Point taken, I guess it's just weirder to me since it's an animal making sounds in space. Starship noise and pew pews in space are ubiquitous enough in sci fi on the screen that I don't notice as much how weird it is.
New *Animated* Short Trek: Ephraim & Dot
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I have a feeling that the new Trek Animated's are going to be more along the lines of "Rick & Morty" rather than "Spongebob" or "Blue's Clues".
Jesus, that's quite a range you're covering there between Blue's Clues and Spongebob, in that I would locate the target audience for the former lower than for the latter. A quick google search confirmed that BC is primarily for preschoolers, while SP is from six upwards.
Lower Decks might aim for adults and while it's penned by one of the Rick and Morty writers, that still leaves a lot of potential directions for tone, themes, and type of humor.
And the Nickelodeon show is explicitly aimed at kids, and when we go for creator cred with it, look for their stuff on Trollhunter and Ninjago, not at Rick and Morty.
The animation is beautiful. No question about that. I was hoping to get a taste of the animation they are going to use for the lower decks show.
https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/1204853361071157248
https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/1204838629857583105
https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/1204838629857583105
Seems the Tardigrade one goes through different eras
The Nickelodeon show is probably for younger audiences, but they have said Lower Decks would be for everyone.
That's a first, I'm really pumped now.https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/1204853361071157248
https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/1204838629857583105
Seems the Tardigrade one goes through different eras
There's also shots of a Tholian web and tribbles. I'm guessing it will show events from from TOS and the movies from the perspective of the DOT-9 and Tardigrade.
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I'm assuming the droid gets attached to the Tradigrade in some form and they go on a jounrey through the spore network and through out TOS.
IGN's got synopses:
and images from "the girl who made the stars", featuring young michael and a tardigrade teddy(?):
and from "ephraim and dot", inside a warp reactor(?):
“The Girl Who Made the Stars”
When a lightning storm in space scares a young Michael Burnham, her father aims to ease her fears with a mythical story about a brave little girl who faced her own fears head on.
Written by Brandon Schultz. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.
“Ephraim and Dot”
Ephraim, a humble tardigrade, is flying through the mycelial network when an unexpected encounter takes her on a bewildering adventure through space.
Written by Chris Silvestri & Anthony Maranville. Directed by Michael Giacchino.
When a lightning storm in space scares a young Michael Burnham, her father aims to ease her fears with a mythical story about a brave little girl who faced her own fears head on.
Written by Brandon Schultz. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.
“Ephraim and Dot”
Ephraim, a humble tardigrade, is flying through the mycelial network when an unexpected encounter takes her on a bewildering adventure through space.
Written by Chris Silvestri & Anthony Maranville. Directed by Michael Giacchino.
and images from "the girl who made the stars", featuring young michael and a tardigrade teddy(?):
and from "ephraim and dot", inside a warp reactor(?):
oh startrek.com has more, including kirk and mccoy showing up in "ephraim and dot", along with some other TOS highlights.
Well they might not when we get the kirk years, who knows how the trailer is cut together.
The image gallery pst linked above shows the DSC Enterprise with the Green Space Hand.
I cant see the images. My bad. That's interesting. Sorta sadden by that fact. TOS character appearances??
There's a shot of McCoy, Kirk and Khan.
I really hope to see the refit or the A for the first time since star trek 6.
OMG! so excited. Shatner back!?
The most I expect is for them to use sound bites from the original episode.