RayGuy said: Hard for a space station to "swoop" ... Click to expand...

True - and why they likely went with a totally different feel for the credits.However, my point was more that in the TNG open, the Enterprise moves through the frame very similarly to the way it did in the original - by design.The producers knew people would be very wary of "a new Star Trek without the original cast", so they sought to make the transition as respectful as possible to the original, while updating for a "new generation".