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Ship Lighting (startrek.website)

My biggest complaint with Live Action Trek vs the two Animation shows is that they seem obsessed with giving us a black ship on a black background. It’s nice to be given a reprieve, even if for only one episode.

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[-] zephyrvs@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

I definitely prefer the darker version, it seems a lot less artificial. To me, the brighter ship looks rendered, as if I was looking at a video games' screenshot.

[-] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] zephyrvs@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, thanks, I didn't know that. I'm not much into the animated stuff.

On first glance it could've been from Picard S03 which had a similar aesthetic that didn't work for me. Too clean, too polished, too much video game.

[-] briongloid@aussie.zone 12 points 1 year ago

I've had to download higher quality episodes as the lighting has made higher compression unviewable.

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago

100% agree. Still not as bad as the darkness on GoT. The entire damn episode was just a black screen.

[-] FormerGameDev@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

The one shot with all the torches going out, that the lighting was perfect for, and it looks amazing on TVs that have super great black, like an OLED.

The rest of that episode, they should've TURNED ON SOME DAMN LIGHTS

[-] milkisklim@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

the two Animation shows

RIP prodigy

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Literally a ship in space with next to no light.

The live action version is more realistic.

[-] subcytoplasm@l.tta.wtf 10 points 1 year ago

the extra light comes from the same place as the music actually

[-] Wooster@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

And the pew pews!

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I see, the camera just has a sun attached to it then? cool. no problem.

[-] beefcat@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not just any sun, they use the sun.

It's a huge inconvenience for people in Sector 001 every time they need to borrow Sol to shoot more exterior shots of the various ships for the historical documents.

Err, wrong IP there, @beefcat. "The Historical Documents" isn't from Star Trek, it's from BSG.

[-] beefcat@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

It’s. Galaxy Quest reference, and as we all know Galaxy Quest is one of the top 3 best Star Trek movies.

Not to mention my favorite work of Tellerite cinema.

[-] passinglurker@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's these things called "stars" most planets with life on them have them very close by in the cosmic scale of things, and if you look up pictures of the ISS under one you'll see it's actually quite bright...

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks captain

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