Spoilers Lower Decks General Discussion Thread

[Nerys Myk]

I'm still wondering whether Boimler's hair is meant to be purple (or whether it's supposed to look black to the audience and is just purple because of some animation reason)
And if it's purple what alien ancestry he has (his eyebrows are purple too, so it appears to be natural)

Bradward clearly has Catullan ancestry.

 

[StarMan]

Honestly, I don't think I "got it" first time around and only warmed to it towards the end. Definitely need to put a re-watch in.

 

[lawman]

I'm obviously coming into this conversation way late, but FWIW: I just started watching LD this past weekend, along with my gf, who is a (very) recent convert to Trek after we watched TOS beginning to end a few months ago. So far we've watched the first five episodes.

And I have to say: we both really love it. The voice performances are spot-on, the visuals are simple but effective, and most importantly: this show is clearly made by people who (A) unapologetically love Star Trek, but also (B) are intimately familiar with its tropes (the overused, the absurd, and even the genuinely clever) and know how to skewer them affectionately but effectively. We both literally LOLd at the gag about mispronouncing "sensors," for instance!...

 

[Tuskin38]

So TrekCore posted something about a Season 2 character earlier but deleted it at the request of another party (I assume CBS), I can't find a screencap of the tweet but

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Based on some of the comments on the tweet that are still up, Sonya Gomez might be showing up in Season 2, if it was as legit scoop.

Edit:

TrekCentral still has an article on it

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https://trekcentral.net/lycia-naff-to-return-as-sonya-gomez-in-star-trek-lower-decks-season-2/

edit: Now that article is down

 

[The Wormhole]

I wonder if they'll include a meta joke referencing the movie role that actress is well know for these days. I'm sure you all...recall...what I'm talking about.

 

[Tuskin38]

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.

Edit: Wait, that was her?

 

[fireproof78]

Based upon a cursory review of her IMDB I think she will be called a Lethal weapon.

 

[The Wormhole]

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.

Edit: Wait, that was her?

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She was the triple breasted woman in Total Recall. You really didn't know that? That's like the one thing everyone knows about her. Even the TNG Companion book made note of it.

 

[fireproof78]

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She was the triple breasted woman in Total Recall. You really didn't know that? That's like the one thing everyone knows about her. Even the TNG Companion book made note of it.

Nope.

 

[donners22]

Even the TNG Companion book made note of it.

The TNG Companion made note of the screen nudity history of a few actresses, IIRC. Indeed, I think there was an odd line regarding where you could see the "busty Betazoid in the buff" or some such.

 

[Eckauskas]

I've literally just finished the series there and it took a while to get going, but it was pretty good. The final episode hits all the right spots for me and I'm actually looking forward to S2. Mariner becomes less of an annoyance, which was really hindering the show imo. It'll be really interesting to see what direction it goes in now.

 

[Ostermond]

This is definitely the ship nerd in me speaking, but I really want some more insight into the design language of the ships we've seen in LDS -- specifically the California-class, Parliament-class, and those background ships we see floating around the spacedock. I mean clearly it's derived from the Galaxy-class design language, but there's some obvious points of commonality between the Cali and Parlie designs, yknow? The black sections, the shuttlebay and bridge designs, so on and so forth. Like both behind the scenes and in-universe, I'd love to know what the decisions were that resulted in these ships having this aesthetic. Maybe it's a matter of shipbuilding contracts, or some sort of "fleet tier levels" of a sort; matters of importance and mass production and such.

 

[F. King Daniel]

It's been scrubbed from the internet (in other words, it was announced too early and un-nounced), but Lycia Naff is returning as Sonya Gomez for season 2.

You didn't hear it from me, though

 

[Nerys Myk]

Sounds pretty naff to me.

 

[NCC-73515]

Boimler spilled coffee on Ransom, Gomez spilled coffee on Picard - I guess they'll get along

 

[Hartzilla2007]

I was kind of hoping Tuvok would show up.

 

[Tuskin38]

It's been scrubbed from the internet (in other words

Scroll up :P I spoiler tagged it.

 

[Belz...]

I can't. I just can't. I tried to watch clips and scenes of this show... I just can't. There's nothing interesting in there for me. I don't mind humour in Trek; I might even accept a comedy... but this just isn't working for me. The screechy comedy just doesn't land.

I don’t think this series is for me. Everyone seemed to be so hyper and manic.

Yeah, that summarises my dislike for it.

And since I skipped on VOY seasons 3+, it's not a precedent for me, so I'm ok.

 

[Belz...]

Stopped reading at his review of the second episode, when he was lecturing that Starfleet officers should be complimenting each other...

Also I came across explicit Shaxs/T'ana art via Tumblr and now I'm scarred for life.

I stopped reading his reviews when I realised that his highest-rated series is Voyager at a staggering average of 5.33 out of 10! The only thing he loves about Star Trek is the concept and world.

 

[fireproof78]

I stopped reading his reviews when I realised that his highest-rated series is Voyager at a staggering average of 5.33 out of 10! The only thing he loves about Star Trek is the concept and world.

Seems to be. He has a love for the minutia but those darn people keep getting the way of how pretty everything looks.