Originally posted by: Guy Caballero
Although I like Trek 1's boring-ness (I find it soothing, like looking at a fish tank), an interesting compression could occur during the long drydock scene: The various expository conversations seen later ("Epsilon 9, Enterprise is the only ship, blah blah") could be condensed into a few bits talking to Kirk on a screen in the shuttle as he comes over. I love Jerry Goldsmith as much as the next guy, but that scene is just excessive.
Although I like Trek 1's boring-ness (I find it soothing, like looking at a fish tank), an interesting compression could occur during the long drydock scene: The various expository conversations seen later ("Epsilon 9, Enterprise is the only ship, blah blah") could be condensed into a few bits talking to Kirk on a screen in the shuttle as he comes over. I love Jerry Goldsmith as much as the next guy, but that scene is just excessive.
Fish tank, LOL! Well, a whole lot of the existing visual effects have to be ditched, anyway, to make a plausible tv show.
A viewscreen, in the shuttle, would have to go on the consoles, below the windows. There's one shot where Kirk might be construed as looking that direction. It might be possible to have him see the beginning of the Epsilon call, then switch the POV to the Bridge's viewscreen. There are plenty of shots of a concerned-looking crew staring at the screen...
Yeeess, yeeessss...
I'll have to try that when I start experimenting with matteing and stuff.
The rough-cut ditches most of the grand-tour sequence, (a couple of kinks, so I'm not ready to brag about it yet) and keeps Kirk's reaction as he sees the ship from the front. I wouldn't mind losing the rest and getting rid of the lets-all-quit-fixing-the-ship-for-a-while scene, too.
