Poll Rate the USS Discovery's looks

[Jadeb]

She's ugly but kind of charmingly ugly. And much improved from the mess they first showed. The hyper-elongated nacelles are a little silly, but they give her a sense of movement I wouldn't have expected from a design this clunky. She always looks like she's entering warp, even when sitting still.

The three-quarter view in M's third image is pretty sweet. I just wish the Bussard collectors were lighted or more visually interesting somehow.

I've never liked the Enterprise D's front-heavy design and prefer the Discovery already.

 

[Tuskin38]

Like with the Kelvin Timeline Constitution, this is slowly growing on me the more I see it.

I hated both Ships when they were revealed.

 

[Galaxy]

Voted B with a tendency towards A.

Btw. what are those stripes on the outer rim of the saucer with the white line around them?

 

[Kevin Wolff]

It's too sleek now, especially for the time period. Through their tweaking they seem to have broken the design.
Nacelles too long. WTF with the phallic deflector dish. Love the warmer color.
I can see why they punched holes in the saucer for some more interesting camera angles, but it makes it look less Trek to me than the triangular drive section ever did.
What I liked about McQuarrie's design is the smaller, rounded edge saucer and smaller nacelles and how the drive section dominated. Different than what we'd known but still Trek. That's what DSC needed IMO.

 

[DJSuppa]

The only thing I don't like about the design is the spine on the top of the ship that connects the bridge to the rest of the ship. It's roundedness kinda contrasts to the more angled design of the rest of the ship. For me at least. But then again it is only the concept art so I hope it looks better in the show. Still gets a B from me though

 

[Galaxy]

It's too sleek now, especially for the time period.

I find the TOS Enterprise to be a rather sleek ship. Much sleeker then, for example, an Ambassador, Galaxy, or Nebula ship. Imo, the only ships sleeker then a Conny, are the refit, and the Sovereign. Intrepid comes close, but is a bit chunky from some angles.

 

[Kevin Wolff]

I find the TOS Enterprise to be a rather sleek ship. Much sleeker then, for example, an Ambassador, Galaxy, or Nebula ship.

It's a simpler design, but I wouldn't call it sleek. To me, sleek started with Excelsior.

 

[MarsWeeps]

I like it...although the front of the nacelles sort of look unfinished. They need capped or something.

 

[KennyB]

It's a simpler design, but I wouldn't call it sleek. To me, sleek started with Excelsior.

That nice smooth round bottom..........

 

[The Librarian]

I object to the wording of this poll. The last two options should clearly be "garbage ship" and "should be hauled away as garbage."

I'd say I'm currently sitting somewhere around B+, tentatively an A. I like the overall shape and the various fan art by GeekFilter has really sold me on it from many angles, but I'm not sure if the longest nacelles from the SDCC art will work. I can't wait to see it with the same level of detail as the Shenzhou, which is definitely a solid A for me.

 

[Kevin Wolff]

Only if the poll was posted by a Klingon. Rounding out the category would be "Glorious" and "Looks like a Denebian Slime Devil"

 

[Galaxy]

That nice smooth round bottom..........

But those chunky almost 90 degree nacelle struts.

Edit: I am assuming you are referring to the Excelsior.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

The latest DSC poster put me squarely in the Hawt! camp. They've gotten far enough away from the pre-production Adam/McQuarrie design, at least as it was represented in the famous McQuarrie painting of the aft view, that I don't feel the overlap with Star Wars pre-production concepts any more.

Even with all the novelties, the present design screams Star Trek. Perhaps it's seeing the windows around the saucer. Or maybe it's the glowing dome under the saucer. Way more Star Trek-y than, say, DS9's Defiant, which I opened my heart to.

 

[Kevin Wolff]

But those chunky almost 90 degree nacelle struts.

Edit: I am assuming you are referring to the Excelsior.

The angle and flatness allowed for the lowering of the nacelles and kind of makes the struts unnoticeable so it looks like the nacelles are floating. The sheared off top of the drive section also made it look lower like a hot rod. Especially back in 1984.

 

[Mirror Mirror]

You lack a "sexy beast" option.

 

[tenmei]

Just counting windows AND assuming those windows stand for a floor on a deck for each row, the delta portion of the ship looks about 6 to 8 stories tall at it's deepest part with that center part on the bottom. And very long. It would seem this could could literally hold thousands of people, or store large amounts of cargo or something. Which would also make the saucer section frigging enormous.

From a look at the designs - I wouldn't say that the ship has any more decks than Voyager.

 

[kirk55555]

I voted A. Its one of the only designs on Discovery that I actually like, and I happen to like it a lot.

 

[Myko]

If I was another starship, I would definitely invite Discovery over for wine, cheese and "socializing".

Holodeck and chill?

 

[Mudd]

Looks good to me.

 

[KennyB]

But those chunky almost 90 degree nacelle struts.

Edit: I am assuming you are referring to the Excelsior.

I liked everything about that ship.......Hated the changes the did to make the Enterprise B.