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Poll Is continuity important?

How important is continuity in Trek?

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Yes it's important to me. I expect the writers to do their homework and get the general details correct. Sure there will be mistakes and maybe a change here or there of something that may not make sense today. (Kirk's line to Janet lester for instance) But I don't feel established things like character sex, religion, race etc should be changed. If they are already established (like Kyle) MAKE NEW CHARCATERS. Dont change Khan just because. (Yes kelvinverse is still a branch off of the prime universe and was born from it) Dont change the Klingons look AGAIN after writers worked hard on setting it all straight years ago. It's just blatantly ego trips when this major changes are done and takes me quickly out of the story. They should do a complete true REBOOT if they cannot help themselves to changing things.

That all said...visual continuity doesnt matter as much to me but I expect them to get the general tech correct. Which they dropped the ball on often now. Holo communications were established in DS9 and what do with get with Discovery??? Lol...
I like the redesigned Enterprise but it's been changed a bit too much. Should have remained the same size and general layout. But it clearly is not...
 
Lord Garth said:
So, yeah, when people start treating TAS as sacred just to win a Holy Canon War, it's going to make me look at them funny because I'm thinking, "Oh, so now TAS is suddenly so important to you?" And it's going to make me wonder about the motivations as to why.
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That's unfair; I--and likely many other fans--have considered TAS just as sacred as TOS and equally canon since the beginning.
 
1. There might be some exceptions, but I don't buy the idea that most people regard TAS equally with TOS.

2. I agree they should've just done a clean reboot. Unfortunately, they didn't. So it's messy and we have to decide where we draw the line as viewers. I didn't care about this as much with DSC, but with SNW, I do draw a line in the sand and disagree with Paramount's stance. I do think of it as a reboot. A soft reboot, but still a reboot.
 
I am perfectly fine with whatever Kurtzman and the more than worthy Emmy caliber writers on VIACOM ALL ACCESS + are doing as long as it is not in continuity with TOS. Make those wonderful inherent masterpieces for the streaming masses and leave the series I love alone. Reboots are fine, I loved JJTrek, "Beyond" not included, and it spark a further fascination and interest in Star Trek and appreciated his interpretation without claiming its something that it's definitely not in the same universe visually.

Making Robert April black is a nice visually que to established that DISCO and STRANGE is NOT in TOS universe. It never was and that's okay for me.
 
STEPhon IT said:
I am perfectly fine with whatever Kurtzman and the more than worthy Emmy caliber writers on VIACOM ALL ACCESS + are doing as long as it is not in continuity with TOS. Make those wonderful inherent masterpieces for the streaming masses and leave the series I love alone. Reboots are fine, I loved JJTrek, "Beyond" not included, and it spark a further fascination and interest in Star Trek and appreciated his interpretation without claiming its something that it's definitely not in the same universe visually.

Making Robert April black is a nice visually que to established that DISCO and STRANGE is NOT in TOS universe. It never was and that's okay for me.
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Nope
 
fireproof78 said:
What was the official Enterprise size as stated in continuity?
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KamenRiderBlade said:
I did this list myself and researched it myself.
The lengths should be accurate enough.
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While I appreciate the research done this is one point where I feel it necessary to say that adjusting the lengths of ships is hardly a continuity issue when they are not ever specifically called out as particular lengths, at least not for the TOS Enterprise.

I get that fans have had year and years to get this established as lore from various sources but that doesn't make them official. At least from my perspective.

Nice list though.
 
fireproof78 said:
While I appreciate the research done this is one point where I feel it necessary to say that adjusting the lengths of ships is hardly a continuity issue when they are not ever specifically called out as particular lengths, at least not for the TOS Enterprise.

I get that fans have had year and years to get this established as lore from various sources but that doesn't make them official. At least from my perspective.

Nice list though.
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It's good enough for me, for what I need it to do, compare the relative lengths of the various ships.

YMMV
 
Lord Garth said:

We should live in a society where skin color should matter as much as hair color or eye color, but we don't.


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I'm not going to get embroiled in the black/not-black April debate but your saying this made me remember that I read people objected to Daniel Craig playing James Bond because he's blonde. "James Bond is supposed to be a DARK haired man."

Robert

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Upon further reflection, I think what they should have done is to cast a black with blonde hair to play James Bond. That would REALLY get people upset.
 
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edit: wrong thread sorry, that's what happens when viewing multiple threads on different browser tabs
 
hofner said:
Lord Garth said:

We should live in a society where skin color should matter as much as hair color or eye color, but we don't.


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I'm not going to get embroiled in the black/not-black April debate but your saying this made me remember that I read people objected to Daniel Craig playing James Bond because he's blonde. "James Bond is supposed to be a DARK haired man."

Robert

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Upon further reflection, I think what they should have done is to cast a black with blonde hair to play James Bond. That would REALLY get people upset.
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It'll be interesting to see who the next James Bond is. My favorite is still Pierce Brosnan.
 
Nerys Myk said:
Continuity is
  1. A tool.
  2. A guideline
  3. Not set in stone.
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You can't wing continuity, so no it's not a "guideline" or "not set it stone", unless you want to toss it out in favour of a new continuity.

As per a dictionary:

con·ti·nu·i·ty
The unbroken and consistent existence or operation of something over a period of time.
 
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