Forget that shit about the borg, this is the 30ish year arc that we needed to see pay off.
I’m not a big fan of the Lower Decks (the comedy just doesn’t hit the right marks for me), but hot damn it really regularly serves up die-hard Trekkie fanservice.
Honestly, an on-the-nose animated star trek show would be incredible. It seems more like they wanted to make Rick and Morty and were stuck “toning it down” to fit the setting, which defeats the purpose.
I don’t think that’s a good comparison. R&M punishes it’s viewers for becoming emotionally invested in it’s characters. Final Space is a more apt comparison in my opinion. It’s stupid and irreverent, but the characters have emotional development. So when it drops the irreverence to have an emotional moment, it catches you off guard, but it doesn’t feel forced.
I’m not ashamed to say I cried during the last parts of Final Space.
Outside of the animation Lower Decks doesn’t seem to have much in common with R&M.
Mike McMahan was a series writer on Rick and Morty and is one of the listed creators of Solar Opposites.
The series creator is literally directly connected to Rick and Morty.
It’s toned down the Rick & Morty feel from S1 and struck a decent balance, I think. They’ve tackled oddball issues concerning past Federation protocal and encountered their own (presumably canon) situations. That being said, the S4 opener was a bit bonkers.
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yeah it’s missing a bit where the ensign falls in front of Captain Gomez. As portrayed in the subsequent panels though she’s extremely chill about it.
Scene from Lower Decks, the ensign bumped into Captain Gomez and dropped some pads.
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You’re not alone, but maybe we are? Everyone else seems to understand.
I just realized that all humans together are alone
I’ve watched all of TNG, Voyager and almost all of DS9 … but I’ve stopped watching for years now.
I really have to get back into these shows and watch some more.
Thanks for this.
My advice: skip Disco, Strange New Worlds is much, much better. Maybe watch through Lower Decks seasons 1-3 before season 2 of SNW, but it wouldn’t matter too much if not. Prodigy (cartoon hologram Captain Janeway show with kids for a crew) is also decent but definitely targeted at a younger audience.
Disco does provide context to SNW (as do the recent-ish Chris Pine movies), but in my opinion Disco is more of a modern recycled sci fi show with Trek branding, rather than a proper Trek show. SNW is close to TOS in style, in a good, updated kind of way.
Lower Decks captures a lot of that Gene Roddenberry “all the characters are good guys” style better than anything since Voyager as far as I’m concerned. It’s a charming side piece show that really kind of ties it all together while drowning viewers in fan service.
Lower Decks captures a lot of that Gene Roddenberry “all the characters are good guys” style better than anything since Voyager as far as I’m concerned.
The Orville is on up there too, but I agree Lower Decks is better.
I think Orville captures the Gene Roddenberry character style a little better than Lower Decks, in homage to TNG and others of that era, meanwhile Lower Decks is both more of a “true” Trek while also being a meta commentary that’s separate but adjacent to the main storyline. So Orville is kind of ahead of Lower Decks in terms of its significance to its universe, while Lower Decks is a bit more authentic.
Star Trek: Tacky Cardassian Fascist Eyesore
Edit: missed you making the point I was making.
Amazing catch!
