Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 0 Episode 43 Visual Effects Magic The future is closer than you think.
Overview: Dan Curry recalls work to create the firefight and the news reel footage in the two episode starter ("Stormfront") that started season four. Fred Pienkos of Eden FX talks about recreating the Manhattan skyline that would have been seen at the time when this was to have took place. John Teska discusses the CG work for the Xindi Insectoids and Aquatics. Ronald B. Moore speaks to the significance of the groundbreaking work on Lord of the Rings and that impact on the CG work for Enterprise. He continues on discussing the Tholians and their appearance in season two and finally in season four. Robert Bonchune talks about the launch of NX-02 Columbia. Robert B. Moore and Dan Curry discussed the CG creation of the Xindi weapon. Pierre Drolet describes the approach he used to build the weapon in the computer.