Spoilers Star Trek Academy [spoiler thread]

[Morrus]

Which would be more like 400 AD to 1300 AD. That was when we literally had the Dark Ages, yet, many technologies continued to go forward.

Sure, they no longer had running water, indoor toilets, continuous hot baths, and other such things, but other areas went so far forward as to be unrecognizable to the civilizations of 400 AD.

A Cadre of Knights backed by Longbowmen or Crossbowmen would probably have wiped out an entire Roman Legion (if for no other reason than the Roman's weapons were weaker than the Armor of the Knights and would literally break before being able to hurt them, and the Bows would have a far greater range). That's even before we mention Rudimentary Canons and muskets that were beginning to be used.

Navalwise, the Ships had also advanced, and though they may have been more even, the way they operated was also different.

I can understand a Dark Age and losing some technology, but there would be other aspects that advanced that should have made the entire way they did things completely different and thus almost unrecognizeable at that point (of course, then that may make it so that it doesn't "Feel" like Star Trek to older audiences).

I dunno what to tell you, man.

 

[Vael]

So the Floating nacelles, programmable matter, all just meh? ... the problem is this is all just magic. Star Trek can already teleport, regenerate flesh, conjure food from nothing, fire bolts of energy that disintegrate the body and yet only leave an ash stain behind. So asking for more advanced magic is ... what does that look like? While still allowing the world to seem recognizable and have dramatic stories?

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Shouldn't that mean they have tech that's unrecognizeable then?

900 years into the future is about as far as we are from 1200 AD. Think about the differences between then and now. Our ships "bridge" is completely different then their "deck" of yore or of that time period.

If you want something closer techwise, than from the time between 400 AD and 1300 AD. You have gunpowder, guns, Steel and Iron armor, Better Cavalry that would drive through anything Romans had, etc.

The tactics, the way military moved, everything was different.

With a Time Jump that big how could they realistically have things similar to how they were originally in Star Trek or the Bridge...or do people not really internalize how big a time jump that really is?

Shouldn't the 24th century already be unrecognizable to us, though?

The 31st century bridge is completely differently. It can reconfigure itself completely in all 3d dimensions to the kind of controls that work well for you. The ship has a warp drive, but the drive is detached (and that's not the only detached part).

You want to change your clothes and a new haircut? You are instantly transformed, simply going through a small portal (and the truth is probably, that portal is just so that your small human brain isn't completely startled, at least you go in expecting something to happen.)

Heck, their "communicators" are teleport, which means the device that dematerializes you to transport you to some other place (already a mind-boggling concept, what-the-naughty word is dematerializing supposed to be, how does any of that make sense, did some guy just die and I was put in his place? Inventor says no, and has evidence, but how does that even make sense) is also dematerializing itself. And everyone has this on their body...

I think they made a good effort of showing how much further advanced tech is compared to both the 24th century and our time.

 

[Senior_WotC_Janitor]

I found it near unwatchable. The fast talking and screaming, the characters feel more like archetypes than people. It’s like they took ST and set it at 1.5x. I could barely understand them half the time.

I liked the beginning premise but then they got to the Athena and the show fell apart.

I wanted to give it a shot but I cannot see watching any more. I like Holly Hunter and the main lead but not enough to carry the show.

Yeah. Better stick to I love Lucy.

 

[Senior_WotC_Janitor]

So the Floating nacelles, programmable matter, all just meh? ... the problem is this is all just magic. Star Trek can already teleport, regenerate flesh, conjure food from nothing, fire bolts of energy that disintegrate the body and yet only leave an ash stain behind. So asking for more advanced magic is ... what does that look like? While still allowing the world to seem recognizable and have dramatic stories?

This is some weird-ass bitching.

 

[Morrus]

Shouldn't the 24th century already be unrecognizable to us, though?

Yeah. I mean, why is Starfleet the US Navy? Not the navy of India, or a country on Vulcan or Andor? Or a mix of them all? None of it makes sense really. You just have to suspend disbelief and go along with it.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Yeah. I mean, why is Starfleet the US Navy? Not the navy of India, or a country on Vulcan or Andor? Or a mix of them all? None of it makes sense really. You just have to suspend disbelief and go along with it.

I'm pretty sure Starfleet is culturally derived from the US Navy anyway, so there's a reason.

 

[Mort]

I like Holly Hunter and the main lead but not enough to carry the show.

Interesting, I liked everything BUT the main lead and his entire storyline.

IMO his storyline will be an annoying distraction from an otherwise excellent series of stories.

 

[Ryujin]

So the Floating nacelles, programmable matter, all just meh? ... the problem is this is all just magic. Star Trek can already teleport, regenerate flesh, conjure food from nothing, fire bolts of energy that disintegrate the body and yet only leave an ash stain behind. So asking for more advanced magic is ... what does that look like? While still allowing the world to seem recognizable and have dramatic stories?

The ship seemed to have as much in common with the craft in "Jupiter Ascending" as they did with Federation ships.

 

[Zaukrie]

I don't subscribe to Paramount+ so I can't watch this yet. Hoping it will be available on our free TVNZ On Demand service like Discovery and Strange New Worlds are (although I note those are down to the most recent seasons of each only, so I guess if I wanted to go back and watch them from the beginning, I'd have to subscribe to Paramount+ anyway ...).

Episode one is on prime at least in the US.