Spoilers Starship Design in Star Trek: Picard

[Tuskin38]

They are wanting to discreetly distance themselves from TOS.

And yet they used footage directly from TOS in season 2. Complete with the original enterprise (though not the cage version)

 

[Kzinti]

as far as I'm concerned the Disco enterprise is the definitive version of the TOS era enterprise and i'm very happy that they seem to agree to some extend with that

 

[Dukhat]

And yet they used footage directly from TOS in season 2. Complete with the original enterprise (though not the cage version)

I thought that was just CBS’s way of saying that DSC takes place in the same universe as TOS whether it looks the same or not.

 

[DaveyNY]

I thought that was just CBS’s way of saying that DSC takes place in the same universe as TOS whether it looks the same or not.

That's the only thing They are going to give us TOS hardcore fans.
Just string us along with the hope that someday They will give us a slight glimpse of what we remember.


I'll probably be dead by then though.

 

[Paul755]

I think using the Cage footage was just a troll job by the producers. Just like inserting the Discoprise was here.

I dunno why it bothers me this much but it does.

 

[fireproof78]

They don't profit by trolling their audience.

 

[DaveyNY]

I think using the Cage footage was just a troll job by the producers. Just like inserting the Discoprise was here.

I dunno why it bothers me this much but it does.

Cause, the Original Enterprise is ICONIC.
Changing it the way They did (just because They can), seems deep down, almost sacrilegious to many of the Original Star Trek fans.
(including myself)

When They can bring out the PICARD series and pretty much keep the TNG look intact, it becomes even more obvious that They are probably not interested in maintaining or even promoting the TOS imagery in any new shows.

Yet, They sell that same imagery on a daily basis, including adding new items of it quite often.

It is completely anachronistic to common sense.

They don't profit by trolling their audience.

Yet, that is what They seem to have done to the TOS viewing fan base.
We're a 'dying' breed it seems and not worth any effort.

 

[fireproof78]

Yet, that is what They seem to have done to the TOS viewing fan base.
We're a 'dying' breed it seems and not worth any effort.

I don't believe that for a second. I know I'm not first run TOS fan but TOS is my first Trek love and I don't see the issue.

I respect how people feel regarding it, largely because it was the only Trek for so many years, but I do not share the sentiment.

 

[Henoch]

We're a 'dying' breed it seems and not worth any effort.

Dammit, Jim, we're not dead, yet.

 

[Crewman6]

After Discovery, I'm okay with them never mentioning TOS again.

Huh? Why??

 

[Tuskin38]

I think using the Cage footage was just a troll job by the producers. Just like inserting the Discoprise was here.

I dunno why it bothers me this much but it does.

That doesn’t make any sense. They were doing it to honour TOS.

 

[Gepard]

This is strange. Why just those two? Since it's a holo-display of Enterprises, why not show the NX-01, the TMP refit, E-B, E-C and E-E along with them? Or maybe a glimpse of whatever ship currently holds the name, if the E-E has since been retired?

Possibly those are the only two models they have? They needed a CGI Ent-D for the opening scene, so that's in the budget, and as we've seen, they filled out the background with DSC assets. Ergo, the Ent-D and the DSC Enterprise get put in.

 

[Timo]

Sounds plausible. And since two is all it takes to establish that it is a rotating display, all the other Enterprises are implicitly there anyway. Including, potentially, the myriad different refit standards of NCC-1701-nil...

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Phily B]

Here's the truth, apart from the Ent-D and new Romluan ones, I didn't notice any ships. Complaining about reused assets on screen, in the background for a split second, is silly.

 

[thribs]

Here's the truth, apart from the Ent-D and new Romluan ones, I didn't notice any ships. Complaining about reused assets on screen, in the background for a split second, is silly.

Not even all those reused Discovery shuttles?

 

[Phily B]

I don't even know what a Discovery shuttle looks like tbh.

 

[Timo]

Well, you see, it's sleek-nosed and rear-ramped and side-cheeked like all good late 24th century designs. Only, it comes in more colors than the previous TNG ones...

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Tomalak]

The Romulan ship looked good - clearly related to the Valdore. Strange that it's only the sixth Romulan ship we've ever seen in Trek history. Well, seventh if you count the Narada.

 

[Gonzo]

The Romulan ship looked good - clearly related to the Valdore. Strange that it's only the sixth Romulan ship we've ever seen in Trek history. Well, seventh if you count the Narada.

The Romulans are sneaky little buggers at the best of times and dont like to give too much away.

They dont like to show their hand if they can help it, they are essentially the opposite of the Klingons who love a good show of force.

 

[Tomalak]

I forgot the ships from Enterprise - the retro-BoP and the weird holographic probe thing.