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I think it would have been cool if the show itself actually had an 80's/90's cartoon throwback aesthetic. Like it was some sort of lost cartoon from TNG's heyday.
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I like the yellow highlights on the hull and the general shape of the saucer but the rest of that design is absolute dogshit.
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I hope the Pike show does an episode where they bump into Balthazar Edison (still played by Idris Elba, maybe still Krall at first) but they wind up getting through to him and he goes through an arc of coming to terms with his unreasonable xenophobia and becoming a decent person who maybe dies saving a Xindi ship or something. You know, like they should have done in Beyond.
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Jul 2, 2020 01:22
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If they can throw a lot of money at Jolene Blalock and beg her to come back, I would love to see old T’Pol make an appearance. Please validate my love of Enterprise, CBS.
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Jul 2, 2020 01:37
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HD DAD posted:If they can throw a lot of money at Jolene Blalock and beg her to come back, I would love to see old T’Pol make an appearance. I know the show still has a beige and boring reputation but I’m a little surprised there hasn’t been renewed recognition of her performance within the fanbase now that it’s streaming on a billion different platforms. She’s easily the best thing about that show and it’s even evident in the lovely early episodes.
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The Golden Gael posted:I hope the Pike show does an episode where they bump into Balthazar Edison (still played by Idris Elba, maybe still Krall at first) but they wind up getting through to him and he goes through an arc of coming to terms with his unreasonable xenophobia and becoming a decent person who maybe dies saving a Xindi ship or something.
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Jul 2, 2020 01:46
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The Bloop posted:In this case it's both a joke about dumb ships and a metaphor for the division between the upper and lower decks The arrow from the title is still pointing at the saucer section, so as much as that metaphor would make sense I don't actually think it's correct here.
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Jul 2, 2020 01:51
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HD DAD posted:If they can throw a lot of money at Jolene Blalock and beg her to come back, I would love to see old T’Pol make an appearance. Discovery would have been better had T'Pol been Burnham's mentor rather than forcing Sarek and Spock into the series.
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Jul 2, 2020 01:59
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Zaroff posted:Discovery would have been better had T'Pol been Burnham's mentor rather than forcing Sarek and Spock into the series. That would have required kurtzman and chabon to know literally anything about other star trek shows
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Jul 2, 2020 02:01
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Ramadu posted:That would have required kurtzman and chabon to know literally anything about other star trek shows Chabon has nothing to do with Discovery. He can only be the bogeyman for one show.
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Jul 2, 2020 02:02
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They reference Enterprise events in Disco, they are somewhat aware.
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I can’t wait for Lower Decks because I’m an idiot who doesn’t remember that he hated every Star Trek thing to come out in the last 20 years. But seriously, I’ll give it a chance and I’m legitimately looking forward to it.
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Jul 2, 2020 02:07
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Martytoof posted:I can’t wait for Lower Decks because I’m an idiot who doesn’t remember that he hated every Star Trek thing to come out in the last 20 years. I think it's going to be terrible, but I'll give it a try and a fair shake and hope to be surprised. I can't imagine an animated show in the TNG era going in a very odd different direction as much as Discovery and Picard have.
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Jul 2, 2020 02:13
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Sad King Billy posted:That design is rather dumb and reminds me of the Oberth, with the primary and secondary hulls being widely separated. I like it because being this is a comedy they will probably address and make jokes out of all the fan criticisms of the Oberth design over the years. FlamingLiberal posted:Edison was from the Enterprise era, he probably would not still be alive by the 2250s Yeah, but he is though. Everything that happened before the Kelvin incident is canon in the Original Timeline. Edison/Krall is still on that planet. Also this means anything changed in the Kelvinverse isn't--Captain Robeau could show up 20 years older. Kirk's father may still be serving; he's certainly still alive. Admiral Marcus would be a younger but well regarded (though probably secretly racist) officer.
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The_Doctor posted:Lower Decks will launch August 6th on CBS All Access, still no word on non-US/Canada release. Is the yellow arrow their way of begging Amazon to pay for the international rights?
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HD DAD posted:If they can throw a lot of money at Jolene Blalock and beg her to come back, I would love to see old T’Pol make an appearance. She married the dude who owns Ticketmaster so for her to come back it would have to be something other than money.
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Jul 2, 2020 06:24
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8one6 posted:She married the dude who owns Ticketmaster so for her to come back it would have to be something other than money. At the time there was a lot of talk that she was apparently quite a big Trek fan herself, which is part of why she was so pissed off with how they treated her character. Dunno how true that is (it's always common for actors to talk about much of an honour it is to be taking a role) but if it was it would be great to have her come back and play a good role.
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Senor Tron posted:At the time there was a lot of talk that she was apparently quite a big Trek fan herself, which is part of why she was so pissed off with how they treated her character. Dunno how true that is (it's always common for actors to talk about much of an honour it is to be taking a role) but if it was it would be great to have her come back and play a good role. I can't imagine the current regime improving anything. We'd probably end up seeing whatever the most depressing backstory they could think of for her combined with some sort of gruesome body horror inflicted on her or someone she cares about. My best hope for Lower Decks is that it is the show Kurtzman mostly ignores.
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Jul 2, 2020 06:50
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pyrotek posted:Is the yellow arrow their way of begging Amazon to pay for the international rights? it seems to be pointing to where there should be poo poo connecting the two sections of the ship
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Animal-Mother posted:it seems to be pointing to where there should be poo poo connecting the two sections of the ship They'll never be whole without their Amazon money
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pyrotek posted:Is the yellow arrow their way of begging Amazon to pay for the international rights? Its animated in trailer that there is a lower rear section (rear end) where the 'lower decks' are. loving hell LOWER DECKS are down below, not in 'haha funny posterior saucer part' joke yet another picard writers series I feel old and angry over nothing but ST:PIC taught me to be like that
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It turns out that the true final frontier was the anger we suppressed along the way.
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AntherUslessPoster posted:Its animated in trailer that there is a lower rear section (rear end) where the 'lower decks' are. Trailer 
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Senor Tron posted:At the time there was a lot of talk that she was apparently quite a big Trek fan herself, which is part of why she was so pissed off with how they treated her character. Dunno how true that is (it's always common for actors to talk about much of an honour it is to be taking a role) but if it was it would be great to have her come back and play a good role. Not only was she supposedly a big Trek fan, but she was specifically a huge Spock fan so getting to play the 'first Vulcan' on Star Trek was a very exciting opportunity for her.
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feedmyleg posted:Trailer oh sweet they released a trailer for lower decks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPuYY7ERQfU edit: trailer looks awesome, can't wait to watch the show
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A few months ago people were making GBS threads on the Crossfield-class and I wrote a big effortpost on how, yes, it looks kind of weird when it’s zoomed out, but the exaggerated proportions and flat body made it look fantastic in “hero” shots. When the Discovery swoops in close over the camera, it looks sleek and fast, and in the few instances we get of the stereotypical establishing shot of the ship in orbit over a planet, it looks properly dramatic. I really want to know what the goal was with the design of the Cerritos. We have exactly one picture of it, and it’s a hero shot, but it looks... clunky? I get that it’s not supposed to be a “hero”, since the Cerritos isn’t a very important ship, but what’s the design supposed to invoke instead? I’m really looking forward to the show, though. I could use some sci-fi comedy, and since everything doesn’t have to be about DRAMA then maybe we won’t have to sit through a bunch of “what if the Federation... is bad???” takes. Give me a bunch of weird hijinks that the Memory Alpha nerds will bend into contortions over trying to fit new details into their page on trombones.
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Have they said whether Lower Decks is going to be a week by week thing, or an all at once dump? If it comes out weekly, I wonder whether Discovery season 3 will be held back until Lower Decks is completed.
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blastron posted:A few months ago people were making GBS threads on the Crossfield-class and I wrote a big effortpost on how, yes, it looks kind of weird when it’s zoomed out, but the exaggerated proportions and flat body made it look fantastic in “hero” shots. When the Discovery swoops in close over the camera, it looks sleek and fast, and in the few instances we get of the stereotypical establishing shot of the ship in orbit over a planet, it looks properly dramatic. Its supposed to evoke "hey, remember TNG?"
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feedmyleg posted:Trailer Yeah sorry, cbs is catering ST to 'wider audiences' now so...https://www.instagram.com/p/CCG2i22nN5B here is the 'trailer'
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AntherUslessPoster posted:Its animated in trailer that there is a lower rear section (rear end) where the 'lower decks' are. I hate these types of jokes The only good toilet humor is in a "it's a logical part of the story, a fact of life, and we're not going to censor it" kind of way, like the joke at the end of Birds of Prey involving a swallowed diamond and a colander and in any other context it's always really lazy and hamfisted
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AntherUslessPoster posted:Yeah sorry, cbs is catering ST to 'wider audiences' now so...https://www.instagram.com/p/CCG2i22nN5B here is the 'trailer' They're all making the Epic face, doesn't fill me with confidence
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Jul 2, 2020 22:24
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blastron posted:I really want to know what the goal was with the design of the Cerritos. We have exactly one picture of it, and it’s a hero shot, but it looks... clunky? I get that it’s not supposed to be a “hero”, since the Cerritos isn’t a very important ship, but what’s the design supposed to invoke instead? People are overthinking it. It's a b-story ship, so it looks like one of the clunky kitbashes we would see in the background of an episode. Beyond that I suspect it's also very intentionally made to be a bit awkward looking so that it is easier to quickly draw from different angles.
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Senor Tron posted:Beyond that I suspect it's also very intentionally made to be a bit awkward looking so that it is easier to quickly draw from different angles. Oh like the space shots aren't going to be cell shaded CG.
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multijoe posted:They're all making the Epic face, doesn't fill me with confidence I think Boimler's face is less "Epic Face" and more "'Ohhh, poo poo!' Face."
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Snorb posted:I think Boimler's face is less "Epic Face" and more "'Ohhh, poo poo!' Face." Well yeah, he's the show's designated butt monkey. Morty. Etc. You can tell that with 100% confidence from the three preview images we've seen.
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galenanorth posted:I hate these types of jokes I really enjoyed the Used Colostomy Bag sequence from Half in the Bag way back.
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piratepilates posted:an animated show in the TNG era Have they specified exactly when it takes place?
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Hipster_Doofus posted:Have they specified exactly when it takes place? It's set in 2380, so right after Nemesis.
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Lower Decks trailer was uploaded unlisted in Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoESUDUXp0g https://streamable.com/ds72si I think the ship looks better from different angles.
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xerxus posted:Lower Decks trailer was uploaded unlisted in Canada. Am I dead inside or does this not look funny at all?
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