What Has Discovery Added To Star Trek Lore?

[Awesome Possum]

The story should always come before canon. Obsessing over canon can be fun, but it isn’t the point of the show and that shouldn’t be forgotten. No one initially fell in love with Trek over useless trivia about star dates, warp speed limits or when someone was captain of what ship.

 

[Hythlodeus]

No one initially fell in love with Trek over useless trivia about star dates, warp speed limits or when someone was captain of what ship.

I'm pretty sure at least someone did. people are weird.

 

[fireproof78]

Alex Kurtzman says maintaining continuity is impossible.

And?

 

[Awesome Possum]

I'm pretty sure at least someone did. people are weird.

Probably.

 

[MakeshiftPython]

The story should always come before canon. Obsessing over canon can be fun, but it isn’t the point of the show and that shouldn’t be forgotten. No one initially fell in love with Trek over useless trivia about star dates, warp speed limits or when someone was captain of what ship.

I'm pretty sure at least someone did. people are weird.

I see the appeal in wanting to treat the Trek universe as something consistent and tangible. For the most part, it is remarkably consistent, but there are obviously gaffes you can find not just between different shows but within themselves as well. VOYAGER tried to explain in "Fury" that maneuvering at warp drive was impossible, that you can only go a straight line... despite the fact that we saw ships maneuver at warp dozens of times, and continued to see it done well after the episode.

Vulcan has no moon... until it does, and then doesn't again, and then does again. For the longest time my biggest impression of Vulcan was that it mainly consisted of old temples, deserts, and caves. I don't think it was until I saw ENTERPRISE that I saw an actual city on that planet (before I would see TAS). The silliest was Amanda giving birth in what looked like a cave... I guess hospitals aren't logical?

 

[Gavin70]

Funny, I thought Star Trek was just make-believe.

How dare you!!!

 

[DaveyNY]

I see the appeal in wanting to treat the Trek universe as something consistent and tangible. For the most part, it is remarkably consistent, but there are obviously gaffes you can find not just between different shows but within themselves as well. VOYAGER tried to explain in "Fury" that maneuvering at warp drive was impossible, that you can only go a straight line... despite the fact that we saw ships maneuver at warp dozens of times, and continued to see it done well after the episode.

Vulcan has no moon... until it does, and then doesn't again, and then does again. For the longest time my biggest impression of Vulcan was that it mainly consisted of old temples, deserts, and caves. I don't think it was until I saw ENTERPRISE that I saw an actual city on that planet (before I would see TAS). The silliest was Amanda giving birth in what looked like a cave... I guess hospitals aren't logical?

One would guess it was more likely a Birthing Temple than just an actual cave.
It seems that Vulcan's prefer to do all the most important things in life, inside natural rather than man-made edifices.

 

[Dukhat]

The story should always come before canon.

Unless, of course, the story sucks.

 

[shapeshifter]

One would guess it was more likely a Birthing Temple than just an actual cave.

This is one mystery I am beginning to come to grips with thanks to DSC, Point of Light in particular. Spock's birth at a 'hospital' would have been a Vulcan media circus, perhaps certainly even cause enough for the extremists to blow it up if they had enough foreknowledge of the event.

TOS'ers should now also better understand Amanda's strange, diverting behaviour towards Kirk during the ship tour in JTB. Huge painful secrets of the past were on the brink of being discovered if she wasn't careful.

Huh, another thought... this also shines a new light on Sybok's infatuation for dealing with secret pain.

 

[Kor]

Sybok? Never heard of him.

Kor

 

[DaveyNY]

Sybok? Never heard of him.

Kor

Heh ...
The House of Kor is well known to harbor some very shady individuals, your denial is obviously just one more attempt at subterfuge on its part.
So your words, are always suspect.

 

[marsh8472]

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that^

 

[ELURIA]

The story should always come before canon.

Good writers are able to write great stuff without treating canon like it's a disease. Then again, Alex Kurtzman is making neither canon or story a priority, so I guess he should read your post

 

[ELURIA]

And?

Google "hack, unfit to be in charge of Star Trek". You're welcome

 

[marsh8472]

Good writers are able to write great stuff without treating canon like it's a disease. Then again, Alex Kurtzman is making neither canon or story a priority, so I guess he should read your post

Google "hack, unfit to be in charge of Star Trek". You're welcome

Yeah it's a pretty disappointing series. Never thought I would even think it but I may have to actually boycott this series

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[Awesome Possum]

Good writers are able to write great stuff without treating canon like it's a disease. Then again, Alex Kurtzman is making neither canon or story a priority, so I guess he should read your post

Seems like he’s doing both in my opinion. Weird how that happens.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Unless, of course, the story sucks.

Sometime the canon sucks and should be chucked.

 

[fireproof78]

Google "hack, unfit to be in charge of Star Trek". You're welcome

"Unfit?" Yeah, I'm not taking that seriously. It's a media franchise, not a political office or religious institution.

 

[Vger23]

"Unfit?" Yeah, I'm not taking that seriously. It's a media franchise, not a political office or religious institution.

You'd never know it by the sampling of fan comments at times.

 

[fireproof78]

You'd never know it by the sampling of fan comments at times.

Do you think we need an oath of office to be on Star Trek staff? O_o