I was just thinking that myself! There's a shot of Number One coming down from the transporter to greet Pike, who is wearing a Disco uniform that somehow looks kind of dated and pajama-like next to the TOS-style uniform.
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I'm really glad we're getting to see more of Pike and his crew. I really consider "The Cage" to be the zeroth series and NBC deprived us of it. I'm still glad we got TOS. Ultimately, I think we got the better show with Kirk. But a Pike series would've been pretty good too. Different, but pretty good.
So a ship based off a previously unused design from the 1970s (Discovery) will be a commanded by a virtually-unused Captain from the 1960s (Pike). It's great to see both finally getting their due.
So a ship based off a previously unused design from the 1970s (Discovery) will be a commanded by a virtually-unused Captain from the 1960s (Pike). It's great to see both finally getting their due.
How?!
And once the bomb is located on Praxis, then they say, "Well, there's a slight chance that the bomb will detonate on its own years from now, maybe some time in the 2290s, but that's still a ways off. And we can just blame it on over-mining and insufficient safety precautions."
Kor
and now Picard gets a Phase 2
Possible explanation: "It isn't exactly what I want so random insult hurled at it."
Honestly, it's kind of cutting against the grain these days in prestige TV drama to resist total serialization.
It's not an unusual approach to have each episode stand on its own while still having an overall arc for the season. That's what I think they should do.
Otherwise everything would have to connect or whatever's not the main plot would have to be a subplot we check in on when it doesn't come into sharper focus.
Otherwise everything would have to connect or whatever's not the main plot would have to be a subplot we check in on when it doesn't come into sharper focus.
I'm about to start re-watching all six TOS movies, then DSC again, to see how DSC rolls off of it.
Eventually I'll do the same thing with late-DS9 to see how DSC rolls off of that too.
In the meantime, I'm putting on TMP! The Klingons here are the scariest they'll ever be again until "Lethe", almost 40 years later, when I thought Cornwell was about to die.
EDIT: In a dream world I would've loved to have seen the USS Discovery with '70s feature film production values. Planet of the Titans.
Eventually I'll do the same thing with late-DS9 to see how DSC rolls off of that too.
In the meantime, I'm putting on TMP! The Klingons here are the scariest they'll ever be again until "Lethe", almost 40 years later, when I thought Cornwell was about to die.
EDIT: In a dream world I would've loved to have seen the USS Discovery with '70s feature film production values. Planet of the Titans.
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The TMP Klingons are my favorite version of the race.
Model work never should've been abandoned. There's something to be said about the physical craftsmanship that just isn't there with CGI, no matter how good it gets. I don't know. I think CGI should enhance, not replace. That goes for effects too. I like practical and handcrafted effects.
I could see DSC S1 Klingons morphing into TMP Klingons. They have the same gruff ferocity, hostility, and to borrow from the Kobyashi Maru in TWOK, are unresponsive to any type of peaceful overtures.
EDIT: I watched TMP in one sitting. That's something I couldn't do when I was younger. It always used to be at least twice. Maybe there's hope that one day I'll be able to do the same with 2001.
I could see DSC S1 Klingons morphing into TMP Klingons. They have the same gruff ferocity, hostility, and to borrow from the Kobyashi Maru in TWOK, are unresponsive to any type of peaceful overtures.
EDIT: I watched TMP in one sitting. That's something I couldn't do when I was younger. It always used to be at least twice. Maybe there's hope that one day I'll be able to do the same with 2001.
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I agree. There's something special about seeing a model on screen. I'm big into miniatures so seeing the kind of craftsmanship go into models is amazing to me. It's one of the reasons I love the other sci fi exploration show as it uses a mix of real model work and CGI.
The CGI work in Rogue One is excellent, but I think that’s because they scanned physical models to make the CG models. Those Star Destroyers are beautiful.
Plus it’s ILM and they’re amazing.
I honestly think cgi scanned and enhanced miniatures are the way to go. All the freedom of movement, and detail at scale when necessary, but the quality that comes from actual artisan work. Working on a model is very diffierent thing to working in cg programs, and the aesthetic shows.
I always forget Rogue One's battles were CGI. They looked so darn real. It's the best space battle CGI I've seen.
TWOK Time. Other than TUC, probably the most influential movie on DSC.
I think the Klingons under T'Kuvma's banner were itching for war with the Federation no matter what. If the Shenzhou came in peace, it was a "lie". If the Shenzhou came for battle, it was all the excuse T'Kuvma needed to reunite The Empire against a common enemy.
Either way you cut it, the Klingons wanted a war and there was no way out of it. No way to win, if the Federation's goal was to prevent a war. Like in the Kobyashi Maru Scenario in TWOK, the Klingons weren't interested in diplomacy at all.
The Battle at the Binary Stars was a test of character and Michael Burnham failed that test. She turned on her Captain and, as a result, was charged with mutiny. Maybe Captain Georgiou would've been lenient on Burnham if she'd lived, but she didn't, which was a failure and another way the Shenzhou lost in a no-win scenario.
I think the Klingons under T'Kuvma's banner were itching for war with the Federation no matter what. If the Shenzhou came in peace, it was a "lie". If the Shenzhou came for battle, it was all the excuse T'Kuvma needed to reunite The Empire against a common enemy.
Either way you cut it, the Klingons wanted a war and there was no way out of it. No way to win, if the Federation's goal was to prevent a war. Like in the Kobyashi Maru Scenario in TWOK, the Klingons weren't interested in diplomacy at all.
The Battle at the Binary Stars was a test of character and Michael Burnham failed that test. She turned on her Captain and, as a result, was charged with mutiny. Maybe Captain Georgiou would've been lenient on Burnham if she'd lived, but she didn't, which was a failure and another way the Shenzhou lost in a no-win scenario.
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Just finished. It never gets old. No offense to the later films, but that's a real Star Trek movie!!!
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