The first photo of the USS Enterprise model and the men who built it

[underpants]

[Historic NY]

1. Isn't that the one the Smithsonian just restored?

[John1956PA]

2. Partial inspiration for the design may have been stylings of 50s & 60s cars like those in background

[ProfessorPlum]

3. cool!

[iluvtennis]

4. Thanks for sharing...I'm a trekkie through and through

[underpants]

5. My daughter is on her 4th series

Original
Next Gen
Voyager
Now Deep Space Nihe

[KatyMan]

6. She's watching them

From worst to first!

[Volaris]

7. Lol at DS9.

It was good, I liked that Sisko regularly threw people the hell out of his office. It was only later, on a second watch-through, that i realized that no matter what else was happening, he was basically the head of security at the SpaceMall.

Voyager made the NextGen crew look like they were on a 5-year camping trip for Honors Class boy scouts. I loved Janeway and the development of her crew.

But some of the very best Trek in my opinion, was Enterprise. That crew was so awesomley jacked up its a miracle they didn't get each other all killed. Archer just didn't give a fuck about the rules, because there WERE no Rules to give any Fucks about yet.

Cool model. Get the offspring to watch Enterprise after Voyager.

[PJMcK]

9. Agree with you about Enterprise

The prequel was the most fascinating concept of the various series, in my opinion. The story of how Star Fleet came to be and how Earthlings became interstellar adventurers and explorers was terrific. While there were many problems with the story telling, especially all of the time travel elements, the rawness of the first endeavor into inter-galactic space appealed to me.

The third season, the Xindi arch, was fantastic, especially since the stakes were so high. But the producers kind of sealed the show's demise with that plot. I mean, once you've saved the world from utter destruction, where do you go from there? The fourth season still seems like an afterthought. The final episode was a terrible way to end Star Trek television. Regardless, Scott Bakula was marvelous as Captain Archer.

However, the theme song sucked. Both versions. The underscoring was uniformly gorgeous and effective but Diane Warren's song is crap.

Interestingly, DS-9 has never appealed to me, unlike the other series. Strange, since I can't really articulate why I don't care for it. Maybe it's the spiritualism of that show...

[progressoid]

14. I used to hit the mute button during the theme song.

But I really liked that series other than that song.

[sakabatou]

18. What were they thinking with the theme song?!

[underpants]

10. I actually like the writing on DS9 a lot

I think that it being in parallel to Next Gen meant they had writers already into the flow. It started out of the gate with some really interesting ideas. Quark cracks me up. I get the Space Mall thing. That really hampered the show compared to other series that were always on the move.

Voyager took several seasons to hit its stride in my opinion but it got to be quite good. They relied on the holodeck a bit much though.

[KatyMan]

17. DS9 was a bit more

"Regular people" you know? Kind of like a Starfleet soap opera, in a really good way. It's our favorite Trek--well, tied with Voyager...

[iluvtennis]

13. Liked all of those. Acting and story lines in Next Gen, Voyager, and Deep Space 9 was fantastic...

...and much better than the original. There was one that came after Deep Space Nine where they had Original characters when they were young...didn't like it, so never got into that series.

BTW, all of the Star Trek movies were excellent - of course my opinion os biased.

Some tidbits....
Voyager - 1st woman Captain with Janeway
DS Nine - 1st black Captain with Sisco
Original - Spock didn't like his human side that made his emotional/illogical.
Next Gen - Data wanted to be able to have feelings...didn't like being purely logical

Anyhoo, I think your daughter will enjoy all of the series.

[MountainFool]

8. Richard C. Datin Jr., Mel Keys and Vernon Sion

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http://www.blastr.com/2016-1-13/image-day-meet-men-who-built-star-trek%E2%80%99s-original-enterprise

Lots more pix over at the National Air and Space Museum ...

https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/model-starship-enterprise-television-show-star-trek

[underpants]

11. Thanks

I should have researched it a bit.

[MountainFool]

12. thank you!

I did a google image search to find the references ... would never have seen them without your post!

[progressoid]

15. +1 Thanks!

[Glaisne]

16. That is one good looking ship!

The best looking one in franchise. Though the Enterprise D in TNG is a close 2nd.

[AllaN01Bear]

19. lovely model. after ds 9 became a soap opera for judzia and warf , i gave it up

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-mission-to-restore-the-original-starship-enterprise-180960339/

hard to belive that show is 50 years old .
thank you gene rodenberry,