I doubt they will make changes like that at this late stage, but it doesn't mean that they won't release patches or someone will make a mod to make those changes.
And as you aid Skeeter, Bridge Commander had high-poly ships, so there will probably some in the game one day.
Still, the second video was cool, but I saw the ones on Gamespot quite a long time ago. I have a Matress_of_evil account on Gamespot.