Poll Does the Discovery look good?

[Grendelsbayne]

That's more like it.

I'm definitely on the "Not beautiful but interesting" camp.

It's still one option for good-looking and four options for varying shades of ugly

 

[eyeresist]

Well, it's either beautiful or it's not. I'd say "interesting" = "moderately attractive".

 

[JWPlatt]

Should have an option with something a bit stronger than "slightly". The word fugly comes to mind.

The word 'fugly' is pervasive in discussions about this ship.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

Well, it's either beautiful or it's not. I'd say "interesting" = "moderately attractive".

Something can look bad and be interesting at the same time, so that doesn't work. Not that it matters, really. The poll at the start of the thread is obviously biased, but it works well enough considering that the statistical validity of any poll on a site like this will never be very high, anyway.

 

[Salinga]

The poll in this thread is unnecessarily complicated...

"Do you like the Discovery design?"
"Yes"
"No"

... would have been perfectly fine.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

For a pre-TOS era ship (c.2255) it's perfectly fine!

 

[ancient]

Plenty of brutalist architecture here in the UK, including my city.

Brutalism is a fancy way of saying depressingly ugly.

I'm not convinced the Discovery was even inspired by brutalism either - it's just modernism.

It's ok for a machine to look like a machine, but not ok for a house to look like a concentration camp on stilts.

I.E. the Salk Institute building, designed by Louis Kahn, in California - very futuristic.

Futuristic in a Blade Runner sort of way.

I love the Ralph McQuarrie concept art but am not a fan of the Discovery.

Agreed, the McQuarrie ship is much nicer looking. But part of the problem is the shitty unfinished CGI, so I'm holding off my fan rage for now. I might end up liking it in the final version, with proper textures etc.

 

[JWPlatt]

Agreed, the McQuarrie ship is much nicer looking. But part of the problem is the shitty unfinished CGI, so I'm holding off my fan rage for now. I might end up liking it in the final version, with proper textures etc.

What if it's just as fugly, but entirely congruent with the origins and purpose of the crew and mission? Note that while I insist on using "fugly," it doesn't mean it won't be appropriately fugly.

 

[Tim Walker]

Well, since this thread is about appearances.....

Watching Down Periscope. Featured an elderly, World War II vintage submarine.

Noticed the emblem painted on the bow of submarine Stingray. Colorful emblem featuring-of course-a stylized stingray. Plus registration number, and the name "Stingray".

Would a commanding officer have the option of having his own emblem painted on the hull?

 

[Tim Walker]

Of course, there has been nose art painted on military aircraft. Unofficial, but accepted.

 

[Tim Walker]

I was thinking about verisimilitude, and the Constitution class. TOS did it well-prominent serial numbers reminds me of the submarine in Down Periscope.

The rest of the markings remind me of a fin flash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fin_flash.