The Best of Warp Speed!
Why Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange recommends it
Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange answerers link it as a visual reference when comparing how warp travel effects look across the Star Trek movies.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2014 to 2022.
What it is
A 15-minute fan compilation of every warp speed sequence from the first eleven Star Trek films, from The Motion Picture (1979) to the 2009 reboot. It is a simple clip reel posted by the Romulan64 channel, useful for seeing how the effect changed over time.
What people said
Recommends Todd Wilcox · 2022-02 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “What is the earliest usage of the “Lightspeed” animation and why is it used so heavily?”
A similar and extremely famous and influential special effect is the "beyond the infinite" or "through the monolith" effect from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1969). It doesn't have any of the precise elements you ask about, but the slit scan technique used does create a particular impression of travel at supernatural speeds: According to Wikipedia [LINK] , the first time star streaks were used for a warp drive or hyperspace animation was in the movie Dark Star in 1974. The movie was directed by John Carpenter and the special effects were created by Dan O'Bannon. The entire movie is available on YouTube. Here's a link to a time stamp about ten seconds before the first use of the effect in the movie
Cites Valorum · 2014-12 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Warp entry visual effect”
Out of universe, the warp entry effect was designed with the primary aim of looking modern and more realistic than the effects used in the Star Trek films which, although at the time cutting edge, were now looking decidedly dated [this video] . Bob Justman, supervising Producer on Star Trek described the visual as the " rubber-band effect ". BJ: Yeah, it’s a new show. Also, I had an idea for an effect. I didn’t like the warp speed effect in the features. I thought it looked animated, it looked cartoony — it didn’t look real. I wanted to have, to do something else instead of having those lines, those broad lines coming back — it looked so fake to me. But that’s the best they could come up with, cr
Cites user16696 · 2015-02 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Does the federation have slipstream or transwarp technology in Star Trek: Into Darkness?”
@melchoir55 but your biggest problem is that the FIRST nu-trek had the same warp special effects that Into Darkness had, **PRIOR to Spock's arrival.** See Sulu's parking break incident starting at 12m00s and then the Enterprise AND the Narada mid warp.https: [this video]