Spoilers Could it be that we actually already saw 32nd century Klingons, without realizing it?

[Mr. Laser Beam]

There’s a moment in TOS I like where Kirk finds his attorney surrounding himself with piles of books and notes how that’s kind of a bizarre thing because most people in that time would just have most of their reading library in computer storage. It’s a nice way of telling us how far we’ve come technology wise. It also sets up the idea of books being more of a niche, as we’d later see Picard having his own small collection of books.

IIRC, Sam Cogley actually said that he prefers real papers and books, I don't see him even knowing how to operate a computer!

Just as some can't let go of the freestanding holographic interfaces, even with all the visibility and operation concerns. Swings and roundabouts.

I think DSC kind of overdid it with all that holo-stuff. I mean, how can you operate a system like that if there is no physical surface to touch?

t's like that bit in PIC where they show a Federation News Network broadcast, but it's just projected out into thin air. Doesn't there have to be a surface for the projected image to 'land' on?

And don't even get me started on retinal tricorders.

 

[fireproof78]

t's like that bit in PIC where they show a Federation News Network broadcast, but it's just projected out into thin air. Doesn't there have to be a surface for the projected image to 'land' on

No.

 

[Frontis]

I don't like the Discovery Klingons at all, not in any way.

 

[The Wormhole]

I don't like the Discovery Klingons at all, not in any way.

Since you're clearly from 2017, I should probably warn you in about three years (from your perspective) some shit's going to hit the fan. You should probably spend January and February of 2020 loading up on toilet paper. Trust me, you'll be glad you did.

 

[drt]

Right, because Nick Meyer can’t get past his own penchant for antiquated iconography, like having Uhura scrambling with a pile of old Klingon books to read off of, as if that can’t be accomplished by having the computer display it on screen for her. IIRC, when he took the gig for TWOK he really wanted to redesign the bridge to resemble something more like the Nostromo from ALIEN, but that was out of the question at the time given budget constraints.

I sometimes wonder how Star Trek would look today if Meyer wasn’t forced to use TMP leftovers and had the budget to build all new sets and models to better emphasize his “age of sail in spaaaace” vision.

Would people have totally hated all the changes or would audiences at the time just rolled with it since reimagining stuff was more the norm for the time?

 

[The Wormhole]

I sometimes wonder how Star Trek would look today if Meyer wasn’t forced to use TMP leftovers and had the budget to build all new sets and models to better emphasize his “age of sail in spaaaace” vision.

Would people have totally hated all the changes or would audiences at the time just rolled with it since reimagining stuff was more the norm for the time?

It would probably resemble TUC, where he did build a new bridge set for the Enterprise A and put his own spin on the Excelsior bridge.

 

[Therin of Andor]

One drastic change with TMP, and a few minor adjustments over the next 25 years, including, strangely, Worf’s own head after S1. Nothing as drastic as “they now have FOUR nostrils”...

It's a Klingon Empire. Why is it such a problem to extrapolate that some of the 24 Klingon Houses have alien inbreeding influences, from centuries of conquering?

 

[Nerys Myk]

One drastic change with TMP, and a few minor adjustments over the next 25 years, including, strangely, Worf’s own head after S1. Nothing as drastic as “they now have FOUR nostrils”.

They’ve always had four nostrils

It’s right there above the lower ones. Disco just enhanced them.