Is SNW getting too goofy?

[Jedi Marso]

Did anyone else notice that a certain LT James T. Kirk appears to figure prominently in the teaser for the musical episode next week?

Guy must hate spending time aboard the Farragut!

 

[fireproof78]

TDA.

 

[Oddish]

Guy must hate spending time aboard the Farragut!

Well, SNW is supposed to be a prequel to TOS. I wouldn't be surprised if we see the show evolving toward that.

 

[Tosk]

Why argue something that could so easily be proven to be objectively true?

To be fair, you did the exact same thing to johnjm22

Nope.

(To be clear, I'm not taking a side in the argument. But you did the "Nope" thing to a statement that is objectively true.)

 

[Unique]

Humor is an odd thing. Jackie Chan once said that the Rush Hour movies would not be considered funny in China (I personally do not know what the box office for those films were in China or if they were even released there). It's also unclear how qualified Jackie Chan is to supposedly speak for most Chinese people.

I was born in America, but I had a very strict Asian upbringing. It's possible that this has affected my view on shows like Lower Decks, which apparently enough viewers (I'm assuming mostly American, but maybe other Western countries as well) find hilarious but I don't. People accuse me in real life of not having a sense of humor, but I think anyone who's seen my frequent jokes here, even if they don't find them funny, will be forced to admit that I find different things funny.

Which gets me back to whether it's a cultural or background thing that determines one's sense of humor.

Humor using idioms certainly wouldn’t translate into another language, or cultural references.

 

[Gary Seven of Nine]

Which gets me back to whether it's a cultural or background thing that determines one's sense of humor.

It can absolutely be a cultural thing. For instance I didn't find Fawlty Towers funny as a kid, I just didn't get the British humor. Today it is one of my favorite shows of all time. That was after being exposed to several other British comedies and eventually giving Fawlty Towers another try.

 

[Ridcully]

I like the goofs....
Am sick of all these overly serious shows....
This world needs more smiling....

 

[Campe]

I guess my thing about the musical episode is: y’all whine enough there aren’t enough strange new worlds here. At least they’re making an effort to do something different.

 

[Caeruleus]

I think we really need something like DS9 Star Trek series.

Star Trek Picard season 3 was that but now it's over.

Now we gonna have:

Star Trek Strange New Worlds

Star Trek Lower Decks

Star Trek Prodigy

Star Trek Starfleet Academy

All of four show are mostly for kids and teenagers. We need something more serious like Star Trek Picard season 3 was and like DS9 was in the 90s.

 

[Mudd]

No, we really don't.

I'm on the other end of life from being a kid or teenager, and I know that we're not missing a Trek series for adults. We're missing one for people who take Trek and themselves far too seriously, which is all that Picard 3 actually was.

 

[fireproof78]

No, we really don't.

I'm on the other end of life from being a kid or teenager, and I know that we're not missing a Trek series for adults. We're missing one for people who take Trek and themselves far too seriously, which is all that Picard 3 actually was.

Yeah, I'm far from a teen and prefer the current output. I'm over self-serious Trek.

 

[CorporalClegg]

I think we really need something like DS9 Star Trek series.

Star Trek Picard season 3 was that but now it's over.

Now we gonna have:

Star Trek Strange New Worlds

Star Trek Lower Decks

Star Trek Prodigy

Star Trek Starfleet Academy

All of four show are mostly for kids and teenagers. We need something more serious like Star Trek Picard season 3 was and like DS9 was in the 90s.

"Serious" doesn't make something "adult". In fact, it's usually the opposite, as "Serious" usually devolves into pretentious, puerile pablum. Like DS9 and Picard.

Meanwhile, SNW actually deals with situations actual adults experience and presents themes with which they can relate.

 

[josiephine]

is it getting too goofy?

Nope. Trek has always been silly. One of the most beloved movies is a comedy about whales. If anything, SNW feels like it has returned to an equilibrium that other P+ shows have been missing.

 

[tomalak301]

I like the goofs....
Am sick of all these overly serious shows....
This world needs more smiling....

It really does. With all the crap going on in the real world, to just sit down and watch something and smile seems to be a forgotten hobby these days.

 

[Midquest]

All of four show are mostly for kids and teenagers. We need something more serious like Star Trek Picard season 3 was and like DS9 was in the 90s.

I am obligated to quote Terry Pratchett here:

“The problem is that we think the opposite of funny is serious. It is not. In fact, as GK Chesterton pointed out, the opposite of funny is not funny, and the opposite of serious is not serious. Benny Hill was funny and not serious; Rory Bremner is funny and serious; most politicians are serious but, unfortunately, not funny. Humour has its uses. Laughter can get through the keyhole while seriousness is still hammering on the door. New ideas can ride in on the back of a joke, old ideas can be given an added edge.”

 

[Greg Cox]

I am obligated to quote Terry Pratchett here:

I once moderated a panel on British humor vs. American humor, featuring Pratchett and Esther Friesner. Easiest gig I've ever had.

"Terry, meet Esther. Esther, meet Terry. Go!"

 

[Yistaan]

I once moderated a panel on British humor vs. American humor, featuring Pratchett and Esther Friesner. Easiest gig I've ever had.

"Terry, meet Esther. Esther, meet Terry. Go!"

I watched the amazing maurice, a recent movie based on a pratchett book. Thats how you do humor

 

[The Wormhole]

Now we gonna have:

Star Trek Strange New Worlds

Star Trek Lower Decks

Star Trek Prodigy

Star Trek Starfleet Academy

All of four show are mostly for kids and teenagers.

Your information is inaccurate and out of date. SNW and Lower Decks are not for kids or teenagers, while Prodigy has been cancelled.

 

[HotRod]

Now we gonna have:

Star Trek Strange New Worlds

Star Trek Lower Decks

What a great time to be alive!

Star Trek Prodigy

Maybe. Still a great show.

Star Trek Starfleet Academy

Why not watch a show before judging it?

All of four show are mostly for kids and teenagers. We need something more serious like Star Trek Picard season 3 was and like DS9 was in the 90s.

What the fuck are you talking about?

 

[DaveyNY]

Its why James Gunns style of humor (already toned down from unfortunate tweets that got him in trouble with Disney) is so popular,

You obviously do not understand the complete difference between the two things you just compared.
The tweets you are referencing were completely insensitive and deploringly derogatory.

The humor in the Guardians movies is nowhere near the same level of disparagement.