Spoilers NEW BTS Video on Facebook...

Discussion in 'Star Trek: Discovery' started by DaveyNY, Dec 18, 2018.

  1. DaveyNY

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    Trekyards were just mentioning that. They got excited since they show a proper looking Enterprise with the correct sizes on a computer screen in the background.
    Also, real batleths.
     
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    There are no Bat’leths in that video.

    Someone was pulling their chain in the chat.
     
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    Could the cast of this show be any more likable? It's really awesome...
     
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    The video in the OP appears to have been removed, but I assume we're talking about what Trekmovie has an article about here?

    Just looking over the computer graphic about the Enterprise, sweet shit they're canonising a large amount of fanon there, including the bit about Pike commanding two five year missions.
     
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    Using years instead of stardates seems a little off. Year is just a Earth based measure of time while Stardates was invented to be more universal.
     
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    It’s for the audience’s sake.

    We’ve been discussing it for about 5 pages in the Enterprise focused thread.
     
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    Video has been yanked, which sucks. Guess CBS didn’t want it out on the webs just yet. Saw a couple of stills but would have loved to see the video. I’m a junkie when it comes to behind the scenes stuff
     
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  12. DaveyNY

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    And the link in the middle of my first post still work for me.
    It's a Facebook video, so I don't know if it's Region Locked.

    It's still on the Official Discovery FB page...

    https://www.facebook.com/StarTrekCBS/?epa=SEARCH_BOX

    It's the second video down now.
    :cool:
     
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    Guessing it’s region locked
     
  14. F. King Daniel

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    Perhaps they're Kelvin universe stardates:p
     
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    LoL! How presumptuous they were. Thinking that the Federation would just use the Earth year.
    That had JJ written all over that. :)
     
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    There’s no decimal point.

    Plus they’ve already used several normal Stardates in dialogue in season 1.
     
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    ...Normal in the sense that they decreased in value as time passed! (Timekeeping value, that is, in addition to numerical value.)

    Not that Kelvin stardates would have been much better, though.

    I do wonder how much of this can be read in the final product. A mass of 190,000 tons is a Canon! Violation! and rapes my childhood since Scotty said "nearly a million gross tons", but telling that 1 from a 7 won't be possible unless they do a close-up...

    Timo Saloniemi
     
  18. F. King Daniel

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    Not necessary unless pinpointing the exact date. Plus, it was a joke.
    If by "normal" you mean "completely random numbers" then yes.
     
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    Stardates in the TOS Era mean nothing and aren't useful for anything long-term. I wouldn't put them on a dedication plaque. Stardates in the TNG Era at least make some sort of sense (1,000 stardate units equal a year). From 2323 on, you can convert a Stardate into a Gregorian Date. In TOS, no such luck. TAS and DSC stardates are even worse.

    My issue isn't the Gregorian Date (as Earth-centric as it is) but that it says 2245 AD. Anno Domini. AD means "In the Year of Our Lord". It should be CE. "Common Era". Especially if the Federation is supposed to be post-God-fearing.
     
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  20. Tuskin38

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    Which is normal.