Until its confirmed by the showrunners its all speculation anf conjecture.
New Opening Credits (Possible Spoilers)
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The crystals have been there since season 1.
The first two seasons have the crystals as green, 3 has them as red.
So clearly it now takes place in the other universe from Fringe.
The first two seasons have the crystals as green, 3 has them as red.
So clearly it now takes place in the other universe from Fringe.
Dilithium doesn't play a significant role in Discovery, whereas Time Crystals have.
That is one of several reasons why myself and many others believe that the crystals in the opening are Time Crystals and not dilithium crystals.
That is one of several reasons why myself and many others believe that the crystals in the opening are Time Crystals and not dilithium crystals.
I don't think there's any reason to wait for clarity on something that is already pretty clear to myself and many other people.
I don't think they planned it that far ahead, they didn't seem to have the season finale planned that far ahead. It's probably dilithium because all the imagery is famous Star Trek stuff. Any similarity to time crystals is probably due to crystals looking crystals. I have various crystals on my desk and shelf, they look like that too.
I haven't seen it and I'm going crazy waiting.
We know that both Seasons 1 and 2 were planned backwards, so they knew where they were going to end up and then worked out how to get there.
Title animators don't have any insight into narrative, and the narrative of DSC to date points to the crystals in the opening sequence being Time Crystals.
No it doesn't and the animators get input from the producers and show runners, they don't throw in whatever they want. That's not how shows are made. I'm pretty sure the animators who did the intro know more than you. They actually work on the show, you write fan fiction. There is a difference.
Until/unless we get confirmation from producers or writers that those are indeed supposed to be dilithium crystals, I stand by my interpretation of them being Time Crystals, which are actually narratively important to the first and second seasons of the series.
So you reject our reality and substitute your own? Seems par for the course. Also they weren't important to the first season, it was a clever technobabble for a single episode. It only because a plot element in the final episodes of season two as a mcguffin that gave Pike a really great scene and let them tech the tech. It was a means to an end.
Let's be clear here: I'm speaking solely about Seasons 1 and 2, and it's not a "rejection of reality" to use DSC's narrative to interpret the crystals seen in the opening titles of said seasons as being Time Crystals in the absence of producer or writer commentary regarding what they're intended to represent within the context of said seasons.
My take on it: If the crystals were one color in the first two seasons and they're a different color in the third season, then that means they were dilithium crystals in the first two seasons and another type of crystal in the third. Dilithium crystals are no longer a thing in the 32nd Century, so that means Discovery would have to power its propulsion by something else when it's not using the Spore Drive. So the new color probably means a new type of crystal.
Or a cigar is just a cigar and they liked the optic but changed it up a little.
In the first season, Discovery didn't know where to find time crystals or how to harness them. They were just something Harry Mudd happened to have. They weren't able to find them or do anything more with them until late in the second season.
Or a cigar is just a cigar and they liked the optic but changed it up a little.
In the first season, Discovery didn't know where to find time crystals or how to harness them. They were just something Harry Mudd happened to have. They weren't able to find them or do anything more with them until late in the second season.
I stated my certainty that the green crystals in the Season 1 and 2 openings were representative of Time Crystals, but I wasn't trying to say that my interpretation is the only correct one.
Other people can be 100% certain that the green crystals are dilithium crystals because there isn't a definitive correct answer with regards to narrative intent.
Other people can be 100% certain that the green crystals are dilithium crystals because there isn't a definitive correct answer with regards to narrative intent.
I read what you wrote. The people who made the title sequence, which had to be approved by the writers and/or producers, said it was dilithium crystals. It wasn't secret foreshadowing for season two. If it was time crystals, which was a technobabble explanation in a single episode of season 1, then they would've said so. You're reading into something that isn't there because crystals look like crystals.
There is a definitive answer, you just didn't like it so you ignored it.
I'm not ignoring anything; I'm simply sticking to an interpretation derived from presented narrative in the absence of definitive commentary regarding official narrative intent.
Comments from title animators represent Production intent, but they do not necessarily represent Narrative intent.
This conversation is going in circles, though, so it's probably best for everybody if we just move on.
Comments from title animators represent Production intent, but they do not necessarily represent Narrative intent.
This conversation is going in circles, though, so it's probably best for everybody if we just move on.
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