I like how most of these ships borrow from things, and that saucer section has a shape like the NX01 with the front flat bit. Nice looking ship.
USS Enterprise (eventually) on Discovery?
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I like how most of these ships borrow from things, and that saucer section has a shape like the NX01 with the front flat bit. Nice looking ship.
The direct comparison does the Discoprise no favors, IMO.
I also like to think that's what happened, more or less.
You keep saying that. Where's the proof? And BTW, what other people said after the fact, without Fuller around to stand up for himself, is not proof. From what I understand, he did want to change the look of the Klingons (which was necessary to hide the fact that a certain character was actually not who we thought he was), but that's it.
The context doesn't matter. Despite it being a joke as you say, people were still fooled into believing that those shirts had been made for DSC, and they weren't. Ergo, yet again, they were fake.
I once built a starship model and passed it off as a screen-used model as a joke. That doesn't change the fact that my model was fake or the possibility that someone saw pics of my model without knowing the context of my joke and assumed it was real.
That pic only reinforces my opinion that the DSC Enterprise looks like another, older class of ship built between the NX-01 and the TOS Enterprise. Not to mention that the render does not accurately show the difference in scale between the two ships.
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Beatuiful render. I personally like the Discoprise more now with this comparison because I can see where the TOS Enterprise was build up in between the two eras. So I see it as a variant that was added on to.
My only complaint about the render is that the DISCO enterprise is so dark (insert Disco lighting joke here). But, it's nice to see them side by side.
I've given up on the 'sIzE tHiNg" ...
I'm just going with the '66 Enterprise being bigger than was originally thought.
It's obvious to me that there's no going back on this now.
Except that's pretty much impossible with the difference in scale, unless CBS is now retconning the scale of the original TOS Enterprise.
I personally never understood the size complaint. We never had an official size from TOS-it just was the ship. It really only mattered when we had more of Star Trek and by then there wasn't a firm answer. So, we have a bunch of fanon answers.I've given up on the 'sIzE tHiNg" ...
I'm just going with the '66 Enterprise being bigger than was originally thought.
Ok...I'm sure this is blasphemous or something but the size thing is a non-issue for me. It's not like we had a firm answer as to the size of the TOS Enterprise.
Going back to that link. (I, er, quoted the wrong post first...): This page got a nice update with new pictures.
And gosh dang! That concept art really looks beautiful. And IMO fits SO well into the TOS era! I really wish this was what was put on screen. Shame.
Far more interesting though: This artist also has many renders of Saru's earlier design:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/GXvnk1
Best of all: An animation of early concept Saru talking!
Looks fucking fantastic!
I previously only ever saw still pictures! But at the same time, it's very understandable (and IMO the right choice) that they redesigned it to a simple make-up. Doug Jones is still fantastic! But having a regular character be this bold a mixture of puppetry and CGI would have blown the budget entirely.
Edit: I quoted the wrong post first. I updated the text a little bit to reflect that.
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That's actually Saru's cousin Faru.
When they were kids he had his eyes on everything and was always letting things go to his head.
His parent's constantly told him he took things to far and would rue the day.
Now he's considered the yellow-sheep of the family.
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When they were kids he had his eyes on everything and was always letting things go to his head.
His parent's constantly told him he took things to far and would rue the day.
Now he's considered the yellow-sheep of the family.
<snicker>
You uh, quoted the wrong post there.
Agreed. Discoprise looks almost like a concept rendering that was refined into the Enterprise.
Wow, couldn't disagree more haha.
I agree with you. I like both ships for different reasons.
I kind of see that. But, I figure it's more of a recognition of needing more machinery inside for easier access, rather than worrying about external access for repair. So, the paneling became smoother.
That was Jeffries original reasoning behind the smoothed look too.
I liked the DSC Enterprise's exterior as soon as I first saw it. The interiors are good too but I still think the bridge is too busy looking. I think it's a little over-designed. On the consoles you have the read-outs, then the larger monitors on top of them, then the flashing blinking lights, and then something else on top of those. It's not easy on the eyes. It's a bit of an information overload looking at it. At least from my perspective.
Isn't it a given, since the DSC Enterprise IS the TOS Enterprise now?
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I cant see them ever going back to the smaller size now, why would they when a larger vessel gives them more options and space in the sets.
I like the new Enterprise, I see quite a few people having issue with it and feel its out of sequence design and technology wise, for me the ship that screws it up is actually the Shenzou, it sticks out like a sore thumb and doesnt really go anywhere.
Someone had a brain fart and thought it would be a good idea to have a ship that is upside down compared to all the others just to be different.
Remove the Shenzou and Starfleets ship design lineage flows much better.
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