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Thoughts on Discovery Starfleet Uniforms (Trailer Edition)
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And Star Trek has done a fair amount of that.
Well... I liked the last line.
It's also struck me how things have changed in the past ten years. I had to leave this board for a while because people were acting like JJ Abrams just shat in their cereal, and over the past week all I've heard is "He did it right with all the coluors!"
Exactly. I heard similar arguments against Abrams Trek. The only thing missing is the death threats.
Not a fan of the uniforms, too monochromatic, with extra doodads that don't look functional at all, but in any case I don't get too hung up over sartorial choices.
I strongly dislike his two movies, but I feel that the uniforms were a point in their favor. Nothing wrong with giving credit where it's due. The uniforms in Beyond were much better though.
I wish there was a little more asymmetry with the uniforms. While I do like single dominant colors, I agree the new uniforms are a bit generic scifi at this point. My favorite uniforms were the red ones from the TOS movies, and I loved that there were different uniforms for the enlisted crew and the officers. Now, I wouldn't want something like that in a modern version, the red uniforms only worked for the era in which they were made. A modern version of those uniforms would look pretty silly, I'm thinking.
I actually don't know what I want from new uniforms now that I think about it. I like asymmetry like with the red ones and TNG, but I also like the first contact uniforms because of their dominant black coloring with the splashes of color.
Hm. Maybe I'd be happy with the new uniforms design if the only difference was that the color was changed by department, but a more subdued color as opposed to bright. That could have looked good.
Count me as a fan that doesn't know what he wants, haha.
I actually don't know what I want from new uniforms now that I think about it. I like asymmetry like with the red ones and TNG, but I also like the first contact uniforms because of their dominant black coloring with the splashes of color.
Hm. Maybe I'd be happy with the new uniforms design if the only difference was that the color was changed by department, but a more subdued color as opposed to bright. That could have looked good.
Count me as a fan that doesn't know what he wants, haha.
I rewatched the trailer - pretty damn good trailer overall, but silly as it is, I agree that the costumes don't seem quite right.
Having gotten used to TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, Kelvin movies using the red/yellow/blue schemes, the monochromatic blue feels like a bizarre throwback to ENT, whose outfits weren't exactly iconic.
Even the 80s movies with the burgundy outfits have a military feel that's also Trek. These blue outfits have the logo insignia but that's all. Not getting the vibe and I can't quite place it despite noticing they're not that iconic.
But the uniforms -- I hope they'll grow on me.
Having gotten used to TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, Kelvin movies using the red/yellow/blue schemes, the monochromatic blue feels like a bizarre throwback to ENT, whose outfits weren't exactly iconic.
Even the 80s movies with the burgundy outfits have a military feel that's also Trek. These blue outfits have the logo insignia but that's all. Not getting the vibe and I can't quite place it despite noticing they're not that iconic.
But the uniforms -- I hope they'll grow on me.
I'd wear it.
I think the uniform works fine as either an interim uniform between ENT and TOS--or between ENT and Kelvin Timeline-TOS. In either timeline, it bridges the 22nd-Century and the 23rd-Century, which probably was the main idea behind it, IMO.
That being said...I do personally wish that "The Cage"/"Where No Man Has Gone Before" uniforms do make an appearance somewhere, even if they're worn by another crew in just one episode. The only reason why I do is because I always liked those early uniforms more than I did the actual TOS uniforms. But even if they don't ever appear in DIS, it's not something I'll lose any sleep over (or write posts about later).
That being said...I do personally wish that "The Cage"/"Where No Man Has Gone Before" uniforms do make an appearance somewhere, even if they're worn by another crew in just one episode. The only reason why I do is because I always liked those early uniforms more than I did the actual TOS uniforms. But even if they don't ever appear in DIS, it's not something I'll lose any sleep over (or write posts about later).
I'd wear it to Studio 54.
Interestingly, the high-res photo of Georgiou shows that the bright vertical line running crookedly up the front of the tunics is not the exposed teeth of a zipper but gold piping on each side of the opening. Presumably there's a zipper behind it. Odd choice.
It just seems interesting that they would create a visual progression between ENT to TOS with these uniforms when we're generally intended to believe that the Kelvin itself, whose uniforms are arguably more TOS and post-TOS looking, originate from the Prime timeline and be placed between ENT and DSC. The stylings would then be jumping back and forth from the ENT jumpsuit to streamlined TOS style uniforms to, again, ENT looking uniforms with DSC, and then back to TOS?
Not only that, but TOS is only 10 years away and ENT was a hundred years back but these uniforms feel like they're right in the middle. But then again, things like uniform design and ship design isn't necessarily a progressive evolution visually like biological lifeforms and can change completely from one design to another (despite how some people may feel
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Not only that, but TOS is only 10 years away and ENT was a hundred years back but these uniforms feel like they're right in the middle. But then again, things like uniform design and ship design isn't necessarily a progressive evolution visually like biological lifeforms and can change completely from one design to another (despite how some people may feel
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