Quote from: Uncanny Antman on Feb 19, 2018, 10:07:25 AM
I can, but first I have to mea cupla for my assumption. He's actually a little cagey about it all, refusing to absolutely say for sure what will be. So my apologies for that misread. ...That said, I'd put money on his Ifs being Whens.
QuoteIn terms of designing that Enterprise bridge set, for Discovery you went for a mix of modern and retro, while the 2009 film had its own look. What are you going for in terms of the look of the Enterprise bridge?
That's another sneaky question because you're presuming we've designed an Enterprise bridge.
You just said we'll be surprised at who is on the Enterprise! Are we going to only hear their voices through the Discovery's coms the whole season?
I said "on the ship," not "on the bridge." Here's what I'll say: We have to stay consistent design-wise with the Enterprise, obviously we can't mess around with that. That being said, the technology and the look of the Discovery is so far past TOS merely as a function of the time in which these [shows were made]. Our goal is to be interpretive in a way that feels it's protective of what the Enterprise would look like if, in theory, if we were to build any Enterprise sets. But if we built it like it looked in The Original Series, there would be a massive visual disconnect. Figuring out a way to bridge that gap would theoretically be the work of a production designer — were there to be any designs like that.
http://ew.com/tv/2018/02/11/star-trek-discovery-finale-season-2-interview/
Why would they need a goal unless it was on the table?
I appreciate the quote.
This information from Kurtzman is an example of the mental gymnastics which I figured would take place if a new direct prequel to TOS stayed in the original universe.
The reason for the Kelvin timeline in Star Trek (2009) was to avoid all that.
* My interpretation of Kurtzman with my own spin on it;
- The Enterprise at the end of season 1 was a bauble to dangle in front of ST fans to get them to come back for season 2.
- But if Kurtzman is telling the truth about being "protective of what the Enterprise would look like", then Michael Burnham and the gang can't do more than beam to a Jeffries tube and then go back to the starship Discovery.
I'm not happy that the writers have Burnham being raised by Ambassador Sarek. How come we never heard about that before?
"Discovery" messing with the Enterprise comes down to either eye candy or Burnham will be chatting with family member Spock and the show will continue to screw with the original series timeline.
(See the Red Letter Media review of the first season of "Discovery" for a detailed discussion of these issues.)
Despite all my problems, the series is entertaining because Netflix poured so much money into it that visually it's at the level of a big budget film.
Also, the writers have packed the show with the best action ideas from older Star Trek (massive war & the Mirror Universe along with Klingons).
It's been an action Star Trek's greatest hits so far.