Star Trek III - Entering Spacedock with alternate music 3D CGI Animation

[Ferocinator]

What wonders the power of CGI can do.

[HenryClayTalleyrand]

Man, this is awesome, and so is that James Horner score.

[Victorpughenry]

Enterprise needs to get wrecked a little more before this video starts.

[Seantorky3]

wow, this is great

[cmajors999]

Excellent work!!!!

[ATLBDZ]

Glorious Enterprise!!! great job my friend.......love ur vids........although regulations state that all incoming traffic shut down their impulse engines before entering spacedock ;)

[spartan1171926]

Fantastic work chief. Loved the cgi. This version of the Enterprise is the coolest ship in scifi history. Shame it was'nt reused in JJ's 2009 Star Trek. I don't think too many fans would have objected to that idea.

[crimsonninja6995]

Ha nice ENT display screen @1:52

[trha2222]

I much prefer the music in the film.

[brainboob]

I always wondered about those starbase spacedocks, they look massive and yet they seldom explore them in any of the TV shows. I wonder how many levels they have, how many people live and work in them, what kind of facilities they house, etc.

[K1productions]

Quick question, where did you get the control panel graphics for the spacedock control room?

[MiguelitoSan]

I love this and I am a professional illustrator. Don't stop what you're doing mylex, this is wonderful work!

[dvddmc]

the ship is the best designed ship in any Scifi Series i have ever seen! Love the Enterprise

[MrMichael1701]

Nice, but the Enterprise D would not fit through those doors lol

[relyks74]

You forgot to add the star trek phase II model to the left of enterprise as she enters

[TRUMPER007]

That music and the Enterprise always brings a tear!



[MrFreesearcher]

This sort of stuff should be inserted in place of the low lighting or grainy shots of the original.

By the way, has anyone ever noticed how the Enterprise just fits through the doors nicely, and the Excelsior has a bit of a squeeze. So how does the Enterprise D cope?

Guess they must of chopped a bigger hole in the station. That's future proofing there in the design of the station.

[Alfapiomega]

Beatiful :)

[Gamecommunity]

Great work. With HD TV's becoming the norm its a shame that there is no Star Trek (or any real space based sci-fi since Battlestar Glactica finished) to watch on them.

[dvddmc]

Great work! love the video Best Ship design ever.

[adamallred58]

I am definitely impressed by this video. It looks as if you took some time and did everything proper! I like it. Great work!

[matthewakian2]

Beautiful.

[jodecideion]

That was beautiful! Even with the different music it feels right! I love the liberties you took at the same time staying true.

[BuddyFantastic]

I wish i had the knowledge to recreate such a classic sci-fi scene like this. I'm blown away by the accuracy.

[Sukosu232]

Nice recreation :)



[TURBODORK2]

i wonder what they were going to do with Enterprise when it was decommissioned

[Neoclassicalman]

back when ST 3 came out if this kind of animation could have been done you can safely bet that they would have used it for the movie... great work

[tdrewman]

Seems like yesterday that the movie industry was using models to do space scenes 

[nastyashman]

Very, very nice. Star Trek III is my favourite Star Trek film and you "reimagined" the docking scene brilliantly!

[gaelenfade]

Oh the regret in that we dont live in such times.

[sliver01]

Beautiful mylex, beautiful you've got another subscriber!

[flamingmarsupial]

Absolutely beautiful. Your work is graceful and lovely, and a heartfelt tribute to a classically beautiful ship.

[tnpir4002]

All I can say is that this is simply AMAZING!!!

[lew82]

love this vid so much - keep watching it over and over

[DocHellfish]

Great job man. The TMP Enterprise was the classiest ship in all of sci-fi

[stormtroopernoob]

Brilliant job man. I'm still an amateur with 3DS Max but I'm working my way up. Hope I can create brilliant products like u someday.

[lew82]

that was breathtaking - i just watched it at 1080p on my lcd tv in my lounge - just wow, very very impressive, went well with the different music and the different angles were cool too

[EVAUnit4A]

Horner in all his glory.

0:47 (47!) I got goosebumps with anticipation! Held that shot a bit too long, epic as it is. Maybe a sweeping POV from outside the dock watching the Ent approach?

Very clean animation here. Well done.

May I make one note plz? While the Ent is clearly the injured jewel, the point of the scene is to also showcase the dock and Excelsior. Maybe have a camera swing slowly under the Excelsior showing her name while following the Ent? Gives better view of inside too.

[rcha1982]

Way better graphics than the movie!!! Fantastic job!!!

[Deanbabylon]

Well, the angle of the stars is only secondary i think. THe cgi its self is good. My main cretic point is the musik. James Horner maid his score for a reason, and it is withoug questioning the best score ever (at leat for dooking scenes)

[mylex67]

@Deanbabylon

The original mucic of the docking sequence is not available on the ST III Soundtrack but I think the "Returning to vulcan"  music is quite good for this scene, because it has a dramatic raise from the beginning to the end.

[CJCA915]

@mylex67 I have the original soundtrack for this sequence...

[Stormtrooper34]

@mylex67 the original docking sequence music is at the end of track 2 called klingons for some reason (at least on mine)

I spent a couple of hours fitting the music in with the animation, but it was a b*tch to cut.

[mylex67]

@Stormtrooper34

Thanks for the info, I listened to the last part of this track, but I think the returning to vulcan track sounds better to this animation, but this is my own opinion.

[FishfilmInc]

@mylex67 well the original track makes more thematic sense, because its playing the theme for the enterprise, this track plays the motif/theme for spock.

[Deanbabylon]

@mylex67

Ohm, on my record it is...but i have the limited edition..so you might be right.^^

[MiguelitoSan]

@Deanbabylon if we see you do better we'll consider your comment.

[Deanbabylon]

@MiguelitoSan

I never said that i can do better, i only tried to say, that there is room for impovement. Ok, my spelling was very bad in that comment, my apologies. Since my hobby is composing musik i often want other people to lisen at it. I hope that who ever makes a costum movie wants to make it perfekt. and any comment helps you to do so. So no hard feelings ;-)

[lestef23]

@Deanbabylon You type like crap.

[captjami]

Nice work !!

[queenhunter2009]

Oh man I love the lights- the consoles? hmmm hmm. cant wait till I learn how to do this stuff. saw post at SFM-

Good work.

[kernmedia]

Nice! Very Nice! A great job!

[EdwardElric193]

Now all we need is a Stealing the Enterprise from you. XD great job on your animations.

...far be it from me to do any nitpicking but didn't the damage on the starboard engineering hull extend near the dish at the front?

bah, whatever. the main point is, you did a great job!

[Stormtrooper34]

@EdwardElric193 Stealing the enterprise would be cool. especially when the team recreate the cinematography in these recreations so well.

[FireTheDamnAWP]

Beautiful!

[dlots1701a]

to Paraphase Mr. Scott it brought a tear to my eye but please change music to approaching spacedock, not returning to vulcan

[buckaroohawk]

Each new version is better than the one before it!  You make the Enterprise look amazing, mylex!

[Sector001x]

awesome

[UrbanDisturban]

nice but the first shot is seriously weird imo as the stars move straight and the ship comes in from the side it just gives a very very weird and unrealistic look to it.

[CJCA915]

@UrbanDisturban That's how the original looks.

Well, from the ships perspective, they aren't moving the way we see them, since the camera is moving at a slightly different angle and looking a different direction, and the ship passes from right to left at an angle.

[mylex67]

@UrbanDisturban

Yes the angles are not correct, but I want it like the original movie style, a tribute to the 80s

[spins321]

@mylex67 Great recreation of the opening scene from the movie. Kind of sad that people don't  "get" what you were trying to do....

[Stormtrooper34]

@spins321

I think the recreation is great, I most especially notice how great the starbase looks here because it has never been so well presented (even on ST:III)

I don't think anyone thinks the music makes it wrong, this is amazing piece of work. but because James Horner did such a great job composing, it's difficult to even watch this without the original soundtrack playing in your head (for those that have seen the movie)

It's just the way he could fit the music to the movie.

[spins321]

@Stormtrooper34 I should have been more specific, but I was commenting on the orientation of the Enterprise as it approached the camera in relation to the starfield as some people not really getting.

The music bit I don't mind as much (although I think Horner should have done EVERY star trek movie).

I'm a 3D modeler, so I look more at the 3D and camera work as I'm working on a refit right now. The ONLY real complaint I have on the model itself are the textures for the damaged sections.