I thought I would surprise him, but the surprise was on me! Probert went from zero to sixty, punching me in the neck. I dropped to the pavement clutching my throat, unable to even cry out.
Continue reading ‘Probert’s Greatest Hits – One Day at the Burbank Marriot’
Mike Okuda just sent this to me. You have to see it to believe it. It just happened today. Be sure to watch from the beginning, and get a sense of just how big this thing is! Wow!
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This time for real! Here it is, one of the most mysterious of all the Enterprise ships, the S.S Emmette. Teasingly seen in the notorious title sequence over what appears to be a moon base.
Finding this was like opening Tut’s tomb. A gust of musty air from 2001 rushed out as the scene loaded up.
Back in the day, Gene Roddenberry made regular appearances at colleges and other venues. I went many times, and he was always wonderfully charismatic and thought provoking. Before the Internet, one of the ways to transfer information was the “flyer”. This was Gene’s flyer.
I’ve finally cracked into my reference files of the Star Trek CG fleet, and first up is one that I know many folks are curous about. The “Warp Delta”, fleetingly seen on Enterprise. For a moment I mistook it for the title sequence ship, but my buddy “Starship Freak” pointed out my error. As the true identity becomes clearer, I’ll add it to the entry. It’s mindboggling the amount of work and detail that went into this ship considering what a tiny bit of it was seen by the audience. At any rate, here is everything you ever wanted to know about this ship. ..Tear the curtains asunder!
Thanks to L.M. Oliver for this drex files bulletin!
Profiles in History is auctioning off INCREDIBLE contact sheets from The Cage. Some amazing new-old stuff! Get out your wallets, and… BEHOLD!
Landing platform at the Rigel trading post.
Built for the Enterprise pilot episode, the expansiveness and fun of this cool set up was not lost on anyone working that day. It was the OK Corral, and all of this was designed for one big old fashioned shoot-out in a storm. Got to love it! When the effects guys let the big fans blow up a whopping maelstrom of plastic snow, and you mix that with strobes and squibs, and talent, you’re really cookin’! Note the Enterprise shuttlepod with it’s engine module pulled out. Did you know that you could swap engines out for bigger beefier power plants?
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Go and look.
- From Mike Okuda
The NX bridge module was designed to visually conform to Herman’s sets, and evoke a 1701 feel in it’s general design and the way it juxtaposed with the nacelles. (Gigantic kudos to Light Wave modeler Pierre Drolet, good buddy and the best in the business. We are still working together and having a lot of fun). Check the big “gas cap” in the mid ground. Those are big deuterium ports.
I clipped these out of an old TV Star Parade magazine when I was around 15 years old. It’s 1968. Candid shots of TOS are hard to come by.
The one! The only! Groucho! Check the look of incredulity on my face.
The art department was a big nest of Marx Brothers fans, so when this weisenheimer showed up in full Groucho, we were roaring! He was our courier guy, of all things! He had the voice, he had the lines, and he delivered them with unerring accuracy-
The NX design lineage leading to the constitution class warp nacelle is plain in these examples. Just look at the large intercooler assembly and spillway. Externally, the major cosmetic difference between the NX and the Constitution nacelle, is that the NX has more external access hatches, and a heavier construction. Continue reading ‘NX Tech Briefs – 02′
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