Sunday, June 29, 2008
Movie Poster of the Week
award-winning creator of the web series Abnormal Fixation (2024), the audio drama Enter the House Between (2023) and author of 35 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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I always thought this poster was interesting, because it is a hybrid of the TV and movie Enterprises. It has the sensor array from the TV series, but the rectangular nacelles from the film. However, the nacelles are attached at their midpoints to the struts, not at the bottom. I believe this version was once used as photo reference for the Marvel comics version of Star Trek that followed the first film.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I know this was the design for the Star Trek:Phase 2 TV show, which was kind of a hybrid between old and new, they did actually start building the miniature for that show before it got scrapped in favour of doing a movie.
ReplyDeleteAlways loved this poster, I remember it appearing on Marvel and DC comics in the 70's.