In 2018 dollars, how much will it cost to build the Discoprise sets versus the TOS sets???
Discoprise won't have TOS "cardboard sets"
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Relatively about the same. The man is an idiot (or doesn't know the design history of the era he's slagging) because now (as then) the sets were made of the same stuff - IE Plywood and Plastic. The extra cost for ST: D is the added active flat panel displays and touchscreens.
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The point being made isn't that they are cardboard sets, it's that they LOOK like cardboard sets. As in it looks utterly cheap for 2018 standards. That was fine for 1966 when TV's had awful picture quality on 19 inch screens. Had Star Trek been a feature film from that era it certainly would have had a far more intricate design aesthetic.
"We're going to start calling the access crawl-ways Suck Tubes 'cause Matt Jefferies sucks. LOL"
They don't think that at all.
The “Well of Molor” set from the Klingon homeworld in the season one finale was a redress of Emperor Georgiou’s quarters, and it was noted “believe it or not, we might be using this again sometime.”
Huh I had no idea.
100% agree.
Total disrespect to a great series that started it all and gave them the opportunity to be pretentious and rude for a living.
Oh well. I don't really give a damn what they do with Discovery now that Picard is back
Are you going somewhere?
Oh come on, who the heck here hasn't ever made fun of some aspect of the show may cast the first penis rock...
No but it sounded like you were.
Well you said you didn't care about Discovery.You should get your hearing checked
Calling the sets "cardboard" is disrespectful, any way you slice it.
No, just a mistake. They didn't mean anything negative by it.
Alternative warp core concepts were shown for the USS Discovery, one of which was “very different” appeared somewhat similar to the core of the Kelvin-universe USS Enterprise seen in Into Darkness, and one that was “more related to the classic,” and the decision was to go with the more classic version.
That's interesting.
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I like that the sets lean towards the TMP aesthetic. If they hadn’t, and still hadn’t gone TOS, it would have been too jarring overall. I don’t like the bridges. But the corridors work in the movie style, more so than Kelvin with its Star Wars nonsense.
The fact the Movie sets became the TNG sets (and eventually, Voyager) kind of makes using that aesthetic make sense. This is what ship corridors look like. It’s corridor. A room. These things don’t have to change much for centuries, they really don’t tend to much in real life either, unless someone is making a massive aesthetic statement.
The fact the Movie sets became the TNG sets (and eventually, Voyager) kind of makes using that aesthetic make sense. This is what ship corridors look like. It’s corridor. A room. These things don’t have to change much for centuries, they really don’t tend to much in real life either, unless someone is making a massive aesthetic statement.
Fans can be really touchy about this stuff. I remember when ENTERPRISE came out just the fact that it had more intricate design aesthetics than TOS did set off some fans that it looked "too advanced" to be a prequel to TOS.
You missed an "e".
I like the approach DSC is taking and I agree that it has to pass to 2018 muster, but...
I have to agree with this as well. I've been hearing the "cardboard" bullshit for over 20 years. Basically practically since Day One that I joined the Internet. To unintentionally work a Throwback Thursday into this post, I cringed when Stewey even called the TOS sets cardboard back in the ENT Days. Way to stick up for the series you're holding sacred! So, after all this time, I've developed a thick skin to that criticism.
The real problem is: there are probably lots of people out there who believe it. But nope. Star Trek sets have always been wood. And they used to be lit with color. Many of my favorite Trek sets ever are from TOS. I'd put the Talos IV sets up against anything made during my lifetime.
I have to agree with this as well. I've been hearing the "cardboard" bullshit for over 20 years. Basically practically since Day One that I joined the Internet. To unintentionally work a Throwback Thursday into this post, I cringed when Stewey even called the TOS sets cardboard back in the ENT Days. Way to stick up for the series you're holding sacred! So, after all this time, I've developed a thick skin to that criticism.
The real problem is: there are probably lots of people out there who believe it. But nope. Star Trek sets have always been wood. And they used to be lit with color. Many of my favorite Trek sets ever are from TOS. I'd put the Talos IV sets up against anything made during my lifetime.
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Er, yes they did. The term ‘cardboard sets’ is meant as a derogatory statement. They used that term all the time in classic Doctor Who, as a derogatory statement.
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