Not doubting that. What I'm doubting is your assertion that it's a Rogue One style visual upgrade, when instead it's a complete swapout for something entirely new.
Nature of the visual reboot
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I found that after I made the personal accommodation that Discovery was a Star Trek themed show set in some kind of universe or reality separate from the "prime" my enjoyment of the show increased.
This nicely handles anything that would interfere with my viewing of the show.
What TPTB intended? Oh well.
What ever gets you through the night.
Ugh solipsism.
probably kinda boring
Seems almost like TOS is standard def and DSC is 4K ?This might be a better analogy
This is one of my biggest issues with the DSC visuals. Despite being different there’s a clear design language to the starfleet ships on DSC that looks recognisably “Star Trek”. The Klingon ships look like nothing we’ve seen before. Even the Klingon people look sorta like Klingons. And even if we assume that “D7” is just a designation for a type of Klingon ship (“danger level 7” or some such), these DSC Klingon birds of prey look so vastly different to their predecessors that it’s almost like there was no influence from TOS on them *at all*. And if we assume that DSC adheres to established historical events, then surely it’s an event in history that Klingons had ships that look like the D7/K’Tinga class(es) we know and love.One could argue that the Discovery phaser and communicator have been upgraded thusly, but then we get this:
Being swapped out with this:
Which are in no way an upgrade reflecting modern visual techniques. It's deliberate choice to completely reimagine the Klingons and their technology from scratch.
Anyone who watches Trek for the ships/technology and continuity is utterly screwed.
My guess would be that the intentions of TPTB was to make a squitzillion dollars and the visboot was part of that intention haha!
Although I like your approach to enjoying the show. Personally I could ignore the visual stuff if the stories were more compelling. But either way I’m still going to watch it!
The new Klingon ships look like they were designed by aliens. They even look like weapons, something you’d expect from a species who built their society around warfare.
I don’t see what the fuss is about, they’re practically identical.One could argue that the Discovery phaser and communicator have been upgraded thusly, but then we get this:
Being swapped out with this:
For a moment there, you almost had me.
I didn't say it had to be 100% accurate, just that the visual style can still work even decades after the fact. For example the Abrams films, while not copying TOS exactly, look similar enough to TOS (way more than DSC does) that I could suspend disbelief and say that this is how TOS was always 'supposed' to look. With DSC, I find it much harder to rationalize that.
I always love this assumption. That somehow "D7" must refer to that one ship and nothing else!
It goes hand and hand with my confusion at the idea that there cannot be variation within the Klingon culture.
Exactly, it was a fun reference to the franchise’s past for the fans. It works as a tribute, but it wouldn’t in the long term. People bring up Doctor Who as an example, but even they wouldn’t bring back the original Tardis set or Daleks long term. They’re Easter eggs or a bit of fun, probably more due to the show runner and Doctor at that time than fan demand.
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