Discovery Notes

I was thinking last night about Star Trek: Discovery. Some fans have said it's not real Star Trek because although it's set 10 years prior to TOS, the look and feel of the show are significantly different from that 1960s edition. As we have seen over the past few years, amateur productions of Star Trek, such as Star Trek Continues can capture the look and feel of the original show on a small budget. If you watch an episode you will think you're right back in the 1960s in terms of the production design, camera angles, and effects. According to Variety magazine, CBS gave Star Trek: Discovery a budget of $8.5 million per episode, making it one of their most expensive shows.  For those who say the show should have captured the visual look and feel of the original series, where should they have spent $8.5 million per episode? If you can't update the sets, the uniforms, or the props, where should the money have gone? What would you have spent the money on?