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    ManchuCandidate: As long as they put the bridge in the center of the ship and not sticking out somewhere in a vulnerable location like all versions of the USS Enterprise. more »
    TemporalSword: After the disappointment and bombast that was Wolvie, T4 and TF2, I'm thinking these smaller films like this, Moon, and District9 will be the best sci... more »
    Michael_GR: Looks nice, but this design has the same fault every other SF bridge has - they emulate maritime bridges when they should be looking at airplane cockp... more »
    lightninglouie: Ah, I won't be happy 'till I have a Nostromo to call my own. more »
    gorehound: looks pretty decent .hope the film is good more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: That is a poopload of screens and status monitors. *shiver* more »
    RoboBagins: Ick. Too shiny. Not that I want to start anything, but I loved the bridge of the NX-01 Enterprise. It looked practical, accessible, and cool. more »
    Partially Bigoted Zealots: It is very reminiscent of the Matrix's ships layout. The holographic interface provides a nice twist, but overall it doesn't strike me as anything ne... more »
    Greasy Breakfast: Too bad this movie is just more horror-transformation shit. Boo! more »
    Impurethinker: I was always rather found of the ship designs of Macross. The Zentraedi (or whatever spelling you what of the name) cruisers are in my mind the epitom... more »
    KhaiJB: and 1 Iconic design was missed out ;) small... little boxy... moves faster than anything you've shown in the article.. the TARDIS... more »
    NotChoinski: I always thought the Ori ships looked like giant space jockstraps. more »
    FuzzyHorror: I'm not sure if it could be included as io9's focus, but I think videogames could well be included in this. X-Wing and Tie Fighter had some fantastic ... more »
    DeltaGuy: I've always considered the Romulan TNG era warbirds to be the most beautiful, if not impractical, ships designed in Star Trek. more »
    aspiringexpatriate: I never realised how advanced for its time the original Trek was in ship design. B5 and Farscape and Alien probably still remain favourites for design... more »
  • #conceptart

    Now That's What We Call A Starship Bridge

    New Pandorum concept art shows a dark, time-worn spaceship command center, with rusty bulkheads and a cool-looking holographic user interface surrounding the captain's chair. And click through to see another piece of concept art, showing the inevitable service crawlway. More »
  • #gallery

    The Evolution Of Space Cruiser Design: A Gallery

    The Romulan mining vessel Narada undulates as it prepares to claim another defenseless planet. Spaceship design has come a long way since the 1960s. Here's a gallery of five different eras in starships, battlecruisers and planet-destroyers, with 150+ images. More »