DS9 Beyond

[dub]

Was anyone else thinking what I was thinking?

Top = from "Beyond" trailer
Middle = DS9 "relaunch" version
Bottom = original DS9 with shield bubble

I haven't read spoilers, so I'm sure it has nothing to do with DS9. But that was my first thought.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

What are you talking about?

 

[TheSeeker]

I don't read the novels, but that relaunch design really seems to take the elegance right out of the original DS9 design.

 

[dub]

What are you talking about?

Oh, sorry for not explaining. My thought was - could that be DS9 in the Beyond trailer?

 

[Mage]

Nope. DS9 simply does not excist in that timeline. It's Starbase Yorktown.

 

[Tosk]

DS9 simply does not excist in that timeline.

Not yet, at least.

 

[Zonker]

I also thought it looked similar. I wonder if ds9 inspired the design choices at all.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

If JJ were still directing, we could never rule out something so corny.

 

[dub]

Haha...Thanks @Mage for the explanation. I figured if this was a true reboot, then anything is really possible, so who knows. Ah well, it got me excited for a moment.

[EDIT]...also, I was thinking Dominion when I saw some of the aliens and the title "Beyond." But I'm sure that's not the case either. With Section 31 in STID, I wasn't sure how many additional nods to the spin-offs we'd get in nuTrek films.

 

[Mage]

Hey, as a Niner I get how easy it is to get excited about anything even remotely related to that old spinning bicycle wheel.

 

[dub]

I was surprised I was first to post about it in this subforum. But I try not to read too many spoilers before films, so that's why I'm so ignorant. At least, that's why I'm so ignorant in this instance.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

The new DS9 is really fugly. The original was stunning.

 

[dub]

I totally agree @Bry_Sinclair , I was just remembering that the "relaunch" version had the completed rings or pylons that met at the top and bottom (whatever the correct terminology is), and the brief clip in the Beyond trailer reminded me of that. And the visible shields reminded me of DS9's shield bubble from one of the early episodes. It overall seemed to echo the original design for DS9, so that was my reason for getting a little excited for absolutely no reason.

 

[BillJ]

Haha...Thanks @Mage for the explanation. I figured if this was a true reboot, then anything is really possible, so who knows. Ah well, it got me excited for a moment.

I think there is some DS9 in the Starbase Yorktown design. There's an outline on a wall that was show several months ago that looked vaguely like DS9.

http://trekcore.com/blog/2015/10/star-trek-beyond-wraps-principal-production/

Look to the top, at the right.

 

[Capn Nick]

Maybe Sisko brings DS9 back in time in Star Trek Beyond, a la Sinclair in Babylon 5 ;-)

But really, that does have a similar look to it.

 

[dub]

Saw this neat article tonight with the headline:
‘Star Trek Beyond’ Plot: Those Weren’t Jem’Hadar, But New Movie Takes Cues From ‘Deep Space Nine’
http://www.idigitaltimes.com/star-t...r-new-movie-takes-cues-deep-space-nine-536015

 

[BillJ]

Saw this neat article tonight with the headline:
‘Star Trek Beyond’ Plot: Those Weren’t Jem’Hadar, But New Movie Takes Cues From ‘Deep Space Nine’
http://www.idigitaltimes.com/star-t...r-new-movie-takes-cues-deep-space-nine-536015

If Lin is primarily a TOS fan, he could very well be taking some cues from Cestus III, from "Arena". From what I've seen so far, the setup for Beyond has a very "Arena" feel to it. Though that may change when I see the film.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Saw this neat article tonight with the headline:
‘Star Trek Beyond’ Plot: Those Weren’t Jem’Hadar, But New Movie Takes Cues From ‘Deep Space Nine’
http://www.idigitaltimes.com/star-t...r-new-movie-takes-cues-deep-space-nine-536015

In other words, some faction of Sci Fi fandom is going to complain that Beyond ripped off B5.

 

[dub]

^^

 

[DS9forever]

50 New species? Why not make one good one?