Birth of a Legend

[@billyspencer6158]

I was six years old in 1966 when star trek came on me and my dad would watch it on his portable color TV that was a great time...

[@billrose9954]

Love these beauty flybys of the old girl. THIS is the Enterprise I fell in love with! Loved seeing that the Canada Arms are still in use in the 23rd century…

[@mikeandrews9551]

Almost 60 years later, this still remains the most iconic starship ever designed for theatre or television.

[@johnalexander7490]

I agree, and must add that Star Trek is one of the most Iconic TV shows ever created !! Way cool video :)

[@MikeLawlorBarefoot]

She is a beauty! I was fortunate enough to enjoy the original model in the Smithsonian Air & Space museum in the late 70's early 80' before the restoration. I also got to sit in Kirks chair and step on the transporter pads. I'm 54 now and it's still one of my fondest memories. This is a fantastic job! I especially enjoyed all the cosmetic damage from a 5 year mission. Bravo

[@fractalelf7760]

lol I saw the Enterprise model in I think 79, I didn’t know it was actually from the show 😅

[@dougalexander5871]

That is 100% pure, unadulterated AWESOME! Absolutely pure!

[@Diomedes01]

I emigrated to North America in 1976 when I was four years old. We had a small TV that only picked up a few local stations via antenna. One of those stations played reruns of the original series Star Trek. Within six months of arriving, I was speaking perfect English and had developed a strong interest in science and math. Fast forward and I eventually got a degree in electrical engineering and now live a comfortable life. Thank you Star Trek for inspiring a young mind! :-)

[@Crais000]

Diomedes01 Good deal! Love to hear stories like that!

[@morlockmeat]

Diomedes01 - Your story is also inspiring! 😀👍

[@TheLocutus70]

Qapla'

[@animalcorvair]

good job

[@elkarlos1]

Good on you ensign.

[@fubarmodelyard1392]

Never get tired of watching this great lady come to life

[@morlockmeat]

Now THAT'S how she was built - - NOT on the friggin' ground!!!

[@chrisurwin9310]

I agree...Eat it JJ.

[@grantmiller6570]

Absolutely, damn right, shows how much they understand the material, idiots!

[@morlockmeat]

@@grantmiller6570 - !!!!

[@morlockmeat]

@@chrisurwin9310 - Damn right!

[@plancomestogether]

Y’all know that that was done as a reference to a famous painting of the Enterprise in a San Francisco shipyard, right? Or are you people so desperate to slag anything that grows the franchise you’ll even disrespect fellow fans?

[@larrywt656]

Using the combination of James Horner's Wrath of Khan theme music and Jerry's Goldsmith's Leaving Drydock music brought tears to my eyes. Probably my two favorite pieces of music in the entire history of Star Trek.

[@billrose9954]

Ditto

[@briannichols4807]

A distant third would be the theme from First Contact .

[@highmileagehusband1915]

Me too 😭😭😭

[@CharlesGates-v6n]

I got a little misty-eyed myself.

[@randybentley2633]

I remember hearing these cords in the theaters way back when, and even all these decades later, I'm still moved.

[@BigHairyKev]

*You get my **_HAIRY BLUE THUMB of ENCOURAGEMENT!!!_* ⭐😃👍

[@haldellinger2921]

Well... That was BRILLIANT. Warmed the cockles o' me cold, dead heart.

[@dwaynegreen1786]

Well done, never get tired of seeing videos like this. Thank you for sharing.

[@noneya3635]

That ship never stops being the most graceful thing to ever exist. Sail on sweet galactic bird.

[@aliceblack4704]

The blue flicker added to the nacelles in the final flyby was a nice touch. It gave the impression of immense, unimaginable power.

[@horsingnaturally2244]

As a long time fan of the original series Enterprise, seeing this brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much for bringing a dream to life. "Of all the ships I have served on, this is the only one I think of; the only one I miss...." Scotty...Chief Engineer

[@Lonelocust1987]

"Where to captain?" "Second star to the right, and straight on till morning."

[@wastedproductions45]

That final shot where she rides off into the sunset was so COWBOY I almost teared up, mainly because it really gave new meaning to the phrase "Wagon train to the Stars". Bravo Nicholas Meyer, Bravo!

[@christopherharmon2433]

Over there, that a way...

[@UR_MOMHEHEHEHA]

Her first commander was Captain Robert April, who took the Enterprise out of space dock once the construction was completed. He put her through her paces on several test flights before the Enterprise was officially turned over to Captain Christopher Pike, to take command on her first of many missions. Years later, Captain James T. Kirk took command of the Enterprise.

[@dianezimmerman4434]

"...its a beautiful lady, and we love her." I'm such a nerd, I started crying watching this. Great job.

[@lawnmowermanTX]

Indeed!! The soundtrack was for the TMP?? But that’s fine! Yet the Enterprise-A, B, C, D, E, need their own TLC moments... The Galaxy class, and Ambassador class were bigger, more leg room, better staterooms, suites and holodecks...

[@Scott__G]

@@lawnmowermanTX TWOK at the beginning,starting at 3:08 is TMP.

[@timoheinz2879]

Me too

[@williambrassfield4155]

Especially the part where she (the Enterprise) comes around the earth with the sun behind her. I guess you could say those of us who grew up watching Star Trek grew up on that ship. When I finally do get to go the set in upstate New York, I'm sure I'll probably "lose it" while I'm there.

[@sergelebel]

I have reacted exactly the same as you did!

[@dochollliday7452]

Mr.McConnell, Gene would be very proud of you.amazing like it closed a chapter in my mind of a show I have watched for Fifty Years and always pondered in the thought of the original NCC-1701 being built, great job.

[@SatoshiMatrix1]

As a Canadian, the Canada Arm helping to construct hall plating to the ol' NCC-1701 made me smile.

[@hellkey002]

...and proud! :) I'm Canadian to.

[@derks0]

yar!

[@grumpymcfudge9616]

Satoshi Matrix ahhh next you ,ll be sayin captain kirk is canadian & not from iowa

[@derks0]

cant hear you over our free health care!

[@stevejoseph381]

proud to be canadian?..what are you proud of?

[@LadyMaskPain]

I got tears in my eyes. She was my first love and no other ship real ir imagined holds the same spot in my heart. This video us a wonderful homage, h Thanks indeed

[@neilkesler9778]

Her name has been legendary... the crew... the finest ever assembled

[@graceskerp]

Yup. NCC-1701 will add another song to the saga.

[@briankrahn2000]

Still my favourite Enterprise after all these years. The ship that set the standard for excellence.

[@Titan52berg]

Gorgeous depiction of the classic starship from the series that started it all! Who would have believed that a show from way back in the late 1960's would still be so much of an integral part of our culture over sixty years later??? You have given a beautiful rebirth to an iconic symbol of sci-fi genre! Thank you for sharing this wonderful experience!

[@wcwbulldog1701]

Thank You For Keeping The Trek Alive, Sir. Take Care & God Bless!!

[@LT1HILLINGHOE]

The prettiest Enterprise of them all. Badass ship for a badass Captain Kirk.

[@Starman20290]

"Please specify vehicle registry." "NCC 1701. No bloody A, B, C, or D."

[@toddkurzbard]

"OR refit."

[@wlthomas67]

There is a model of the NX01 refit, which would have been seen on the show if it wasn't canceled, where it keeps the saucer of the NX01 and nacelles but adds the lower part of the Enterprise.

[@cabbievonbump]

Beautiful work. It even takes into account current ship building methods, moving pre-assembled major models into place. Beautiful.

[@bazzarr]

As someone old enough to have watched Star trek as a child when it first came on in the sixties, that made me smile.

[@paulsimmons5726]

bazzarr - I did watch it back then and am smiling now!

[@kurtb8474]

I was a kid back then, too. This drives it home.

[@bestlogicmaster9723]

I just came upon this video....Excellent work! I was there, September 8th, 1966 for the first TV broadcast (The Man Trap).

[@brianmason2378]

To Quote Scotty. NCC 1701. No bloody A.B.C or D.. or for that matter E, F OR G..

[@JW...-oj5iw]

bestlogicmaster ... Ricochet sound effect and all.

[@starsiegeplayer]

Nice touch with the "Canada" on the robot arms. Homage to the space shuttle robot arm :)

[@frankberst9849]

Still the finest Enterprise design of all. Clean, simple, balanced, practical, and beautiful. Half a century later, with a very different set of design aesthetics, hell even with wholly different concepts of design parameters period, the classic 1701 still very much stands the test of time - and then some.

[@pwc7475]

Well said

[@Renserin]

I love these, because the level of detail, and the little touches are just exquisite. And setting this to the ST II soundtrack just gives me shivers.

[@b.3397]

Actually that music score was from ST-TMP when the new Enterprise was launched.

[@OrrosGG]

@@b.3397 ​ ​ Actually to be precise: The first soundtrack is from the second movie “The Wrath of Khan” by James Horner the second soundtrack is from the first movie “The Motion Picture” by Jerry Goldsmith. Titles are as follow, respectively: “Enterprise Clears Moorings” ; “Leaving Drydock” 🖖🏻🪐✨

[@midsouthexpress]

I will never get tired of seeing the ship power up and the engines light off and her leaving space dock, no matter how many times I see it.

[@KBAZ100]

It sends chills down my spine, and brings a tear to my eye. Amazing job Robert! Thank you so much !

[@HAL_NINER_TRIPLE_ZERO]

What a lovely and an extraordinarily well done tribute to the ship that was home base to all that Star Trek ever was or will be. Matt Jefferies would be proud.

[@PoeLemic]

This is so incredible. I told a friend, and I had to watch it again today. Even on 3-5-2021, this is still such an incredible video showing how Star Trek ships are assembled.

[@DannyOhana]

NCC 1701, no bloody A, B, C, or D!

[@chrismayer3919]

*ROTFLMFAO* X 200

[@pslim68]

Watch your mouth about A lol

[@danbasta3677]

DAN, I AGREE WHOLE HEARTEDLY! The Original Star Trek series Constitution Class Starships have always been THE VERY BEST LOOKING BEST PERFORMING STARSHIPS OUT THERE, NO EXCEPTION TO THE RULES! ORIGINAL STAR TREK SERIES RULES MAN!

[@1701echopapa]

I love the Sovereign Class Enterprise - E!

[@AndrewChapman]

@@pslim68 But it's Scotty you should be saying that to.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

I like this video as it shows the Enterprise undergoing a refit before her historic 5 year mission under the command of Captain James T. Kirk and that they're playing the launch music first from Star Trek:TWOK and then when they get ready to launch they start playing the music when they power up the Enterprise and the Enterprise theme song when she launches from the orbital drydock and they even use the same flybys of the planets like they used in Star Trek:TMP.

[@CJHallx]

Thank you. You don't know how much this helped what has been a day of nothing but bad news.

[@kyotokid4]

...absolutely lovely. A wonderful "homecoming". I remember building a model of the original (that had lights in it) back in the 1960s

[@MrHjrharvey]

you too... had one in 1970 enterprise summer 1

[@stardude2006]

Beautiful !! And nice to see the Canadarm involved in her construction. 👽🇨🇦

[@ARMEN-wb7ve]

MAY HISTORY ALWAYS REMEMBER THE NAME ENTERPRISE

[@navynightranger6517]

Jewel of the Galaxy

[@graceskerp]

Flag ship of The United Federation of Planets.

[@matthewbrune5490]

the Great Bird of the Galaxy

[@merafirewing6591]

The Elegant Lady of the Galaxy.

[@scottfirman]

I still have the original Enterprise blueprints I bought as a kid! I really enjoyed looking at those. I haven't had them out in years.

[@paulprovenzano3755]

Half a century later, she still brings hope to my heart and a tear to my eye.

[@swamihuman9395]

Beautiful. VERY well done. As a kid of the 60's who loves Star Trek TOS to this day, I really appreciate the effort and talent (I'm a 3D animator, too) that went into making this animation. Thx.

[@alanstatham6173]

Great work. Loved the running lights and nacelles power up, with engine rumble.

[@AndrewChapman]

The TOS USS Enterprise NCC-1701, she has been... and always shall be... my favourite.

[@paulettys6]

I love the remastered video of TOS. They made the Original Enterprise look more realistic then when it first came out.

[@matthewstreets9662]

@@paulettys6 I thought that the remastered version of the show, does look better. I have the Blu-ray set of the original series. At the end of the day either I watch the version as it was shown in the 60's or the remastered version. It's still Star Trek to me.

[@laurogarza4953]

MAGNIFICENT!! Very much appreciated. A whole lot of love and, no doubt, hard and detailed work went into this fantastic production.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Excellent, very cinematic!

[@chrismayer3919]

this brought a tear to this old Trekker's eye. Thanks, Robert!

[@maxbrandt6]

Great job, a fine tribute to the classic we all know and love.

[@tomcatfoolery]

She's a work of art. Graceful lines and simple elegance.

[@victorallen5689]

This is Awesome. Gives a Great Insight on How The Enterprise was Built. Too Bad Gene Roddenberry was Not here to see this Video. I Believe he would be impressed. Thank you for Making This Video. Please Make More of These.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

I wondered what it would be like to construct this ship-and others-in space. This helps quite a bit.

[@JW...-oj5iw]

Virginia Connor ... Keep in mind that every artificial satellite orbiting Earth came from the surface. It takes a great deal of time, money and energy to launch and set equipment in orbit. If the whole planet could work together, something akin to what you see in the video could be accomplished in a couple decades, maybe. Of course we don't have anything close to speed of light drive, let alone faster than light drive (warp drive). Darn physics.

[@danbasta3677]

My niece was Gene Roddenberry's physical theripist when he was in the hospitial.

[@Singincwby66]

AWESOME! From the rendering to the starship "fly-by" sequences...thank you for sharing your marvelous talent with us! LLAP!

[@evag6370]

More of these please? We only ever see them blowing up, but never how they are built.

[@MatthewHall]

There is this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3mZiXWOhbqUn5Y

[@SNAKE_PLISSKEN1979]

I hear the music...... see the ship.... and have tears in my eyes. Omg i love it so much!!! Greetingz from germany

[@MrRmcconnell]

Thank you!

[@veronicathecow]

Nice work, I can imagine making that was a 5 year mission in itself.

[@alfredrodriguez7106]

Beyond awesome and a mile above spectacular....Bravo..!!!!. This is worthy to be put in a major motion picture.

[@beejae9336]

I am very sorry to jump on the bandwagon that accuses us of being labelled as anti-Discovery but I am very pleased to see that this refit video has HONORED canon.

[@VintageRoadRail]

Absolutely stunning!! My all time favorite Trek scene is TMP Enterprise fly by. This is a wonderful reimagining of that scene.

[@quantumac]

Loved seeing the old gal get some well deserved TLC.

[@rcprevite8501]

Great work in showing the classic TOS Enterprise in the dry dock look and feel of TMP!

[@knytrydr73]

Excellent. I've been wanting to see a TMP style departure with the TOS Enterprise. Thanks! :)

[@chrismc410]

knytrydr73 Ive always wanted to see that and a TMP style launching of the Enterprise-D and E

[@Anagh1701]

The theme of the motion picture is a perfect match for these refit scenes.

[@bwc1976]

I love how even in the 23rd century, Canada still has a special talent for robotic arms! :)

[@KBAZ100]

This is my favorite video on KZbin, hands down! I watch it everyday to maintain optimism with regards to mankind's future.

[@steveriddle313]

As engineer Scott said the Enterprise 1701 no bloody ABCD or e is that best Starship of all the one that started it all Star Trek lives

[@aw3752]

Wow. Absolutely beautiful! I love the addition of the lights. I don’t usually ever like retconning things but in this case they really highlight the beauty of the original TOS Constitution Class Enterprise. Stunning! Thank you for this gift!

[@danteanise3013]

This is the Enterprise (from Pike to Kirk) , not that facsimile on Discovery or Star Trek XI, this is the Enterprise. With Jerry Goldsmith's wonderful music you did a fantastic job. Thank you.

[@OldTrekkie23]

No bloody A, B, C or D

[@akeel_1701]

That thing from Discovery was frankly insulting to the work of Matt Jeffries, I thought

[@ithilliongaming8980]

@@akeel_1701 y'all really just want to hate on everything don't you

[@OrrosGG]

The only wrong thing on the SNW Enterprise is the curved nacelles, if they were just straight it would’ve been perfect, because that Nacelle design started being around only after the Enterprise’s Final Refit in the Movies, a sign of transition and technological change in the franchise but it’s whatever..

[@pwc7475]

Guess what now it's Kirk to Pike, Kirk has just come into it.

[@loadtoad]

My favorite version of them all! Such a RIBBITING and BEAUTIFUL starship!

[@Stanf954]

Brought a tear to my eye.

[@ryanhull2523]

Oh be quiet

[@haldellinger2921]

@@ryanhull2523 He, he, hee.

[@LaunchpadGamingGuy]

Simply beautiful! Thank you

[@graceskerp]

"Sir! It's the Enterprise!"

[@jonah2263]

long overdue and very well done. Thank you Robert McConnell for this great video!

[@job38four10]

This original starship design is the number ONE reason why I liked the 60's TV Star Trek. But leave it to Hollywood to mess with this awesome design when they rebooted Star Trek in those latest big screen movies. There are some thing that are just to hard to improve, this first ship design is one of them. Lastly you did a outstanding job on this recreation of this starship Enterprise build, thanks for sharing!

[@mesner5x]

Job38 Four Personally I find the rebooted enterprise to be quite good looking. Proportions were wonky in the first film but I can look past that. Guess it's a generational thing though, I appreciate both though, the original for its classic simplicity, the newer version for its updated and modernized look. It unfortunate trekkers tear each other apart over it though. Weather people like the reboots or not, Fighting over it goes against the ideas fans have learned over the years.

[@Revan2908]

The exterior of the reboot ship isn't too bad. Maybe a little too much "hot rod." It's the interior that makes me cringe. Everything from the bridge that looks like an Apple commercial, to the horrendous engineering room.

[@brmnyc]

@@Revan2908 OMG---you are so correct about the interior! I was absolutely appalled by that mess of engineering. It looks like the laundry room in the basement of my apartment building. But I don't like the exterior either, something about the engines just appear vulgar to me.

[@burkeofmellowpark3472]

Wow. Beautifully done. I love the energizing and low rumble of the warp engines! You have a talent

[@tripsadelica]

Masterfully executed video BUT you forgot to credit Jerry Goldsmith for the "Leaving Drydock" musical track he wrote for TMP. The first half of the music track is James Horner but the second half is all Goldsmith.

[@N7DRONES]

dito

[@alannoorkoiv6281]

I was wandering why I always get them muddled up!!...

[@robadams8057]

Great music

[@blockmasterscott]

I always get those two mixed up.

[@nicholashurl3030]

Brilliant. Love these ship build launch cameos. The refit/rebuild JJ Enterprise sequence raised the hairs on the back of my neck. Love it all!

[@pheenix42]

"Second star on the right....and straight on 'til morning."

[@lisanidog8178]

I didn’t see Star Trek until I was 13 in 1972. I had a model of the Enterprise I put together, I had a wooden Vulcan nickel, a Star Trek Lives T shirt I made a Science officer’s uniform shirt complete with insignia and braids and had a Star Trek technical manual that was stolen from me.😡My nickname all through Jr. High was Spock. I met a friend at riding school who was a Dr. McCoy fan. She made a uniform doctor shirt like I made mine. She went to conventions. I even turned a small transistor radio into a communicator with the flippy thing. Who knew the concept of a communicator would be a flip phone decades later. Unfortunately my VCR can’t be connected to my flat screen but have in my movie collection Star Trek The Wrath of Khan, the first movie, a Star Trek episode tape of A Private Little War, another video where it had bloopers, and all the episodes of the original series. Can’t play ‘em but still have them as sentimental items. Dr. McCoy sorta looked like my late uncle. My I have in my IPad The Doomsday Machine and A Balance of Power videos. And my favorite episodes are The Changeling and The Devil In The Dark. And I loved Star Trek the Next Generation. 🖖

[@wills2140]

Expand your iPad memory and watch more, the movies are still so much fun! I got into the Star Trek fandom at 11, but in 1982 (while the era of "syndication" had The Original Series, playing on at least one TV channel, in bigger media markets). It's been a good long ride with Gene Roddenberry's collaborative, sci-fi based, stories of the human condition" - in space !¡! or, as Gene told Desilu and TV executives "... _'Wagon Train' to the stars..._ " r. i. .p. Gene and Majel Barrett - Roddenberry may their memories be a blessing '(;

[@lisanidog8178]

@@wills2140 I got cable.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

When I first saw this video one thing always came to my mind and that was just how many extensive refits did the Enterprise go through during her career and under the commands of Captain Robert April who was her first commanding officer when she first came into service when the Constitution class was first built in the 2240's to the missions of Captain Christopher Pike before the 2262-2264 refit before Kirk took command.

[@mikevonkleist6767]

A beautiful video. Thank you for honoring this Enterprise. Very well done.

[@spacebumwa]

Bravo!!!! Wonderful video. JJ's Enterprise was built on Earth (In Iowa ffs, a physical impossibility). Even though Roddenberry's Enterprise's dedication plate says San Fransisco, I've always pictured it being built in space, maybe it was the SF shipyards in orbit. StarTrek Experience in Vegas originally wanted to build a full size Enterprise with all the decks etc. It was going to be a hotel, have restaraunts, gambling and tours. It could have worked (though not fly into space lol) But, Vegas' zoning laws prevented them building something that large.

[@phinneuspherb3155]

Dave Wilkinson the sanfransisco fleet gards were in orbit.

[@Revan2908]

All those "yards" are actually in orbit over the locations they are named after. San Francisco Fleet Yards, Earth Station McKinley (of course, now it would be E.S. Denali), Utopia Planitia, etc.

[@wcw43921]

I think what must have occurred to J.J. Abrams--and it didn't occur to me--was that if a starship had the power to exceed the speed of light, it had the power to escape a planet's gravity. (Which it did, as we saw in "Into Darkness." But in real life, anything as big as the Enterprise would have to be built in space, as we don't have the power to lift anything of that mass into orbit. Not yet, anyway.

[@1sorryham]

The book "The Making of Star Trek" by Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry (c. 1968, Ballentine Books) page 171 specifically states, "The unit components were built at the Star Fleet Division of what is still called the San Francisco Navy Yards, and the vessel was assembled in space."

[@craigslater9380]

Poetry in motion, bravo! Very well done!

[@tombaker8481]

I keep thinking just how good the coffee would be onboard!

[@cirno9356]

Or the Whiskey

[@tommargarites2811]

Loved seeing the old girl fly again, I can never get tired of seeing that old ship, great work!

[@captainalant]

That was so Cool. Dude, you know I built a fully functional Workbee. Now that Trekspace is not any more we need to get together some time.

[@hellkey002]

You are the one from Star Trek Modeler Group on FB? Yes. I saw this one. It was AWESOME!!!

[@gordon5004]

I just rewatched your wonderful video. Thanks again.

[@MrRmcconnell]

Thanks for the kind words

[@JunkBallMedia]

This is incredible work. Great job.

[@ablaze1989]

I love your channel !!!! and this video was one massive nerdgasem

[@cpuwrite]

Would've been even better--stay awake all through class--if there was an ACTUAL STORY to it.

[@TGM_Kuroma]

What about the Enterprise on Star Trek Discovery?

[@SiliconBong]

Intro text: Need to replace forth with 'fourth' .

[@princeeverlove]

Still breathtaking...all these Years...as Kirk would think: "I Love You Enterprise"~❤

[@ace1usmc]

That was just beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to make that!

[@gordon5004]

Loved it. Awesome. Thank you for that very emotional visit to my favourite starship.

[@YamatoNCC1701]

That was awesome! Thanks for making this video.

[@spurstunebus]

Nice one she never looked that good in TOS. Thanks incredible work a labour of love

[@mackking8223]

It said "Music by James Horner." It should have said "Music by James Horner and Jerry Goldsmith."

[@Scott__G]

THANK YOU! I was beginning to think I was the only one anal enough to notice! The really bad part, Jerry Goldsmith music still playing when the James Horner credit is up.

[@ParkerGabriel]

That's not the point! The point is that there should have been NONE of James Horner's symphonic NOISE played over ANY of it! That was all Horner EVER vomited out, symphonic NOISE!!!

[@professordanfurmanek3732]

Absolutely outstanding job of CGI!! Having done a little bit of it myself, I can totally appreciate how much hard work and how many hours must have gone in. Since this is at least five years old it would be terrific to see an updated version with much more detail on the exterior of the Enterprise's skin. Kudos on a job very well done!

[@Roboprogs]

People fault the original TV ship for being too simplified, but I always liked it. You wouldn't embellish the outside much, you would keep it simple if you were building an actual machine that got shot at while it was doing whatever spacetime manipulation magic the outrigger pods do. It's a nice space catamaran :-) And the JJ-prise just looks dorky. This one is clean.

[@SuperGamefreak18]

dorky? dont you mean wannabe generic action scifi lol

[@bundesautobahn7]

It was the 1960's. SciFi wasn't as big as today, and given the fact that NBC almost cancelled the show after the first pilot, there was no money to make things more elaborate anyway. That said, if it wasn't for Star Trek TOS being the trend setter that it was, the SciFi genre wouldn't have become as big as it is today. We wouldn't even have the Star Wars franchise or TV shows like Stargate or Battleship Galactica to name a few. My favourite Enterprise incarnation is the refit that first flew in TMP, with the flat warp nacelles and the blue deflector dish. The evolution of the original Constitution Class and the most beautiful of all ships named Enterprise.

[@ericmadsen9655]

LTU932 Imagine the TNG crew or Voyager crew trying to figure out the TOS Enterprise consoles work. For example, Science station, Communication station, Navigation and Tactical stations, and Engineering station. I don't think they would make it out space dock yet trying to go to warp.

[@bundesautobahn7]

Remember the crew of the ISS Enterprise in the mirror universe episode "In a Mirror, Darkly". They were able to figure out how to operate the USS Defiant (the original Constitution class ship from "The Tholian Web") when they found her inside that asteroid near the gas giant. So I'm sure the TNG, DS9 or Voyager crews would have gotten the hang of it.

[@morlockmeat]

Not to mention, the crews of ALL the series were always able to figure out how just about any alien technology worked!

[@nonadabove]

I really enjoyed this treatment. You took a few liberties with lighting and such, but I have to admit I got goosebumps when the ship's systems started to come online. Nothing will ever replace the original Enterprise at the top of my Star Trek ship list, and this was the treatment she always deserved.

[@HansZarkovPhD]

Neat video. God watches out for fools, drunks, and ships called the Enterprise.

[@SeansModelBuilds]

"You treat her like a lady, and she'll always bring you home." Admiral Leonard McCoy, ST:TNG, Encounter at Farpoint.

[@2150dalek]

THIS is STAR TREK......Amazing work on the engines...they are truly remarkable.

[@MrRmcconnell]

Thank you