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[Spaceship Jo]

As much as I hated the "Lorca kept it dark that's why the whole season was dark: because he was from the Mirror Universe" reveal, I have absolutely no issue presuming that we didn't see Her most Imperial Majesty, Mother of the Fatherland, Overlord of Vulcan, Dominus of Qo'noS, Regina Andor, Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centarius get some eye surgery or whatever so she wouldn't be found out, she just did it offscreen.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I didn't say it wasn't part of continuity. I just said it should be ignored. That's the beauty of a fluid continuity, you don't have follow every little detail and can ignore the stupid stuff.

IMHO continuity is continuity. The eye thing was only stupid when taken as part of the same universe as the rest of Trek, but in Discovery standalone it was fine. So in Discovery it should remain. All they have to do is show her jabbing her eyes once and it's a non-issue, we forever assume she does it off-camera.

 

[Jarvisimo]

And the empire might have fixed it through genetic engineering a decade later... Or the emperor and the nobles like Lorca might have kept it because of pride or belief in their purity, but cured the menials and lower orders of the condition.

 

[Nerys Myk]

IMHO continuity is continuity. The eye thing was only stupid when taken as part of the same universe as the rest of Trek, but in Discovery standalone it was fine. So in Discovery it should remain.

Continuity is fluid. That's why we ignore a lot of early season one "weirdness" in TOS and TNG and the sexism in The Cage. Not all "data points" are created equal.

All they have to do is show her jabbing her eyes once and it's a non-issue, we forever assume she does it off-camera.

Waste of run time to do that.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Continuity is fluid. That's why we ignore a lot of early season one "weirdness" in TOS and TNG and the sexism in The Cage. Not all "data points" are created equal.

Disagree. It's their fault for putting weird nonsense there in the first place, they should stick to it. Especially in this modern era, where rewatching and binge-watching is the expected norm.

Waste of run time to do that.

They can spare 10 seconds, and even have been doing it while talking about something important to the plot.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Disagree. It's their fault for putting weird nonsense there in the first place, they should stuck to it. Especially in this modern era, where rewatching and binge-watching is the expected norm.

Nope. Mistakes happen. Dumb stuff gets on screen. Forget it an move on. Doesn't matter if viewer is done in one or binging, ignore the stupid stuff

 

[F. King Daniel]

Nope. Mistakes happen. Dumb stuff gets on screen. Forget it an move on. Doesn't matter if viewer is done in one or binging, ignore the stupid stuff

But again, it comes down to the perception that the eye thing is dumb. I don't think it is (atrocious continuity with the rest of Trek aside) and think its absence leads to a continuity error which is easily solved. Each to their own.

They'll probably address it in some form in the Georgiou-focused Section 31 series, since she'll be on-screen for 45 minutes at a time.

 

[Mudd]

Disagree. It's their fault for putting weird nonsense there in the first place, they should stick to it. Especially in this modern era, where rewatching and binge-watching is the expected norm.

No.

 

[Nerys Myk]

They can spare 10 seconds, and even have been doing it while talking about something important to the plot.

I'd rather that 10 seconds be used for something more important.

 

[Turtletrekker]

That's to do with Disco's casual disregard for TOS continuity. Now they're even ignoring their own...

TOS had a casual disregard for TOS continuity. So, therefore, Star Trek...

 

[Spaceship Jo]

If a modern show wants to be judged by modern TV standards and goes out of its way to be unlike previous shows in the same franchise that were distinctly not like modern TV standards, it seems strange to not expect it to meet modern TV standards.

 

[Nerys Myk]

If a modern show wants to be judged by modern TV standards and goes out of its way to be unlike previous shows in the same franchise that were distinctly not like modern TV standards, it seems strange to not expect it to meet modern TV standards.

What "modern standards" aren't being met?

 

[Spaceship Jo]

What "modern standards" aren't being met?

Disagree. It's their fault for putting weird nonsense there in the first place, they should stick to it. Especially in this modern era, where rewatching and binge-watching is the expected norm.

They can spare 10 seconds, and even have been doing it while talking about something important to the plot.

"Early installment weirdness" only works when you have episodic episodes with differentiated stories and elements to sweep under the rug, and more importantly, not so few episodes. Serialization is great, but you must commit for it to work.

 

[Nerys Myk]

"Early installment weirdness" only works when you have episodic episodes with differentiated stories and elements to sweep under the rug, and more importantly, not so few episodes. Serialization is great, but you must commit for it to work.

I'm sure it happens in modern shows, too.

 

[The Wormhole]

I'm sure it happens in modern shows, too.

Hells yeah. "The Cylons have a plan."

 

[Noname Given]

Considering TOS and its movies showed torpedoes being manually loaded, I think Discovery just has a group of enslaved torpedo crew solely to shoot torpedoes out of any space in the hull. Shortly afterwards, they revolted and in the future they weren't used and instead automated torpedoes were shot out of preconfigured locations.

TOS never showed a photon torpedo onscreen outside of the VFX of it being fired.

TMP had a graphic on Chekov's Weapons control panel that showed a status of when a torpedo was in the tube; but still didn't show any portion of the actual 'load' process.

It wasn't until STII:TWoK we got the (IMO) ridiculous scene that showed torps being manually loaded.

Given the few times (and speed) that they showed the TOS 1701 able to quickly fire a full torp spread; I find it hard to believe (and hated) that 'Photon Torpedoes' where manually loaded per the depiction in STII in the manner they were; and now somehow had a physical casing. Watching TOS on TV growing up, I always assumed they were 'balls' Anti-Matter Energy generated IN the 'tube' and quickly released/fired before the energy encasing the antimatter dissipated.

The above said, clearly (per Episode 13 of ST: D) they are physical torpedoes with cases and warheads attached.

 

[DaveyNY]

TOS never showed a photon torpedo onscreen outside of the VFX of it being fired.

TMP had a graphic on Chekov's Weapons control panel that showed a status of when a torpedo was in the tube; but still didn't show any portion of the actual 'load' process.

It wasn't until STII:TWoK we got the (IMO) ridiculous scene that showed torps being manually loaded.

Given the few times (and speed) that they showed the TOS 1701 able to quickly fire a full torp spread; I find it hard to believe (and hated) that 'Photon Torpedoes' where manually loaded per the depiction in STII in the manner they were; and now somehow had a physical casing. Watching TOS on TV growing up, I always assumed they were 'balls' Anti-Matter Energy generated IN the 'tube' and quickly released/fired before the energy encasing the antimatter dissipated.

The above said, clearly (per Episode 13 of ST: D) they are physical torpedoes with cases and warheads attached.

How about the number of times we saw Phasers being fired automatically from the bridge in TOS, yet they actually decided to put in a Phaser Control Room, with folks down there having to second guess when Sulu pushed his FIRE button.

Inconsistency ... thy name is Star Trek.

 

[seigezunt]

That's to do with Disco's casual disregard for TOS continuity. Now they're even ignoring their own...

Thus honoring the TOS tradition of internal inconsistency

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

Mirror-Georgieu and her eyesight issues...or did we forget?

Or am I misunderstanding the eyesight issues of Mirror'verse humans?

She had Lasik done. Problem solved.

Edit to add:
Seriously though, we know that the light in the Prime Universe could be a problem for (some? all?) of the people from the Mirror Universe. Mirror Georgiou isn't shown onscreen having problems. Therefore we can safely assume she has done/continues to do something to alleviate it.

 

[Yistaan]

She had Lasik done. Problem solved.

Lasik isn't going to do anything regard to light sensitivity, and might even make it worse.

Considering Mirror light sensitivity is never mentioned again in other works, Starfleet must have developed in 2257 a way to increase light tolerance in eyesight which was tested on Mirror Georgiou. The Mirror Universe coincidentally (as usual) developed this at the same time so they can better deal with brightly lit planets.