Bridge Tour Promo

[Captain of the USS Averof]

I'm not gonna lie, I think that's a beautiful bridge/set. It blows the Apple Store bridge out of the water.

 

[RAMA]

Just a note. That footage (not the interview) was shot awhile ago. The newly updated Discovery graphics were shown in the TV Guide set visit video.

 

[Michael]

It is so obvious that the people involved put so much love into things like this... To me, DSC truly feels like a labor of love. No matter how much hatred certain people try to spread around (in here, and elsewhere around the net), you can never take that away. Love always wins. That's why I believe DSC will succeed.

Very well put. The love they poured into this is very apparent.

On a side note, I really dig these short topical featurettes they are putting out now almost daily. What will be the next one? The Discovery herself possibly? Or might they still save that up for a proper reveal in the premiere?

Here are some screenshots no-one asked for …

 

[RAMA]

I can see it now.. "those chairs are completely generic."

Very well put. The love they poured into this is very apparent.

On a side note, I really dig these short topical featurettes they are putting out now almost daily. What will be the next one? The Discovery herself possibly? Or might they still save that up for a proper reveal in the premiere?

Here are some screenshots no-one asked for …

 

[Ensign Ogahd Ahmganadai]

I can see it now.. "those chairs are completely generic."

Actually, I was thinking how I can totally believe everyday office chairs are a natural precursor to what Kirk's bridge had.

 

[Michael]

I'm wondering: Do we know what the main viewscreen will look like? They don't show it here and I don't remember seeing it elsewhere. If this is still how the ship exterior is going to look like, does that mean the bridge will have a window à la Star Trek (2009) and the Shenzhou?

 

[PixelMagic]

...does that mean the bridge will have a window à la Star Trek (2009) and the Shenzhou?

Almost certainly. That's Star Trek's thing now.

 

[RAMA]

John Eaves: Thanks ::: but wait till you see what this amazing team has put together!!! So much outstanding things from an incredibly talented group! I can't get over how intricate and detailed everything is

 

[cultcross]

I love how the screens are meaningful and varied, so much more visually interesting than the early days of LCARS.

 

[Michael]

^ Yeah, I agree. I love me some classic 90s Okudagrams, but these graphics looks somewhat more real.

What I find interesting about the use of the OLED screens is that the idea seems to be to give the captain a status screen for that particular department without having to look over that crewman's shoulders. And at the same time he can see through the screen and see his officer if necessary. At least that's how I understand them. The graphics displayed on them do face the captain after all. Makes OLED screens almost look practicable.

 

[JoeP]

Gorgeous. Amazing. Everything about this show is looking better and better.

 

[uniderth]

Cue the naysayers

First of as a set isolated from everything else it's awesome. It looks very cool. As a Star Trek bridge it's pretty cool too. As a bridge of a ship during the 2250's not so much.

What I hate:
- the general shape, the angles, and darkness.
- the station chairs.
- the over use of flat screens. The ones on the walls are fine, but the ones on the consoles and the transparent standy-uppy ones are excessive.
- the size. Too big. I know they were going for immersive, but come on.
- the sounds effects. If they are the real sound effects, they sound too TNG.

What I love:
- Those blocky white push buttons are an excellent shout out to the era.
- The command chair is acceptable, I can buy that. That shot of the command chair arm was great.
- That alcove with the white blinky lights. THAT IS STAR TREK!

 

[fireproof78]

Very well put. The love they poured into this is very apparent.

On a side note, I really dig these short topical featurettes they are putting out now almost daily. What will be the next one? The Discovery herself possibly? Or might they still save that up for a proper reveal in the premiere?

Here are some screenshots no-one asked for …

Well, I didn't ask for it, but I certainly am appreciative of it anyway

 

[Michael]

Less blue and lighter, if anyone is curious:

 

[Ensign Ogahd Ahmganadai]

Less blue and lighter, if anyone is curious:

From what I have seen from more recent promos, this is much closer to the lighting the series will have.

 

[pst]

From what I have seen from more recent promos, this is much closer to the lighting the series will have.

i hope so! the gold-ish cast to the bulkheads is really attractive and unique for a starfleet ship.

this recent promo pic of lorca also shows displays that are a little greener than we've seen in other shots, which is a nice change. er, maybe i'm color blind.

 

[Jadeb]

That looks much better.

 

[The Librarian]

That bridge set looks decades more advanced then the TNG bridge or even the later Enterprise-E bridge. I wonder if there will be an episode of STD (maybe the series finale) when a bunch of Luddites take over Starfleet and revert all the tech to where it should be to explain why STD is the most advanced looking ST series ever. At least the reboot movies could use BS "butterfly effect" logic for why everything made the TNG era look like the bronze age in comparison. Also, I like how the Captain's chair just has two tablet computers stuck in the arm rests

How do the look more advanced that the TNG bridges? Every single console and display on those ships could supposedly do the exact same things that these show. Do you really think that just because they couldn't build live interacting touchscreens back in 1987, the actual 2367 consoles also weren't interactive and just sat there passively blinking no matter what the users did?

 

[Longinus]

Whilst I would have appreciated a tad more TOS callbacks, it certainly looks pretty damn good, I definitely like it more than ST09 iBridge. The details in particular are amazing, though the relatively simple design of the captain's chair is my favourite bit. Only thing I find a bit jarring are the two front stations, they look disproportionately massive and needlessly extend to the sides. Also, I think more angular look for those consoles reflecting the design of the command chair would have made the look more cohesive. I also hope that it will not be so dark the whole time. But overall a cool bridge.

 

[Vger23]

I said it in another thread, but it's worth saying here...

To me, the 1960's look of TOS is the look of the 1960's TOS TV show, it is NOT necessarily the look of the TOS universe.

Well, I suppose I don't get as hung up on such things, and let my imagination just run within the fictional universe.

It's "sorta, kinda" like an Asimov Book I once read ("Nightfall", I believe). Asimov included a preface in that book explaining that the characters in the book have been anthropomorphized for ease of story-telling, and the characters were written as if they were human, but that the characters in the story were actually aliens who were very very un-humanlike.

The human-like descriptions were not accurate, but that was not important. I could let my imagination just run within the fictional universe Asimov was presenting and think the characters looked like whatever I wanted. I certainly knew they didn't look and act human, even though that's the way they were written.

Similarly (or at least in the same vein) I think the TOS enterprise bridge may have been shown to have gum-drop lights, toggle switches, analog chronometers and such, but they look that way for "ease of storytelling" (i.e., because that's the way they felt like showing them in 1966), I could let my imagination just run within the fictional universe and think the TOS enterprise can look like anything I want.

Sigh...this argument again. I don't know how to address this because I can't really get my head around how to explain homage within a fictional TV series vs. watching actual history. ST is not actual history. It's made-up. Stuff happens that's not meant to be taken 100% literally. Apparently you're totally comfortable with the idea that for about 20 years in the mid-to-late 23rd century, technology and aesthetics are suddenly going to take a giant leap backward and look like a tacky 60's set with tech that isn't capable of stuff it's already capable of in real life, as long as "canon" is preserved. Forget about willing suspension of disbelief, everything must preserve the illusion that Star Trek is real.

I can't be that kind of viewer. I really don't understand the mindset that "canon" (which really has nothing to do with visuals anyway; never has) overrides everything. Canon is not a tiny box in which to trap creativity. It's just a guide for the events of this universe for the writers to use.

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