The first official trailer for the new Star Trek series is out. I skipped Enterprise. So Discovery will be my first Star Trek experience on TV since Voyager. Here are a few observations:
1. They lead with a female Captain.
That is a genius move considering how well it worked with Voyager. Since Discover is set 10 years before Kirk, it is good to have a female lead before the macho takes over.
2. The Klingons look different again.
Klingons have seen several reboots in their appearance. But Trekkies raise all the right questions when it comes to the canon of the original timeline. On reddit they discuss theories of ancient Klingons, of the augment virus, or just a simple redo. Ultimately we will all get over the fact that the Klingons got a new look once again.
3. The uniforms are anachronistic.
Whenever you mess with the original timeline inevitably nerds like me will find the technology not representing the right time period. MegaBearsFan points out another important flaw: “In the Original Series, each ship, starbase, or installation had its own unique mission badges, similar to contemporary NASA missions. This was a detail that even Star Trek: Enterprise got right! But the Abrams reboot, and now the new Discovery series have broken with this detail, making the uniforms anachronistic within established series’ canon.”
4. Sign me up, CBS.
Of course, I will subscribe to CBS All Access just so I get to watch the latest in Star Trek. If you are that passionate about details you don’t want to miss a minute of it, right? Unfortunately there is still no firm star date. All CBS says is “coming this fall.”
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