New Opening Credits (Possible Spoilers)

[Awesome Possum]

The opening credits serve no narrative purpose on the show. If that's how you interpret it, then that's how you interpret it. But it holds no value or meaning outside of your head. It's just your subjective experience and nothing more. It's like when I was a little kid and saw Aliens, I somehow got the impression that the chestbursters was the Queen Alien's tail. It wasn't true, but that's how I interpreted it.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

I'm not ignoring anything; I'm simply sticking to an interpretation derived from presented narrative in the absence of definitive commentary regarding official narrative intent.

Comments from title animators represent Production intent, but they do not necessarily represent Narrative intent.

This conversation is going in circles, though, so it's probably best for everybody if we just move on.

What narrative intent though? Time crystals played a really miniscule part of Season 1. If the crew had used time crystals to escape the mirror universe or something you might have a point. But the series wasnt planned out to the extent that the showrunners in season 1 knew that discover would be going to the 32nd century at the end of season 2

 

[NCC-73515]

The badge that turned black in S2 was from Section 31. Now we see a 32nd century badge go black as well - Does Section 31 still exist?

 

[cooleddie74]

Time or dilithium crystals they look cool. There. Argument settled.

Next topic: how cool is it that the inventor of the transporter gets a nod in the opening credits of every episode of the series?

 

[Saul]

Didn't the guy who created the credits say in an interview they were dilithium crystals?

 

[Tim Thomason]

I figure that the crystals were intended to be dilithium crystals in the Season 1 credits, but were supposed to be time crystals in Season 2. Now that Season 3 has introduced dilithium crystals as red (and very important to the Season 3 storyline), we can just presume that the Season 3 credit crystals are the first true dilithium crystals, and the previous seasons were all retroactively time crystals.

It's all just fun animation that doesn't really matter. I'm not sure why Possum and others are getting all worked up over it.

 

[Timo]

The badge that turned black in S2 was from Section 31. Now we see a 32nd century badge go black as well - Does Section 31 still exist?

Of course not. It's Section 32 now.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[IMC Headquarters]

So is Season Three a Land of the Lost reboot? They can't get back, they have multi-colored crystals, hostile anthropoids everywhere, and one new acquaintance who may or may not help them. Hmm...

"Commander Michael Burnham
Leaving Control behind her
Led her crew through a hole in time.
Her brother Spock went searching,
Looking for her fate.
But lost them all a long long time ago.
To the Land of the Lost.
To the Land of the Lost.
To the Land of the Lost. Lostlostlostlostlost..."
(Selaht roar)

 

[Awesome Possum]

Didn't the guy who created the credits say in an interview they were dilithium crystals?

He did.

 

[Noname Given]

The badge that turned black in S2 was from Section 31. Now we see a 32nd century badge go black as well - Does Section 31 still exist?

Given what they're planning with Michelle Yeoh and her Empress character; probably.

(I haven't seen the new episode yet; and I think most people originally thought the new Section 31 series would take place in the 23rd century; but now I think probably not - although depending on what we discover of the 32nd century, whatever Section 31 is in the 32nd century, it may still employ time travel.)

So is Season Three a Land of the Lost reboot? They can't get back, they have multi-colored crystals, hostile anthropoids everywhere, and one new acquaintance who may or may not help them. Hmm...

"Commander Michael Burnham
Leaving Control behind her
Led her crew through a hole in time.
Her brother Spock went searching,
Looking for her fate.
But lost them all a long long time ago.
To the Land of the Lost.
To the Land of the Lost.
To the Land of the Lost. Lostlostlostlostlost..."
(Selaht roar)

And I bet by the 32nd century the Gorn look:

has evolved into:

 

[Captain Crow]

Dilithium doesn't play a significant role in Discovery, whereas Time Crystals have.

They're dilithium. They've always been dilithium.

Them whizzing past Discovery in the intro is an allusion to its spore drive. A drive that doesn't require them.

My take on it: If the crystals were one color in the first two seasons and they're a different color in the third season, then that means they were dilithium crystals in the first two seasons and another type of crystal in the third.

They're still dilithium crystals.

The color change to red is just an artsy way of showing they're now volatile.

 

[Awesome Possum]

Spoiler: Spoilers

Turns out they are still dilithium crystals, they're just red in the 32nd century.