What are you looking forward to more Lower Decks or Star Trek Prodigy?

[BillJ]

Me, I'm just not exactly a hundred percent in love with ANY show (animated or not) that basically turns Trek into a slapstick joke.

At least this show is doing it intentionally.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

At least this show is doing it intentionally.

IMHO, that only makes it worse.

 

[BillJ]

IMHO, that only makes it worse.

Lighten up. It is a ten episode animated show, just ignore it.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ I do still plan on giving Lower Decks a chance.

Like I said, if LD tries even just a little bit to deal with serious issues, I'll be thrilled. Obviously this show is a comedy, but even comedies can play it straight when the situation calls for it.

Worked for M*A*S*H, didn't it?

 

[KennyB]

Me, I'm just not exactly a hundred percent in love with ANY show (animated or not) that basically turns Trek into a slapstick joke.

If Lower Decks (I'm way too old for Prodigy) is capable of playing it straight for at least a LITTLE bit, then I'm all for it.

Do you like Orville?

 

[fireproof78]

Slapstick is fine.

 

[Relayer1]

Do you like Orville?

Less and less the longer it goes on.

A straight up Trek comedy strikes me as a terrible idea. An animated show likewise. awful googly eyed Rick and Morty character design and all.

Now despite this (and I admit it's a pile of preconceptions) I will try to give it a fair go - I've been surprised before ! The trailer didn't even raise a smile though. Grimace yes, smile no.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Do you like Orville?

Never seen it.

But from what I've read, it doesn't look like my thing.

Never been into Seth MacFarlane humor, to be honest....

 

[Kpnuts]

Slapstick is fine.

@Mr. Laser Beam disagrees.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ I have nothing against slapstick in general. I'm just not sure how it will treat Trek.

I have misgivings about Lower Decks, but I still plan on giving it a chance. After that, we'll see.

 

[fireproof78]

^ I have nothing against slapstick in general. I'm just not sure how it will treat Trek.

I have misgivings about Lower Decks, but I still plan on giving it a chance. After that, we'll see.

Whether it fits or not it's been a part of Trek.

 

[Dukhat]

You would be surprised at what makes it into a kid’s cartoon. SpongeBob Squarepants is downright subversive at times.

Yep. I remember Plankton meantioning ‘foreign exercise videos’ his cousin sent him.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Whether it fits or not it's been a part of Trek.

Not to this degree, it hasn't.

 

[fireproof78]

Not to this degree, it hasn't.

Of course.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Decks as I know next to nothing about Prodigy as this time.

 

[Tim Thomason]

I'm looking towards Lower Decks, but Prodigy has a lot of good points. It will be the first series (other than arguably Picard) to offer an insider's view of life outside of Starfleet. The travails of a younger generation, one not burdened by whatever happened to the previous (Dominion War? Klingon War?) could help inform where the storylines go. Antagonists outside the Federation or within the Federation's dirty underbelly will likely abound.

To say that I'm looking forward to Prodigy with everything they've revealed so far is an understatement. That show sounds amazing.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Slapstick worked fine when Kirk got buried in a tribblanche, Scotty banged his head and there was a manic chase through a hospital with Chekov on a gurney.

 

[The Overlord]

Me, I'm just not exactly a hundred percent in love with ANY show (animated or not) that basically turns Trek into a slapstick joke.

If Lower Decks (I'm way too old for Prodigy) is capable of playing it straight for at least a LITTLE bit, then I'm all for it.

I think Prodgiy could be good even if it is aimed at kids, Avatar the Last Airbender can appeal to kids and adults and I think making a good Trek series aimed at kids is important. Lower Decks could be good if it takes cues from Final Space.

Don't know enough about Prodigy to say for sure, but it's supposedly aimed younger which is a turnoff so Lower Decks for me.

For now.

But really, could be anything.

I think since 1992, a lot of kids cartoons hold up today as good entertainment: Batman the Animated Series, Gargoyles, Avatar the Last Airbender, etc.

Lower Decks could be good if it takes cues from Final Space.

 

[donners22]

Honestly, neither. I love Discovery and Picard, but neither of these are of any interest to me.

Hope they do well, though, and both satisfy existing fans and bring in new ones.

 

[KennyB]

Honestly, neither. I love Discovery and Picard, but neither of these are of any interest to me.

Hope they do well, though, and both satisfy existing fans and bring in new ones.

What a rare and wonderful attitude! You are a unicorn these days.