Props on display at Mission Chicago
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They don't. And the use of "tragedy" in this context is rhetorical overreach to an hysterical degree.
As someone who dislikes the tricorder design I agree that tragedy is not the appropriate term.
Any close shots of the new Captain's chair?
My first mobile phone was Motorola, half the size and weight of a building brick, with a retractable antenna, loaned to me out by my father-in-law. Over the next 18 years, I used Siemens with monochrome screen, a foldable push-button version of Sony, and three smartphone models from different companies. And I never owned a slider phone, but they exist(ed?).
I assume it's a reason to be okay about all the samples of SNW technologies
I assume it's a reason to be okay about all the samples of SNW technologies
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Still do. Use one for work.
But these slits won't hold any discs since they're in the flap
The trouble with making tricorders and communicators look 'more modern' is that when you make their devices as small as a smart phone, and as sleek as a smart phone, with an interface as good as a smart phone, you're just giving everyone smart phones.
One of the few things that distinguishes the TOS and TNG eras is the style of the handheld gadgets, so personally I'm glad that they're choosing to make the new props consistent with the old ones and they're using their distinctiveness to their advantage. I'm happy to assume that the SNW tricorder is more bulky than previous ones because they chose to pack more technology in there instead of miniaturising what they had, it looks rugged because it's designed to be used by astronauts in extreme environments, and it looks stylish because that's how Starfleet rolls in the 2260s.
But they'd only need to read the discs or samples or whatever whilst the flap was open. They are probably stored in the lower compartment.
This is the kind of little detail that makes me smile:
I'm not saying that it makes one bit of sense in-universe. If it drastically affects or even shatters your "ability to suspend disbelief," well, so be it.* But the fact that they built these nicely-engineered-looking, updated versions of the props and then dropped a detail in there like a decal that appears to have been created by a Selectric typewriter with a Courier printhead just tickles me.
*I totally just straw-manned that, yeah.
I'm not saying that it makes one bit of sense in-universe. If it drastically affects or even shatters your "ability to suspend disbelief," well, so be it.* But the fact that they built these nicely-engineered-looking, updated versions of the props and then dropped a detail in there like a decal that appears to have been created by a Selectric typewriter with a Courier printhead just tickles me.
*I totally just straw-manned that, yeah.
Can we PLEASE get some photos of the captain's chair prop at Mission Chicago?! PRETTY PLEASE?!
There have been a couple on Twitter. The chair doesn't look to be that accurate; if it wasn't constructed for the exhibition it's probably the first one built for the STD set last season.
It has a button labeled "Spore Drive" that's occasioned much gnashing of teeth and rending of garments online.
https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/the-strange-new-worlds-starship-thread™.310913/page-15#post-14102114
https://twitter.com/TrekCore/status/1512488023782719489
The one at the convention is just a recreation for photo ops.
I think they're all great.
This is the kind of little detail that makes me smile:
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I'm not saying that it makes one bit of sense in-universe. If it drastically affects or even shatters your "ability to suspend disbelief," well, so be it.* But the fact that they built these nicely-engineered-looking, updated versions of the props and then dropped a detail in there like a decal that appears to have been created by a Selectric typewriter with a Courier printhead just tickles me.
*I totally just straw-manned that, yeah.
Numbers indicate by tens how many Yangs you can shoot before recharging... Captain Tracey will confirm.
Man I love all of that, everything looks great.
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