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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 6915467" data-attributes="member: 32740"><p>The original reason for the separate warp nacelles design was simply because Gene wanted something that did NOT look like a flying saucer or a conventional rocket - which were the two tropes found in existing science fiction to that point. Why were they originally so detached from the ship on thin pylons? No reason. <em>Reasons</em> were retconned later and were hardly consistent. Having the primary hull able to separate and even land was indeed an included concept of the original Enterprise design. It was simply never mentioned and never actually USED on the show because they couldn't afford ANYTHING. Every planet they visited (except Earth) was the same planet - just given a different color filter. I heard once that even the location where phaser fire and torpedoes originated on the hull was incorrect, but they never changed it because they didn't want to spend the money or just couldn't afford to even if they did. They re-used those shots through the whole original series. Even the transporters, IIRC, were a gimmick to avoid having to spend money on model shots of SHUTTLING people to and from planets or other ships - I mean, why even <em>have</em> a HUGE shuttle bay and a squadron of shuttles if you have transporter technology?</p><p></p><p>Only the fans really wanted or needed explanations for why why why after the original series was over and done. There really weren't any explanations to begin with because that wasn't the kind of show that Gene had been trying to run. It wasn't about the technology, ships, and general hardware - it was about the advancements (or lack thereof) of humanity, contrasted with alien societies and thus providing commentary on what was the current, <em>actual</em> human condition. Explanations for how and why things worked the way they did, or were configured as seen on the show were almost all retconned. Some explanations were clever, some were pretty simple to come up with, some were pretty dang lame.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 6915467, member: 32740"] The original reason for the separate warp nacelles design was simply because Gene wanted something that did NOT look like a flying saucer or a conventional rocket - which were the two tropes found in existing science fiction to that point. Why were they originally so detached from the ship on thin pylons? No reason. [I]Reasons[/I] were retconned later and were hardly consistent. Having the primary hull able to separate and even land was indeed an included concept of the original Enterprise design. It was simply never mentioned and never actually USED on the show because they couldn't afford ANYTHING. Every planet they visited (except Earth) was the same planet - just given a different color filter. I heard once that even the location where phaser fire and torpedoes originated on the hull was incorrect, but they never changed it because they didn't want to spend the money or just couldn't afford to even if they did. They re-used those shots through the whole original series. Even the transporters, IIRC, were a gimmick to avoid having to spend money on model shots of SHUTTLING people to and from planets or other ships - I mean, why even [I]have[/I] a HUGE shuttle bay and a squadron of shuttles if you have transporter technology? Only the fans really wanted or needed explanations for why why why after the original series was over and done. There really weren't any explanations to begin with because that wasn't the kind of show that Gene had been trying to run. It wasn't about the technology, ships, and general hardware - it was about the advancements (or lack thereof) of humanity, contrasted with alien societies and thus providing commentary on what was the current, [I]actual[/I] human condition. Explanations for how and why things worked the way they did, or were configured as seen on the show were almost all retconned. Some explanations were clever, some were pretty simple to come up with, some were pretty dang lame. [/QUOTE]
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