Poll Do you consider Discovery to truly be in the Prime Timeline at this point?
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He is found with a covered head due to the severe weather, (and so are the other Augments) Kahn does not wear a Sikh turban on screen.
I think that's more for protection from the environment than anything cultural.
Hmm. I remember it as distinctively black and gold turban with the metal visor underneath. But it has been a while, and I may be conflating with with the portrait in the episode. I do remember my Sikh mates in school much preferring bringing up Khan as a riposte to the NF apes at the back of the room when they were busy making unpleasant Temple of Doom comments. I will have to go and hunt screengrabs now. XD
Edit: i’d Go either way...it is turban styled at the front, but I suppose there’s only a couple of ways to wear it as protection. It’s not ‘arab’ styled in the more typical way portrayed. But *shrug*
Yep, Ricardo wasn't the first Hispanic cast as an Indian or Arab. He also played a few Native Americans, despite having no Native ancestry.
I just checked. Looks like it's a black/dark grey head wrap.
Yeah, I hit up the image search. It has the arch at the front, straight black. But couldn’t call it from the image. Could be a turban, could not be. Shape an style is right, but it’s not tight or hardened. But then..they aren’t always.
Turbanish.
I would've liked if they made Khan Indian in Into Darkness, which is not to slight Benedict Cumberbatch. He's a great actor and The Imitation Game is one of my favorite movies.
Getting back to something earlier...
Little did I know I'd be trying to get myself out of an argument with someone after I said I'll still think of the narrative of DSC as Prime Timeline. I had things I needed to do, somewhere I had to be in not too long, it was feeling like a lazy Sunday, and I wasn't in the mood to get into an argument over "The Conscience of the King". Of all things. Posting what I think of something doesn't necessarily mean, "I want to get into a long debate over it!"
It blind-sided me when it was brought up. I was thinking, "Why is this obscure stuff being brought up?!" That's getting way, way, way too caught up in the weeds. What would I say in normal every day conversation in Real Life? "I don't think of Discovery as the Prime Timeline because of "The Conscience of the King" and DNA!" or "Because insert minor trivia here"? That sounds ridiculous. That's going too far. Even for me. I'm not one of those fans and I'm not going to get into those types of arguments. It's living up to the stereotype of Trekkies to a "T".
Unless something major happens, like I said before like the Enterprise being destroyed or Pike suddenly being killed, I'm still going to consider the narrative part of the Prime Timeline.
Getting back to something earlier...
Little did I know I'd be trying to get myself out of an argument with someone after I said I'll still think of the narrative of DSC as Prime Timeline. I had things I needed to do, somewhere I had to be in not too long, it was feeling like a lazy Sunday, and I wasn't in the mood to get into an argument over "The Conscience of the King". Of all things. Posting what I think of something doesn't necessarily mean, "I want to get into a long debate over it!"
It blind-sided me when it was brought up. I was thinking, "Why is this obscure stuff being brought up?!" That's getting way, way, way too caught up in the weeds. What would I say in normal every day conversation in Real Life? "I don't think of Discovery as the Prime Timeline because of "The Conscience of the King" and DNA!" or "Because insert minor trivia here"? That sounds ridiculous. That's going too far. Even for me. I'm not one of those fans and I'm not going to get into those types of arguments. It's living up to the stereotype of Trekkies to a "T".
Unless something major happens, like I said before like the Enterprise being destroyed or Pike suddenly being killed, I'm still going to consider the narrative part of the Prime Timeline.
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Alexander Siddig was born in Sudan (I don't believe Bashir's birthplace is known), and Deanna was born on Betazed to a Betazoid mother and an American father, so neither is really a Brit playing a Brit.
Siddig's mother is British ( and related to Malcolm McDowell) and he's spent most of his life in Britain, so close enough to being a Brit. As for playing a Brit, he uses an RP accent for Bashir.
Well, that works for me I guess.
If this show had been been on in 2007 this thread or one like it would have been titled "Does Discovery Violate Canon?"
Because the "Prime Timeline" was not a thing until J.J. Abrams and Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman created it as a default.
No, Discovery is not "in the Prime Timeline." People are arguing not only over whether the show is part of a thing that does not fucking exist, but that was not even an idea when the last Star Trek series was cancelled.
Because the "Prime Timeline" was not a thing until J.J. Abrams and Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman created it as a default.
No, Discovery is not "in the Prime Timeline." People are arguing not only over whether the show is part of a thing that does not fucking exist, but that was not even an idea when the last Star Trek series was cancelled.
We need stuff to argue about.
I bet @Annorax849 never thought he'd start up a thread that would go on this long.
That's what they want you to think.
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