Their official reasoning was to update the look.
I think the real behind the scenes reason is money. New design = new copyright = more products to sell with its image.
The Intersection of Canon and the Prime Timeline
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Their official reasoning was to update the look.
I think the real behind the scenes reason is money. New design = new copyright = more products to sell with its image.
You're wrong here. Completely wrong.
Because Paramount would have came out and said it wasn't true.
No. It really isn't. A quick google search will reveal the official IP holder's view of canon. Canonical law dates back to the early Catholic Church. Only the Catholic Church can determine what is canonical (in its jurisdiction). The use of "canon" is clearly derived from the Catholic example (Trek is hardly the only franchise to adopt this model).
And another one. Say it again, that might make it true.
How did you determine that?
Which...I get. From a corporate perspective, I get it. I don't like it. I think the show suffers because so much on the series has to be altered so CBS can make a lot of money off the show, but at least the copyright and corporate profits thing makes sense.
Anything else is just pandering and being different just for the sake of being edgy.
CBS said they own the TOS designs, if that wasn't true the entity that does own them would have said so.
So you determined it by just saying that they would. Cool story.
There is no reason not to trust them.
They wouldn't lie about owning the TOS designs because someone could prove they don't.
Is DSC canon? Yes.
Is it in the Prime timeline? There are some dodgy moments where it seems the writers either got drunk or high or just didn't care about the continuity, but yes. Most everything mentioned or seen thus far can fit in the established Prime timeline between ENT and TOS.
But that doesn't mean the show isn't fugly as hell and couldn't use a facelift to make it look a little more like TOS.
Is it in the Prime timeline? There are some dodgy moments where it seems the writers either got drunk or high or just didn't care about the continuity, but yes. Most everything mentioned or seen thus far can fit in the established Prime timeline between ENT and TOS.
But that doesn't mean the show isn't fugly as hell and couldn't use a facelift to make it look a little more like TOS.
There's a possibility some of the ownership isn't as clear cut legally as CBS would like.
Then they wouldn't have made that statement.
Thank you for sharing your opinions again. They're interesting.
You have an awful lot of trust in a corporation telling you the complete truth in any situation.
It's only logical.
You (nor anyone else) has any idea what payments are being made to who to continue producing those products. CBS may own it all. But, there were a lot of hands in the cookie jar over the years.
So ownership may not be as clear cut as they like.
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