So thus far Star Trek Discovery sucks.

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opt2not:

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--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on September 24, 2017, 11:00:45 pm ---Oh and now everybody communicates via Star Wars holograms, even though this series takes place BEFORE Kirk and the gang.
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Considering how anachronistic the various ST series have been in the past, I'm perfectly fine with them updating the tech depicted. I'd rather have them shoot for something a little more modern, then trying to depict a pre-TOS level of technology.

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But it's "Star Wars Hologram ++"! Where the person in the message is interacting with physical elements of the receiver. There's a shot where Sarek, surrogate father to the First Officer is in a conversation through the hologram communication and walks over and leans on a table in the room! This was too far IMO.

Howard_Casto:
Yeah and that really bothered me. The only way that'd make sense is if there was an identical table in the same exact place over on Vulcan or wherever he's at. It's like the people writing the show don't even know how holograms work.

nitrogen_widget:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on September 25, 2017, 05:31:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on September 25, 2017, 04:30:55 pm ---
for klingons - doesn't completely matter what they look like to a point as long as the culture is the same, but they look reptilian and remind me of Louis Gossett Jr. from enemy mine.

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Actually... if you know your Trek, it does. The reason that Klingons don't have forehead ridges in TOS is because on Enterprise we discover that the Klingons steal Kahn's DNA and try to weaponize it into a Klingon super-soldier serum. Something goes wrong and they actually create a mutagenic virus that, cosmetically at least, turns all Klingons human. It takes generations to breed out the genetic deformities, making them normal again. Since this show takes place after Enterprise, they should look human. Again, they could have easily avoided this by just setting the show in a different time period.

Regardless, they seem to have changed their culture as well, but it'd take more episodes to be sure.

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must have missed a few episodes of enterprise....

Howard_Casto:
You should watch the final two seasons.. they are really good. Mirror mirror episodes, guest appearances from Brent Spiner... its' all great. They actually cancelled that show when it started to get good.

shponglefan:

--- Quote from: opt2not on September 25, 2017, 06:47:35 pm ---But it's "Star Wars Hologram ++"! Where the person in the message is interacting with physical elements of the receiver. There's a shot where Sarek, surrogate father to the First Officer is in a conversation through the hologram communication and walks over and leans on a table in the room! This was too far IMO.

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Ridiculous holographic technology is a staple of ST. Look at all the nonsensical crap they pulled with the holodeck on TNG...

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