In a vacuum, I wouldn’t care if a SciFi show used a brewery as a set. But it does go against the Star Trek aesthetic. Federation vessels have a sleek, minimalist, orderly look. And I’m not complaining purely about them not sticking to the “original look” (though I’m also complaining about that). The appearance of Star Fleet vessels is meant to convey ideas about the Federation, they are scientific, efficient, inclusive and clean. Star Trek does this a lot actually, Klingon vessels are brutal and sharp because they’re a warrior culture, Vulcan ships are smooth and wavvy because they’re all a bunch of Zen philosophers. Using a big factory with bulky, dangerous looking equipment goes against the themes of the Federation.
Personally, the only engineering section of a starfleet/federation ship I ever liked was the NX-01 (the Enterprise in the 09 movie is a very close 2nd place), because it actually looks the most like a god damn engineering section of a ship instead of a room with consoles and a glowing tube in the middle of it.
In a vacuum, I wouldn’t care if a SciFi show used a brewery as a set. But it does go against the Star Trek aesthetic. Federation vessels have a sleek, minimalist, orderly look. And I’m not complaining purely about them not sticking to the “original look” (though I’m also complaining about that). The appearance of Star Fleet vessels is meant to convey ideas about the Federation, they are scientific, efficient, inclusive and clean. Star Trek does this a lot actually, Klingon vessels are brutal and sharp because they’re a warrior culture, Vulcan ships are smooth and wavvy because they’re all a bunch of Zen philosophers. Using a big factory with bulky, dangerous looking equipment goes against the themes of the Federation.
Personally, the only engineering section of a starfleet/federation ship I ever liked was the NX-01 (the Enterprise in the 09 movie is a very close 2nd place), because it actually looks the most like a god damn engineering section of a ship instead of a room with consoles and a glowing tube in the middle of it.
Isn’t this supposed to be super early federation tho? Not arguing your main point which is good, but it’s forgivable to me.
Nah it’s Kirk, the aesthetic existed in the Original Series, though it was less refined, they didn’t get it down till Next Gen.
Honestly if they wanted to make a more gritty Trek they could have just looked to DS9.