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Lower Decks Trailer Analysis

Phaser 'joke' was really stupid. Even by modern standards. It was also racist and sexist as fuck.

But who cares.
Because black, female, Starfleet officers in the future are paragons of virtue, and will never make cockups like other humans????? You know what else is racist and sexist, not treating nonwhite females as human beings who screw up sometimes just like everyone else does.
(We don't need a throne to sit on or a knee on our neck, just equality, not too much to ask is it?)
 
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The novels did something similar with a race in the Delta Quadrant who literally worshipped the Borg and formed a religion around them, with assimilation being their idea of going to heaven. However, they were too technologically primitive for the Borg to think they were worth assimilating.

I mean, the Borg offer destruction of the self (which is something that Buddhism is in favor of) and a form of immortality, insofar as all of the "data" relating to you is never lost from The Collective.
 
Seriously though, the biggest criticisms I'm aware of regarding Kurtzman Trek are:
  • Serialized season-long plot arcs which don't go anywhere interesting.
  • Focus on galaxy-wide epic stakes to the detriment of character development.
  • Use of flashy camera tricks (like the camera constantly moving, turning upside-down, etc) which don't actually add anything of value to scenes.
  • Very heavy tone which focuses on emotionally broken characters.
In contrast, Lower Decks is:
  • Episodic
  • Focused on four low-level characters and their everyday lives
  • Apparently uses a very straight-ahead scene composition typical of modern animation
  • Has a light tone with flawed, but apparently not broken, characters
They are about as in opposition as possible - save both of them are aping something which is broadly popular in different sections of TV at the moment.
 
I count TMP as one of my favorite movies ever. But I understand Star Trek exists on a spectrum. Corny action-adventure to the dry seriousness of something like TMP. For me, I don't care where it lands on the spectrum, as long as its entertaining.
I like the corny humor of TOS, sometimes. McCoy moments are my favorite thing in TMP. If humanity ever goes out in to space to stay, they better bring their sense of humor. it's about the only decent thing we have.
 
I like the corny humor of TOS, sometimes.

It exists in more than TOS. The Berman shows toned it down, but it was still there, it gave them a sense of humanity. I don't see it at all in the current CBS offerings. TPTB decided that Star Trek was serious business.
 
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