Star Trek: Lower Decks
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Hopefully not. Most of Lower Decks was pretty much just people sitting around watching other people do interesting things while they were left out; aside from Sito, even the nurse was just on the outer edge taking orders while everyone else did the good stuff..
Besides, if the lead is a Lt Commander I suspect she's high enough up the food chain to not have to sit and watch other people do stuff.
Besides, if the lead is a Lt Commander I suspect she's high enough up the food chain to not have to sit and watch other people do stuff.
Perhaps in a sense, but I have a feeling the general arc of the show (from the main protagonists standpoint) will be how she rises through the ranks.
Maybe I'm out to lunch here but I think that main character deaths will be a much bigger thing than in any previous series. 13 episode format, supposedly more "mature" content, the current storytelling trends in television... I have a feeling we ought not get too attached to some of the main cast. I just mention that because the "Lower Decks" comparison got me thinking.
Maybe I'm out to lunch here but I think that main character deaths will be a much bigger thing than in any previous series. 13 episode format, supposedly more "mature" content, the current storytelling trends in television... I have a feeling we ought not get too attached to some of the main cast. I just mention that because the "Lower Decks" comparison got me thinking.
I really HOPE it will be like Lower Decks! A great episode and a wonderful premise for a whole show. I have thought so for years. I'm sure the Captain and senior staff will play a somewhat more central role, but having a subordinate as the focus is a brilliant idea to do something new with Star Trek. I'm looking forward to it.
I know I personally enjoy seeing the minutia of starship operations. Watching the Cargo being boarded and distributed. Shuttle Bays operating. Routine Maintenance. Duty shift changes. etc. Not saying the entire show should be made of this, but incorporating these into the show, or acknowledging them, will bring life to the world/ship.
The Hornblower series/miniseries might actually be a bit of a gauge as to how things will play out. Captain Pellew and a number of the lieutenants and midshipmen of the Indi are important characters, but our focus is alway son Midshipmen/Lieutenant/Commander Hornblower as he goes from a greenie-to-confident.
I don't know if "lower decks" is entirely accurate, but yes, it is true the cast of this show is not the senior staff of starship Discovery, and IMO that's a step in the right direction, it means the characters in the cast will actually contribute to the show rather than just being people filling the ship's staffing positions. Hopefully this means we won't have unnecessary characters like Mayweather.
If this is anything like other TV shows, there could be several viewpoints in the show. It's a military ship, there are command briefings, officer meetings, plenty of time for the command staff of the ship to have their own time separate from our heroine. Who, for all we know, might be on the command staff. That point, I believe, hasn't been actually addressed in any of Fuller's comments. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
The cast the show has already been outlined: The female Lt. Commander, the two Admirals, the "Advisor," the Klingon, the English doctor, and the gay one. That's seven characters, the same amount TNG had in its final season, and that Enterprise had.
I think some "lower decks" characters would be a neat idea.
I'm going to guess that the MC is the XO and the story is just "told" from her perspective. However, I the captain to be apart of the main cast.
I think this is how Voyager should have been--with the caveat they found a better XO.
I think this is how Voyager should have been--with the caveat they found a better XO.
The peons should be the people actually doing everything but that's not how it works in Trek. Still, seeing glimpse's of them doing what ever it is they do could be interesting. But not in the episode "Lower Decks" kind of way, where they sat around taking about their petty little lives over meals. lol Lets see them getting their hands dirty actually laying them on the machinery.
I agree. It seems like a good way of freshening up the status quo.
Whoever the anchor character(s) are, they have to have plenty of opportunities to realistically be involved with most of what's happening. You can't have the specialist in this or that go on every away team, unless they have other disciplines whose expertise they can bring to the table, or a knowledge of someone's culture/language that nobody else has.
If Warp Specialist Biron is the only one on board who speaks fluent Wabnurvian and knows their culture well, having been posted to a Wabnurvian outpost and made friends with some of them, she's going down to meet the Wabnurvians with the landing party regardless of the fact that it's a medical mission.
If Warp Specialist Biron is the only one on board who speaks fluent Wabnurvian and knows their culture well, having been posted to a Wabnurvian outpost and made friends with some of them, she's going down to meet the Wabnurvians with the landing party regardless of the fact that it's a medical mission.
This was something that often made the Galactica seem more 'real' than the Enterprise. We saw people doing their jobs elsewhere than the bridge, especially during a crisis. Red alert was more than just a noise and a lighting effect, we could see what the crew actually do when the captain orders that.
I wouldn't be surprised if you're spot on.
I mostly agree with OP. I like the fact that the lead isn't automatically the captain, but I also think that if the Lower Decks effect were too focused on junior, junior officers it might not be as interesting.
So having our lead be a Lt Cmdr is the sweet spot. They could be something like chief engineer, chief tactical officer, maybe even second officer - something that will mean they're involved with important stuff, but we also get to see her learning from the rest of the senior staff, including the captain and XO.
So having our lead be a Lt Cmdr is the sweet spot. They could be something like chief engineer, chief tactical officer, maybe even second officer - something that will mean they're involved with important stuff, but we also get to see her learning from the rest of the senior staff, including the captain and XO.
I still like the idea she's the XO. It establishes the idea Discovery isn't a focal (or "flag") ship. I mean, really, in the current US Navy, outside of carriers, there are probably more gold oak leaf XOs than silver. And, there have been plenty of two and a half pip XOs. Sisko in the beginning of Emissary, for example. For that matter, wasn't it stated Spock was only a Lt.Cmdr early on? Like when the computer states service records in Menagerie or Court Martial or something?
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