Sep 012010
There is one thing about every Star Trek series and movie ever made that has always bothered us. It has to do with the outdoor lighting in any of the exterior shots of the Enterprise (ANY Enterprise). It isn’t as obvious in the original series, but anything made afterward shows the ship passing by with a light source illuminating the ship’s exterior.
What we want to know is WHERE is the light source, because you never get a clue where the light is coming from, but in deep space with no nearby stars or planets the exterior shots should be black as midnight, maybe blacker.
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Even in TOS, the shots set in deep space away from a nearby star should be almost total blackness, the ship outlined be either it’s own running lights or if they’re not working for any reason, as a black shape blocking distant stars.