timpson@comet.DEC (THE REST... THE UNIVERSE) (11/05/85)
>Speaking of the next Star Trek movie, the Canadian Broadcasting >Corporation's Midday program ran interviews with Roddenberry, >Doohan, Kelley, and Koenig this week that had been videotaped >on the set of Star Trek IV. Nothing interesting was revealed in >what was said, but several hours after watching the interviews >something of great import did strike me: >they were done on the Enterprise bridge set >Since our beloved NCC-1701 was destroyed in the last film, >one has to wonder why that particular set was wired up, lit, >and apparently being used. Hmmm ... >RJS in Toronto Dear RJS Did they say during the interviews that they were of the bridge of the Enterprise or are you assuming they were. There are more than on Constitution class Starship in the Federations inventory. steve:^)
rjnoe@riccb.UUCP (Roger J. Noe) (11/08/85)
> >Speaking of the next Star Trek movie, the Canadian Broadcasting > >Corporation's Midday program ran interviews with Roddenberry, > >Doohan, Kelley, and Koenig this week that had been videotaped > >on the set of Star Trek IV. > >[the interviews] were done on the Enterprise bridge set > >RJS in Toronto > Dear RJS > Did they say during the interviews that they were of the bridge of the > Enterprise or are you assuming they were. > There are more than on Constitution class Starship in the Federations > inventory. > steve:^) A point well taken. But considering the state of disrepair that these sets get into between movies (even standing sets that are never struck), it IS notable that it was lit up and used as the scene of the interview. I don't think they'd go to all that trouble to get a bridge set in working condition just for a TV interview. That implies that we'll see that set or a redress of it in ST4. Could be another ship of that class, could be some sort of flashback to the Enterprise. Or it could be the training simulator. By the way, how did Doohan look? -- Roger Noe ihnp4!riccb!rjnoe
tom@utcsri.UUCP (Tom Nadas) (11/10/85)
Re my posting about CBC interviews taped recently on the Enterprise
bridge set and subsequent question by steve:^)
Yes, the set was clearly identified by the interviewer as the
*Enterprise* bridge. Yes, I know there are other Constitution class
Starships, however I am not aware of any other constitution ships
having been upgraded to the new movie configuration. Indeed, Starfleet's
decision to scrap the Enterprise relatively soon after the costly
upgrade seems to imply that the retrofitting was not generally
successful. Indeed *Enterprise* may have been the only such ship
upgraded (as a test). In the movies, the other bridge sets we saw
were redressings of the Enterprise set, but had different color schemes
and furniture arrangements. I'm pretty confident that this was indeed
the same set usually referred to as the Enterprise bridge.
RJS in Toronto
c/o
--
Tom Nadas
UUCP: {decvax,linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,allegra,utzoo}!utcsri!tom
CSNET: tom@torontotom@utcsri.UUCP (Tom Nadas) (11/10/85)
How did Doohan look in the CBC interviews? Sad to say, old and flabby
(you think he could do better for the network that gave him his start!)
In fact, it was Doohan's aged condition more than anything else that
convinced me that the CBC interviews were current and not just some
stuff they'd dusted off from the archives to fill a few minutes of
airtime.
RJS in Toronto
c/o
--
Tom Nadas
UUCP: {decvax,linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,allegra,utzoo}!utcsri!tom
CSNET: tom@torontogcc@ssc-vax.UUCP (Greg C Croasdill) (11/11/85)
> > >Speaking of the next Star Trek movie, the Canadian Broadcasting > > >Corporation's Midday program ran interviews with Roddenberry, > > >Doohan, Kelley, and Koenig this week that had been videotaped > > >on the set of Star Trek IV. > > >[the interviews] were done on the Enterprise bridge set > > >RJS in Toronto > > > Dear RJS > > Did they say during the interviews that they were of the bridge of the > > Enterprise or are you assuming they were. > > There are more than on Constitution class Starship in the Federations > > inventory. > > steve:^) > > A point well taken... > ...flashback to the Enterprise. Or it could be the training simulator. > > By the way, how did Doohan look? > -- > Roger Noe ihnp4!riccb!rjnoe To Every/Anyone, Is'nt it mentioned somewhere that the ENTERPRISE, because of it's past glory, was converted to a training ship instead of being decommissoned when the rest of the Constitution class was taken out of service?? (something like the USS Constitution sailing ship the CG has on the east coast). So this would mean that is *was* the only one of it's kind around during II and III ??? I leave this to the net to ponder.... Greg ------------------ <My views are not those of the Boeing Co. (I doubt if they even watch ST> Greg Croasdill (uw-beaver!ssc-vax!gcc) "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor not a <fill in anything here> ...
tom@utcsri.UUCP (Tom Nadas) (11/12/85)
The training simulator has "No Smoking on Bridge" signs on the walls,
the actual bridge does not.
I saw no such signs on the Enterprise bridge in the CBC interviews.
RJS
c/o
--
Tom Nadas
UUCP: {decvax,linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,allegra,utzoo}!utcsri!tom
CSNET: tom@toronto