Rank the Enterprises (Star Trek)

[DennyA]

Just for the heck of it, and to give Brian Rubin something to do, I thought I'd create a topic for ranking the various Enterprise designs from the Star Trek shows and movies.

Here's my ranking, which should be accepted as canon. You're of course welcome to post your own lists below and argue unsuccessfully why the Enteprise-D should be higher on the list. :)

NCC-1701 (Original Series)
NCC-1701(-A) Refit (TOS Movies)
NCC-1701-D Refit (Future 3-Engine version, "All Good Things")
NCC-1701-C ("Yesterday's Enterprise")
NX-01 (Enterprise show)
NCC-1701 (Star Trek 2009 movie)
NCC-1701-E (TNG Movies)
NCC-1701-B (Star Trek Generations)
NCC-1701-D (TNG )

Edit: Here's Wikipedia's reference list of Enterprises, in case you can't remember some of them. Wow, Ralph McQuarrie's version for ST:Phase II was horrible. Glad that ddin't happen.

[DennyA]

And nobody bring up Voyager, please. Thing looked like a flying shoehorn with warp nacelles.

[Brian Rubin]

NCC-1701(-A) Refit (TOS Movies)
NCC-1701-D Refit (Future 3-Engine version, "All Good Things")
NCC-1701-D (TNG )
NCC-1701-E (TNG Movies)
NCC-1701 (Star Trek 2009 movie)
NCC-1701-B (Star Trek Generations)
NCC-1701-C ("Yesterday's Enterprise")
NCC-1701 (Original Series)

Refit all the way bitches.

[Pogue Mahone]

This is one case where I have to let nostalgia get the vote: I like the Enterprise refit from The Motion Picture the best, mainly because that was my first real exposure to Trek. I'm not a fan at all of TNG designs, it made the Enterprise look like an ergonomic chair. I like the exterior of the 2009 version but I don't like it's bridge at all. I think Wrath of Khan had the coolest Enterprise bridge design. And there's your stream of consciousness post, Pogue out.

[Brian Rubin]

And nobody bring up Voyager, please. Thing looked like a flying shoehorn with warp nacelles.

Please, you said Enterprises, I think we're smart enough to know not to bring up that pile of crap. ;)

Now, if we're talking other ships, Defiant all the way baby.

But yeah, Enterprise Refit is the best.

[nKoan]

Growing up watching the Next Generation, that is my favorite ship. I also remember the 'Oh wow cool!" moment of seeing the 3-engine version fly vertically up in the battle it debuted in. Blew my mind at the time.

[DennyA]

The first time I saw the TNG Enterprise moving onscreen, my reaction was "WTF? It looks like a flying office building."

But the three-engine version with the external phaser/photon turrets is awesome. I actually own a model of that one. :)

To me, the 60's version just feels "functional." I think it's the detail they did on the warp nacelles, with the spinning fronts, the "piping" details, etc.

[Omniscia]

What about the Enterprise from that horrible Scott Bakula show?

[DennyA]

Wow. I forgot that one, and I actually kind of liked it. Damnit.

Couldn't add it to the poll. If it was your favorite, just post here. :)

[Omniscia]

Also, why didn't Brian Rubin catch that?

You're slipping, man!

[Brian Rubin]

Also, why didn't Brian Rubin catch that?

You're slipping, man!

You mean the NX-01 or whatever? I hated that show, couldn't even finish season one. The theme song didn't help.

[GregB]

Bah! NCC-1701 "Mirror Mirror" version. ISS Enterprise all the way, baby!

[Omniscia]

The theme song totally killed any interest I had in the show.

Still, it was an interesting ship design.

[Brian Rubin]

The theme song totally killed any interest I had in the show.

Still, it was an interesting ship design.

It was sleek, true, and did have a more gritty look to it, which was kinda cool.

[DennyA]

If you're a serious Trekkie (and Brian Rubin obviously isn't, by his silly ranking of Enterprises), you should watch the last half of the final season of Enterprise. Once they heard they were cancelled, they turned the show into total fanservice. At least watch the two-part "In a Mirror, Darkly," which ties into both "Mirror, Mirror" and "The Tholian Web."

[Brian Rubin]

Feh, I say to you sir. Feh.

[Pogue Mahone]

Also, my favorite Enterprise is the Millennium Falcon.

[Brian Rubin]

Also, my favorite Enterprise is the Millennium Falcon.

And my favorite Millennium Falcon is Serenity. :P

[Pogue Mahone]

My favorite Serenity is the Planet Express ship.

[Brian Rubin]

My favorite Serenity is the Planet Express ship.

Is that that stupid ship from Futurama that looks like it was ripped out of Flash Gordon?

[Pogue Mahone]

Yeah! Isn't it awesome?

[Brian Rubin]

Yeah! Isn't it awesome?

It's...colorful, sure...

[Ed Solomon]

If you're a serious Trekkie (and Brian Rubin obviously isn't, by his silly ranking of Enterprises), you should watch the last half of the final season of Enterprise. Once they heard they were cancelled, they turned the show into total fanservice. At least watch the two-part "In a Mirror, Darkly," which ties into both "Mirror, Mirror" and "The Tholian Web."

It's a trap!

Enterprise sucks big fat donkey dicks. Condemned prisoners shouldn't be made to watch that show.

[Enduro_Man]

Wow, Ralph McQuarrie's version for ST:Phase II was horrible. Glad that ddin't happen.

But just imagine McQuarrie Enterprise vs McQuarrie Darth Vader! Who would McQuarrie-win?

I loved the idea of the Enterprise-B when it was just an Excelsior with a different name. And then Generations had to give it a couple of tumors, and hand the keys to Cameron... Dammit.

[RichVR]

My favorite Serenity is the Planet Express ship.

My favorite Planet Express ship is the Dark Star.

[Pogue Mahone]

I think my favorite Dark Star is the Winnebago from Spaceballs.

[Omniscia]

My favorite Winnebago is the Satellite of Love.

[Brian Rubin]

[Acoustic Rob]

I voted for the Enterprise refit from the first 6 movies; the original would be right behind at #2.

But this is my actual favorite Trek starship:

[RichVR]

My favorite dead horse is a dead raccoon.