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Yk they actually built the set right? They're not just making a CGI bridge? There's no green screen on the bridge except maybe for the big viewscreen. It is genuinely an environment that the actors talk incredibly positively about.

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I was informed not long after posting this, yeah. Which is, frankly, embarrassing to me. I leave the post up as an exercise in humility. XD I stand by my assertion that the aesthetic is literally hostile to the audience's eyes and I can't believe how many people tolerate it for the sake of watching Trek. No actual human could work on a bridge that looks IRL what we see on the screen for very long.

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In terms of actual humans being able to work in an environment like that, I think yeah, most real people absolutely couldn't, but Starfleet just picks the best of the best that can tolerate those conditions, starships are incredibly complicated beasts and demand a lot of skill and focus to operate, almost superhumanly so.

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Fair enough :)

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Hey yk what, props to you for the humility, gotta respect that. I agree that it's not perfect, being just a bit too busy, but I think it works well enough on the screen. There's always some blur or lighting effects that make it so you don't have to worry about the full extent of what's going on. Also, I think they just generally learn how to light the bridge better and better as it goes on. They pull the business back into focus during hectic moments so you really feel how intense and frantic the damage control has to be, but dial it back in chiller scenes. I'm autistic, and definitely understand not being able to tolerate a busy environment; if you just can't get on board with it, that's legit, but I think it's produced very well.

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"Can you imagine trying to do your day job in this sort of hell?"

Yes, but only because I've been to Las Vegas.

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I think a comparison with the bridge from Star Trek: Enterprise would also be illustrative of the different choices that have been made. That bridge was more modern looking, crowded, and very functional. Less brightly lit than the TOS or TNG bridges, but that also served a purpose together with the other changes: it felt more modern day and slightly less futuristic, and was more reminiscent of a submarine than of a ship to me, which also makes sense given it's setting. But those different design choices didn't make it dysfunctional or hard to see things. They could have leaned more in that direction I think.

I haven't really seen a lot of nutrek, and the more I read/watch *about* it the less interested I get, but there is an obvious selection bias there. Some good came out of it though, the redlettermedia videos on the new series are objectively hilarious.

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