What is everyone's favorite "Enterprise-D flies through space" establishing shot?

Posted by ForwardClimate780@reddit | TNG | View on Reddit | 16 comments

This is mine.

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bubbleweed@reddit

Not the 4 foot model anyway, looks like a toy.

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mattXVI@reddit

The first one from Encounter at Farpoint. I don't think they used that much during the rest of the show.

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Malnurtured_Snay@reddit

It wasn't used often! I think it showed up for the last time in the episode where Data loses his memory on a medieval world while retrieving radioactive crystals.

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I like the Enterprise-D (Galaxy-X Class) with the three warp nacelles, climbing vertically onto the screen to save the day in the Best of Both Worlds. The enhanced phasers burn completely through the Klingon ships.

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ForwardClimate780@reddit (OP)

Ensign Rager: Baddest helms women in all of Trek!

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rdt_48695@reddit

The one with an Excelsior class ship by its side

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Cambot1138@reddit

And sometimes the shot cuts early, and others the Excelsior peels off.

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TheBurgareanSlapper@reddit

The Excelsior really got shafted. Introduced as the cutting edge of Starfleet design in Star Trek 3. Three years later, it’s a glorified shuttle for Admirals on TNG.

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tehmightyengineer@reddit

One of the best things about Generations was showing off the Enterprise B.

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No-Captain2150@reddit

I rewatched TNG earlier this year and I don't know how many times I stopped to say "that's a beautiful ship" to myself, but it was a lot.

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wilstar_berry@reddit

Granted not establishing shot. But into the sunset from Fistful of Datas is so exceptional and funny in story context.

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The_Phame@reddit

have two favorite shots. The first is when the Enterprise pulls a hard reverse, executes a sudden 180 pivot, and rockets forward. The second is when she’s cruising at warp, abruptly drops into normal space to snap-change her heading, and instantly punches back into warp."

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