First Look at Captain Lorca (blurry bridge of DSC)
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It's a style I think of as "Modern bland". It looks cool and slick, but there's nothing distinctive about it. In ten years you'll be able to tell exactly when the series was made just by the amount of blue. Love or hate J.J's visual style, but if you watch ST09 he avoided the whole overly blue gimmick and gave the movie a very warm look which I think will still look good many years from now.
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Day job. No-one's thinking Blue Steel, right?
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Jason IsaacsVerified account @jasonsfolly 3h3 hours agoDay job. No-one's thinking Blue Steel, right?
Everything should have been done in shades of avocado green, mustard yellow, burnt orange, and brown, with the occasional splash of bold primary color. Together with plenty of flared pants, large shirt collars, gold medallions, and huge mustaches, that would have lent a visually timeless and classic quality to this series.
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I want a predominantly green SciFi show now, just for the sake of it. Of course blue is associated with "clean" and "modern" which is why so many pharma/healthcare companies have blue logos and apparently that's totes SciFi!
In general, I'm okay with scifi shows tending towards blue but damn... Discovery is VERY blue. Like seriously fucking blue.
And just for @M: That was not a challenge to find a non-blue pharma company logo!
In general, I'm okay with scifi shows tending towards blue but damn... Discovery is VERY blue. Like seriously fucking blue.
And just for @M: That was not a challenge to find a non-blue pharma company logo!
Very nice uniform. I'm really digging the style. Helps blue is my favorite color. 
Regarding the uniforms not matching the uniforms in "The Cage," there's real world precedence. The time to do changeover for a new uniform for any service often takes several years before it's fully implemented, just as I experienced when the Navy changed from the utilities (watered-down dungarees) to the Navy Working Uniform (blue camouflage). Hell, we even saw it in The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine for each the new uniforms. Space is a large place so it's perfectly reasonable to believe uniforms don't change right away.
Regarding the uniforms not matching the uniforms in "The Cage," there's real world precedence. The time to do changeover for a new uniform for any service often takes several years before it's fully implemented, just as I experienced when the Navy changed from the utilities (watered-down dungarees) to the Navy Working Uniform (blue camouflage). Hell, we even saw it in The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine for each the new uniforms. Space is a large place so it's perfectly reasonable to believe uniforms don't change right away.
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Then what do they do about the green screen, make it blue? There could be no blue.
Of course, any sci fi show screams the time it was made in by its visual style. TNG's first season couldn't be more late 80s if it tried.
Prior to the era of blue and metallic, we had the era of gritty and sweaty, and before that the era of spandex and upholstery.
Looking back this blue trend in sci-fi already started way back in the late 90s, when shows like Babylon 5, Seaquest, Voyager and later Enterprise started utilizing more and more cold hues.
He looks out of place in that uniform. The problem is not that it's blue but that it's too saturated of a blue for someone his age.
Burnham and the other young cast members look ok, but he looks like he's waiting for someone to tell him he looks silly and to dress his age. And the gold sticks out like a sore thumb.
Also, the cut is not right for every actor.
I was really hoping he was an alien and not a human wearing a Tribble on his head. Complaining frequencies closed. Still can't wait for the show and I'm happy enough with his casting acting-wise.
Burnham and the other young cast members look ok, but he looks like he's waiting for someone to tell him he looks silly and to dress his age. And the gold sticks out like a sore thumb.
Also, the cut is not right for every actor.
I was really hoping he was an alien and not a human wearing a Tribble on his head. Complaining frequencies closed. Still can't wait for the show and I'm happy enough with his casting acting-wise.
The shoulder stripe things give it a nice Futurama-y vibe.
I'd like the future to look less sterile and more... fun.
And why do future people hate "comfortable" or "cozy"?
Awesome!
And why do future people hate "comfortable" or "cozy"?
Awesome!
True. But I'd like something that looks more timeless. I'm not sure what exactly that would be, but you're not going to find it by making your show look exactly like everyone else's.
The B5 uniforms (both the original and non-EA ones) were less saturated and had maroon leather and grays to offset them. Young, fit people look good in anything, but as one gets older, muted colors are a must in order to not look foolish
Looking back this blue trend in sci-fi already started way back in the late 90s, when shows like Babylon 5, Seaquest, Voyager and later Enterprise started utilizing more and more cold hues.
What days were those?
Yeah, I'm with you there. Not the worst (like early DS9/VOY or the TMP-ones), but I wouldn't mind an overhaul for season 2...
It seems weird to put the detailed glittering on the side belly. You shouldn't put audience focus on an actor's side belly.
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