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USS Enterprise (eventually) on Discovery?
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Weird to think that a variation of the Enterprise design created for an inferior prequel series is now determining the design of the Enterprise. That's some snake-eating-its-tail stuff.
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I prefer the straight pylons I have to say. Still can’t get on board with the squished neck and oversized impulse deck, but the pylons were the most contentious issue for me. I would have preferred this design much more than the final one we got.
Our Rob or Ross?
More Bob Ross, I would say.
It's just for the hull colouring based on the label.
You're not kidding. The pylons are arguably the worst part of the DSC redesign.
Were Bob Ross in DSC I'm sure they'd have redesigned his white 'fro to contain heat sensor pits and a pair of retracting antennae. #HappyLittleStarships
With that avatar I’m not surprised
What are the two humps above the impulse engines for?
The humps are for slow dancing.
Humpbacked....people?
funny, the more i see it the more i like it.
that being said, it either doesn't belong in this universe or this universe doesn't belong with it. aesthetically speaking.
Same here, but I've come to the conclusion that there is a certain expectation of what Starfleet ships of this era are to look like. Since they don't, they must fit in to another box. It's all categorizing.
i'm not really talking about preconceptions of what ships of this era should look like, i'm more puzzled by the approach taken by the production designers. the aesthetics of discovery's fleet are sort of all over the place, but in general the ships are angular with boxy nacelles, some share components across classes or have similar features like two antennas sticking out of their deflectors or three bussard collector domes, stuff like that.
the enterprise is curvy and - from what i can tell - has no major components from any of the other classes we've seen on screen (except for the windows). it's totally fine to explain away the lack of consistency with the rest of the fleet in-universe, but i think as a production design ethic, it would've given the show a little more visual cohesiveness if the enterprise had discovery's nacelles or deflector dish or impulse engines or something, anything to tie it all together.
i like this enterprise design, i also like discovery's design. i just don't think they look like they belong in the same fleet.
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