With the revelation of the Klingon visual redesign a lot has been made, again, of the supposed commitment of the Discovery producers to setting the show in the so-called "Prime" or old Trek continuity.
All based on widespread overstatement of what was said by CBS and the producers about the show's setting.
What Bryan Fuller actually said about Discovery's setting was this:
Nor was there ever a stated intention to mimic the look of the TOS TV series or movies:
Well, the new Klingons make pretty clear that the designers are "playing with the iconography" and "redefining" the look of the property. One can stretch a point by insisting that Fuller "didn't say they were changing things wholesale," but the fact remains that neither he or anyone else said anything committing them to any of the old designs.
The situation is rather like that of Star Trek (2009), where reading between the lines of what the producers said prior to the first release of images from the movie would have led folks to expect something very different from TOS...but lot of folks just took statements by the producers about their affection for the original literally and as a promise of something or another.
Discovery is nominally in the Prime timeline, most likely, simply by virtue of avoiding mention of things that would tie it to one version or another. That would be pretty much limited to any reference to the Kelvin incident or the Kirk family. That doesn't mean that much of anything in the show will fit the expectations of long-time fans.
All based on widespread overstatement of what was said by CBS and the producers about the show's setting.
What Bryan Fuller actually said about Discovery's setting was this:
Nor was there ever a stated intention to mimic the look of the TOS TV series or movies:
Well, the new Klingons make pretty clear that the designers are "playing with the iconography" and "redefining" the look of the property. One can stretch a point by insisting that Fuller "didn't say they were changing things wholesale," but the fact remains that neither he or anyone else said anything committing them to any of the old designs.
The situation is rather like that of Star Trek (2009), where reading between the lines of what the producers said prior to the first release of images from the movie would have led folks to expect something very different from TOS...but lot of folks just took statements by the producers about their affection for the original literally and as a promise of something or another.
Discovery is nominally in the Prime timeline, most likely, simply by virtue of avoiding mention of things that would tie it to one version or another. That would be pretty much limited to any reference to the Kelvin incident or the Kirk family. That doesn't mean that much of anything in the show will fit the expectations of long-time fans.
))))) I would say #BringBackMannyCoto maybe but not Berman 
