What is up with all the flamethrowers?

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Then again, the makers of this show have proven in the past that they prefer spectacle over credibility -- see how they represent turbolift shafts as some gigantic industrial thrill ride existing in a pocket dimension bigger than the whole damn ship.

The new bridge upgrades really does feel like a Universal Studios Tram Ride tour with the new Flame Throwers.

Countless centuries of experience, and we still don't have Seat Belts.

Yet in Legends of Tomorrow, they have basic safety harnesses that are similar to a Roller Coasters safety bar.

 

[valkyrie013]

Well.. The tmp refit had leg huggers, Kelvin 23rd centery had seatbelts.. He'll even 22nd century Franklin did!
With programmable matter.. Could have thousands of microhooks clinging to your pants as your sitting down...
Be more realistic if they all fell upwards and were pinned to the ceiling.

But yeah.. Disco Bridge the Flamethrower TM is a bit annoying..

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Could have thousands of microhooks clinging to your pants as your sitting down...

So they're sitting on Velcro?

 

[nic3636]

The flamethrowers are ridiculous. Really bad move by the FX department.

 

[Christopher]

The flamethrowers are ridiculous. Really bad move by the FX department.

The buck stops with the director and executive producers. The job of the FX, art, and other departments is to do what their bosses tell them to do, or to make suggestions and go with the ones their bosses favor.

 

[Sci]

The flamethrowers look a little too theatrical for my taste, but it's ultimately no worse to me than the apparent loss of circuit-breaker technology after World War III or the use of rocks (which inevitably fall from the ceiling during every battle) in the construction of every starship from TOS to ENT.

Then again, the makers of this show have proven in the past that they prefer spectacle over credibility -- see how they represent turbolift shafts as some gigantic industrial thrill ride existing in a pocket dimension bigger than the whole damn ship.

In fairness, the possibility that the interior of the Discovery is larger than the exterior is entirely consistent with what prior canon established about the fourth millennium.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

OK, so the flamethrowers throw me out of the episode too.

BUT. I've got a theory.

WHAT IF. The flamethrowers are a necessity? A 32nd century innovation? Throughout the 22nd, 23rd and 24th centuries, if a ship is attacked, one of the first things to happen is a console explodes and Ensign Hapless Rando Crewmember dies horribly. What if the the flamethrowers vent the pent up energy that WOULD have caused multiple consoles to explode, and expels them from dramatically placed "flamethrowers" at the back of the bridge, thereby saving Rando Hapless Crewmembers from a horrific death?

 

[Tosk]

The flamethrowers look a little too theatrical for my taste, but it's ultimately no worse to me than the apparent loss of circuit-breaker technology after World War III or the use of rocks (which inevitably fall from the ceiling during every battle) in the construction of every starship from TOS to ENT.

Those haven't gone away, there's still "rock" debris strewn around, and both massive spark-splosions, and smaller near-constant falling sparks. At least the falling sparks seem slightly more randomized than the flame puffs.

 

[Christopher]

In fairness, the possibility that the interior of the Discovery is larger than the exterior is entirely consistent with what prior canon established about the fourth millennium.

Not to mention the third millennium, if you consider the TOS shuttlecraft and the Delta Flyer being bigger inside than out, the TMP rec deck that can't fit inside the saucer, the TMP engineering forced-perspective corridor that extends far beyond the front of the ship, the STV turbolift with hundreds of decks inside a 24-deck ship, the Nemesis scene with a bottomless pit in the lowest deck of the ship, etc.

But seriously, in an elevator shaft? What could possibly be the point? I mean, they tend to get around the ship by using their transporter badges anyway, so turbolifts seem to be nothing more than a backup system, hardly warranting such extravagant investment of resources.

 

[thribs]

Kurtzman probably thinks it looks cool

 

[F. King Daniel]

They're just big Booker T fans

 

[thribs]

They're just big Booker T fans

Well the Undertaker certainly isn’t a fan of them.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

...the Nemesis scene with a bottomless pit in the lowest deck of the ship, etc.

That one can be explained, at least. The Remans beamed in on the lowest deck, but apparently they made it up to Deck 09, Section 40 before Riker, Worf, and the security team intercepted them if door numbers are any indication. So that at least gives some room for the seemingly bottomless shaft.

 

[Christopher]

That one can be explained, at least. The Remans beamed in on the lowest deck, but apparently they made it up to Deck 09, Section 40 before Riker, Worf, and the security team intercepted them if door numbers are any indication. So that at least gives some room for the seemingly bottomless shaft.

Ah, okay. I'll try to remember that in future.

 

[NCC-73515]

Deck 29 on a ship with 24

 

[thribs]

Deck 29 on a ship with 24

That one could easily be justified with the ship having a refit between the movies.

 

[Sci]

Deck 29 on a ship with 24

That one could easily be justified with the ship having a refit between the movies.

But the Borg controlled Decks 26 up to 11 after Picard told Lily there were 24 decks, so really the deck count on the Enterprise-E is all over the place!

 

[NCC-73515]

That one could easily be justified with the ship having a refit between the movies.

One where they forgot to update the MSMD? XD

 

[thribs]

One where they forgot to update the MSMD? XD

Probably haven’t got the latest firmware.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Then again, the makers of this show have proven in the past that they prefer spectacle over credibility -- see how they represent turbolift shafts as some gigantic industrial thrill ride existing in a pocket dimension bigger than the whole damn ship.

Damn straight! But I was under the impression that I'd seen that particular bit of bovine scat first in the Abramsverse.