Spoilers Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x05 – “Series Acclimation Mil”
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Yes, the whole concept of Voyager was a fuckup.
They properly established the quadrants and how long it took to travel 70,000 light years in the season 3 TNG episode The Price and Voyager is consistent with that.
I agree with your entire post other than the seeming implication that my comment you were responding to was sarcastic; I meant it sincerely, though I can see how it reads ambiguously.
Unless I'm the one reading tone into something that isn't there, in which case never mind.
Apols I must have misunderstood! I took it as a criticism about "nostalgia" in ST writing, but I obviously saw something not there!I agree with your entire post other than the seeming implication that my comment you were responding to was sarcastic; I meant it sincerely, though I can see how it reads ambiguously.
Unless I'm the one reading tone into something that isn't there, in which case never mind.
No problem! I enjoyed your post enough to make it worth the confusion.
And I do see how my original post could be read as sarcasm.
Unfortunately they haven't done the best job at that IMO. I guess they are trying but I don't think the writing is top tier. Far from it....
In regards to the computer graphics errors (like on the Sisko family tree), it should be noted none of the modern shows are very good at these. Remember in Disco, they established the Trill host they were seeking information from was living in the Dominion War, yet his computer file lists his birth and death dates in the 23rd century. So things like the Sisko family tree errors and other computer stuff in this episode are just cool and normal.
It is ironic they're sloppier about these details in an era when they know the audience is going to be checking it out, but what can you do?
It is ironic they're sloppier about these details in an era when they know the audience is going to be checking it out, but what can you do?
Oh, wow. It does say that instead of 'non-corporeal being'. Okay... I'm sorry, but that too? That graphic was just complete laziness.
Honestly should not have made that graphic at all.
One things this episode does make me wonder about is just how widespread the holoemitter network is. It seems the entirety of Earth can support humanoid holograms now but it could be interesting to have an episode that explores what it's like for SAM to need to use a mobile emitter because the Athena takes the crew somewhere that just can't project a hologram.
Ironic is one word that could be used. There are others.
Except most of those errors in the current live action shows are small-medium sized graphics and none of those episodes are essentially tribute episodes to a past series.
This graphic was a large one that took up a good chunk of the tv screen and was part of a tribute to a beloved character and series. AND had MORE than just a single error... errors that were totally unforced.
It's definitely egregious.
I'm sure at this point mobile emitters are likely internalized. Something like Rimmer's Light Bee on Red Dwarf.
But probably still done by the same people who did those other graphics. At this point they're a known quantity and there's no point in being surprised at the fact they're making the same mistakes they've been making for the past nine years.
I think irritation is a more accurate term to describe what is being said than surprise. At least, in my case. It's why this is a 7.5 instead of an 8 to me.
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The art department doesn’t operate in a vacuum. This is not a hard thing to get right.
I realized that it was hard to read, but heck why even bother getting it right then?
The art department doesn’t operate in a vacuum. This is not a hard thing to get right.
I realized that it was hard to read, but heck why even bother getting it right then?
Maybe it was deliberate. The displays were donated by the Sisko family, and perhaps there was deliberate misinformation put into the displays for some reason. Safety, privacy, family secrets.. who knows?
The episode pauses on the family tree for 8 seconds to let you read it, then zooms in and leaves it on screen for another 6 seconds.
Actually, that graphic was not hard to read. It was front and center of the shot and took up most of the screen (tv, laptop, whatever this is viewed with). And it was how Sam found Jake, so it was a shot that held importance to the story and the character.
With the amount of errors that was shown, it would have been better to NOT do this graphic at all and find a different way for Sam to discover Jake.
If a show is going to open itself up with something like this by saying 'we did our research, just look at our work', they should make sure it's as error free as possible. Especially in this era where it's so easy to not only see these graphics but also see if they are correct or not. Can't really fault the audience for noticing so many glaring errors.
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