Spoilers Visual continuity - Does Discovery strictly need to show past designs... at all?

[CaptainMurdock]

What more does it need?

 

[137th Gebirg]

A good baryon sweep should take care of it.

 

[CaptainMurdock]

A good baryon sweep should take care of it.

With bloodied and ripped shirt Kirk fighting space terrorists? It really would be Die Hard in Space.

 

[BillJ]

I know it may not be CGI-friendly, but I find less detail makes it seem more advanced. Like something a technologically advance civilization would be able to pull off.

 

[Tuskin38]

That doesn't work with the later productions though.

The Refit was probably made more detailed because of the higher budget and the fact it was going to be on the big screen.

 

[BillJ]

That doesn't work with the later productions though.

I'm sure you can guess my thoughts on that particular point!

 

[CaptainMurdock]

The 11 footer looks so amazing even 50+ years later.

 

[Longinus]

I know it may not be CGI-friendly, but I find less detail makes it seem more advanced. Like something a technologically advance civilization would be able to pull off.

Even though I really dislike the Kelvinverse version of Constitution class, one thing I really think they got right was the look of the ship's surface. It looks mostly smooth and clear, yet still really good even on big screen. Way better than the hull surface on DIS ships, they're covered in really harsh unnecessary panelling. Europa in particular looked really rough.

 

[CaptainMurdock]

And the hull paneling is different colors too. Discovery is brownish bronze and the other ships in the fleet are dark charcoal grey. There is no uniformity. It doesn't look like a uniform fleet to me. It looks more like a mishmash.

 

[F. King Daniel]

This is the colour of the Enterprise to me:

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[BillJ]

This is the colour of the Enterprise to me:

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One of the coolest scenes from any iteration of Star Trek.

 

[Kor]

I find it ironic that some are criticizing the clean and sleek design of the original Enterprise as being "primitive" and "too sixties," while heaping praise upon the TMP refit, which drew upon even earlier design influences by incorporating 1920s/30s Art Deco detailing.

Kor

 

[137th Gebirg]

That doesn't work with the later productions though.

The Refit was probably made more detailed because of the higher budget and the fact it was going to be on the big screen.

Honestly I blame Star Wars for that. It raised the expectation for sci-fi/sci-fan audiences to require over-greebled ship designs and general tech, lest the young appear "boring". Threw the notion of simplicity as a hallmark of advanced technology right out the window forevermore.

 

[Crazy Eddie]

The proportions and engineering hull of the reimagined Defiant really remind me of the cover image on the ancient Star Trek: 25th Anniversary game

Hah! I lost fucking HOURS playing that thing on my gameboy. I'm still mad that I never got to finish it (never could get past that damn space amoeba).

 

[WarpFactorZ]

..but whose to say this is the MU we know or that the prime universe in the show is just the prime universe for the purposes of the show?

AGAIN? For the last time: this is THE Mirror Universe! Why else include it if not? Why go out of the way to show it's the Terran Empire if it's not the same Mirror Universe?

People need to get over this idea that it's something other than what it claims to be.

 

[fireproof78]

Honestly I blame Star Wars for that. It raised the expectation for sci-fi/sci-fan audiences to require over-greebled ship designs and general tech, lest the young appear "boring". Threw the notion of simplicity as a hallmark of advanced technology right out the window forevermore.

I blame Legos.

 

[CaptainMurdock]

I blame Legos.

Legos are too blocky and dated. You can't put this on TV, Modern Audiences won't accept it! *sarcasm.*

 

[EnderAKH]

The 11 footer looks so amazing even 50+ years later.

Except that it looks like a toy.

 

[Mirror Mirror]

I am simply amazed at people who can not understand the TOS Ship can not fit in the current line up as is.

 

[CaptainMurdock]

I am simply amazed at people who can not understand the TOS Ship can not fit in the current line up as is.

I'm amazed you can't let people have their own opinions.