SGU Destiny inspired by STNG/DS9 Cardassian Galor Class???

[noble_n_naughty]

Is it just me, or does the hull of the ship resemble a lot like a Cardassian Galor class warship from STNG or DS9??? In reverse of course...kinda like how the NX01 Enterprise was heavily inspired by the Akira Class (ie...upside down lol).

Here's a pic of a Cardassian Galor Class...not a very good one, I have seen better images that more closely resemble the new SGU Destiny Ship.


http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/me...lass_model.jpg

[escyos]

im sure if i drew a ship someone somewhere would say i stole the design from some other show...or manatee

[reddevil18]

Yes, the shape of the ship resembles that(in reverse, as you say). But it also resembles a gate chevron. Which makes sense to me...

Also, there's already a very large thread discussing the Destiny, including its phallic shape.

[Jeffala]

Not to me. My first thought was the Valdor from Nemesis. To me, Destiny had a very Romulan feel.

[Kratos_Goauld_of_War]

When I saw the first pass over of the ship it look similar to the first Asgard ships we saw. So I guess the Asgard stole the design from their Ancient buddies.

[Captain Obvious]

yeah, I think it is a case of just so many shows having been made it is hard not to appear similar to something else.

[thekillman]

*rolleyes*

Star Trek is not the source of all scifi

[PacoJr67]

looking at it in kind of an abstract way, it's reminds me of the Pilgrim's cross from Wing Commander

Spoiler:

[SGFerrit]

I think the Destiny is fantastically designed, inside and out. It looks better than most ships out of Trek/Wars/BSG imo, it ranks very highly.

[stargatefreek]

*rolleyes*

Star Trek is not the source of all scifi

but you have to admit it is the source of quite a bit of sci-fi

but the ship design resembles a chevron more to me

[s09119]

but you have to admit it is the source of quite a bit of sci-fi

but the ship design resembles a chevron more to me

Not really. Trek also used a lot of things drawn from other sci-fi sources of the time that simply weren't well-known. They had a few real breakthroughs, but people really tend to give it more credit than it's due.

[jelgate]

I always thought it looked more like a Jem'Hadar fighter to be honest. But the comparasion is very moot. SciFi ship designs have been reused so many times.

[talyn2k1]

Interestingly, when reading JM's blog, I thought the Destiny shuttle resembled the Cardassian Hideki class in terms of general shape.

I agree though with what others have said, there has been so much sci-fi it is pretty difficult to come up with something completely original which will not resemble something that has already existed, even if unintentionally.

[Jeffala]

I think the Destiny is fantastically designed

I downloaded the HD episode from iTunes and the ship simply looks fantastic.

[Orion Antreas]

To be honest, I think the ship is inspired by the chevrons on the gate. Overall, it has the shape of a chevron with the point a bit more elongated. That's all.

I think the ship is unique. Of course people will find and look to other parallels, but I think the chevron was the base of inspiration.