Wow! These latest pictures look awesome! The amazing thing here is that they look even better in these still photos with normal lighting than they looked in the promotional videos. That's hard to do. Typically, props don't look as good in still images in normal lighting without any special presentation. I'm very, very impressed!
I hope you ask your garden whether it wants you to test your theory out on its head . . . of lettuce!
The forward grip folds up when not in use, extendable stock, probably both actually functional in use within the episode. That's a level of realism a lot of props don't get in Trek.
They look like crap for the era they are trying to represent. It's like they want to do a prequel/parallelquel but just can't commit.
They're making a TV series not "trying to represent an era." What, you think they didn't look thoroughly at all those old TV shows before deciding not to do it that way?
uniderth, have you even looked at the phaser? How close can you get to the '60's phaser and still be in a series that has to compete with the TV market of 2017..? Seriously, what WOULD satisfy you?
There are folks on here who will not be satisfied unless they see an inch by inch recreation of TOS, down to the styrofoam rocks and balsa wood phasers. Then they'd complain that it looks fake on HD!
In my head-canon, the universe of TOS was "actually" a lot more detailed, and of course realistic, than what we saw as depicted in the show. In those days, a lot of TV was still highly influenced by stage plays, as early dramatic television productions were basically telecast plays. Nobody expects hyper-realism from a stage production. Instead, a lot of visuals are stylized and somewhat abstract renderings of what they represent. You have to approach TOS with that kind of mindset. ST-DSC is an opportunity to finally present the details. Kor
This is how I see it, as far as DSC will be. It was what Karl Urban said about the movies, that it was as if you took TOS and fine tuned it into HD. This is Star Trek's chance, with this amazing age of television, to show everyone the imagination that it always had and be able to show it a lot better.
I think we'd all cry foul if we saw Starfleet away teams dressed like that, but it makes a good example of non-military forces looking and acting like a military. Starfleet isn't a military, but it is a whole lot like a military, and in times of war, it's the closest thing to a military the Federation has.
https://twitter.com/TheApexFan/status/888476310204334080 There is a shot of both the Rifle and Pistol from above The Phaser pistol has "a removable magazine that houses the batteries and electronics" I'm not sure if that means in universe, or if the phaser prop actually does stuff on set.
At some point, every thread turns into an "Is Starfleet military?" debate. Apparently it's the one constant in the universe. Kor
How should a 24th century-era phaser pistol and rifle be represented? Edit for correction: 23rd century [Thanks, Jesse]
It looks like the TOS prop painted black and with the antenna snapped off. It's like one of those fan updates for the TOS Enterprise where they just add a few more tiny details. Why would they keep the Fed props so much the same as the 1960's show but change everything else?