I must say I didn't really laugh at the trailer, and YES, trailers can mislead, but I DO feel the trailer had a nice sense of adventure which seems very appealing.
Lower Decks Trailer Analysis
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Stylistically at least, it looks more Star Trek than either Discovery or Picard (which is probably easier to accomplish in animated form). That said, I probably won't bother watching it. Can't say it appeals.
How does Picard not look like Star Trek, that 20 years of in-universe advancement wouldn't account for?
What Star Trek have you been watching? Every series I've watched in the franchise always has an episode that's more laid back and humor oriented. Even the original series movies had a light hearted entry. The key ingredient here is that the humor and tone complimented the series as a whole. You can go from a dramatic episode like 'Balance of Terror' to a comedic one like 'A Piece of the Action' and still believe that this takes place in the same universe.
This feels like a different show that's parodying Star Trek except that it wants us to believe that people in Star Trek behave like this on a constant basis.
I was more addressing those who do want Trek to be serious all the time. Star Trek has always been fun, as I mentioned in the other parts of my post.
Do people seriously belief there are no goofy people in Star Trek? That having new technology is treated as so ho-hum as to not warrant more than a Spock eyebrow lift. That humor of the future peaked with a witty, Shakespearean style retort?
Yes, Lower Decks is exaggerated in its humor, so it probably won't line up perfectly with live action. So what? Do we honestly need to keep reminding people "It's a comedy-it's OK to laugh?" Because, thus far, that feels like what I have to say to fellow fans.
So, one thing that surprised me is that Ensign Mariner kind of appealed to me as a character. I have expected them all to be annoying, and certainly purple-haired "Captain's Log" dude definitely will (he reminds me very much of my Star Trek captain obsessed friend in college). But, Mariner has potential.
Moonraker and Licence to Kill took place in the same continuity. Yes, silliness and grim violence can co-exist in the same franchise and timeline of events.
This series is just Tribbles, Sherwood Forest and Ferengi rescue operations all rolled into one show...and that's assuming it stays as silly as the trailer footage implies.
This series is just Tribbles, Sherwood Forest and Ferengi rescue operations all rolled into one show...and that's assuming it stays as silly as the trailer footage implies.
Which is a stretch, at best, with trailers these days.This series is just Tribbles, Sherwood Forest and Ferengi rescue operations all rolled into one show...and that's assuming it stays as silly as the trailer footage implies.
Though, apparently Trek humor should gear more towards:
Doesn't mean you should instantly hate it no matter what either.
No, usually it's just once a week with time off in the summer.
Well done humor in Star Trek? Not since TOS.
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Wrong...we've had some decent humor, even in DS9. Discovery had a great Harry Mudd short.No, usually it's just once a week with time off in the summer.
Well done humor is Star Trek? Not since TOS.
"Hate" is strong word, I just don't like the look and tone of it. the humor is too broad and for me doesn't really fit with everything else it's supposed to fit in with (if this series is supposed to be "canon" or fit in or whatever) it's too much... Well, too much like a cartoon.
TAS was mentioned above which I think was handled much better, it's possible to take advantage of what a cartoon offers, enter the comedic elements that come with a cartoon without being, well "a cartoon" about it. The look and tone of it for me doesn't fit. It's a farce of Trek and not one that's done with sort of a spirit of love like, say, Galaxy Quest, or in trying to generate it's own thing while having the inspiration of Trek like Orville (though some of the humor in Orville's first season was maybe a bit much, it handled it much better in Season 2.)
I'll be honest, I like the humorous aspects in ST:V and and Insurrection there's a joke here and there that's a groaner but by and large I think it mostly fit with the context of the universe. The antics seen in this trailer, for me, don't fit and is just too broad. It feels like what sit-com in Star Trek would be like and not like how the world actually operates and how people behave.
Am I taking it too seriously? Absolutley. But that's just where my mind goes when I think of Trek I like to think of it as something of a sensible universe. And a bunch of antics like seen in this trailer in my mind doesn't fit.
You can have humor without resorting to childish antics and slapstick.
No, usually it's just once a week with time off in the summer.
Well done humor is Star Trek? Not since TOS.
There's example of good humor in TNG-era Trek, plenty of good examples in DS9 and I'll even play the "Profit and Lace" card. Yeah, the episode is sort of cringy when it comes to LGBTQ issues and there's a joke here and there that doesn't work and it's not a great example of humor in that series, but it is a humorous episode that works without going into farce.
Hell, inspired by the GIF, Trials and Tribbilations was a good humorous episode of the series and it did it without getting into antics.
I understand some people won't like this kind of humor. I imagine many Trek fans prefer stuff that is more subtle and sort of plays secondary to the drama or something more serious. I like this kind of humor though and it looks fun. Not my most favorite type of humor. I usually prefer dark humor or something more witty that often relies on intelligent characters or normal and sort of your everyman type sort of being humbled but I like this kind as well.
Jason
Jason
You've put way more into this post than I'm willing to. Fold.
This isn't my main thing. That's Disco and Picard.
