#star trek Discovery

[trekkie-polls]

I have strong opinions about this, and you may too. But if you add notes / comments please remember every one of these series has die hard fans who adore the show.

No room for I liked them all / other movies! Argh, tumblr, please give us just a few more poll options!

[assassinbugs]

all at home btw. no leaving the house except if it's to immediately sit or lie down there :)

[stra-tek]

Reblog this to make a bigot uncomfortable

[xfilesposterproject]

Really enjoying the new season of Star Trek: Discovery! Here's my retro poster for yesterday's newest episode "Mirrors". Congrats to all involved and can't wait for next week!

[trek-daily]

[uservaulty]

So...what's this really about for you? You have permission to be blunt.

[fangirlcentral1]

Star trek really just woke up and said ✨silver fox✨

(and I'm here for it 😏)

[littlestoneinspace]

Some old unpublished art

[bobertbilliams]

Man, I love this cast ❤️

Photo courtesy of Blu del Barrio’s Instagram

[assassinbugs]

most of these were suggested in the tags here

[stra-tek]

The Mirror Enterprise transporter room plaque from 5x05 "Mirrors", transcribed by Jörg on Twitter

[xfilesposterproject]

Here are a few more Star Trek: Discovery episode posters that I had some extra time to design today: 5x02 “Under the Twin Moons” and 5x03 “Jinaal”.

[mymindtoyours]

Don’t knock it till you tried it! (Happy weekend & Rayner is def growing on me!)

[andromedaexile]

Late Stage Capitalism and Star Trek

Since Star Trek series are, to some extent, a reflection of the current time in our world that the series is/was made (whether in themes, costuming, characters, etc.).

It does sadly make sense for new Star Trek series to be the way that they are. I mean think of it, we are in late stage capitalism.

Originality and artistry has been pushed aside for the sake of creating fast, and consistent financial capital.

Of course the star ships look like Genius Bars, of course the costumes lack flair and are primarily black or sad beige. As we progress in late stage capitalism we feel the binding pressure of forced conformity.

It only makes sense that the series would dilute the philosophical foundation we saw in the earlier series. TV and film since its inception has always been a part of the spectacle but now it is expected that each piece of media is its own spectacle. The cost of being a spectacle (to the degree late stage capitalism has forced TV and film to be) is the loss of rich narratives with vibrant story-telling and unique characters with depth.