Since it is set in the Prime timeline and not the Kelvin timeline, hopefully they will not ignore "The Cage""WHMHGB".
Uniforms in the new series
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Even in the Prime timeline, they don't have to show those uniforms in DIS. Given how quickly Starfleet changes uniforms, with some only lasting a couple of years, the Discovery crew may never get to "The Cage/Where No Man Has Gone Before" uniforms.
True. Especially if Discovery has a special mission and never before seen uniforms.
God I hope they don't use the same designs as "The Cage"/TOS It isn't 1965 anymore, and those uniforms would look silly as hell now. Discovery is not a TOS fanfilm, and shouldn't look like one.
The Kelvin Timeline put a new spin on the TOS uniform theme, and managed to update them while keeping the design lineage. I hope that Discovery does something similar. Make them look fresh and new, but connected to the past. Not totally retro.
The Kelvin Timeline put a new spin on the TOS uniform theme, and managed to update them while keeping the design lineage. I hope that Discovery does something similar. Make them look fresh and new, but connected to the past. Not totally retro.
And you do know that this means nothing, right?
I do actually. Even though I would like to see the "Cage" uniforms, perhaps with better fabrics, perhaps a little updated, it won't be a deal-breaker for me if the producers decide to go for something completely new.
Was playing around with the pic of the Cage uniforms and came up with the slightly more TWOKish take on them spread across five departments:
Left to right is Medical, Engineering, Command/Tactical, Operations & Services, Sciences and Field (Engineer) Uniform.
Not the best I've seen on the board, but enough to get across the basic idea I think?
Left to right is Medical, Engineering, Command/Tactical, Operations & Services, Sciences and Field (Engineer) Uniform.
Not the best I've seen on the board, but enough to get across the basic idea I think?
Move this thread to the discovery forum? it seems to be mostly about discovery, not other potential future serieses
Ain't It Cool News article that has a recent tweet from Fuller of particular interest to this thread:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/76146
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/76146
Or how slowly they change uniforms. The Cage-era uniforms continued to be used for over ten years, and there was significant overlap between uniform styles. Whatever uniforms they settle on for Discovery could have been in use long before the series started, with some ships in the fleet switching to turtlenecks.
Actually, I wonder sometimes just how uniform Starfleet's uniform regulations really are. DS9 was pretty consistent in using their jumpsuits for station-based personnel only, but the uniforms for the Generations crew were all over the place, while Voyager's crew all wore jumpsuits. After the First Contact uniform switch, DS9 regulars started wearing the new uniforms while still showing personnel from other ships rocking the TNG look! You could still spot the TNG uniform being used in the later seasons of the show.
Given the rapid fabrication technology shown as far back as Enterprise, uniform changes should be pretty rapid across the fleet if that was in any way a Starfleet priority. Instead I suspect that individual ship captains and maybe individual crew members are allowed to make their own choice of uniform, which could explain Discovery's threads if needed.
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Already established as a joke.
Where? When? And by whom?
That's a bunch of dismissive speculation, not actual fact-based dismissal of/confirmation that his Tweet was a joke.
Unless Fuller himself or somebody else involved with the show has come out and said that he was just joking with that tweet, saying it's been "established as a joke" doesn't fly.
Unless Fuller himself or somebody else involved with the show has come out and said that he was just joking with that tweet, saying it's been "established as a joke" doesn't fly.
Come on. The shirts are a product already available for purchase. Of course it's a joke.
I had the cosplay versions of the that uniform back in the 80's. 
Does that mean I is....canon?
Does that mean I is....canon?
You can buy those shirts from gucci right now.
Unless they're purchasing those clothing items in bulk and repurposing them, which is entirely possible. Dismissing the thing as a joke out of hand without evidence that it actually IS a joke is premature.
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