Villeneuve ain’t “in charge.” He’s a hired gun to make the one movie, and doesn’t even have Final Cut.
General Trek Questions and Observations
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Star Trek Discovery reinforces that with some of their Space Suits being color coded as well.
Maybe the 32nd century Discovery, but the first season, ENT and the First Contact uniforms would be the exception, because they’re all dark, save for a small bit of division-color piping or undergarments. IIRC, the first season Discovery uniforms don’t even have division color, except medical, which is white - the uniforms just have the gold accents.
There were color differences in the badge and piping/detail.
Though it was often so dark to miss. I don't really get the point of having divisional differenies or rank that are so minute you'd have to squint to make out the difference between an Operations LT and Captain.
Yeah, I admittedly never paid attention, because I don’t watch that show, but I remember the pictures of the cast. I genuinely dislike those uniforms, but whatever.
Which is why rank stripes are the only way to go.
Or pips that contrast with their background. Having metal on metal will never be legible - but since a junior officer was calling the shots through a lot of the show maybe the goal was to keep it nebulous?
Yep. The silvery color was meant to be TOS Blue, the gold TOS Yellow and copper TOS Red. So it works if you can actually see the colors onscreen - but much of the time you couldn't tell if gold was copper and vice versa, so the design failed.
My main issue was the Asymmetrical Design of the Discovery Uniforms.
They would look that much better if they were Symmetrical.
They would look that much better if they were Symmetrical.
That's one issue that I have with the classic Trek visual design vs modern production. HD allows you to shoot much darker (because dark=action packed and gritty, I guess). BUT you just can't see pips, minute metallic differences, or other fine details.
I think the rank in Trek is important to the story and helps with understanding the characters. Ortegas is younger, less experienced, which is neatly summarized by her lower rank compared to Pike, who is SpaceDad with all the answers. BUT, even SNW tries to hide the rank stripes, even though it's lighter.
I dunno. I guess old man me just misses his TNG pips.
I miss sleeve braids you can SEE.
Have you seen TOS Klingons and Disco Klingons? Now tell me that they look the same.
Star Trek is doing worse than the Hunger Games! wow.
And it turns out that both O'Brien and Bashir were right. It was both genetic engineering AND a viral mutation.
Honestly, those Sleeve Braids would look better on the Dress Uniforms instead of Regular Duty Uniforms.
I liked the sleeve braids. Easier to see from a distance or at many angles.
I don't know it has been discussed here or in another thread but do you think we will ever get anything like the hypospray in real life medicine?
