergonomic '60s chairs and weird lampshades over the ops and conn stations.

(And the ridiculously subtle detail that most of the regular female characters, with the exception of Michael -- who needed to look young and vulnerable in that episode -- wore more eyeliner after they evacuated to the Enterprise. It's harder to tell with Georgiou, who had her vengeance eyelashes on, but Kat and Tilly are definitely wearing more than usual, and Number One, of course, always has small wings.)

(I pay more attention to make-up than starships, shut up.)

Anyway, I think my favourite-favourite has to be the Enterprise-D -- yes, it's dated, so dated the wood paneling on the bridge is almost cool again, but it's also the design all the other '90s Treks react against in their starship looks. When I was thirteen, I was more upset by the destruction of the ENT-D in Generations than Kirk's death, and I stand by that.



Day 4 - Favorite Captain
Day 5 - Saddest Event
Day 6 - Happiest Event
Day 7 - Favorite TNG Episode
Day 8 - Favorite Federation Enemy
Day 9 - Favorite Character
Day 10 - Most Shocking Moment
Day 11 - Crew Position You Would Want
Day 12 - Crew Position You Wouldn't Want
Day 13 - Favorite DS9 Episode
Day 14 - Favorite Time Travel Episode
Day 15 - Favorite First Officer
Day 16 - Favorite Voyager Episode
Day 17 - Favorite Trek Novel
Day 18 - Favorite Non-Aligned Race
Day 19 - Favorite Enterprise Episode
Day 20 - Character You're Most Like
Day 21 - Least Favorite Character
Day 22 - Favorite Trek Film
Day 23 - Best Trek Tech
Day 24 - Best Overall Space Vessel
Day 25 - Favorite Discovery Episode
Day 26 - Planet You Would Most Like To Visit
Day 27 - Character You Would Date
Day 28 - Name Your Own Starship
Day 29 - Favorite Trek Quote
Day 30 - Favorite Trek Series

Comments

[kore]

When I was thirteen, I was more upset by the destruction of the ENT-D in Generations than Kirk's death, and I stand by that.

NOT just you!

[lizbee]

The Enterprise had the extraordinary advantage of not being played by William Shatner.

[kore]

Generations was so fucking disappointing. And we saw it in the THEATRE.

[lizbee]

SAME.

Rewatching it last year, I was struck by (a) how beautiful the lighting was -- darker than TNG, because they didn't have the budget to completely rebuild the TV sets for film, but they did a lot with a little; and (b) how absolutely awful the script was. It's hard to believe it was written by people who had worked on TNG for years and allegedly knew the characters!

[kore]

At that time they really squandered the franchise, and all the TNG actors and backstory. It was such a shame.

[archangelbeth]

Have you heard this filk? I believe it's the TOS Enterprise (Search for Spock), but, well... Enterprises. (I have not seen Generations. I'm... gathering I shouldn't?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xGGMGT5tmw

[lizbee]

Oh, I never listen to filk -- it triggers my embarrassment squick really badly!

[archangelbeth]

Oh no! I'm sorry! Well, at least it can't auto-play from a URL. *wry*