Star Trek: Discovery - 12 Easter Eggs You Need To See
2. Those Classic Sound Effects
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Yep, that's right, Star Trek: Discovery has sound effects. Lots of them.
And they're not just your typical, 'beep boop' science-y sounds either - they're ripped straight from Roddenberry's original series. You can hear as much when Discovery focuses on the Shenzhou's bridge, with switches, dials, scanning noises and more all borrowing heavily from the old show, much like the J. J. Abrams reboot did in 2009.
They're easy to miss if you've stayed away from the franchise's earliest incarnation, but for fans of that classic series it's another great nod that really helps Discovery feel like the authentic prequel it's surely meant to be.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
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