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Pre TOS Enterprise VS Pilot Enterprise MAJOR SPOILER for Season Finally Of Discovery!! you been Worn

ryurangerryuranger Member Posts: 533 Arc User
edited February 2018 in Ten Forward
Hay I know there is gonna be a lot f Trekkers out there are gonna be doing the hole Thing about the Enterprise from Discovery's Season Final but I come to thinking is the Pilot Enterprise Really Cannon? We Know that before James Kirk took command in 2266 the Enterprise went under a 3 year Refit were everything was upgraded so this might be the Official Enterprise before TOS witch was a Refit matter in fact when Star Trek VI was being planned there was a Star Trek XI Prequel that almost happen and the Enterprise was SO Different memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_First_Adventure matter in fact it looked like the NX-01 and this was when GENE was alivelatest?cb=20070421054939&path-prefix=en and this was planned too YEARS before Star Trek XI So again is the Pilot Enterprise Cannon and the answer is NO its not Cannon it was a prototype model that they used for the pilot for Star Trek in the 1960's that used for the "Cage" and "Where No Man as Gone Before" and the fact that they kept the Enterprise 70% of the TOS era says something the main differences here is the colour of the hall 10% Pylons 5% Nesscel 5% and saucer section 10% and the Refit after Pikes second 5 year mission will make up the remaining 30% so yeah Trekkers shut the F up man The Pilot is a Prototype nothing more nothing else they never should that model again through out Star Trek history Not even TNG Naked Time Re-mastered So yeah
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,666 Community Moderator
    Queue calls of blasphemy and rants in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...
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  • gradiigradii Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
    That Connie design may be the only thing I like about Discovery.

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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,666 Community Moderator
    Discovery's take on the Connie was very well done, and spot on. While it isn't an exact replica of the TOS Connie, she keeps all the elements and modernizes them. I especially liked seeing the glowing warp field grills. And the gunmetal grey hull was a nice touch and nod to the color scheme established in Enterprise. Would be awesome to be able to see how they modernized the classic Connie Bridge too. Layout would have to be the same, but with Discovery style consoles and displays.
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  • smokebaileysmokebailey Member Posts: 4,668 Arc User
    rattler2 wrote: »
    Discovery's take on the Connie was very well done, and spot on. While it isn't an exact replica of the TOS Connie, she keeps all the elements and modernizes them. I especially liked seeing the glowing warp field grills. And the gunmetal grey hull was a nice touch and nod to the color scheme established in Enterprise. Would be awesome to be able to see how they modernized the classic Connie Bridge too. Layout would have to be the same, but with Discovery style consoles and displays.

    Wish they kept the smooth, cream color of the TOS.
    Let's hope we see some Cage elements in the bridge, and uniforms.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,666 Community Moderator
    We might see an updated version of the Cage uniforms that doesn't look so much like a 1960s sweater. Not only that, we know from TNG and DS9 that Starfleet has had two uniforms in service at a time before, generally a transistion from one style to another seems to take a while, so they allow both versions to be in service until the transition is completed.
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  • ryurangerryuranger Member Posts: 533 Arc User
    from what I read from the Interview with the Ex-Producer of the Show they are going with the Cage look of The Enterprise for the Inside manly for the Bridge because it fits with ships overall look matter in fact they looked at the Cage Bridge before they put the Enterprise out there to see if would fit with the overall feel as for the Uniforms did not mentioned it but I am sure we are gonna see some TOS type form of Uniforms for the Enterprise Crew to tie in with the prequel book that came out. He said we just have wait and see and everyone will be supersized.
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  • darakossdarakoss Member Posts: 850 Arc User
    Of course the pilot Connie is canon. It was on screen.
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  • ryurangerryuranger Member Posts: 533 Arc User
    The Pilot Connie was a Studio Model that was used in Star Trek in the early 60s before the Show was Released it was to test how the Enterprise will look, and that what they are going for when they were Doing the Show they were researching everything from the Original Series (Prosecution Notes and Errors) Till Now so it can be fit in to Cannon that's why The Enterprise is the way it looks because if the Pilot look was Cannon then they would have used that but since its not Cannon they went to make it a little older then we saw in TOS Remember people this is 10 years before Kirk
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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    Apparently the test audience didn't like the spikes on the nacelles for the Pilot Connie. The Cage was set 3 years before Discovery so they could have removed the spikes in those 3 years.

    I am slightly disappointed that the USS Defiant was never shown in Discovery since the wireframe model of it looked slightly different from the Enterprise. The USS Defiant and USS Enterprise are both Constitution class starships so they should look the same unless the Mirror Universe decided to do some alterations on it.

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    I am even more disappointed in Into a Mirror Darkly where the primitive ISS Enterprise looks more advanced than the USS Defiant. They could have at least updated the USS Defiant to fit with 21st Century aesthetics.

  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,666 Community Moderator
    starkaos wrote: »
    The USS Defiant and USS Enterprise are both Constitution class starships so they should look the same unless the Mirror Universe decided to do some alterations on it.

    Well... the Defiant had been in the Mirror Universe for about 100 years so... it makes sense that they would have modified the ship over time.
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  • angrytargangrytarg Member Posts: 11,008 Arc User
    I do not get the desire to "modernize". While the DSC Connie seems to look nice on it's own it wasn't nevessary to change it. The TOS look is recreated faithfully in TNG (Relics), DS9 and ENT. Why change it now? ST producers are really eager tonchange everything old, showing no faith in the classic designs. Sad. *trumpish gesturing*
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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    angrytarg wrote: »
    I do not get the desire to "modernize". While the DSC Connie seems to look nice on it's own it wasn't nevessary to change it. The TOS look is recreated faithfully in TNG (Relics), DS9 and ENT. Why change it now? ST producers are really eager tonchange everything old, showing no faith in the classic designs. Sad. *trumpish gesturing*

    Because in the case of Enterprise, it is weird having a ship from the future looking less advanced than a 22nd Century ship. For Discovery, the style of all new Federation ships should be similar. For Enterprise, it felt like the Federation decided to have a retro phase instead of the realistic reason of not being able to produce the Enterprise that they want. It would be interesting to see what Gene Roddenberry and the other creators of Star Trek would create if they had the technology of today. Would the Enterprise even exist with its classic saucer and nacelle look?
  • smokebaileysmokebailey Member Posts: 4,668 Arc User
    starkaos wrote: »
    Apparently the test audience didn't like the spikes on the nacelles for the Pilot Connie. The Cage was set 3 years before Discovery so they could have removed the spikes in those 3 years.

    I am slightly disappointed that the USS Defiant was never shown in Discovery since the wireframe model of it looked slightly different from the Enterprise. The USS Defiant and USS Enterprise are both Constitution class starships so they should look the same unless the Mirror Universe decided to do some alterations on it.

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    I am even more disappointed in Into a Mirror Darkly where the primitive ISS Enterprise looks more advanced than the USS Defiant. They could have at least updated the USS Defiant to fit with 21st Century aesthetics.

    The Defiant looked more advanced than the NX. The NX is all gnarly and covered in kibble, and clunky in comparison.
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  • smokebaileysmokebailey Member Posts: 4,668 Arc User
    starkaos wrote: »
    angrytarg wrote: »
    I do not get the desire to "modernize". While the DSC Connie seems to look nice on it's own it wasn't nevessary to change it. The TOS look is recreated faithfully in TNG (Relics), DS9 and ENT. Why change it now? ST producers are really eager tonchange everything old, showing no faith in the classic designs. Sad. *trumpish gesturing*

    Because in the case of Enterprise, it is weird having a ship from the future looking less advanced than a 22nd Century ship. For Discovery, the style of all new Federation ships should be similar. For Enterprise, it felt like the Federation decided to have a retro phase instead of the realistic reason of not being able to produce the Enterprise that they want. It would be interesting to see what Gene Roddenberry and the other creators of Star Trek would create if they had the technology of today. Would the Enterprise even exist with its classic saucer and nacelle look?

    I think so. JEfferies had the idea that with advanced materials and techniques, a ship can have the slender, spindly build the connie has. This is not 'ape brain' 20th century technology. I really don't get the 'realistic' bit. Like someone before said that the new Star Wars stuff....the TIE fighters kept the same "DISCO!" look, and looked quite fine on screen.

    And I said it before, smooth, sleek, slender, all the stuff like that is how an advanced ship would look.....and not something looking like a shoe box covered with equipment like a cactus.

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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,666 Community Moderator
    Honestly it would be better to just retcon the Cage uniforms entirely and start adding details to the Discovery style like the rank stripes on the sleeves and maybe start integrating the classic TOS department colors. And if necessary start throwing in some skirts for the purists because female officers wore skirts in TOS.
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  • k20vteck20vtec Member Posts: 535 Arc User
    Funny how people are talking about "realistic" and "advanced". Jeez folks, when the current fad is over and some new look replaced our idea of "future" and "realistic", DSC, NX-01 is no better than the often mocked and berated TOS.

    Hell, unlike TOS or the nineties trio show that dare to make up somthing unusual or new design that will become iconic. DSC is mostly going after whatever is popular today.

    Speaking of which, TOS bridges, for all the jelly button cardbox wall awful terrible offensive horrible 60-ness. It is designed so throughly, budget not withtanding, that even the angle of the console and chairs etc is eliberaty. And made by many actual engineers or ex-military staff.
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  • ryurangerryuranger Member Posts: 533 Arc User
    k20vtec wrote: »
    Funny how people are talking about "realistic" and "advanced". Jeez folks, when the current fad is over and some new look replaced our idea of "future" and "realistic", DSC, NX-01 is no better than the often mocked and berated TOS.

    Hell, unlike TOS or the nineties trio show that dare to make up somthing unusual or new design that will become iconic. DSC is mostly going after whatever is popular today.

    Speaking of which, TOS bridges, for all the jelly button cardbox wall awful terrible offensive horrible 60-ness. It is designed so throughly, budget not withstanding, that even the angle of the console and chairs etc is eliberaty. And made by many actual engineers or ex-military staff.


    I agree with you on that remember they were Low budget when The Cage was being Developed not only that you can see that a lot of the chars looked like Office Chairs and Chris Monitor looked like a 60's TV Set in his Cabin, so they may do some updates in the inside of the ship as well but try to kept it the overall look from the Original that seen in the Cage Remember people the Cage was created in 1964 and 90% of the Tech we have no Did not excited then
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,666 Community Moderator
    ryuranger wrote: »

    I agree with you on that remember they were Low budget when The Cage was being Developed not only that you can see that a lot of the chars looked like Office Chairs and Chris Monitor looked like a 60's TV Set in his Cabin, so they may do some updates in the inside of the ship as well but try to kept it the overall look from the Original that seen in the Cage Remember people the Cage was created in 1964 and 90% of the Tech we have no Did not excited then

    No point in arguing with them. While I agree with you, there are people who will downright attack others who don't agree that it absolutely, positively MUST, without fail, look EXACTLY the same as it did in TOS, right down the the placement of the jellybean buttons. If they are off by half an inch the pitchforks come out.

    People get THAT vicious, and use that as a measuring stick to judge who is a "True Fan" and who isn't. And they take that stick and beat people over the head with it.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,666 Community Moderator
    patrickngo wrote: »
    They could shove Christopher Pike in a sequined bikini and fruit hat, and use speech coaching to give him a latin accent with a lisp, and there will be fans who defend it as an artistic decision that is "Totally in keeping with Canon."

    Uh no. No fan, new or old, would accept that. Visual style is one thing. Degrading a canon, established character like that crosses a red line so far you can't even SEE the line anymore.
    Why? Because it says "Star Trek" on the titles, and the fandom will buy used toilet-paper as long as it's an official "Star Trek" product-or at least, enough of the fandom will that it makes absolutely zero difference if the changes make any sort of logical sense to the time-period or setting.

    Then, respectfully, you must not think very highly of Trek Fans in any capacity.
    Many are accepting of new things. Some... seem to enjoy bashing anything that doesn't fit their percieved vision of Star Trek, and go around "defending the faith" by attacking anyone who doesn't agree with them and worships "Saint Roddenberry". Hell... I know of someone who doesn't like anything that Roddenberry didn't have a DIRECT hand in, thus disregarding TNG season 3 through to today as non canon garbage. Even the very highly regarded Deep Space Nine.

    A series based in the 23rd Century filmed in the 21st century is gonna look lightyears better than one filmed in the 1960s. There's no getting around it. If you're going to try and attract new viewers, making everything look like it belongs in the 1960s is not the way to go. Now... they can stay true to the LAYOUT of say, the Enterprise bridge, but maybe replace some of the jellybean buttons and displays with Discovery style touchscreens and displays will not only work for fans of the classic series, and maintain some of the classic look, but also appeal to a new generation who wants to see something that does look futuristic by TODAY'S standards. There is a difference between staying true to the spirit of a franchise, and frankly just being Anal about details.

    The setting does not mean we need to lower our standards to the 1960s era to enjoy a good story set in a universe we all know and love. While it may work for some, it does NOT work for all. So visual updates will happen from time to time. What truely matters, is maintaining the spirit of the franchise. Tribute episodes are one thing. An entire series is another.
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  • angrytargangrytarg Member Posts: 11,008 Arc User
    rattler2 wrote: »
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    The setting does not mean we need to lower our standards to the 1960s era to enjoy a good story set in a universe we all know and love. While it may work for some, it does NOT work for all. So visual updates will happen from time to time. What truely matters, is maintaining the spirit of the franchise. Tribute episodes are one thing. An entire series is another.

    You realise that this statement works exactly for "both sides" of this, right? Visual updates can be subtle, as has been done with previous faithful recreations of the sets and I think nobody would really mind having touchscreens in the TOS consoles. But just as you accuse hypothetical others of going crazy when things are changed, can we assume you would go equally crazy if the original look was recreated, crying "jellybeans!" and get out the pitchforks? pig-3.gif

    Putting aside all hyperbole for a moment, when you have a long running franchise with established, iconic looks that even persist outside of the fan base it is a weird take to completely change all of that for a current flavour. In my opinion, if they thought they cannot depict what they wanted while keeping visual integrity in tact then they should have decided on another idea. For instance, they went to that specific time but literally kept nothing of that time "alive" - the entirety of Discovery would have worked completely unaffected in the 25th or 26th century. Why go to the 23rd and "update" it? It makes no sense whatsoever. And that is what might upset people.​​
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  • theraven2378theraven2378 Member Posts: 6,016 Arc User
    Hate to say it but the TOS Connie looks like a cheap plastic toy as does all TOS things. Seriously, the crew wear pajamas and the miniskirts would not be acceptable today. TOS needs to be modernized to fit with the 21st century not the mid 20th in terms of what it looks like visually.

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    • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,666 Community Moderator
      I actually found this and find it VERY interesting. Turns out the Discovery take on the Connie takes quite a few queues from the classics.
      https://trekmovie.com/2018/02/17/a-closer-look-at-the-uss-enterprise-in-star-trek-discovery/
      Literally every aspect other than the "Potato Peeler" pylons, bridge window, and extended shuttle deck have been influenced by previous incarnations of the design, being The Cage, Series, movie refit, and even one detail from the Kelvin Timeline (size of the neck). There are even at least two details taken from the NX class, which is a nice tie in to "previous" ship design.

      Essentially its a fusion of everything we know.
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      I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
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    • k20vteck20vtec Member Posts: 535 Arc User
      I actually really like the DSC connie except for the pylon and the bridge window(What, is viewscreen too 60s compared to a window?). DIdnt even noticed or bothered by the shuttle deck.
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    • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,666 Community Moderator
      I believe the Bridge Window was to keep in line with the design philosophy seen in Discovery. We've seen at least two major ships with the hybrid window/viewscreen already: Discovery herself and Shenzhou. We honestly don't know at which point Starfleet shifted from the hybrid design to just the viewscreen itself, but clearly it happens at some point between the end of Discovery season 1 and the beginning of TOS, which is still ten years down the road in universe. And we have seen hybrid window/viewscreens as far back as 2233 thanks to the USS Kelvin, which by virtue of a split timeline as mentioned by Kelvin Spock, can be considered BOTH Prime and Kelvin timeline. Honestly that detail would be no different than the warp nacelle style used on the TOS Connie vs the Refit Connie.

      At least it is more consistant design wise than when we saw the Kelvin Enterprise compared to the rest of the fleet in '09. The Kelvin Connie was a COMPLETE contrast in style to the rest of the ships. Discovery's Enterprise visually fits in with everything else we have seen.
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      I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
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    • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
      I'm still in two minds about it. On one hand I do love this design. On the other I hope were they'e going is that The Cage version is non-canon now and not the WNMHGB version. I don't care if DSC ends before WNMHGB and we have to visually jump from one to the other off the edge of a cliff, but it still dosn't sit quite right with me that this is an 'instead-of' version of the TOS Conni and not a 'before' version.

      If they just told up The Cage is non-canon and gave the Klingons hair (and non-melted ears) all of my problems would vanish.​​
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