Funny scene. A bit Futurama-ish even, in it's silliness.
Spoilers The clip from Envoys shows what is wrong with Lower Decks
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Yes...and?
The levels of absurdity that show did in a military setting still surprise me. My wife and I are currently rewatching it from Season 1 and the stupidity and childish nature of some of the jokes early on were the very definition of immature.
Love that episode.
If I like you telling me I can like this show does that like cancel out your telling me I can like this show?
Comedy is tough and won’t work for everyone. I’m glad CBS gave it a shot, even though it isn’t perfect.
And some is just lame.
That’s also subjective
Indeed. The amount of things I find funny that many of my family and friends don't is quite long.
The basis of humor - if it has any - is really the unexpected. A simple joke works because the punchline is not what we were expecting. And situational humor typically requires either a character to not act in the manner that we would expect, or to be put into an objectively absurd situation.
Looking at the past Star Trek comedies, many of them were basically "Fish out of water" type plots, which took characters and set them in a different kind of story than normal. Examples include A Piece of the Action (gangster movies), Our Man Bashir (Bond movies), Little Green Men (1950s sci-fi), Bride of Chaotica (Flash Gordon-era serials), TVH (1980s), etc. Even more mundane ones like The Trouble With Tribbles worked because you put the heroic crew into a relatively low-stakes situation dealing with an...unusual antagonist.
I would not go so far as to say that all humor has to be random to be good. But I don't understand how people think this is contemporary. Didn't any of you watch Monty Python as kids?
Looking at the past Star Trek comedies, many of them were basically "Fish out of water" type plots, which took characters and set them in a different kind of story than normal. Examples include A Piece of the Action (gangster movies), Our Man Bashir (Bond movies), Little Green Men (1950s sci-fi), Bride of Chaotica (Flash Gordon-era serials), TVH (1980s), etc. Even more mundane ones like The Trouble With Tribbles worked because you put the heroic crew into a relatively low-stakes situation dealing with an...unusual antagonist.
I would not go so far as to say that all humor has to be random to be good. But I don't understand how people think this is contemporary. Didn't any of you watch Monty Python as kids?
There are several sketches I enjoy, and certainly enjoy British humor but it was nonstop VHS binging and writing their own sketches and plays that wore out the welcome.
I didn’t find anything funny about the clip, but I did like the general direction. I do agree with whomever posted that the focus of LD’s humor should be the crew’s boredom with the crazy things that happen on a starship.
But I’d like the jokes to be more incisive and low key. Mariner diving on top of the entity was supposed to be funny, but it is SO far away from what we might actually see on a Trek show, that the scene comes across practically as slapstick.
But I’m open minded and looking forward to watching the show evolve. Glad to hear it’s already been renewed for season 2.
Don’t know if it’s been mentioned, but there appears to be a significant continuity error at the end of the clip. Mariner appears to walk off with a human wearing a yellow shirt, and Tendi has apparently disappeared.
But I’d like the jokes to be more incisive and low key. Mariner diving on top of the entity was supposed to be funny, but it is SO far away from what we might actually see on a Trek show, that the scene comes across practically as slapstick.
But I’m open minded and looking forward to watching the show evolve. Glad to hear it’s already been renewed for season 2.
Don’t know if it’s been mentioned, but there appears to be a significant continuity error at the end of the clip. Mariner appears to walk off with a human wearing a yellow shirt, and Tendi has apparently disappeared.
And that's why its funny.
Mariner and Tendi walk off. Then Captain Freeman and the gold shirt walk up.
Nope..watch the clip again.
No, really, I envy you if you can smile or laugh at this. You have another thing to enjoy now. Most humor I don't find funny. King of the Hill was funny. That's the last pop culture thing I think I thought was no -- Better Call Saul -- hilarious. When it's not tragic.
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