Robots?

I have noticed this season they have scenes in almost every episode showing the repair robots , they are also showcased quite a bit in the title sequence. Do you think they will play a bigger part in later in the season or is this some type of red herring?

 

I think it's just a little atmosphere.

 

CBS wants to get into Baby Yoda selling toys and merchandise territory. Sorry CBS, you ain’t Disney.

 

I love that Discovery has given us robots in Trek. I recall it being something Bryan Fuller talked about waaaaaaaay back in 2016. Yes, they're R2/BB8 wannabes but I still adore the DOT-7's and their 32nd century friends.

 

Hah!
CBS clearly has no aspirations because there is little push in that arena.

 

I wish they had held off until now. It would seem more special and cool if we hadn't already had floaty robots hanging around. Same goes for the ubiquitous holograms.

 

Ditto.

The robots are in a prominent role in the opening credits. Time crystals were in a prominent role in the opening credits long before we learned that they were time crystals and had a prominent role in the drama. QED.

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The credits also include a lot of tech like phasers and com badges, which don't have a prominent role in the drama.

 

...Yet.

But they sorta do. The new badges being Swiss is a big deal; if the droids play a plot function of equal prominence, that's already bigger than, say, the contribution that Tilly makes to the show overall.

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I think the robots in the title sequence (as well as the changes in comm badges) are just something to show how things have changed from the past to now the 32nd century. I mean, it's possible that they could be something more important, but that's how I've been looking at it.

 

This is true. The whole 31st century thing would look a lot more impressive if they'd jumped from authentic TOS visuals too rather than their "make it look as advanced as possible!" reboot to the "oh shit, make everything white plastic!" future.

 

I agree to an extent. Certain things would have looked better in the future if they (or something similar) wasn't already there in the past. But if by "authentic TOS visuals" you mean something that actually looks similar to TOS, I don't think that was ever going to happen.

 

I sincerely doubt it.

 

If they planned on marketing them like R2D2 / BB8, they should get more screen time and be useful.

 

Since they haven't I doubt that is the plan. If so, then it is the most poorly executed one that I've seen thus far, and it's not like Trek has a great track record with merchandising.

 

Imagine if Disney bought the Star Trek Franchise and merchandised the hell out of it.

We might even get a Star Trek x Star Wars cross over =D

 

I was happy until you said the crossover.

Well, merchandise would be worth it, I suppose.

 

This week MU robots! LOL

 

With "Red Evil" eyes..

 

The DOT-7s are adorable. I love them.