Poll Do you wish the tone of the series would be darker or lighter?
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Right now I'm in a place where dark stuff appeals to me and I can relate to it.
I'd like for it to be dark sometimes, and light sometimes, and dark sometimes when it doesn't seem like it should be, and light sometimes when it's inappropriate but still somehow a relief. In other words, I'd like for it to be just like real people living real life. Just in the future. And with cool future tech (and the implications of it on those people).
I'm not sure the trailers and little snippets from interviews accurately reflect the tone of the show. I don't mind darker as such, but I would prefer a lighter show. If Discovery is really good it can be both and make it work. Fingers crossed.
Green has admitted in one of the interviews that the show is gritty, so we have a confirmation of this beyond just the trailers.
I have two problems with this
a) I like to clearly see what's going on. In real world people turn on the lights and they should do it in StarTrek. I don't want to have to tune my brightness on the projector by 50% and diluting the colors in process.
b) Darkness is often code for gritty and gritty is code for shitty. If it's going to be depressing and dystopian, I'll treat it just like every other *code word* show - I won't watch it.
I have two problems with this
a) I like to clearly see what's going on. In real world people turn on the lights and they should do it in StarTrek. I don't want to have to tune my brightness on the projector by 50% and diluting the colors in process.
b) Darkness is often code for gritty and gritty is code for shitty. If it's going to be depressing and dystopian, I'll treat it just like every other *code word* show - I won't watch it.
This. The tone needs to fit the portion of the story being told since this is to be a 15-episode story arc. If every episode has the same tenor, it will be boring as hell and not worth watching. So the answer to your poll is "yes". It needs to be lighter and darker and all the myriad shades in between.
It seems to me gritty is a word often (ab)used in Hollywood. These days nothing can be good if it's not "gritty." Another term they love to use is "organic." They are on my personal black list of words that annoy me.
Not information. I'll decide in th fall.
When I envisioned a modern "look" to prequel trek, I didn't think it would measure up, but it wound up looking almost exactly like what I was expecting, except even more cinematic. It's contrasty, blue-tinged and photographed incredibly well, and of course, has the benefit of being filmed in 4k(3.2K) and shown generally in full 1080 HD.
Gritty is relative. Star wars was considered "gritty" but it looks like an old Disney movie compared to Alien, Mad Max or Blade Runner. In the scheme of things, DSC looks grittier than even DS9, but not overly gritty, like Walking Dead, or even some of the Expanse.
Gritty is relative. Star wars was considered "gritty" but it looks like an old Disney movie compared to Alien, Mad Max or Blade Runner. In the scheme of things, DSC looks grittier than even DS9, but not overly gritty, like Walking Dead, or even some of the Expanse.
Lighter or darker than what? Sorry i am confused as to what our baseline is that I am supposed to be comparing it to. Darker than old Trek? Sure. lighter than the trailer we have seen? Sure.
The trailer made it look too dark IMO but I want something darker than TNG.
But...I haven't actually seen DSC so who knows. I am just going on my general impression from the trailer so far.
The trailer made it look too dark IMO but I want something darker than TNG.
But...I haven't actually seen DSC so who knows. I am just going on my general impression from the trailer so far.
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