Unification 3 is an episode of Discovery that uses footage from the Next Generation "Unification 2" episode. So the logical progression is, Discovery and Next Gen take place in the same continuity. Progressed out further, since NG takes place in the same continuity as everything but the newest movies, Discovery is in the "prime" continuity.
Sounds perfect.
based on what I said orignally. Technologically, you don't get from Discovery to TOS. It's a regression of science, not a progression. Plus, Constitution Class starships have been redesigned into warships better suited to the mirror universe.
Call it fan service if you like. I'll call it common sense, thank you very much.
EDIT: As a reminder, Studios don't get to decide what is continuity. Fans do. Fan service is what happens when studios break their own established story and give a nod to a previous continuity that is beloved by fans, trying to force it into their own continuity.
Last edited by green_garnish; 01-03-2021 at 05:26 PM.
Fans very much don't get to decide what is and isn't continuity. We can create out of fan canon (or fanon) and that's all well and fine, I do it all the time whether it's with Batman, Star Wars or Hellboy but the people getting paid to write the stories and create the content define the actual canon.
As for the aesthetics of the technology, that's pretty easy; one show was created in the 1960's using the best technology available to them with in the budget given and suited for the audience of its time and the other is a show created now with modern technology and budget for a modern audience's sensibilities so of course the look between the two shows is going to be different.
Last edited by thwhtGuardian; 01-03-2021 at 05:31 PM.
That's called fanon and is very different than canon. Like I said, it's a valid part of the hobby and I do it myself counting what stories I like and discarding what I don't but what I like and what I think counts could be very different than what you like and what you believe should count.
My ranking:
TV/SHOWS:
TNG
DS9
TOS
PIC
ENT
VOY
DIS
LD
TAS
MOVIES:
The Wrath of Khan
First Contact
The Undiscovered Country
The Search for Spock
Beyond
ST 2009
The Voyage Home
Generations
Nemesis
Insurrection
Into Darkness
The Motion Picture
The Final Frontier
That makes one of us.
That is irrelevant to DSC's canonical status (and furthermore, if contradictions were all it took to declare something non-canon, we'd have to throw out everything).
That is so wrong, it's not even worth entertaining; studios are the only ones who decide what is canon. We the fans decide nothing. We can have our own opinions on whether we like the new installments or how the internal logic works (e.g. reconciling the Disco-prise with the TOS Enterprise), but that is it. It is a fact that DSC (and PIC, LDS, and other shows on the drawing board) are prime universe canon. End of discussion and time to get back on track with actual topic of conversation that this thread is made for. If you want to continue headcanon that DSC is a reboot, I suggest you go to the Ex Astris Scientia fan site or other echo chambers that try to convince themselves that DSC is not canon.
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I'm never watching Picard unless I'm forced to watch it. I've only seen one season of Voyager and Discovery due to how shows are released here.
TNG
Enterprise
DS9
Voyager
Discovery
Voyager and Discovery is actually a tie for me since it feels like the same show.
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In a lot of ways, I wish they just set Discovery in the Abrams Universe. Then the continuity issues wouldn't have been so jarring. Tech that shouldn't be? Oh tech got more advanced due to stuff recovered from the Narada and its proliferation. Events that never happened? Everything started diverging at Kirk's birth. Established characters acting OOC? They had different life experiences. It would have been so easy... Alas, what could have been.
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