Is Discovery a war show?

[Timo]

This is the second time in Trek history to decide how these things work. TOS, TNG and DS9 were straightforward three-letter acronyms. Of the others, ENT would suggest DIS is the correct form, while VGR would rather support DSC (but many use VOY anyway, this having been the first time of any real ambiguity).

STD would be the one without any support from precedent, as the letters for the words Star Trek are not included in any of the other TLAs, except perhaps by preceding them, separated by colon.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Jedman67]

I prefer to call it OVERY; because it matches what everyone called "OYAGER"

 

[SPCTRE]

Do we really wanna use STD for the abbreviation?

it is too late, mother, I have seen everything

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

This is the second time in Trek history to decide how these things work. TOS, TNG and DS9 were straightforward three-letter acronyms. Of the others, ENT would suggest DIS is the correct form, while VGR would rather support DSC (but many use VOY anyway, this having been the first time of any real ambiguity).

STD would be the one without any support from precedent, as the letters for the words Star Trek are not included in any of the other TLAs, except perhaps by preceding them, separated by colon.

Timo Saloniemi

I've seen ST:TNG, STS9, etc., then we mostly used the last part without the ST:. STSC or STIS, DSC or DIS (though Disney probably has every possible usage of DIS copywrited, so DSC is probably the way to go.

ETA: Smeggin' bloody 's

 

[KirkusOveractus]

I've seen ST:TNG, STS9, etc., then we mostly used the last part without the ST:. STSC or STIS, DSC or DIS (though Disney probably has every possible usage of DIS copywrited, so DSC is probably the way to go.

According to some of the production folks on Twitter, it's being abbreviated as ST: DSC. That's what I'm using, and staying with it.

 

[Tuskin38]

The official abbreviation is DSC, but official abbreviation for Voyager is VGR, and hardly anyone uses that.

 

[KirkusOveractus]

The official abbreviation is DSC, but official abbreviation for Voyager is VGR, and hardly anyone uses that.

I think because once people saw VGR, they thought of V'GER PDQ, so they used VOY ASAP.

 

[Tuskin38]

The rest of the official abbreviations are what are most commonly used by fans. It is only VGR that seems to stand out.

 

[KirkusOveractus]

The one that I always have trouble with is TOS. I know what it means and that it's the best way to differentiate everything. But technically, unlike the other spinoffs, it had no subtitle.

To me, it should just be ST, but I do use TOS because that's the generalized abbreviation.

 

[Tuskin38]

Well if you say Star Trek you could mean any of the series, or the entire franchise.

 

[KirkusOveractus]

Well if you say Star Trek you could mean any of the series, or the entire franchise.

You're right. In fact, most people just lump all of Star Trek together anyway, in the general viewing public. Some don't really piece it into the individual series or movies.

 

[Tenacity]

I prefer to call it OVERY; because it matches what everyone called "OYAGER"

Oy vey.

 

[Jedman67]

Oy vey.

These are the 'oyages of the s'arship ehhtprise...

 

[JD]

While at Comic-Con one of IGN's reporter's asked Kurtzman and Goldman while they decided to make Discovery a war show.
The thing to keep in mind is that this is going to be one serialized arc going through the whole season or possibly even series, so we probably aren't going to get a ton of different kinds of stories.
Most of these kinds of shows are able to give each episode it's own small story with it's own beginning, middle and end, but they usually still build out the arc in some way. So they'll probably be able to give us few different types of episodes, but unless they can find a way to feed it organically into the arc, I don't see them doing a full on comedy episodes, or a simple exploration/planet of the week.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

No musical episode then? That's too bad, I was looking forward to seeing Starfleet's version of an USO Show.

 

[Rahul]

These interview really don't give me much hope...

I think in terms of 'scope' of a war, ENT did an even better job than DS9. THe 3rd season conflict with the Xindi clearly qualified as a "war" in terms of engagements. But it was pretty obvious those were isolated incidents of extreme violence. Compared to the fleet-vs-fleet combat in DS9 against the klingons or Dominion with their hundreds of blowed-up capital ships and tens of hundreds of thousands of dead serviceman every battle scene, the former felt much more "realistic" and intimate, and as such had more gravitas, even if it was a "smaller" conflict (and DS9 had by far the better writers).

I hope they manage to get the perfect sweet spot, of a cold war that has turned hot on occasions, but isn't necessarily a full-blown WWII-analogy total war. But that is damn hard to accomplish as a writer.

 

[fireproof78]

I think that the DSC production team can do it.

 

[Rahul]

In a recent Interview Alex Kurtzman said the second season probably won't be about the klingon war (although the fall-out might be important). I guess they aren't going to start a new war with a different species for the second season...

As I interpred it, it will be a 'war show', but (hopefully) only for the first season, then they will move on to different topics. Not super happy with the klingon war being the central theme for the first season, but the prospect of them moving on from that, and doing, you know, exploring and discovering shit, gives me hope.

 

[Brainsucker]

I think rather than a war, the season 1 of Discovery would be better to be called as stand off between to powers. Or perhaps a small skirmish / border conflict / other small battle, not an open total war between two factions.

 

[Rahul]

That would have been preferable. But as is, the producers said it's "in the middle of a war" and deals with "real problems in the middle of a war". That sounds alarmingly like a full-blown, total, open war.

Besides, I think "war with klingons" is something you should slowly build up to. Not start with it! How are they going to top that in season2?

"Now, after our heroes have fought for life and death every episode of season 1, how are they going to handle the hardships of SEASON 2? Where they have to accompany the Tellarite ambassador during his important trade negotiations?!"