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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #570 on: 09 November 2017, 15:44:00 »
Okay, Ying brought a pillow to a knife fight, and wins the thread. :))
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #571 on: 09 November 2017, 21:40:20 »
+9000! LOLOLOL...
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #572 on: 10 November 2017, 19:30:48 »
When you enjoyed the new series but your other Trekkie friend didn't...

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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #573 on: 13 November 2017, 12:09:34 »
Yay, and the drive came back to bite them in the tushie as expected :)

But I'm really liking the captain as we've gotten to know him. The right amount of deference to the mission and ingenuity and thinking outside the box.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #574 on: 13 November 2017, 12:46:16 »
Yup, I enjoyed it.  A bit more in depth on PTSD than I expected, and man, that was some icky stuff. I cancelled my CBS membership, because I felt I couldn't justify the fee just to watch one show. But I enjoyed the mid season finale, and have had fun thus far.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #575 on: 13 November 2017, 12:51:28 »
I think CBS membership is going to go down a lot after this week.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #576 on: 13 November 2017, 13:24:45 »
And go back up in about 8 weeks, by some coincidence?
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #577 on: 13 November 2017, 13:52:58 »
I read a comment someplace that the CBS boss has said that Discovery had made a profit before it even aired, due to the Netflix deal.

http://www.fiercecable.com/online-video/moonves-netflix-int-l-sales-pay-for-entire-star-trek-production-cost
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #578 on: 13 November 2017, 14:35:41 »
Not the first time that's happened, either.  I think I noted it upthread, but Star Trek: The Motion Picture made a profit before it opened in theatres.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #579 on: 05 December 2017, 12:27:29 »
Well, its just been reported that Quentin Tarantino  is considering taking on a Star Trek film.

I wonder how that will turn out in comparison to style Discovery currently being done.  I know it's would likely be Star Trek (film) universe, but i do wonder if he goes with it, Tarantino will change it more so than Abrams did.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #580 on: 05 December 2017, 13:51:50 »
Quote from: Wrangler on 05 December 2017, 12:27:29
Well, its just been reported that Quentin Tarantino  is considering taking on a Star Trek film.

I wonder how that will turn out in comparison to style Discovery currently being done.  I know it's would likely be Star Trek (film) universe, but i do wonder if he goes with it, Tarantino will change it more so than Abrams did.

Star Trek with a lot more swearing.
Im sorry, but  Im worried about this about a million times more, then with JJ Abrams.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #581 on: 05 December 2017, 14:53:15 »
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #582 on: 05 December 2017, 18:00:10 »
If Quentin Tarantino did a movie about Klingons - the Klingons we've known for the past 35 years since TMP, SFS, and TNG brought them to us - I'd actually pay to see that.  Imagine Inglorious Batleths if you will.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #583 on: 06 December 2017, 10:20:56 »
...Sam Jackson as a Klingon...
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #584 on: 06 December 2017, 11:22:23 »
Quote from: (SMD)MadCow on 06 December 2017, 10:20:56
...Sam Jackson as a Klingon...

****** no. no nononononononooononononooooooo.

They've tried that horrible shit before - it resulted in some of the most horrible klingon appearances. Quoting Shakepear all over the place.

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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #585 on: 06 December 2017, 11:54:48 »
But he'd have a purple bat'leth...
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #586 on: 06 December 2017, 12:19:01 »
Quote from: Øystein on 06 December 2017, 11:22:23
****** no. no nononononononooononononooooooo.

They've tried that horrible shit before - it resulted in some of the most horrible klingon appearances. Quoting Shakepear all over the place.



Some of us actually like that movie... :D
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #587 on: 06 December 2017, 12:40:27 »
Quote from: YingJanshi on 06 December 2017, 12:19:01
Some of us actually like that movie... :D

I love The Undiscovered Country - it's my top 3-4 Trek movie (after Star Trek and Wrath of Khan and Star Trek: Into Darkness).

But the performances of the klingons like Christopher Plummer really were horrible.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #588 on: 06 December 2017, 13:08:13 »
Quote from: Mendrugo on 06 December 2017, 11:54:48
But he'd have a purple bat'leth...

At the very least BMF on it.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #589 on: 06 December 2017, 14:26:36 »
Is there an equivalent to the N-word in Klingon?
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #590 on: 06 December 2017, 14:47:49 »
Quote from: Kit deSummersville on 06 December 2017, 14:26:36
Is there an equivalent to the N-word in Klingon?

P'Tagh?
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #591 on: 17 December 2017, 21:26:31 »
https://youtu.be/O-fGfdba-ac


An interesting video for the "Which Captain is Better" debate.




(Also, for anyone that hasn't managed to see it yet, the attachment is a good view of the Discovery. Personally I like it (cutout and all). Though if I did choose to be nitpicky, I'd say the nacelles look more like something from the late Dominion War (such as the Sovereign class) than early Kirk era. But on the whole, I like it.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #592 on: 18 December 2017, 07:25:56 »
She's really not a bad-looking bird. The few things I'm iffy on (cutout in saucer, nacelles, dark overall paint scheme) I can accept as tweaks for a modern audience.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #593 on: 18 December 2017, 07:36:12 »
Aesthetically, the whole design is something you would see during the Dominion War, like you mentioned, and not something you would see pre-TOS. Nice design, just a bit historically inaccurate in the Star Trek universe, IMO.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #594 on: 18 December 2017, 09:51:40 »
Quote from: Sharpnel on 18 December 2017, 07:36:12
Aesthetically, the whole design is something you would see during the Dominion War, like you mentioned, and not something you would see pre-TOS. Nice design, just a bit historically inaccurate in the Star Trek universe, IMO.

Asthetically, it's ten years before Kirk, because the IP owner says it is.  I'm sorry, but you have to understand-the owner gets to call the shots with this kind of thing, and Word of God from the owner trumps speculation, logical evolution, or in-universe sense.  (it's why I no longer consider myself a "Fan" of Star Trek on the whole now.)

It's very simple, really-they did a retcon on the universe, but state it's not a retcon, therefore, it's by definition not a retcon, and whatever changes they made, are no longer canon.  this is kind of the purpose of Prequels and reboots.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #595 on: 18 December 2017, 09:59:03 »
Quote from: Cannonshop on 18 December 2017, 09:51:40
Asthetically, it's ten years before Kirk, because the IP owner says it is.  I'm sorry, but you have to understand-the owner gets to call the shots with this kind of thing,

Well, up to the point at which the consumer decides they don't like it and stop watching or buying.
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« Reply #596 on: 18 December 2017, 10:22:13 »
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Well, up to the point at which the consumer decides they don't like it and stop watching or buying.

Evidence suggests that this is a thing that does not happen enough.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #597 on: 18 December 2017, 11:08:14 »
Quote from: Kit deSummersville on 18 December 2017, 09:59:03
Well, up to the point at which the consumer decides they don't like it and stop watching or buying.

that's a thing that didn't happen.  Discovery did well enough to get a second season, therefore, the call was (business-wise) the right call.
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« Reply #598 on: 18 December 2017, 12:49:48 »
Quote from: Cannonshop on 18 December 2017, 11:08:14
that's a thing that didn't happen.  Discovery did well enough to get a second season, therefore, the call was (business-wise) the right call.

Well, possibly. Maybe they would have had more business if they hadn't. Maybe they wouldn't, its all just speculation.
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Re: Star Trek Discovery
« Reply #599 on: 18 December 2017, 13:38:30 »
anyone have any clue what the rotating section of the saucer is supposed to actually accomplish other than look "cool"?
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