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You mean they dont still use 1980s computer screens in 22nd century Star Trek?

to11mtm 4y ago
For how bad much of the computer imagery has changed, the overall bridge sets in the TOS films look a -lot- better to me than all of the fancy CGI stuff. All of that said... There's a certain correctness in my head to the idea that in a pre-replicator future [0], it would be more smart to use a bunch of physical buttons and CRT type monitors. The main reason that comes to mind, is that a simple CRT is probably easier to fabricate on a deep space mission than a flat screen, if it needs replacement. Similar for all the buttons/lights/switches. Now, it wouldn't necessarily be -easy- for a ship in deep space to re-fab these components. Thus the need for 'low-fi' graphics, since you might be in a region where the best your folks can fab is NTSC-quality. [0] - While TOS had food synthesizers, that seems like a subset of a full replicator's functionality.
- hgsgm 4y ago
  TOS had famously low budget fake "high school theater" quality sets. They are only tolerated because the story is good.
  - giantrobot 4y ago
    Keep in mind people originally watching TOS were likely doing so on black and white TVs with a 10"-13" screen ten feet away. The sets looked no worse than Forbidden Planet, a theatrical release from a decade prior. Modern high definition scans of the original film looks hilariously bad on modern TVs. It looked far less bad on TVs contemporary with the original broadcasts.
    - to11mtm 4y ago
      Also I was talking about TOS era films which had much more proper sets.
    - midoridensha 4y ago
      Actually, many people then were getting color TVs. The reason the sets on ST:TOS were so colorful was to attract viewers who had spent a bunch of money for a new color TV set, and wanted to see things in vivid colors. The modern HD scans of the original film look fantastic. They do, however, show how low-budget the sets were, but the detail of the original film is quite amazing, and these old shows look far better than most stuff produced in the 1990s which was done using videotape.
hgsgm 4y ago
They use 1960s plastic and foam panels with arrays of giant light bulbs.
chongli 4y ago
That’s an example of bad set design. The best episode of Star Trek, City on the Edge of Forever, holds up today because of its story and its period sets and costumes, not its sci-fi stuff.

For how bad much of the computer imagery has changed, the overall bridge sets in the TOS films look a -lot- better to me than all of the fancy CGI stuff. All of that said... There's a certain correctness in my head to the idea that in a pre-replicator future [0], it would be more smart to use a bunch of physical buttons and CRT type monitors. The main reason that comes to mind, is that a simple CRT is probably easier to fabricate on a deep space mission than a flat screen, if it needs replacement. Similar for all the buttons/lights/switches. Now, it wouldn't necessarily be -easy- for a ship in deep space to re-fab these components. Thus the need for 'low-fi' graphics, since you might be in a region where the best your folks can fab is NTSC-quality. [0] - While TOS had food synthesizers, that seems like a subset of a full replicator's functionality.

hgsgm 4y ago
TOS had famously low budget fake "high school theater" quality sets. They are only tolerated because the story is good.
- giantrobot 4y ago
  Keep in mind people originally watching TOS were likely doing so on black and white TVs with a 10"-13" screen ten feet away. The sets looked no worse than Forbidden Planet, a theatrical release from a decade prior. Modern high definition scans of the original film looks hilariously bad on modern TVs. It looked far less bad on TVs contemporary with the original broadcasts.
  - to11mtm 4y ago
    Also I was talking about TOS era films which had much more proper sets.
  - midoridensha 4y ago
    Actually, many people then were getting color TVs. The reason the sets on ST:TOS were so colorful was to attract viewers who had spent a bunch of money for a new color TV set, and wanted to see things in vivid colors. The modern HD scans of the original film look fantastic. They do, however, show how low-budget the sets were, but the detail of the original film is quite amazing, and these old shows look far better than most stuff produced in the 1990s which was done using videotape.

hgsgm 4y ago

They use 1960s plastic and foam panels with arrays of giant light bulbs.

chongli 4y ago

That’s an example of bad set design. The best episode of Star Trek, City on the Edge of Forever, holds up today because of its story and its period sets and costumes, not its sci-fi stuff.