Random Star Trek discussion

Na, simply cleaning up or enhancing what's already there is fine (although if we're talking background characters who don't matter, why not?) The other two aren't really a big deal either... actually, none of it is if/when we get TOS:reboot.

No need to futz with the TOS timeline.
As it is, I think it's long past time to merge JJ-Trek into prime timeline.
If they do new-TOS set season 1 between "Where no Man Has Gone Before" and "The Man Trap", then season 2-3 between TAS and TMP.
Easy-peasy.
And if they want more seasons than that, then fill in between TMP and TWOK.

Edit-
Scratch that, they should just do the TMP-TWOK series.
They don't even have to use the TMP uniforms if they don't want; they can ret-con a lost uniform between TMP-TWOK.
Discovery did it.

The effects that they added In don’t really hold up either. Might as well just leave it be.

The technical reason is the human actor master footage was clean, and only needed color corrections for HD remastering; the Enterprise/planet shots however, were grainy and scratchy when they were made, and weren't going to hold up to HD.
So, they had to try to make the new CG shots how they might have looked shot with today's equipment with a time machine.

yeah, the spiral that JJ creates after the ENT/Borg incident is problematic... I kinda like it better as it's own thing.
There's some stuff they'd have to, maybe even should, futz to make it fit post TNG continuity. Probably half of it can be jettisoned or completely redone - Harry Mudd was a definite success, so even the stupid shit like Spock's Brain or Spectre of the Gun could have a chance.
Otherwise, yeah, year one and five are blank slates. Not too mention "phase II".

na, that's where ya get into Lucas territory.






is fine by me. It's consistent with other series effects.

If I was going to do one cosmetic change on a major character, it'd be to change the struts to the SNW version.

Nah, I want a canon explanation in SNW for the refit.
The excuse we got from alleged "anonymous insiders" was that they somehow didn't have the rights to use the classic Connie, but there's a classic Connie in Picard season 3.

Let's not set the bar too high now...

SNW just looks better in a form following function way. Like, there's not a mechanical reason I can rationalize spars over wings for something that's main focus is to maintain alignment.

Um...they invented a new cold-rolling process for duratanim that makes it harder, and you can use less of it.
Yeah, that's the ticket.

you'll have better luck explain detached nacelles :/
the massively smaller connect points make the material strength/hardness irrelevant. we're talking torque and drag while adjusting the pitch in a 3 way axis. the spars are about as practical as trying to catch air with paper towel rolls

I know this has been mentioned before, but it’s worth repeating. “Matter of Perspective” , the scientist is Hector Salamanca. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

So, he's a Latino salamander, which can only mean...

Tom Paris and Captain Janeway are his ancestors!

Maybe I should have said some of them. You’re right, the exterior shots are pretty good. I guess I was thinking of the episode where Chapel has a mad scientist boyfriend who creates androids and at one point they show the android’s inner workings and it looks kinda bad.

Are *you* gonna tell Patrick Stewart he can't have whatever ship he wants in his show?

"In The Hands Of The Prophets".

Oh, yeah! Winn was puppeting flat out terrorists from the fucking start!
She was always straight up evil.
Season 7, she dropped the mask, and acted cartoon evil; but deeds wise, it hardly mattered.

"Scorpion part 1".

In hindsight, "Scorpion" changed Star Trek history as much as "Encounter At Farpoint" and "The Best Of Both Worlds".
Maybe more!
Maybe as much as "Wrath Of Khan".

"Scorpion part II"

And there she is, fifth captain of the Enterprise.*
Little did we know.

*pop-culture/series lead wise. I know there have been more in-universe.

It seems like the narrative use of Captain's Logs shifted between TOS and later series.

In later series they were more literal in an in-universe sense ... that is, if there was a log entry, it came at a time when you could legitimately imagine Picard, Sisko or Janeway taking time out to record it.

In TOS, it was more of a narrative convention, perhaps not intended to be taken literally. For instance, I'm watching "Tomorrow is Yesterday" and the opening log entry comes at a time when it's impossible to imagine Kirk taking time to record that entry, but at the same time the content and phrasing of that entry is inconsistent with it having been recorded later.

"Turnabout Intruder" is on, and Janice Lester in Kirk's body gives the log, and that would totally be a confession
If McCoy and Spock just checked the log, the episode would end way sooner.
Either Janice erased the log as soon as she gave it, like "In The Pale Moonlight" or she's rehearsing it in her head to record later, and didn't get to it.

"All Good Things..".

Farpoint-era-Picard walks up close to the Enterprise display, and gets within kissing distance of Enterprise-B and fixates on it a good 10 seconds.
The writers were working on "Generations" at the same time.
Did they know? Was that an Easter egg?


Oh! And! He gives a log about knowing the future that can't possibly really be on record.
So yeah, even TNG got a little wobbly with the meta of the logs sometimes.

Just perfect for that Barbie of Borg doll

Remember when McCoy said that he’s got a border ship that brings him a case or two, every now and then? I’ve found the ship.

Bad pic. the TA would have been a shuttle out in front of Snowball and Snowball would have been at the helm.