Where were 20th/21st century suits, jackets, shirts, and ties worn in the TNG Movies in the 24th century?
I don't understand the production design...
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I found that Disco struck me as primarily the Wrath of Khan film aesthetic put on the small screen, with very little in visual common with JJ/Lim's films who's aesthetic seems more strongly influenced by late 90s/early 00s scifi like Lost in Space/Galaxy Quest/Minority Report/Chronicles of Riddick kind of aesthetics.
The Aesthetic of Picard as seen through the trailers is pretty hard for me to pin down. Seems all over the place.
I don't think either Picard or Discovery look out of place with the TNG movies. Just that one should look that way to a degree, the other shouldn't.
Outside of the wedding, did we actually spend any time on 24th century Earth in the TNG movies?
Nay! He was from the 21st century. And it was bedazzled and unusual. Bedazzling changes everything we know and hold dear.
Honestly, I think we’re discussing different things. If I ask you which starship would you like to spend twenty years on, which is your preference?Did I mention my new BATMAN novel?
Seriously, my point was simply that "where would you rather be?" is not necessarily something I worry about when it comes to fiction. PLANET OF THE APES is probably my all-time favorite SF movie, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to be a human there in real life. And if we're talking realism, I suspect many of us would prefer a cushy desk job on Risa to risking life and limb out on the Final Frontier, but I'd still rather watch STAR TREK than RISA: NINE TO FIVE any day.
Part of the fun of fiction is experiencing places and experiences that no sane person would ever want to experience in real life.
Drama works in different ways in different levels. What works in a novel can work differently in a comic can work differently in a series. Absolutely.
The series I’m most interested in watching is the one based on the TNG universe, with updates to increase production value for everything we’ve developed since, of course, but one that ultimately is TNG. This, so far, seems like a departure from that, one that is similar to more mundane and less successful sci-fi, and that, I lament. Of course anything that’s presented as TNG, is now canonically, TNG, but this version...I just don’t get.
Yup. And he was an old dude who would have been young nowish. Though not sure about the coat.
I have serious doubts that there won't be any LCARS displays, but I guess it will be a mix of DISCO style and wanna be LCARS style as seen on bridge commander bridges. 
We do seem to be talking past each other to some degree. I'm still puzzled as to why that question matters in terms of enjoying a theatrical production. Don't think it's a novel vs TV thing necessarily. One can enjoy a TV show or movie without wanting to live in it, and appreciate good production design without worrying about whether you personally would like to spend time there. See Dracula's castle, Tim Burton's Gotham City, or, nowadays, the candy-colored retro nostalgia of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel . . .
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I have serious doubts that there won't be any LCARS displays, but I guess it will be a mix of DISCO style and wanna be LCARS style as seen on bridge commander bridges.
Yet, we'll all live... somehow. Though it is a heavy burden...
I get your point @BillJ , but still I hope for the best. And some nice references to mid to late TNG era style architecture.
Honestly, you're lucky. Picard will likely tweak the look of what we know to some degree, we weren't so lucky with Discovery and the 23rd century we knew.
We will see.
But I agree with you concerning the production design especially of the NCC-1031, but I liked the reimagined bridge of the big (Disco-)E better than Appleprises Bridge.
Variety is the spice of life.
People who say this clearly haven't been to or seen an apple store.
With certain things? Definitely. For someone like me? Trek is comfort food. And you don't fuck with comfort food!
I fuck with comfort food all the time.With certain things? Definitely. For someone like me? Trek is comfort food. And you don't fuck with comfort food!
