Spoilers Star Trek: Lower Decks 2x04 - "Mugato, Gumato"

[fireproof78]

Words still mean things in Starfleet.

"On the Enterprise nothing just happens. " Captain Jean Luc Picard.

 

[dupersuper]

"On the Enterprise nothing just happens. " Captain Jean Luc Picard.

Did he not watch Genesis?

 

[fireproof78]

Did he not watch Genesis?

Clearly not.

 

[cooleddie74]

I don't know, sometimes entire episodes of TNG go by and little or nothing happens on the ship. Or elsewhere.

 

[jackoverfull]

I have to point out: Boimler and Rutherford immediately stopped and asked if Mariner was OK after noticing she had been hurt. She…Didn’t!

 

[Commander Troi]

Nope.

According to Wikipedia...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Picture_(novel)

Wikipedia, quoting a book by Harlan Ellison, says that's a common misconception, and that Roddenberry wrote the novelization on his own (basing it on ADF's story for the screenplay). Roddenberry's a professional writer, and the book different enough from ADF's novelizations of the period, that I believe Roddenberry had at least major involvement in the final draft.

Thanks! Obviously I was remembering the rumors from the 80s.

 

[Crewman6]

This is kind of off topic here, but I was hoping that if they ever did a Live Action Archer, they would cast some handsome dude like John Hamm, but still dub in H Jon Benjamin's voice; because the voice is 50% of the character.

Just put Jon Benjamin in a hairpiece. Almost every other character looks like a good deal their voice actor (except Pam) that most of them could have played their counterparts in a live-action Archer, including the late, great Jessica Walter.

 

[UssGlenn]

Just put Jon Benjamin in a hairpiece. Almost every other character looks like a good deal their voice actor (except Pam) that most of them could have played their counterparts in a live-action Archer, including the late, great Jessica Walter.

Yeah, I was surprised to learn that Chris Parnell wasn't the model for Cyril.

 

[Danja]

It was original, light on the fan service.

9/10

 

[Oddish]

Best bit: the Doctor goes into full Crazy Cat mode.

 

[Phoenix219]

I think all of the characters, even Ransom and Shaxs, were drawn with the actors in mind. That's actually fairly common in animation these days, especially when involving popular actors (O'Connell, Newsome, Quaid, arguably Cordero and Wells).

But LD also gives us pretty basic character design, so that Ransom could be played by any white man with brown hair and a square jaw.

I actually thought I had heard before that it WAS the case, and that all of the resemblances were done with a possible live-action appearance in mind.

 

[Phoenix219]

I won't be happy unless they return to Megas Tu!

And somehow tie it into the Final Frontier!

 

[Oddish]

I have to point out: Boimler and Rutherford immediately stopped and asked if Mariner was OK after noticing she had been hurt. She…Didn’t!

And generally, if your opponent barfs all over himself and screams for you to stop, you kind of need to stop.

 

[oldtrekkie]

And generally, if your opponent barfs all over himself and screams for you to stop, you kind of need to stop.

It's a cartoon. In cartoons, things are always exaggerated. It wouldn't have gone that far in live-action.

 

[Oddish]

Very true. "Lower Decks" is actually more of a parody fanfiction than a serious Trek story. Otherwise, Boimler would be a section 8 and Mariner would be in the brig. And her mom would probably have been relieved of command.

Having written quite a few similar parody fics, I know the signs.

 

[BillJ]

Having written quite a few similar parody fics, I know the signs.

You clearly don't.

 

[Oddish]

You clearly don't.

You are entitled to your opinion, of course, but it's going to take a lot of convincing for me to regard "Lower Decks" as a "serious" Trek story.

 

[The Wormhole]

You are entitled to your opinion, of course, but it's going to take a lot of convincing for me to regard "Lower Decks" as a "serious" Trek story.

It's not serious Trek, it's a comedy. Just because it's a comedy does not automatically make it a parody.

 

[BillJ]

You are entitled to your opinion, of course, but it's going to take a lot of convincing for me to regard "Lower Decks" as a "serious" Trek story.

Serious Trek.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Very true. "Lower Decks" is actually more of a parody fanfiction than a serious Trek story. Otherwise, Boimler would be a section 8 and Mariner would be in the brig. And her mom would probably have been relieved of command.

Having written quite a few similar parody fics, I know the signs.

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