I like it. It's an homage, while avoiding the design patents/copyrights. I hope J.S. Franz's estate got some compensation, though.It's not exactly the FJ symbol, of course (the faces are slightly more angular, the UFP font different, the "crosshairs" incomplete, and the laurels are all-new). But it's clear this is what it's intended to resemble.
Timo Saloniemi
Sorry if this has been mentioned already, but I kind of like the fact that this is not the first time Amanda’s love of Alice in Wonderland has been mentioned in Star Trek. Spock referred to it in TAS "Once Upon a Planet."
SPOCK: "The Queen of Hearts and her cards are characters from Alice Through the Looking Glass, Captain."
KIRK: "I read the book as a child, Mister Spock, but I wasn't aware you indulged in the literature of fantasy."
SPOCK: "Light reading is considered relaxing, Captain. My mother was particularly fond of Lewis Carroll's work."
I like it. It's an homage, while avoiding the design patents/copyrights. I hope J.S. Franz's estate got some compensation, though.
Doesn't CBS (or Paramount, before the split) technically have the right to use anything created by a licensee, if they wanted to? I thought I had read that before, probably in the Lit forum.
And of course they already used the FJ "faces" logo in TVH, pretty much only changing the colour of the faces from silver to blue:
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My first instinct was to think she was contacting by Axanar "fans" looking to cause trouble. Maybe, maybe not - could be, but the 'net has a wide assortment of troublemakers and trolls, so who can say?Apparently someone from or related to the FJ estate was contacted on Facebook and she was upset and wanted to contact CBS.
Not sure how much "rights" someone has over a clearly derivative work.Trek Core's page is up
http://trekcore.com/blog/2017/10/star-trek-discoverys-canon-connections-episode-104/
Apparently someone from or related to the FJ estate was contacted on Facebook and she was upset and wanted to contact CBS.
Wait ... the old Franz Joseph design?! How did I miss that?!
His daughter is up in arms on Facebook, saying CBS don't have the rights to her father's version of the symbol (her father's Star Fleet Technical Manual pre-dates all modern tie-ins "work for hire"/"you don't own anything you create for us" status)I like it. It's an homage, while avoiding the design patents/copyrights. I hope J.S. Franz's estate got some compensation, though.
Except the same outfit was worn by Commissioner Ferris who pretty clearly was a civilian.Burnham's "no rank" silver-braid uniform looks a little bit like what Garth of Izar is wearing in "Whom Gods Destroy"
I like the idea he's wearing his old Starfleet uniform in the asylum.
Maybe a civilian suit the closest he could find to a Starfleet uniform, then?Except the same outfit was worn by Commissioner Ferris who pretty clearly was a civilian.
Ferris is a frugal SOB who shops at Starfleet surplus shops.Except the same outfit was worn by Commissioner Ferris who pretty clearly was a civilian.
Episode 5
A Klingon Supply line at Benzar was mentioned. Benzar is the Benzite homeworld.
The ship that captured Lorca was called a D7 Battlecruiser, though looked nothing like it
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Episode 5
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