Also known as “Paramount studios cost cutting colony”. We’ve already had one time travel episode filmed using modern day Earth. Heaven forbid the studio actually spend money on a new set.
Also, anyone else spot the fast forward/play/rewind buttons on Pike’s “video call”? 🙄
While I agree it was probably cost cutting, I also saw it as a homage to TOS and how they would often do the same.
there’s a difference between “capturing a style” and “looking cheap"