Everything we know so far about the series.....
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQcLLfzzKWA[/video]
...to quote another Star franchise, "I got a bad feeling about this."
Around 10min45sec mark, it is revealed there is a legal reason why DISCOVERY does not visually look like classic Trek, having something to do with the new series is being produced by Paramount, not CBS... each own different rights to Star Trek.
This video seems to have been released just before the EW article with Bryan Fuller, it which he revealed he originally proposed the new series would have been an anthology, with each season taking place in a different prime Trek era.
At this point, I think I am becoming more excited for THE ORVILLE than Discovery...lol.