How to fix the holographic displays in Picard
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If you're referring to the display Rios uses, that isn't LCARS.
I also don't think it's generic.
I agree.
I don't either and I think they work well inside the world. Seeing them in action in that reel was nice.
exactly. They have distilled Star Trek to be like any other sci fi show in story and technology. Now every Star Trek has to have dark storylines and flawed characters. Actually the characters are more flawed then done humans today. The tech itself looks terrible as well as the bridge design. The bridge that riker was on looks like any other sci fi cheap looking space set.
The horror...
And I want them in my life. Give me as many as possible.
Sounds like you’re finally starting to really like the show. Good for you.
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Alright, recognizing my sarcastic response is not that helpful I am going to post a longer response. Largely because this is an oft repeated critique of newer Trek that has little merit beyond the surface level.
Picard has a very human response to the Borg in both "Family" and "First Contact" yet is not looked down upon; he is able to acknowledge his mistake and still has the respect of his crew, despite his flaws.
Current Trek is not any more dark than past Trek. The only difference, the only difference is that you don't have 26 episodes of fluff to cushion the rest.
Show me a Star Trek without flawed characters, please. Kirk is deeply flawed and acknowledges such in TOS from time to time. His mistake in "Space Seed" ends up killing people in TWOK and yet he is never treated poorly for it. Or even his remarks in TUC, probably the most "of its time" of the Trek films, yet Kirk is not treated lesser.
Picard has a very human response to the Borg in both "Family" and "First Contact" yet is not looked down upon; he is able to acknowledge his mistake and still has the respect of his crew, despite his flaws.
How so? Please provide examples of this exact thing that you speak of. Because, I think that many would love to have people like Burnham or Picard acknowledging their mistakes and being willing to make changes and amends.
Current Trek is not any more dark than past Trek. The only difference, the only difference is that you don't have 26 episodes of fluff to cushion the rest.
Even if I thought this was so (I don't but I'll play along) how is this bad? I recall growing up and being mocked and teased for liking Trek and science fiction in general. I remember that science-fiction/fantasy had their own little section of book stores and libraries and movie sections that were treated like barely worth the shelf-space. Star Trek is no longer the only game and town and I think that's a good thing. People can like Star Trek, were T-Shirts and celebrate this franchise in a way that wasn't the case a decade ago. Technology has surged past what Trek could only dream of. Why not celebrate that instead of worrying that Trek isn't "special anymore?" Trek struggled to stay on TV and now has new lease on life. And that's bad?
They're really not. Each production has their own unique interface design.
If you put them all side by side you'd see that.
I've seen plenty, thanks. The differences are typically in the particulars rather than in kind. They're largely like the haptic versions of the pictures in glass model of smartphones.
And they're dumb.
https://medium.com/@SmallPlanetApps/beautiful-ridiculous-e400d95c7c66
And they're dumb.
https://medium.com/@SmallPlanetApps/beautiful-ridiculous-e400d95c7c66
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Beautifully ridiculous. Indeed.
I've seen plenty, thanks. The differences are typically in the particulars rather than in kind. They're largely like the haptic versions of the pictures in glass model of smartphones.
And they're dumb.
https://medium.com/@SmallPlanetApps/beautiful-ridiculous-e400d95c7c66
agreed they are dumb and impractical. Imagine having large vehicles like jets with holo buttons and displays. It’s isn’t practical and it’s frankly distracting. So they are see through so you can have them in front of your face while in a battle and waving your hands in front of your face while moving the displays around? How are these superior to the flat paneled displays that tng had? How is this an advancement?
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I am. I love it.
Maybe they are; maybe they are not. It's personal preference and people get use to new tech all the time.
I have no desire to watch characters mash at panels when I do that all day at work. How very futuristic...
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None of these problems are present in PIC. People in PIC may not be perfect, and may even make self-destructive choices due to pride, but the idea that they're "worse" than people today is just flat-out false. You either have no idea what you're talking about or you're deliberately spouting bullshit to waste everyone else's time.
I liked the holographic LCARS display in the scene where Picard saw himself als Locutus. It looked like a modernized LCARS version. I'd use them for relaying information only. To make it more realistic I would make them opaque on the readers side, so he or she can actually read it without seeing everything behind it, and see through from the other side.
As for ship controls I would show them as real solid console that manifest infront or around of the Pilot when he sits down. The touchpads would be solid like the old consoles and I only would have floating readouts or status indicators.
As for ship controls I would show them as real solid console that manifest infront or around of the Pilot when he sits down. The touchpads would be solid like the old consoles and I only would have floating readouts or status indicators.
That would have been instantly better.
As I told EC and posted here and elsewhere, it really does not make sense to create solid controls when you've already "dematerialized" (ir, reduced controls to information) the functions. It makes more sense to have them as part of the holo-interface.
The reality is, you and the handful of people complaining are more interested in the knee jerk of not having a standard and familiar LCARS all the time, and hate anything new.
Personally I liked having a few familiar scenes with LCARS as a throwback and then moving the fuck on with a 2020 update. I don't know, that seems logical to me.
RAMA
The reality is, you and the handful of people complaining are more interested in the knee jerk of not having a standard and familiar LCARS all the time, and hate anything new.
Personally I liked having a few familiar scenes with LCARS as a throwback and then moving the fuck on with a 2020 update. I don't know, that seems logical to me.
RAMA
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