Betazed

Betazed , 11 months ago to Star Trek in What Star Trek Mannerism or Phrase Do You Often Use

I work for an MSP and I often multiply my time estimates by a factor of four… Does that count?

Betazed , 11 months ago to Star Trek in What Star Trek Mannerism or Phrase Do You Often Use

I work in tech and say that a lot. It would hit different in medicine.

Betazed , 11 months ago to Star Trek in What is everyone's favorite era of starship design?

That’s really my point as well. The modern updates of ships are because our expectations have definitely shifted. I feel like disparate design languages of the shows don’t necessarily have to detract from the shared universe. Though, don’t get me wrong, Star Trek is many things but one thing it isn’t, and has never purported to be, is a documentary. By that I mean that the set dressing, the costumes, our “presence” as the audience, everything about the way the shows are produced tells me we’re watching a dramatization of the “real” events. Contrast that with something like the 2000s era Battlestar Galactica which had a lot of elements in its filming that were designed to make it feel more like a documentary and we, the audience, were watching footage captured of “real” events.

Betazed , 11 months ago to Star Trek in What is everyone's favorite era of starship design?

I’m going to get crucified for this, but I really dig Discovery’s design language (both the show in general and the ship herself). In particular (I’m ready for those nails), I like their take on the Enterprise in season 2 (and subsequently SNW). In my mind it’s tied with late-TNG era stuff which is what I grew up watching. I have mad respect for the older designs, but I find that modernizing the classics isn’t diminishing my enjoyment even though I’m very acutely aware of the canon issues.