Nonsense. They're the difference between good fantasy and poor fantasy.
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What, that Star Trek is a work of fiction and that it shouldn’t be taken as a literal historical document?
Yep. She's just one of us plebes in this forum.
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I wouldn't say the other series are really struggling with it right now.
It's interesting Star Wars didn't take this approach, like redesigning the Death Star, Darth Vader, TIE Fighters and X-Wings etc. in Rogue One and other movies and tv series they've appeared in since 2015. Why couldn't the Death Star be changed into a cube for example?
People are free to think this though if it makes them happy.
Why does it matter? Who cares?
BTW, the story of how Soong created those androids is utter nonsense that takes no account of how modern technological research, invention, innovation and fabrication or testing take place. Same with the FC version of Cochrane inventing warp drive. They're fairy tales derived from a schoolboy's vision of Thomas Edison at his work table.
Guy living in the hills after Armageddon scrounges parts to turn a nuclear missile into an FTL spaceship.
If you swallow that, nothing else in Trek is worth a moment's quibbling over.
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LD? Picard? Prodigy? Eh, they've had a few problems/
Really? Hardly the impression being given by quite a few people around here. And I’d say a detached examination of the entire body of work in Trek would show otherwise (I’m NOT volunteering for that task—too much work for anyone over 30
). I suspect that any one individual’s tolerance for inconsistencies is largely dependent upon how much enjoyment is being derived from the particular iteration of Trek in the moment.
I’ve watched Star Trek since I was an infant and none of the changes have broken the franchise for me. While I initially thought that having a new character be Spock’s secret adopted sister was silly, it gave us a look at a different side of Spock and enriched him as a character with a half century of story. Changing the details of the ships and props matters when less, it’s just a reality of filming with high resolution cameras.
They actually made minor changes to the costumes, it’s really noticeable in the Stormtrooper armor which takes details were painted on and making them functional. Essentially taking what used to be vacuformed costumes and turning them into more realistic armor. But you didn’t notice so I haven’t created an elaborate explanation for why they look different. There are differences between each movie and each filming location. There are several different lightsabers in individual movies because they needed the prop to do different things. But unless you’re a prop or costuming geek, you probably aren’t going to notice.
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Star Trek fans get really really upset over fairly minor things.
I remember when the actual world was ending, the apocalypse had come and the end was afoot ...when aztec panelling was added to the TOS Remastered Defiant and the Defiant in Mirror Darkly
Some people really dont like their cheese being moved
I remember when the actual world was ending, the apocalypse had come and the end was afoot ...when aztec panelling was added to the TOS Remastered Defiant and the Defiant in Mirror Darkly
Some people really dont like their cheese being moved
Well I wasn't going to mention Discovery's Ferengi, because it's been pretty well behaved otherwise lately.
Ditko Spider-Man vs Buscema Spider-Man. Still Spider-Man.
Star Trek isn't a comic book.
Edit: I didn't mean to be dismissive about comic books, which often have very good visual continuity.
Edit: I didn't mean to be dismissive about comic books, which often have very good visual continuity.
What a fucking waste of time and energy. Simply go watch something else. Or use that energy towards a charitable cause.
Whereas with me - even as diehard a TOS fan as I am - I welcomed the aztecing as a nice addition and I didn't find a real continuity problem with any of those changes. It's not like the registry number changed or the Tholians suddenly were flying bird aliens.
Star Wars isn't meant as an approximation of our future. It is meant as a space opera future with much different rules than our world.
Star Trek has updated with the times and budget. Star Wars is one way and Trek goes another way.
Indeed. It's ridiculous.
How death isn't permanent and characters get brought back to life is a bit like how comics operate.
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