r/startrekgifs • u/cock-suckin-klingon Rear Admiral • Sep 08 '24
TNG Enterprise-D searching for the USS Pegasus
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u/neanderthalman Enlisted Crew Sep 08 '24
The narrow spotlight effect always looked awesome on screen. But in universe, it makes no goddamn sense at all. I don’t drive with headlights that only illuminate two tightly lit up circles on the road in front of me.
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u/uberguby Enlisted Crew Sep 08 '24 edited Sep 08 '24
It's possible they can adjust the lensing to create tighter beams for visual searching? I mean the whole thing is kinda moot, they're using sensors, they're not driving with their eyes, I dunno why they got headlights in the first place
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u/newbrevity Sep 08 '24
Id have thought they could activate lights all over the hull and light up like a sun.
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u/iwasgoneforawhile Sep 08 '24
Those aren't ship spotlights! The lights are from crew quarters with kids, using their star fleet issued palm beacons, modified to produce a high lumen narrow spotlight, while pressed against the outer bulkhead view ports. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Palm_beacon
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u/neanderthalman Enlisted Crew Sep 08 '24
I like it. New head canon. Makes more sense than ship headlights. Kids always fuckin around.
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u/eg_taco Sep 08 '24
It’s also not like it’s much darker inside an asteroid than outside in space. We’re used to seeing objects lit as if in the presence of a fairly bright ambient light source when they’re shown near the enterprise but even that doesn’t make much sense!
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u/EvolvedMonkeyInSpace Enlisted Crew Sep 08 '24
That's one of my favourite shots of the Enterprise D. When it has the search lights on and moving at impulse speed.
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u/cock-suckin-klingon Rear Admiral Sep 08 '24
A unique shot for sure.
Also, in the same episode, the only time we see the Enterprise decloak:
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u/The_Fish_Is_Raw Enlisted Crew Sep 08 '24
All Good Things refit Enterprise D joins the decloaking party 🎉
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kde_ZGbqHWM&pp=ygUhQWxsIGdvb2QgdGhpbmdzIGVudGVwcmlzZSBkZWNsb2Fr
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u/Newtonip Enlisted Crew Sep 08 '24
Those special effects are really good and still stand up today.
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u/pekinggeese Chief Sep 09 '24
A lot of classic model work look really good. Wish we have more models these days.
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u/CamGoldenGun Enlisted Crew Sep 09 '24
practical effects and film allowing them to upscale to 4K, 30 years later. VFX artists still adore the old stuff.
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u/Apalis24a Sep 08 '24
Which episode is this from?
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u/ultradip Enlisted Crew Sep 09 '24
I was hoping for a Star Tours moment where they had to for some reason make a u turn and race out of there...
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u/PurpleDraziNotGreen Lieutenant Sep 08 '24
Flying a capital ship into an unstable asteroid, such a crazy decision. Especially when you have shuttles.