"The Art of Star Trek Lower Decks" is available to borrow on Hoopla, although I've noticed that not all selections are available in all areas.
One may I ask why I am posting this in a Lower Decks thread, all I can say is just keep reading...
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If you're not interested in reading the article, all I can say is...
It's Official, Star Trek Is Returning With A New Series This Fall (Exclusive)
A timely Trek.
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If you're not interested in reading the article, all I can say is...
Meet Commander Tendi!
Mmm... The article title seems a tad-bit click-baitey... It should say a "New Comic Series From IDW".
Which is why I made sure to point out on my spoiler box that it was a comic.
Ah... Missed that, curse my failing eyesight. 
How many different Android plots did we have in TOS? AI or computer find rogue? The concerns around AI are on everyone's minds and art will reflect that cultural aspect.
Rogue AI is the literal plot of the Dr. Richard Daystrom episode, one of the most tragic and well-acted episodes of TOS Season 2. Writers in 1968 had a good bead on misguided AI decades before the real world.
Doctor Who, "The War Machines", 1966.
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Then Trek and Who led the way. Good shows, those.
Yet now techbros love AI and want it everywhere. At least till the bubble pops or the AIs go rogue
Time will tell
Jerry O’Connell Talks Captain Ransom, Says ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Creator Mike McMahan “Is Not Done” [EXCLUSIVE]
TrekMovie talked to the actor at San Diego Comic-Con.
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Jerry O’Connell Talks Captain Ransom, Says ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Creator Mike McMahan “Is Not Done” [EXCLUSIVE]
TrekMovie talked to the actor at San Diego Comic-Con.
Seems like animated movies might be something to keep Trek in the public's mind, to some degree. The risk would be minimal.
It would be a slam-dunk move, honestly. DC's animated feature output has been consistently well-received by fans from what I understand, and it's relatively low overhead.
No large physical sets to build.
Animation also allows them the freedom to do stuff that they could never ever do in live action or show impossible to create things
Plus de-age characters and/or cast soundalikes that don't look alike.
Absolutely all that and more
You could do crazy shit like gender mix bodies and have crazy people that are like half and half, male up top female down below and vice versa
I love that they still got that group chat going! I kinda doubt we’ll be seeing anything Lower Decks related anytime soon, but it’s cool to know that both the cast and McMahan would still be up for one more adventure. You’d think what Tawny Newsome is saying is correct and that an animated Lower Decks streaming movie shouldn’t be a hard sell, but in the current climate of corporate mergers and a creative re-shuffling behind the scenes I kinda doubt the studio would go for it.Jerry O’Connell Talks Captain Ransom, Says ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Creator Mike McMahan “Is Not Done” [EXCLUSIVE]
TrekMovie talked to the actor at San Diego Comic-Con.
It’s too late now, but I wish Noga Landau and Alex Kurtzman had brought Mike McMahan over to write an episode of Starfleet Academy. I feel his sensibilities would have been perfect for that show.
Erm, whut? What does any of that have to do with the production or storytelling advantages of animation versus live action Laura was talking about? But also, I don’t think there’s anything really all that “crazy” about a person that presents one gender “up top”, but is another “down below”. Heck, since no Trek production is ever likely to show a character’s genitals, how exactly are you able to tell we didn’t already have “crazy shit” like that on Trek?
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