Spoilers Eastereggs, references, observations, nods – the LD collection

Discussion in 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' started by NCC-73515, Aug 21, 2020.

  1. pookha

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    Go back to tos where you find out certain minerals will mess up up transporters.
     
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  2. Tuskin38

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    Might as well get Season 2 rolling

    Episode 1:
    Cardassian torture chamber, clearly inspired by TNG Chain of Command. Complete with 4 lights

    Mariner's workout outfit might be from TNG?

    Miranda Class and bridge ripped right out of Wrath of Khan. Miranda has a couple changes, like glowing bussards.

    All the ships I spotted in the escape sequence:
    Klingon D5s
    Bajoran Fighters
    Dominion Fighters
    Runabouts
    Delta Flyers
    Paragrine Fighters
    Cardassian Hidekis (maybe? The design is a bit different)
    A Romulan ship inspired by a design from the old SFC and Starfleet Academy Games

    They talk about Gary Mitchell in the episode.

    Based on the preview for episode 2, there's going to be a ton more references in terms of props and stuff.
     
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  3. NCC-73515

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    There are Galors as well
    MacDuff's phasers and glowing nacelles match the Majestic in DS9
    The shield diagram from WoK shows that they're failing
    Mariner calls the Cardassian prison escape Cardio XD
    Starfleet wants no interpersonal conflict
    Intro Borg battle now has BoPs and the new Pakled ships
    Gary Mitchell is shown in LDS style
    The famous glowing and blinking tubes are in the room where Tendi zaps Rutherford (not sure if they were there before)
    Ransom is defeated with a boulder, like Gary
    Ransom on the mount (reference to Shatner on the mount) XD
    You can swim in cetacean ops
    Stevens reads Nightingale Woman from WNMHGB

    Edit: The "salty dog" boat name could be a very obscure reference to Aquanox XD
     
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  4. Tim Thomason

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    I think that's just a generic reference to "Jesus on the Mount," because Ransom was becoming a god.
     
  5. antinoos

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    Nope ;)
     
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  6. Tuskin38

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    Looked more like TAS Style.
     
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  7. Kelso

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    It didn't look like either to me. It did look very dramatic for a Starfleet file, though. :D
     
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  8. fireproof78

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    Same, or perhaps a recent comic. Not LD style.
     
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  9. Tuskin38

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    Compare his Torso to Kirk's. Pretty sure it's intended to be the same style, just with better shading/lighting.

    https://twitter.com/gaghyogi49/status/1426222807512494087
    [​IMG]
     
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  10. fireproof78

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    I'm pretty sure you're right and it might just be the rainbow effect but it reminds me of a comic too.
     
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  11. Tuskin38

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    But yeah, I have a feeling any time they show old images/footage from the TOS era they'll try to mimic the TAS style.

    If they ever time travel/holodeck to that era, maybe not, might be a bit much to completely change the art style for one episode, but you never know.
     
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  13. Tim Thomason

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    I'm still holding out hope for a "More Tribbles and Tribble-ations" type episode into The Animated Series, with appropriate animation changes into the era. Maybe Gary here represents the half-way point point between Lower Decks and TAS that will make such an episode feasible.

    Based on the latest trailer, it does appear that they will travel to the motion picture era (probably just a holodeck simulation, but who knows), but no apparent animation changes there.
     
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  14. NCC-73515

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    show me one TAS shot with that kind of details and light effects. LDS has those.
     
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  15. Commander Troi

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    OK, the only "LDS" I can think of is the church, so what does it stand for here?
     
  16. Tim Thomason

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    Some people (like Mike McMahan and CBS Consumer Products) think it's cute to refer to Lower Decks as "LDS" instead of the proper way of "LD".
     
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    Lower DeckS
     
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  18. DaveyNY

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    Ummm ... it's pretty obvious why they do that ...

     
  19. Commander Troi

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    Thank you!
     
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  20. DaveyNY

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    Of course, with all this new Trek coming our way, we can never get too much LDS.

    :biggrin:
     
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