Production Starts video

[milo bloom]

Hold everything!!! That's a blue uniform but an engineering badge!!! In honor of Gene's vision we must boycott this show for it is already a disaster.

With all that gold piping, I'm thinking that's a dress uniform. I'm really hoping we'll get the tri-color designs of TOS for the standard duty uniforms, but I could definitely see a royal blue dress jacket for special occasions.

As for the Discovery itself, those drawings look like they've rounded off some of the harsher edges from that old promo video and that looks a lot better. I'm also betting that the wireframe model is the Shenzhou.

 

[Gepard]

That wirefre ship bears a striking resemblance to this John Eaves design he did for an Australian Star Trek fan club:

 

[mdtauk]

John Eaves is part of the Discovery team, so it could be based on the same design.

 

[saddestmoon]

Yuss! Great to see the original images of the discovery still appear to be on the table, so to speak! Hoping she stays that way also.

Nice to see the wireframe of the other starship also.

 

[Classic Fan]

Woah. Holy hell. Didnt expect this so soon. Avsolutly love the uniforms. Looks like a dress uniform as it has a collar.

Captains chair looks better now that it isnt bare wood.

 

[Michael]

That wirefre ship bears a striking resemblance to this John Eaves design he did for an Australian Star Trek fan club:

Nice catch! They look very similar.

Is it possible what we're seeing them build in these images is actually the bridge of the “Klingon Sarcophagus Ship” design that surfaced some time ago? That spherical structure doesn't look very Starfleet to me. And the stairs are very reminiscent of the Sarcophagus sketches.

Here's the Sarcophagus design …

 

[elric428]

Chair was prviously shown on one of Bryan Fuller's tweets...

 

[Jedman67]

Hold everything!!! That's a blue uniform but an engineering badge!!! In honor of Gene's vision we must boycott this show for it is already a disaster.

Unless the piping is divisional?

 

[konitzlee]

I surely hope they will go with the ugly design (more character) than the Miranda looking stuff (boring and seen before). Better ugly with character rather than cute with no character.

 

[KennyB]

Chair was prviously shown on one of Bryan Fuller's tweets...

Just doesn't look as comfy as the TOS chair........

 

[tribbleorlfl]

Nice catch! They look very similar.

Is it possible what we're seeing them build in these images is actually the bridge of the “Klingon Sarcophagus Ship” design that surfaced some time ago? That spherical structure doesn't look very Starfleet to me. And the stairs are very reminiscent of the Sarcophagus sketches.

Here's the Sarcophagus design …

I think you're right. In addition, it's a similar design aesthetic on the armor we see at the beginning of the video and and on the helmet the guy in orange is wearing.

What I'm curious about is if these are indeed for the Klingons, how are the going to explain such a radically different design.

 

[Balok's Decoy]

What I'm curious about is if these are indeed for the Klingons, how are the going to explain such a radically different design.

If they are, and if it is, the explanation is that it's a different ship. And a different show. Quite frankly that's all the explanation I need. Story > Canon Adherence

 

[captainkirk]

Nice catch! They look very similar.

Is it possible what we're seeing them build in these images is actually the bridge of the “Klingon Sarcophagus Ship” design that surfaced some time ago? That spherical structure doesn't look very Starfleet to me. And the stairs are very reminiscent of the Sarcophagus sketches.

Here's the Sarcophagus design …

If you compare the stairs and pillars on the left of the set pic with the ones in the center of the concept art you can see that they are almost certainly of the sarcophagus bridge. The question then is who is being kept in the sarcophagus.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I'm gonna guess that uni is a dress uniform, hence the gold trim and collar. The badge looks cool, but I'd prefer it without the split.

The blurry bridge looked like something from the TNG movie era. Not reinventing the wheel, but fine.

The wireframe ship looks like one of the NX-class derivatives from the Star Trek Legacy videogame.

The Klingon ship sets and costumes look really cool.

 

[tribbleorlfl]

If they are, and if it is, the explanation is that it's a different ship. And a different show. Quite frankly that's all the explanation I need. Story > Canon Adherence

I am not necessarily a stickler for canon; I do agree good story and characters supercede canon. However, when a work radically deviates from what's been earlier realated works, I simply want a plausible story-based rationale to explain it. "It's a new show for a modern audience" or "it just looks cool" doesn't cut it for me.

I really am digging these designs and I think it *could* signal a really interesting dynamic to the Klingons we haven't seen before. I just don't know what that could be and I'm hoping the PTB do.

 

[Balok's Decoy]

I am not necessarily a stickler for canon; I do agree good story and characters supercede canon. However, when a work radically deviates from what's been earlier realated works, I simply want a plausible story-based rationale to explain it. "It's a new show for a modern audience" or "it just looks cool" doesn't cut it for me.

I really am digging these designs and I think it *could* signal a really interesting dynamic to the Klingons we haven't seen before. I just don't know what that could be and I'm hoping the PTB do.

I agree in principle, sometimes, when it's convenient, lol.

And particularly with aesthetic deviations, that's when I really don't care. But I agree that canon should be a guiding force. An overall guide, but dismissed when it's inconvenient. Kind of like the Prime Directive.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

Finally! It begins…!

 

[Jedman67]

I am not necessarily a stickler for canon; I do agree good story and characters supercede canon. However, when a work radically deviates from what's been earlier realated works, I simply want a plausible story-based rationale to explain it. "It's a new show for a modern audience" or "it just looks cool" doesn't cut it for me.

I really am digging these designs and I think it *could* signal a really interesting dynamic to the Klingons we haven't seen before. I just don't know what that could be and I'm hoping the PTB do.

It's been nearly 12 years since Enterprise went off the air. I would personally hope that the bridge borrows a little bit of the "NASA Tech" from Enterprise to kind of bridge the gap (no pun intended) but really, it's a NEW SHOW. Like brand-new. For a new audience. Who the fuck cares that the old klingons had pointy foreheads and krazy-glue beards?
Too much contrived matching of distinct elements is what ruined voyager after a highlty successful 7 year run. It's what killed the indians at Custers Last Stand (not enough Custard).
It's what pushed Ceti Alpha V halfway to the sun. It's what destroyed Planet Vulcan and 5.7 billion extremely logical Vulcans!! Give it a rest, mate!

 

[drt]

Could be the Sarcophagus ship is some ancient thing (not even necessarily Klingon), my bet is the contemporary Klingon ships have a more traditional design.

 

[BillJ]

Still in "meh" mode.

Lots of gold piping on the uniform we see, might be an Admiral's uniform.