Discovery Theory

[Bry_Sinclair]

Seeing as how the trailer shows no sign of the U.S.S. Discovery, Captain Lorca and seems soundly entrenched in the NuTrek universe, might this series be a bridge between them?

Something happens to Lt. Commander Burnham that propels her from the other universe to the Prime one, where she ends up onboard the Discovery, maybe with some plot that spans both?

Just a thought.

 

[Mudd]

Nope.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

You can theorise things like this as head canon, but in reality, I don't think it's likely.

 

[GravityWell]

Legally it's not going to happen. Two separate businesses with their own walled garden franchises.

 

[Philip Guyott]

Seeing as how the trailer shows no sign of the U.S.S. Discovery, Captain Lorca and seems soundly entrenched in the NuTrek universe, might this series be a bridge between them?

Something happens to Lt. Commander Burnham that propels her from the other universe to the Prime one, where she ends up onboard the Discovery, maybe with some plot that spans both?

Just a thought.

I highly doubt it, but I like the idea.
It is not as though we have not seen crossover episodes before.

What if Discovery's conflict with the Klingon's leads to Nero being successful in escaping from prison which leads directly into the events in Star Trek 2009. "An event in Star Trek history that's been talked about but never been explored".

It is a shame that Discovery is Prime timeline because I like that idea, even though everyone else here would hate it.

Legally it's not going to happen. Two separate businesses with their own walled garden franchises.

I would agree, unless of course an agreement could be made between CBS and Paramount. It is not as though they have not collaborated before.

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

I was trying to think of a way to explain the NuTrek styling in a so-called Prime Universe series.

 

[Awesome Possum]

I was trying to think of a way to explain the NuTrek styling in a so-called Prime Universe series.

It's because art direction has changed over 50 years. It actually looks a lot like a very updated NX-01 bridge with some of the better ideas from the USS Kelvin. I could see it as something that could be in our future, but not the future that people in the 60s thought of.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

But coming up with wanky theories that might work in-universe is way more fun than the truth.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

I was trying to think of a way to explain the NuTrek styling in a so-called Prime Universe series.

The nuEnterprise bridge looks exactly like what one would expect a 60s interpretation of a future ship to look from a 21st century perspective. In short: the ST09 bridge and the TOS bridge are "identical".

As many have said, if you want to see the 60s aesthetic, there are plenty of online fan productions that will supply that. That's not, however, what will bring in mass audiences.

 

[fireproof78]

Perhaps Starfleet went through a primary colors phase. I mean, TOS kind of stands out in its color palette from the rest.

Or, the theory that TOS was actually just a dramatic reproduction of the Enterprise's missions for Federation citizens, which means that some technology was classified and could not be reproduced.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

I like both theories. The first one is my head canon, though. I mean, just look at the twentieth century. In the Western World at least (I can't speak for anything else), every decade has a distinct look. Why shouldn't it work like that in the future?

 

[DigificWriter]

There does not need to be an in-universe explanation for the aesthetic of DSC and its similarities with the aesthetic of the Kelvin Timeline because its aesthetic is based on the USS Kelvin itself, which, as I seem to be forced to continually point out, existed/originated in the PRIME TIMELINE.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

I wasn't really being serious, you know.

 

[fireproof78]

There does not need to be an in-universe explanation for the aesthetic of DSC and its similarities with the aesthetic of the Kelvin Timeline because its aesthetic is based on the USS Kelvin itself, which, as I seem to be forced to continually point out, existed/originated in the PRIME TIMELINE.

There is a need for an explanation of everything.

Also, there's not need to repeat the argument. Some will like it, and others will not. That is the nature of media.

 

[DigificWriter]

The USS Kelvin existing/originating in the Prime Timeline is not an "argument"; it's a fact.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

The USS Kelvin existing/originating in the Prime Timeline is not an "argument"; it's a fact.

I don't think anyone is arguing that. The discussion is whether or not it can/will appear in Discovery, which is a legal issue (not in-universe).

 

[CommanderRaytas]

But I have a very faulty and inaccurate understanding of quantum physics and actually subscribe to the idea that timelines don't branch off a starting point, but ripple in all directions in an un-linear manner. Therefore, my head canon is that TOS and the movies until Nemesis, plus all the shows except Discovery happen in the original timeline. ENT, the Kelvin movies and Discovery are in a different one. So there. Don't give me facts. I already have an opinion. XD

The legal issues are a different, logical matter and therefore less interesting. ;-)

 

[DigificWriter]

I don't think anyone is arguing that. The discussion is whether or not it can/will appear in Discovery, which is a legal issue (not in-universe).

No, that's not the "discussion" at all. People keep on insisting that DSC cannot be set in the Prime Timeline because, aesthetically , it looks like the Kelvin Timeline, even though, as I keep on having to point out, its aesthetic is FROM the Prime Timeline because its an extension of the USS Kelvin's aesthetic.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

Mate, you don't have to point out anything. People understood you fine the first time. It has been argued that it could be that DSC is Kelvin-timeline-based based on how it looks, but I've yet to see the mass of unwashed board member insisting it CANNOT BEEEEEEEE Prime Timeline. Also, speculating on possibilities is fine. Why so inflexible?

 

[OpenMaw]

Mate, you don't have to point out anything. People understood you fine the first time. It has been argued that it could be that DSC is Kelvin-timeline-based based on how it looks, but I've yet to see the mass of unwashed board member insisting it CANNOT BEEEEEEEE Prime Timeline. Also, speculating on possibilities is fine. Why so inflexible?

Allow me to point you to one of his examples right here:

I was trying to think of a way to explain the NuTrek styling in a so-called Prime Universe series.

There are several persons on this board who feel this way about the "look" of Discovery.