I came across this on YouTube. You might get a kick out of it, wish this is how it should've been, or think it sucks. Take your pick. 
I got a kick out of it.
I got a kick out of it.
The intro for DSC if it were done in '90s style
- Thread starter Lord Garth
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Yeah ok I really liked that! Goes on a little bit at the end, perhaps two shots too many of the jump drive, but actually it looked really good overall.
Incidentally, I always thought it was odd including the ranks in the title sequences. Just highlighted how much of a crew roster trope the shows' premises were. The ranks so rarely had direct relevance to a story, and yet they are one of the pieces of information they chose to include in the titles every week. DS9 even skipped first names in favour of more space for ranks, 'Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax'.
Incidentally, I always thought it was odd including the ranks in the title sequences. Just highlighted how much of a crew roster trope the shows' premises were. The ranks so rarely had direct relevance to a story, and yet they are one of the pieces of information they chose to include in the titles every week. DS9 even skipped first names in favour of more space for ranks, 'Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax'.
I didn't know the show had that many external space shots of the Discovery. I think that may have been all of them.
With some help from the Shenzou. Which helped because the Discovery was making me dizzy.
Ah, Vice Admiral Ovation. Welcome! I hope you're prepared for an unforgettable intro.
I like! And, it amuses me they included Detmer in the credits, since in the 90s someone like her would have been in the main cast despite not having anything relevant to contribute to any of the episodes beyond "Aye Sir" and associated bridge jargon.
Incidentally, Voyager actually did drop the ranks in the credits starting in the fourth season, with the exception of "Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway."
The silliest thing they did was in DS9's final season, the first three episodes had Nicole de Boer listed as "Ensign Ezri Dax" and then for the remaining episodes, since she was officially assigned to the station and promoted, the credits were changed to now say "Lieutenant Ezri Dax." Really, they could have saved themselves some work by just listing "Nicole de Boer as Ezri Dax" for all the episodes and no one would have cared.
Incidentally, Voyager actually did drop the ranks in the credits starting in the fourth season, with the exception of "Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway."
Voyager kind of did that gimmick too with the credits initially. Janeway is only ranked in "Caretaker", maybe reflecting how none of the cast are part of the Voyager crew up to that point. Then in "Parallax" it's only Torres that has no rank, as she's not made chief engineer until the end of the episode.
It's kind of ironic that the ranks are dropped in the Voyager credits but remained on DS9. Where DS9 is the one show the characters are most versatile in their roles, a lot of the Voyager crew are typically defined by their posts. Torres being an engineer usually gets episodes that have something to do with her job, whereas Dax being a science officer doesn't have a lot of episodes that focus on her job, in fact she even serves as helmsman on the Defiant.
Rare known fact: Captain is not only her rank but her actual first name.
Her parents had a lot of ambitions for her.
Got her into trouble at her first day at the academy, too.
A far better looking opening credits sequence, now if only the ship was better looking.
you know that not to be true
