USS Enterprise E's Original Dish

[@jamsea389]

6-year-old me noticed the different dishes in publicity shots and I have wondered ever since. Thank you, sir!

[@doc_sav]

Good eye!

[@-M0LE]

Hoshi that’s some long drawn out satisfaction so worth it

[@Clenched.Cheeks]

And here I was thinking your skill sets were purely language based!

[@TromboneConductor767]

Relatable.

[@amazedsatsuma]

3:41 clearly Worf's Mek'leth hit the "detach hand" button that drone's need whenever they are required to switch arm attachments;)

[@jeffburnham6611]

I wonder how difficult it would be to swing a one handed weapon in a zero-g environment, with enough energy to sever a limb.

[@EvanG529]

@@jeffburnham6611 As long as his feet stick to the floor I see no issue

[@Brendissimo1]

This "redshirt" is Lt. Hawk, played by the fantastic Neal McDonough!

[@Ryan-fc9le]

Still a redshirt

[@termeownator]

Buck Compton

[@Brendissimo1]

@@termeownator Yes! Band of Brothers is excellent. He was also great as Robert Quarles on Justified.

[@termeownator]

@@Brendissimo1 damn I *loved* justified, been so long since I seen it almost forgot he was in it. Loved him as Dum Dum Dugan in Captain America

[@Sam-rk6wo]

Also was going to be a canonically gay character in the Star Trek Universe though this was shutdown.

[@BenWillock]

I'm glad they did change it, it looks like an actual piece of physical technology rather than some weird etherial glowy thing that "does stuff"

[@edjohnpowell]

Ben Willock hey. You are referring to an anti-reversed depolariso-positronologicalistic matrix converter. That shit’s cutting edge, lad.

[@matthewrarig6760]

Edward Powell You don’t even know how long it took the engineers to reroute the auxiliary field power units through to the emergency dilithium matrix core on the aft center torpedo bay all the way up to the positronic antiproton magnetic interlock matrix switch on the starboard bridge.

[@philippschwarz4539]

They could have gone for a hybrid look. The redesigned look, but colored blue.

[@myrecreationalchannel7181]

The "etherial glowy thing" worked fine for the refit Enterprise, and the Enterprise A, and the Enterprise B, and the Enterprise C, and the Excelsior. I don't see a problem with it. That said there is nothing wrong with preferring something else. I just wish you weren't so dismissive of the "glowy thing" particularly given the long history behind it.

[@RP752000]

no ! ...the original design works with the morphed design of the ship's neck

[@Derpy1969]

The “squared off” later design appears to be covering up the original dish part of the model. It’s probably still on there.

[@Ty-yt3lj]

Well that's 4 minutes well spent

[@joeschembrie9450]

Yes, but now what are we supposed to do with the rest of our lives?

[@GnRGaming]

@@joeschembrie9450 Twiddle our thumbs waiting for the next video, duh.

[@rdquelle]

I watched this video instead of smoking a cigarette, so I came out 3 minutes ahead.

[@kidbass]

Lol I was just about to comment "4 minutes about a deflector dish why not!!"

[@Tony-dh7mz]

@@GnRGaming Good call, I Was starting to panic there

[@90lancaster]

The enhanced well being of watching this added 8 minutes to my life.

[@vilthean]

All these years and I am still getting chills looking at this ship like the first time I saw it. Always regretted the ent-d, but my god, we got a breathtaking design with the ent-e.

[@kirishima638]

Revenge is a dish best served cold. It is very cold...in spaaaaaaaccceeee!

[@McSkumm]

Revenge is best served cold. Revenge is also sweet. Basically revenge is ice cream.

[@JohnnyZenith]

Dish is a revenge best cold served.

[@jakeagur5775]

The only place capitalism hasnt corrupted yet :D - rip Tim Curry

[@shalomamigos]

Revenge is a dish with a severed cord.

[@Tony-dh7mz]

Jodie Nice

[@bmw.pi314]

I thought quantum torpedoes were introduced in DS9 via the Defiant?

[@docburton8923]

You are correct. The first time we see quantum torpedoes being used are by the Defiant in the episode bearing the same name, the one where Thomas Riker hijacks it.

[@bmw.pi314]

@@docburton8923 Thanks for the clarification! 😁👍

[@StarfleetSohail]

Love all this dish, on the dish!

[@Tony-dh7mz]

Deep Dish? Thin Crust?, its all good

[@StarfleetSohail]

@@Tony-dh7mz lol!

[@firdauskl]

That concealed torpedo launcher at 1:39 (or its equivalent) made its appearance in Star Trek Elite Force II game.

[@pwnmeisterage]

I looks very much inspired by the "Photon Cannon" diagram in the _TNG Officer's Manual_ FASA published in 1988 for their STRPG. The image whidh is always mentioned when people discuss how Paramount revoked FASA's Star Trek license because they were making the Star Trek universe in their game "too militaristic" and "too violent".

[@Magnus4096]

Always down for more videos about the sexiest Enterprise (and I'll fight you on that!). E-dubs is a true beauty.

[@davidsmall6322]

I probably feel worst about Neal McDonough's character than anyone else in First Contact. Lt. Hawk was pretty cool.

[@Gentleman...Driver]

Also this engineer women who was going into a suspicios empty jeffries tube with horryfying borg noises. RIP unimportant character/crew member.

[@MD_Builds]

@@Gentleman...Driver She was also a Lt in Star Trek Borg... She had the neural implant (plot device) thing that was meant to help her with some addiction she got from another mission. but also allowed her to connect some borg tech to it and peep in on the collective mind. I dont know if they ever decides if she was the shame character who survived wolf359 thanks to Q shenanigans only to end up in the FC incursion and get killed by some borg in a tube ... or just extra n.o 5 ....

[@tomxaros48]

We missed you! Very educational as usual!

[@gentlemangeek]

So glad you're making new content!

[@NeonVisual]

The blue was changed to yellow for keying, and the physical miniature was redressed with more geometric angles around the dish to suit the filming set's budget limitations. It was less expensive and time consuming to modify the model than it was to build curved set pieces.

[@jimmynorris1314]

Yaaaaaasssss. New video

[@VIIC71]

I saw this blue deflector at gas station promotions outside at the pumps. I was given several of them and still have them saved somewhere. Also the nacelles on the toys were vastly different from the movie version. But she's still one of my trek favorites!

[@Randomcharacters_]

You’re alive! Welcome back

[@frosch90453]

The guy that pressed the dislike button is a "pointed-eared hobgoblin"!

[@hughbreidenbach]

Or one of the Borg from the dish

[@SephirothRyu]

@@hughbreidenbach No, its the FRIEND of one of the Borg from the dish. The Borg in question lost his disliking hand.

[@Thermool]

That sketch of the quantum torpedo launcher seems reminiscent of the pulse phaser canon on the Enterprise E on Star Trek Elite Force 2. You climbed into it and fired on even ships as the defense systems were down on the ship.

[@mdmagnusson]

Love your videos man, never stop!

[@L8ugh1ngm8n1]

Highlighting that last scene with Worf and the Borg. Genius sir pure Genius!

[@pocok5000]

This is channel is probably among the best 3000 channels on youtube.

[@RageUnchained]

I'm just happy he had the "assimilate this" line in the video. Worf was my favorite as a kid and when I saw first contact with my uncle and brother as a kid I laughed at that part way too hard

[@Divadtube]

I remember way back upon my first viewing noticing the dish, and after the scene on the dish, assuming they chose the look specifically to fit the scene, not surprised.

[@thecianinator]

Yeah that occurred to me after like my third or fourth viewing lol the design did seem a bit conspicuous

[@TychoNorris]

Welcome back

[@scottseals8750]

Thanks for the video! You are my favorite KZbinr, and I'll continue to look forward to your new releases.

[@SmallWorldAcademy]

July 14, 2020. California has shut back down. People are desperate. Some are dying. All hope seems lost. Then Junkball puts out a new video. Suddenly things don't seem so bad! Thanks Junkball for saving us.

[@ElijahRock92]

I heard they were going for a 24th Century Constitution Class feel when designing the Sovereign. This info about the blue dish adds to that.

[@NeilBlumengarten]

As always, it's great to see new videos from you.

[@citizenkaneVII]

FINALLY!!! Someone else has talked about this! I've tried looking everywhere for why it changed, but had never been able to find anything.

[@Techrat3D]

The yellow/gold color of the big E's dish, also reminded me of the TOS dish.

[@viktormatilcak25]

You're Back! Finally!

[@Tony-dh7mz]

Well, hopefully not finally

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

So glad to see a new upload from you. Fantastic as usual. I actually prefer the final design they ended up with.

[@nealsterling8151]

No time wasted. I watched it 0.5 times speed and it was some glorious 8 minutes! (Not that i especially liked that ship anyways, i'm just glad to see a new video)

[@UberNeuman]

Worf is so badass that he can cut your arm and all your body parts come off. lol.

[@ginagetscreative]

We require more Junkball. Less is not an option.

[@Tony-dh7mz]

This is true....?.... Number One, Make it so

[@miketava]

These are great, missed your videos for a while there. Keep up the great work :)

[@Alan1701b]

That was a delicious dish you served there and it was 4-minutes well spent! I certainly never knew the full story about the deflector so thank you for sharing!

[@mckay8525]

Miss u so much man!

[@aeonjoey3d]

I literally missed this channel... to tears. omg wtf is wrong with me? thank you.

[@f38stingray]

One bit of dialogue always bothered me about the Enterprise-E deflector dish - Hawk: "Well, if we set our phasers to full power..." Picard: "No! [...] if we hit the dish, it's charged with antiprotons - we could destroy half the ship." You're telling me that the deflector dish, an auxiliary part of the ship's essentially armor (I know it's not an actual tactical shield generator, but still), and one of the most exposed portions of the ship, can cause catastrophic shipwide destruction after a single hit from small arms fire? I guess the Borg might have charged it themselves. But then you'd think the line would be, "they've charged it with antiprotons," which is similar pronunciation-wise but clarifies the meaning.

[@Gentleman...Driver]

Maybe its not all the time charged with antiprotons...

[@f38stingray]

@@Gentleman...Driver Right, but then there are still some circumstances where the ship could take a catastrophic hit if caught at the wrong time. Hence maybe it was only this one time - when the Borg were there. Then again, this is designed by the same people who filled their touchscreens with C4 so who knows.

[@Gentleman...Driver]

@@f38stingray Yes, and dont forget the rocks behind each panel. Not to mention that they dont have seatbelts (I mean, really?) and their command centers are located at the most vulnerable spot on the ship, because there are not threats in space? I mean even Defiants bridge was located at "Deck 1", which is very stupid for a dedicated war ship, but thats just me. Dont ask for logic, its just a show. :)

[@joek4238]

Starfleet ships are made of ROCKS and anti-rocks.

[@thecianinator]

@@joek4238 when computer consoles blow up the anti-rocks fly back into them

[@jipillow1]

The deflector dish battle was just like a video game

[@JakeWerkmeister]

I've had the First Contact movie poster since 1996, and had always wondered why the movie dish was different. Had no idea this was the reason why. Cool stuff.

[@mahmoudsalaheddine8358]

Something else cool, in STO they have a Sovereign variant called the Vizier, and it’s identical to the normal sovereign (aside from some blue grey) and has the original blue dish!

[@ncdevildog]

Supplemental: Junkball has returned, and a sense of peace has come over the crew.

[@MellowGaming]

Yoooo! I discovered your channel a few weeks back while on lockdown due to the covidpocalypse. It's been a pretty rad time working through all your vids.

[@Transfixed]

I love these videos and i love all the different names for the patrons :D

[@lastxflfan420]

I remember that promotional still of the "E" with the blue deflector, I think it was in Star Trek Communicator magazine.

[@stinrios]

so glad to see a new video

[@McGowanForge]

Star Trek: junkball Rise of the legend

[@cowsagainstcapitalism347]

I saw First Contact on premier night, then 7 times in the theatre; it was every bit the action movie 12 year old me was hoping to see.

[@James00037]

Always rocking my world with these facts

[@alexis_ian]

Intresting the concept art at 1:33 was eventually shown in the game Elite Force II in where you have to protect the Enterprise - E from the Trexian attackers

[@cornerofthemoon]

I prefer the round streamlined taper of the original dish circa 1996. That is how the model is sculpted in the original Hallmark Enterprise E Christmas ornament and some of the early toys. However, I have noticed that some of the more recent models of the Sovereign class post-Nemesis, they softened the edges a bit in the "squared off" taper. So it's kind of a compromise between the two different designs.

[@catman351]

As Worf aptly acted out the Klingon proverb on the Borg, “Revenge is a dish best served cold.”

[@curtiscrowethephotopro2453]

Thank you for posting a video, I love your content!

[@staglomagnifico5711]

Quantum Torpedoes: Because converting only 100% of the payload's mass into various flavors of deadly radiation and high-energy particles wasn't enough!

[@SephirothRyu]

Transphasic: Because making them blue ALSO wasn't enough! Now we just need an Omega torpedo.

[@MistedMind]

@@SephirothRyu And fire that stuff into the Reaper-Galaxy! Oups, wrong franchise :D

[@smallmoe]

Don't forget the tricobalt, because we need more ways to mess up the universe.

[@-M0LE]

Staglo Magnifico and they seem to do not much more damage

[@drockjr]

Here I was, smoking a bowl to your video, when I was annoyed you haven't been around quite much. Aaand then your video pops up in front of me. Thank you. But now I'm paranoid

[@johnpossum556]

Do you feel boxed in and drawn out?

[@drockjr]

@@johnpossum556 junkball made me feel safe again

[@jasonhagar1758]

Thinking too hard about something makes it so... That's why I'm thinking so hard about reversing time.

[@SaturnCanuck]

I never knew this. Fascinating.

[@milou66]

I like all the trivia, but, to be honest, I mostly love the sound of your voice.

[@maarkaus48]

sweet video man! loved it.

[@Beat9]

He's alive!

[@satyr1349]

It certainly was my decision and i'm glad i made it ;) Great vid as always.

[@sulphurous2656]

Is it strange that the exact music track that I expected for this video looking at the thumbnail ended up being the one playing at the start of the video?

[@thod8820]

I always start watching Junkball right before new episodes come out. It's crazy

[@thefrogga84]

Nitpick: First Contact didn't introduce the Quantum Torpedo. DS9 with its Defiant did. ;)

[@TheHolonomic]

Junkball...The only man to have watched the entirety of Star Trek in slow motion

[@jcsharp86]

And still not rember a character had a name ooof. But he's at least good at reading out of books!

[@mancamiatipoola]

He probably reads a lot of articles on Memory Alpha and similar ST sites.

[@shauncraigparkinson8165]

Frickin love your videos!

[@caiusacunin8019]

yayyyy, the finally

[@pepperVenge]

I'm Always Very Happy to Give Junkball All the Minutes He Wants To Give Me! :D

[@khlkhjhlk]

I like the blue one.

[@RyanBlockb5]

This is a easy thumbs up😎🥳

[@b00tstr4p4rtw0rks]

Well we've heard of "displaced targeting" in ST before so it stands to consider displaced amputations.

[@thecomicsbear7458]

Needs more ROCKS!

[@starmanovich]

So thankful for that memorable scene where Worf takes off that drone’s arm.

[@EtienneSnyman]

I'm subscribed! How did I not see this until now??

[@cerberus9704]

In the Blu-ray cover for first contact, they used the blue dish in the flyby frame. I always wondered why it was like that

[@Ireland914]

Absolutely love the Enterprise-E. It's my favourite ship. Would have looked cool with the original blue dish too though.

Great video. Remember a promo pic with the white dish. Also look at the consoles... the handles change position in the scene.

[@JC_Chappy]

NEEEEEED MOOOOORE

[@f1matt]

Love First Contact

[@HeadlessChickenTO]

I like how the backup torpedo launcher does make an appearance in Star Trek Elite Forces II.

[@spacepiratejacen2258]

How awesome thank you! 👍🏻

[@pepperVenge]

The dish was seen on screen as the original blue when the Enterprise first entered the temporal vortex. It's a two or three second shot, so blink and you'll miss it, but it's there.

[@superhayes256]

I think the original dish cowling fit the design of the ship better but I like how the color of the modified dish almost looks coppery as a throwback to the original enterprise.

[@Martini_Mcfly]

Cursor alert at 1:55, Captain! That said, great vid! Had no idea.

[@TriAngulumAudioStudios]

As always a great video :)

[@FQP-7024]

"The Return of the King"

[@Skull-in-the-house]

I seem to remember that the dish for Enterprise A the refit was a yellowish color when leaving spacedock. Then it turned blue as it started moving faster, like speed or power levels had something to do with color?

[@maurelius6463]

I love your videos. Keep it up!

[@thestigsamericancousin4588]

Long time no see

[@kevin_1230]

Enterprise E is my favorite star trek ship.

[@kleuner4622]

Oh happy Day! 😁🖖

[@SolarMechanic]

You know who else is a dish? You! You're a dish.

[@ASTheOneAndOnly]

I missed Junkball more than I miss the Berman era

[@radagastaddams3703]

when the Borg start their modifications on the deflector it kinda looks like the V'Ger complex in TMP. the navigational deflector is there to deflect exotic particles & micro-meteorites from the path of a starship at ultra-light speeds so not sure it made a lot of sense for the Borg to use that.isn't there a planetary communications array on the saucer section (middle of the saucers underside) that would have made a better transmitter ????

[@ArchOfWinter]

In Start Trek Elite Force 2, you get to use that retracted turret to repel boarding party.

[@Fountainwell49man]

The red shirt you refer to. Wasn’t he Lt Hawk of the bridge crew?