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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · Jul 21
the Data-ass way my husband just called me a dummy: "you have a way of undermining all functionality"
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 3h
what would any of us do, really
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 3h
honestly was enjoying all the Enterprise shots, obscured by typical swirly particle effects they may be
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 9h
could be a simulation, could be anything, we'll see. trailer was cute, the aesthetic looks good, I'm still down for it
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 9h
I mean, I gave it a shot even knowing what I was getting into, but I'm a sick completionist
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 10h
the set looks amazing, just a sign they were economical in reusing some stuff from previous Treks so they could use budget on building a lot of other new stuff
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 10h
I'm feeling budget constraints... is the Athena bridge a redress of Fed HQ which dates all the way back to its origin as the Shenzhou bridge?
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 10h
I think there was a not huge but not
inconsiderable audience out there, including me, who would've loved a follow up to TRON: Legacy. this wasn't that, it was clearly marketed to tell you it wasn't that, and worse the star is toxic and gross. so they basically made this movie for no one
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 10h
not loving the reused assets, particularly for a semi-post apocalyptic timeframe
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 12h
his performance is incredibly boring, hopefully that benefitted his coworkers but made for a dull ass movie
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 13h
yup. the movie completely revolves around him, he gives a terrible performance and he's gross irl, you can't get past him
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 14h
TRON: Ares: bad vibes and surprisingly ugly, the total opposite of TRON: Legacy
The red grid from TRON: Ares, a movie which takes the simple iconography from TRON and the ethereal, fluid glass aesthetic of TRON: Legacy and over-re-designs everything with harsher lines and a more industrial look. TRON but grunge, a total misread of the magic of this universe.
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 1d
wait what was the explanation?
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 1d
oh there's no way they didn't look at both of their works
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 1d
there's a lot of Calatrava in there too, particularly the Saturn-class
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 1d
tbh I never noticed until you pointed it out... they even had an interior set for the hallways haha
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 1d
I think the refit Discovery is a beautiful update. totally into the floaty engines, doesn't have to make sense
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 2d
I think the teaser looks great, the sets look incredible (costumes eh don't know why went back to gray). I'm just accepting that 32nd century tech is gonna be unambitious. to be fair, it's a heavy lift depicting technology 1100 years from today, on a television budget no less
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 2d
exactly. just look at how much new stuff TNG introduced to the universe (sometimes at the expense of TOS iconography), audiences accepted it and now dustbuster phasers and tap communicators are just as iconic as phaser pistols and flip communicators, etc.
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 2d
many of the ship designs are heavily referencing the architecture of Zaha Hadid and Santiago Calatrava. their works have been Hollywood shorthand for *the future* for a while now

I think some of these ships look great but yeah def first draft vibes. Athena looks like it had more care put into it
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 2d
viewers understand there's no difference between photon torpedoes and quantum torpedoes and far future techy torpedoes, but yeah they didn't want to lose the iconography too much. understandable but I wanted them to go wild with inventing new stuff
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 2d
I thought programmable matter was one of the coolest additions to the lore, I want more new stuff like that, but the popping in and out of rooms with the transporter was pretty jarring haha
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 2d
you say abstract sculptures like it's a *bad* thing

imo the far future tech and ships should be even more abstract. they're still using photon torpedoes, warp speed, phasers, transporters... the same Trek tech 900 years in the future
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Jon Wesley Huff @jonwesleyhuff.bsky.social · 2d
The starship designs of the 31st Century in Discovery and now Academy just do nothing for me. I liked the DISC refit, but the rest look like floating abstract sculptures. I appreciate the thought behind the design evolution but find it unconvincing from a storytelling standpoint. #StarTrek
A sneak peek at Academy’s main ship the USS Athena
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 4d
I never made that connection haha. thank you
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 4d
you can definitely tell Picard changed showrunners three times in three seasons, it seemed slightly chaotic behind the scenes. especially making season 2 during covid
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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · 4d
CBS extended the first season order while they were in production. it really seems like season 1 was originally going to conclude with the cliffhanger at the end of "What's Past Is Prologue". then they used those 2 additional episodes to pivot 🤷‍♂️
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