i know! it was delicious.
A more "serious" version of "Lower Decks"?
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i know! it was delicious.
I would welcome the occasional serious storyline in LD, but IMHO, a live-action version of the whole series would be kind of missing the point.
That said, I admit I'd like to see a LD character turn up on, say, PIC, so we could see how different they act. They could even flashback to a LD scene - but this time, reshoot the scene in live action. The same scene could be funny in animation, but serious when done live.
That said, I admit I'd like to see a LD character turn up on, say, PIC, so we could see how different they act. They could even flashback to a LD scene - but this time, reshoot the scene in live action. The same scene could be funny in animation, but serious when done live.
I like LD, but I would have liked it a lot more if it was more serious. I like the characters, the animation and the sense of humor. But if the pace is less frenetic, characters speak with normal tones and more serious story lines then I definitely like it more. And before someone says it: yes more like The Orville.
If it were more like The Orville, the Fandom Menace would short-circuit. "I like it but I'm supposed to hate it! I like it but I'm supposed hate it! Norman coordinate!"
I would like more variety in tone so not everyone is talking at the same beat all the time. And occasional serious moments where the emotion isn’t undercut by a gag. But it should remain a comedy first and foremost. Just maybe let it have some dramatic moments too.
I think Mariner is serious enough to carry it. Maybe just slow it down a bit?
Bring me Star Trek: Boimler, live action starring a grizzled Jack Quaid. You think Picard had a difficult 20 years? Just. You. Fucking. Wait.
Only if they bring the writing staff from The Boys over to handle it.
You just made me imagine a scenario in which Boimler and Rutherford meet Billy Butcher, somehow.
Rutherford: "Hey Boimler, your friend looks like Bones McCoy."
Butcher: "Yeah, but I don't talk like Bones McCoy, do I, cyber cunt?"
I'm waiting for a serious version of Beckett Mariner. oh wait there isn't one.
She is serious enough for me.
She gets "serious" from time to time. It's just not her default mode.
That's her defense mechanism.
Trying way to hard at what?
I get that LD isn't for everyone but with the constant complaining about PIC and DSC being "not Star Trek" we now have a show that is proud of being Star Trek and having fun with it. And that's trying "too hard?"
I'm trying to understand but it's just escaping me.
It's very simple: DIS, PIC, and LD are all new and the posters who make such statements are threatened by change.
That's the basic concept, yes: Characters whose relationship to the mythos of Starfleet is analogous to the relationship of Trekkies to the mythos of Star Trek.
Star Trek: Lower Decks is a situation comedy.
Poking fun at something can absolutely be a way of respecting it. Lower Decks pokes fun at Star Trek, but its underlying attitude is always, "Hey, let's have fun and laugh at ourselves when we get a little silly," not, "Star Trek is stupid." I mean, this is a show that just built its season finale around a threat from an obscure TNG antagonist and a "cavalry-saving-the-day" moment from Riker. This is not a show that disrespects Star Trek.
Star Trek works wonderfully when it's a dark and serious live-action drama and it works wonderfully when it's a light-hearted animated situation comedy.
The nature of a bad review can often be the difference between the story the audience expected and the story the author wanted to tell. But the fact that a particular story is not the one you wanted to see does not mean it is not a well-executed version of the story the author wanted to tell.
Which I love.
I have said it before and I will say it again: The two of you do not enjoy Star Trek: Lower Decks, and you would be happier if you did not watch this television program you do not enjoy and if you did not seek out Internet forums dedicated to this television program you do not enjoy.
I am not saying this to insult or be mean to either of you. But watching a show you don't like and seeking out interactions with fans of a show you don't like is not behavior that makes anyone happy, least of all yourselves.
That prejudice against comedy as a legitimate and high-quality form of art is widespread, yeah.
That's like saying you enjoy 2001: A Space Odyssey but would enjoy it more if it were a police procedural: You're asking the work of art to be something it is not.
As a poster on the Facebook group Star Trek Shitposting recently put it:
"Gene's vision? You mean, 'Titties and cocaine?'"
