Discovery Trailer
MarkB
Legend
Jester David
Hero
In DS9/ Voyager, the ships tend to have Red Alert mood lighting. It does get dark then, but that's to emphasize the bright red lights.
There doesn't seem to be any difference in the ships in Discovery:
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The entire bridge is hard gunmetal blue grey. It lacks the the carpets of modern Trek shows. The only colours (when not in Red Alert) are blue and dark grey. The consoles are monochromatic blue. And even in Red Alert the colours seem muted.
Even in the dark DS9 picture, you can see multiple lights on the walls, lights on the backs of the consoles, red and blue stripes on the floor, light grey walls and blue turbolift. The red alert lights are vibrant and fill the screen, running along the entire shot.
To say nothing of the original Enterprise bridge with its red railings, turbolift doors, and red backed consoles.
There doesn't seem to be any difference in the ships in Discovery:
vs
The entire bridge is hard gunmetal blue grey. It lacks the the carpets of modern Trek shows. The only colours (when not in Red Alert) are blue and dark grey. The consoles are monochromatic blue. And even in Red Alert the colours seem muted.
Even in the dark DS9 picture, you can see multiple lights on the walls, lights on the backs of the consoles, red and blue stripes on the floor, light grey walls and blue turbolift. The red alert lights are vibrant and fill the screen, running along the entire shot.
To say nothing of the original Enterprise bridge with its red railings, turbolift doors, and red backed consoles.
Jester David
Hero
The thing is, every science fiction show in the last five years or so had really cranked up the darkness of the set and contrasted it with bright blue lighting.
Part of that is for Orange/Blue contrast reasons:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OrangeBlueContrast
http://www.slashfilm.com/orangeblue-contrast-in-movie-posters/
Battlestar Galactica takes some of the blame of this. Especially for hallways design. (It's CIC was comparatively bright.)
But you can see its influence in Stargate Universe. And the recent cropping of shows on Syfy. Dark, harder futures where the "worn" sci-fi of Star Wars meets the Noir of Blade Runner.
Star Trek has managed to eschew that until now. Doing its own thing and setting its own tone. An optimistic, hopeful tone.
But now, if you remove the obvious Trek logo, the shots look like every other generic sci-if crapsack dark future show on television:
Part of that is for Orange/Blue contrast reasons:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OrangeBlueContrast
http://www.slashfilm.com/orangeblue-contrast-in-movie-posters/
Battlestar Galactica takes some of the blame of this. Especially for hallways design. (It's CIC was comparatively bright.)
But you can see its influence in Stargate Universe. And the recent cropping of shows on Syfy. Dark, harder futures where the "worn" sci-fi of Star Wars meets the Noir of Blade Runner.
Star Trek has managed to eschew that until now. Doing its own thing and setting its own tone. An optimistic, hopeful tone.
But now, if you remove the obvious Trek logo, the shots look like every other generic sci-if crapsack dark future show on television:
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Like I said, I guess people see what they want to see. There’s a clear “can do no right” position. I mean, you criticised the *weather* in a scene earlier - that’s grasping for reasons to criticise it.
Nobody has to like the show, but the dogpile is kinda weird. People seem to be really looking or things to dislike.
Nobody has to like the show, but the dogpile is kinda weird. People seem to be really looking or things to dislike.
Jester David
Hero
Yeah, the CGed weather on what was probably a soundstage planet. The gloomy and sepia desert that's right out of a Zack Snyder film.
Jester David
Hero
Question: Are you gonna watch it because you're excited by what you've seen, or because you're a Trek fan and this is new Trek?
Are you watching it because of the trailers or despite the trailers?
If the latter, at this point, is there anything the show could do or say that would make you uninterested in watching it?
(And would you pay an additional $5.99-$6.99 per month (potentially 3-4 months) to watch said show? )
It sounds like you want it to. The more interesting question is — why?
I mean, I’m interested in a new TV show and plan to check it out, and it seems really important to some people that that not happen.
I’m gonna check it out. I’m not bothered by the shade of their uniforms or the hue of their shoelaces or what the weather was like in that one scene in the trailer. Sorry!
I don’t have to, as it will be on Netflix. But that’s an inconsequential amount of money to me, so sure. I spend that on a coffee.
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