12-08-2025, 11:56 PM
I honestly don't think the Abrams-NuTrek stuff looks more futuristic than the VOY bridge looks. Just take that and make it more streamlined ala Apple. Plus the panels and lights all over the place are serious hazards considering how everything on the bridge blows up and people are thrown around all the time.
One other thing to consider is how it's now archaic for there to be different stations on the bridge versus say Harry Kim logging in to the station and now it's ops and the screens configured in the way he wants. TNG and the other series already had hints towards this because the captain and first officer had access to every station from their seats. Enterprise even did episodes where they turned other locations on the ship into the bridge. The main characters could be in the same locations anyway since it's just where they like to sit. One of the funnier conceits of Trek is that the helm is driving by looking through the viewscreen even though the series have all made clear this isn't the case.
One other thing to consider is how it's now archaic for there to be different stations on the bridge versus say Harry Kim logging in to the station and now it's ops and the screens configured in the way he wants. TNG and the other series already had hints towards this because the captain and first officer had access to every station from their seats. Enterprise even did episodes where they turned other locations on the ship into the bridge. The main characters could be in the same locations anyway since it's just where they like to sit. One of the funnier conceits of Trek is that the helm is driving by looking through the viewscreen even though the series have all made clear this isn't the case.
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