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When authors ignore established facts of the universe they're writing for (vulgo "the canon"), they're most likely either lazy or ignorant or arrogant. I read q
by choeger 2y ago
When authors ignore established facts of the universe they're writing for (vulgo "the canon"), they're most likely either lazy or ignorant or arrogant. I read quotes about Star Wars lacking "strong female figures" before Disney (cough, Mon Mothma, cough Leia) and someone even mentioned that the Klingons got redesigned in STD because of their original skin color. (But why not just using some other colors is beside me.)
In all cases it's fraud. You claim to write a story inside a complex established universe but deliver something that just superficially uses some assets and then just does its own thing. Then just develop your own universe, ffs!
If you want to write Star Trek or Star Wars or whatever, adhere to the canon and stay within the established constraints. If you feel that the canon constrains your creativity too much, go find some other playground.
- croes 2y agoFacts? It’s not the first time the Klingons got a new design. So why is the change between TOS and TNG ok but the change for Discovery isn’t?
- Izkata 2y agoI imagine it was an issue to some extent when it happened, but DS9 and ENT established they look different in-universe and it wasn't just a new design.
- throwpoaster 2y agoBecause TOS and TNG were awesome and canon needed a patch. Discovery sucked and got flushed.
- __david__ 2y agoThey cleared up the TOS Klingons discrepancy in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise (Season 4 episode 16, “Divergence”).
- Brian_K_White 2y ago"So why is the change between TOS and TNG ok but the change for Discovery isn’t?" Because the changes to the Klingons are too trivial to be canon or not canon. It's mere makup not writing. While the changes in Discovery are not mere makup.
- choeger 2y ago> So why is the change between TOS and TNG ok but the change for Discovery isn’t? Because of the intention. The TOS Klingons were always supposed to look like the TMP/TNG Klingons, but the producers didn't have the budget until the movie and next show. It's an entirely different thing when the original designers correct a budget constraint vs. new designers arrogantly throwing away prior art.