This reminds me, I need to get back into Star Trek Online. It's in the future compared to Voyager, but brings in older stuff through time travel. The last update added in a lot of stuff from TOS, like the uniforms, and spaceship designs. Now I just need to find someone to play it with.
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I've been playing Star Trek Timelines on AndroidBe watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13
"...he [Doherty] is no historian and he is not even conversant with the historical discussions of the very matters he wants to pontificate on."
-Ben Witherington III
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Since Discovery has finally aired and I have seen the first three episodes, it might be time to bump this thread and give a few first impressions:
1. You can see the effect the new films and changes in how TV series are filmed and written in Discovery as compared to previous series. It’s much more serialized, has many more special effects, and is more cinematic than previous series are. Don’t expect to miss an episode and expect to know what’s going on. Expect lots of special effects. And expect to spend more time following around one character. This isn’t to say it’s bad, but don’t go in and expect to see something like you’re used to.
2. The tech does seem much more advanced. Forcefields seem more advanced and the computer is rather chatty in this series. There’s also some familiar sights that are almost identical to TOS props. The bridge also has a similar sound to TOS too.
3. The characters don’t seem too bad, but it remains to be seen if they are any good or just bland and uninteresting.
4. It has a darker atmosphere than what previous series show. While all of them had their darker moments and episodes, this one starts at the beginning of a war and Starfleet didn’t do so well in this first battle. In some ways, it reminds me of the last few seasons of DS9.
5. I’m not a fan of some of the artistic styles. The Klingon redesign is terrible and the USS Discovery isn’t a very stylish design and reminds me of something a kid might build out of legos. That being said, I do like the controls and how the ships are filled with more alien species. It does make the Federation feel more like and inter species alliance and less like a human dominated group with a few aliens along for the ride.
Overall I’ll say 7/10. Not terrible, but not blow your mind amazing either."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View PostSince Discovery has finally aired and I have seen the first three episodes, it might be time to bump this thread and give a few first impressions:
1. You can see the effect the new films and changes in how TV series are filmed and written in Discovery as compared to previous series. It’s much more serialized, has many more special effects, and is more cinematic than previous series are. Don’t expect to miss an episode and expect to know what’s going on. Expect lots of special effects. And expect to spend more time following around one character. This isn’t to say it’s bad, but don’t go in and expect to see something like you’re used to.
Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post2. The tech does seem much more advanced. Forcefields seem more advanced and the computer is rather chatty in this series. There’s also some familiar sights that are almost identical to TOS props. The bridge also has a similar sound to TOS too.
I think they had to update the tech, keeping the tech true to TOS would make it seem too archaic when future tech can't even compete with current tech. A fine line they have to balance (Enterprise had to do the same)
Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post3. The characters don’t seem too bad, but it remains to be seen if they are any good or just bland and uninteresting.
Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post4. It has a darker atmosphere than what previous series show. While all of them had their darker moments and episodes, this one starts at the beginning of a war and Starfleet didn’t do so well in this first battle. In some ways, it reminds me of the last few seasons of DS9.
Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post5. I’m not a fan of some of the artistic styles. The Klingon redesign is terrible and the USS Discovery isn’t a very stylish design and reminds me of something a kid might build out of legos. That being said, I do like the controls and how the ships are filled with more alien species. It does make the Federation feel more like and inter species alliance and less like a human dominated group with a few aliens along for the ride.
After Enterprise retconned the TOS appearance of the Klingons, I could accept them not looking like normal Klingons or TOS Klingons, as I can imagine the Klingon scientists working on various methods on undoing the changes caused by the Augment Virus. But the difference at the moment don't seem to fit, and I can't think of an explanation apart from the show runners "wanted them to look different".Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13
"...he [Doherty] is no historian and he is not even conversant with the historical discussions of the very matters he wants to pontificate on."
-Ben Witherington III
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Originally posted by Raphael View PostIt's also less "hopeful" than much of Star Trek with being at the beginning of a war, but that is similar to the episodes of DS9 once the Dominion War started.
I watched the "After Trek" show last night (we get both Star Trek and the after show on Netflix here) and their comment was that when they were making TOS people never expected we would be able to converse with a computer, hence whistles and chirps that someone would interpret, and now we can do exactly that with our phones.
I think they had to update the tech, keeping the tech true to TOS would make it seem too archaic when future tech can't even compete with current tech. A fine line they have to balance (Enterprise had to do the same)
I need to see where they going first to make a judgement, but that's the same with any new series.
Definitely.
The Klingons are a problem for me.
After Enterprise retconned the TOS appearance of the Klingons, I could accept them not looking like normal Klingons or TOS Klingons, as I can imagine the Klingon scientists working on various methods on undoing the changes caused by the Augment Virus. But the difference at the moment don't seem to fit, and I can't think of an explanation apart from the show runners "wanted them to look different".
BTW, I am seeing this as helping to explain elements of TOS as well. Mainly why everyone is jumpy and nervous around the Klingons and why they are staring at each other across a heavily armed boarder. It actually makes a bit more sense if they just fought a major war. It also explains the real lack of other ships in TOS too."The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy
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