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AllaN01Bear

(18,253 posts) Wed Mar 20, 2024, 11:00 PM Mar 20

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the most beautiful spaceship in all of scifi movies . books and tv to me is,,,

the cosmostrator from the 1960 movie first men on venurs .

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the most beautiful spaceship in all of scifi movies . books and tv to me is,,, (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Mar 20 OP

Whoa! Basic LA Mar 20 #1

imdb link: hunter Mar 21 #2

I say ........ The Enterprise !!!!!! Trueblue1968 Mar 21 #3

Captain Sisko's markodochartaigh Mar 21 #4

Pretty dang cool. byronius Mar 21 #5

I always thought it was a little ridiculous that the Voyager had variable-sweep engine nacelles. Aristus Mar 21 #8

It is because the USS Voyager can fly in the atmospheres of planets. If you will notice, she has flaps. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Mar 21 #12

Yeah, I get that. But there's no need to change the position of the nacelles when going into warp, right? Aristus Mar 22 #15

I am going to pull a 'Roddenberry' here.... OldBaldy1701E Mar 22 #16

I like it. Aristus Mar 22 #17

i am fond of the enterprise j. even we saw a port hole and a deck diagram she was cool. AllaN01Bear Mar 21 #11

I'd have to go with LA Blue Bengal Mar 21 #6

That is my choice as well. Beautiful. OldBaldy1701E Mar 21 #13

Ha! One of the earliest movies I saw in the theater! electric_blue68 Mar 21 #7

I was always most fond of... IrishAfricanAmerican Mar 21 #9

Going to have to go with the ship Serenity area51 Mar 21 #10

Plus one Codifer Mar 21 #14

The Orion III Pan Am 'Space Clipper' was pretty cool but light years behind the Cosmostrator Brother Buzz Mar 22 #18

Basic LA

(2,047 posts)

1. Whoa!

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2024, 11:16 PM

Mar 20

What a ship!

hunter

(38,317 posts)

2. imdb link:

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 12:20 AM

Mar 21

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053250/

Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silent_Star

Trueblue1968

(17,228 posts)

3. I say ........ The Enterprise !!!!!!

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 12:57 AM

Mar 21

markodochartaigh

(1,138 posts)

4. Captain Sisko's

Reply to Trueblue1968 (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 01:14 AM

Mar 21

Bajoran lightship.

byronius

(7,395 posts)

5. Pretty dang cool.

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 01:20 AM

Mar 21

I’m a Voyager fan. That thing flows.

Still, a beautiful arrow.

Aristus

(66,386 posts)

8. I always thought it was a little ridiculous that the Voyager had variable-sweep engine nacelles.

Reply to byronius (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 12:26 PM

Mar 21

What good are those in the vacuum of space?

Still, it was cool when they raised up right before going to warp in the opening credits.

OldBaldy1701E

(5,130 posts)

12. It is because the USS Voyager can fly in the atmospheres of planets. If you will notice, she has flaps. (n/t)

Reply to Aristus (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 10:02 PM

Mar 21

Aristus

(66,386 posts)

15. Yeah, I get that. But there's no need to change the position of the nacelles when going into warp, right?

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Reply #12)

Fri Mar 22, 2024, 10:20 AM

Mar 22

It must be the Rule Of Cool.

OldBaldy1701E

(5,130 posts)

16. I am going to pull a 'Roddenberry' here....

Reply to Aristus (Reply #15)

Fri Mar 22, 2024, 11:29 AM

Mar 22

And say that the reason they have to move up and down is that to create the warp bubble that the ship needs, the nacelles need to be in that upright position for maximum coverage, but when she is in normal flight, the fact that she can and does enter atmospheres is why they have to be down.

(How's that for a 'Roddenberry'?? )

Aristus

(66,386 posts)

17. I like it.

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Reply #16)

Fri Mar 22, 2024, 12:06 PM

Mar 22

AllaN01Bear

(18,253 posts)

11. i am fond of the enterprise j. even we saw a port hole and a deck diagram she was cool.

Reply to byronius (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 09:40 PM

Mar 21

LA Blue Bengal

(11 posts)

6. I'd have to go with

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 01:38 AM

Mar 21

The USS Cygnus from The Black Hole

OldBaldy1701E

(5,130 posts)

13. That is my choice as well. Beautiful.

Reply to LA Blue Bengal (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 10:04 PM

Mar 21

Too bad Reinhardt decided to fly it into said hole...

electric_blue68

(14,906 posts)

7. Ha! One of the earliest movies I saw in the theater!

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 02:27 AM

Mar 21

It's pretty!

Have to think of my favorite(s). 🤔👍

IrishAfricanAmerican

(3,816 posts)

9. I was always most fond of...

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 09:04 PM

Mar 21

The Naboo Royal Starship

area51

(11,910 posts)

10. Going to have to go with the ship Serenity

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 09:38 PM

Mar 21

from the Firefly series.

Codifer

(546 posts)

14. Plus one

Reply to area51 (Reply #10)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 10:25 PM

Mar 21

I loved the series also.

The ground attack ships from "War of the Worlds" (1953 George Pal Production) were awesome when I saw them in 1953.

I had been used to Flash Gordon's space ship which I recognize now as a butt plug with a 4th of July sparkler for an engine. They tried.

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)

18. The Orion III Pan Am 'Space Clipper' was pretty cool but light years behind the Cosmostrator

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2024, 12:35 PM

Mar 22

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