USS Enterprise (eventually) on Discovery?
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I've been on all three sides of that scenario, at one time or another...
I assume you were referencing this.
-MMoM
I assume you were referencing this.
Yes. It summarises me perfectly.
I try to post something witty or do what normally works best: question their lineage and ask if there's a painting of them in an attic somewhere getting smarter.
I usually do a 'hit & run'.
I usually try the whole “kill them with kindness” approach while calmly asking them to explain if I don’t understand.
But some people get so worked up about these things and spit their dummy out.
Man I love the original Enterprise design.
Well I think I can get on board the STD Enterprise train, it's just the logo lights really bother me. The bridge window..yea, that's a bother. But I could live with it..
But those logo lights.. Ughhh...not very cool. It somehow makes the shop look less advanced and like the producers thought headlights on the Enterprise..what a great idea.
But before anyone says it. Yes, I know They are logo lights..but they look like headlights to me. Lol.
But here's the thing. I don't get all angry about it. It is what it is. If I'm not find of it. I just watch something else. That's the beauty of being able to go to different IPs. If one is annoyingly stupid, you can always revel in past episodes of older shows, or just move over to an entirely different series all together.
To each their own I say. Gone are the days when star trek, star wars, and doctor who were the only real good science fiction out there. Now there's tons to be happy about. If STD doesn't do it for you, then maybe the Orville will. Or maybe there's another series that will make you happy. I figure it's all about personal preference. I mean no one can make you watch the series, so it doesn't really matter what someone else thinks, no matter how jazzed they are about a series. I make my own mind, that's what conginiton is supposed to be for.
But on the STD Enterprise. There's a lot to like there. But dear god, those logo lights are massive and annoying, IMHO. I wonder what one of those headlights weighs? How tall and wide are they a piece? Seems excessive at any rate.
Cheers
But those logo lights.. Ughhh...not very cool. It somehow makes the shop look less advanced and like the producers thought headlights on the Enterprise..what a great idea.
But before anyone says it. Yes, I know They are logo lights..but they look like headlights to me. Lol.
But here's the thing. I don't get all angry about it. It is what it is. If I'm not find of it. I just watch something else. That's the beauty of being able to go to different IPs. If one is annoyingly stupid, you can always revel in past episodes of older shows, or just move over to an entirely different series all together.
To each their own I say. Gone are the days when star trek, star wars, and doctor who were the only real good science fiction out there. Now there's tons to be happy about. If STD doesn't do it for you, then maybe the Orville will. Or maybe there's another series that will make you happy. I figure it's all about personal preference. I mean no one can make you watch the series, so it doesn't really matter what someone else thinks, no matter how jazzed they are about a series. I make my own mind, that's what conginiton is supposed to be for.
But on the STD Enterprise. There's a lot to like there. But dear god, those logo lights are massive and annoying, IMHO. I wonder what one of those headlights weighs? How tall and wide are they a piece? Seems excessive at any rate.
Cheers
Some more images of the Anovos model
https://twitter.com/TrekCore/status/1024784214707789825
Also a shot of a digital model from above and the side, I just noticed its aztec pattern is the same as Discovery's
https://twitter.com/TrekCore/status/1024799300574834689
https://twitter.com/TrekCore/status/1024784214707789825
Also a shot of a digital model from above and the side, I just noticed its aztec pattern is the same as Discovery's
https://twitter.com/TrekCore/status/1024799300574834689
That digital model's bridge area still looks weird. Guess how it'll be is an embedded bridge window in the module with then that second external window layer that looks to be able to polarize.
Anyone else notice the saucer rim windows have changed since season one?
It's especially odd since we've got the technology today to just make the numbers themselves light up.
They clearly don't take place in the same timelineAnyone else notice the saucer rim windows have changed since season one?
Anyone else notice the saucer rim windows have changed since season one?
It's especially odd since we've got the technology today to just make the numbers themselves light up.
The first shot is more straight on and the second is from the side.
We can't see those side windows in the front view, but they're there in the flyby.
That’s an interesting point now that you mention it.
Looking at the tech of some of the DSC era I’d argue that it’s actually not that much more advanced from today.
If we assume that the Enterprise bridge will look like the disco bridge, we can infer the following:
Touch screen displays - cf iPads, iPhones, robot tills in shops, etc. The LCARS interfaces don’t look too unfamiliar to 21st century audiences either - with what look like touch screen keyboards and arrow keys on the consoles.
HUDs on the windows - I mean viewscreen, whatever. We have this technology now. It’s not really futuristic, it’s just bigger.
Wireless connectivity - because Uhura’s headset.
If DSC was a true projection of the future from today, I would have expected holographic displays that had no tactile interface at all - like in “minority report” - so they’d all be waving their hands about to move things on the screens - kinda like Spock did in “the cage”. I’d have also thought some kind of neural interface between crew members and the ship would have been advantageous.
Does the fact that Star Trek invented so much of this technology mean that creating a realistically futuristic show projected forward from 2018 is problematic?
Don’t forget there was ww3 and we don’t know what’s underlying tech that otherwise looks similar to today’s tech. Earth is in the equivalent to the renaissance or enlightenment after a short dark ages. None of the Trek tech may be made from today’s materials. No toxic aluminium etc etc. Something people forget is how environmentally unfriendly our tech is.
It appears to be a photo off a screen. Probably taken at the designing starships panelAw, shucks! They couldn't get a better set of orthos?
Actually, it would be more like the Hunger Games island control setup, with holographic buttons and levers on a flat screen. I always thought the classic enterprise controls could just be hologram switches, and LCD displays. Tho, touch screen tech is consistent with TNG and would probably be more reliable in combat and rough flight situations. If one projector is damaged, it would be hard to control the ship. The LCD display touch pad system seems easy enough to repair in a pinch.
That's kinda how I rationalize the switches and tech in Doctor who. No matter how advanced and fancy touch buttons are like in TNG, switches and analogue levers are always more reliable and robust in their toughness.
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