When it first appeared on television, the "Enterprise" was called an "elegant and weird looking behemoth". Design expert Jonathan Glancey described the "convincing and exciting" "Enterprise" as having the same aesthetic appeal as the Concorde jet, B-17 bomber, and "Queen Elizabeth 2" ocean liner. The ship's design came at the end of a trend for science-fiction spaceships to resemble rockets, and just as real spacecraft began to influence sci-fi designs. The "Enterprise"s design, which influenced future starships in the franchise, is iconic. The ship's interiors are also considered exemplars of 1960s design. "Popular Mechanics" called the design of the original "Enterprise" the best version of the various ships named "Enterprise" that had appeared in the "Star Trek" franchise. "io9" also ranked the original design of the ship as the best version of the "Enterprise", characterizing the original as superior to ten later versions of its namesake, and ranked the film refit as the franchise's second best. "The New York Times" called it "a joy" to see the original "Enterprise" again, as redesigned for "Discovery"s second-season premiere.