STAR TREK is a much more flexible format than something like HILL STREET BLUES. I’m assuming the latter didn’t have episodes like “I, Mudd” where the characters would do interpretive dancing and play acting for most of the final act.
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The format of the show was always semi-anthology, sure, and the "Earthlike planet of the week" was baked in from day one, so those episodes weren't a break in the format; they were the format. But within that, the show stuck to a house style, where even the overt comedies weren't treated like literal sitcoms, and the actors weren't replaced by animation or sock puppets or whatever.
I disagree with "Eden" as a musical just because it has diegetic singing and playing. Musicals have characters breaking out in song and dance at any point.
That said, a muppet Hill Street Blues would need to cast Animal as Belker.
I believe that Adam did that in auxiliary control, with "Headin' out to Eden."
I'm in favor of breaking format - if you do it often enough it becomes part of your format.
As was the case with TOS - an adventure-drama-science-fiction-horror-comedy-time-travel series.
The looseness of SNW is why I like it better than all versions of Trek other than TOS. I sat down to watch TOS each week not knowing exactly what I was going to get.
As was the case with TOS - an adventure-drama-science-fiction-horror-comedy-time-travel series.
The looseness of SNW is why I like it better than all versions of Trek other than TOS. I sat down to watch TOS each week not knowing exactly what I was going to get.
I remember ten to fifteen years ago seeing a complaint that Star Trek never engaged in the kind of wacky episodes that Buffy or Supernatural engaged in on a regular basis. Now Star Trek is doing those kinds of episodes and of course there's bitching over that now.
I think Adam singing to his fellows is no more a musical than anything else in the episode. It's not the same as "Let it go" or "Somewhere that's green" where a character bursts out into song with choreography.
Anyway, I'm not saying what the show should and shouldn't do. I'm saying what works and doesn't work for me.
Anyway, I'm not saying what the show should and shouldn't do. I'm saying what works and doesn't work for me.
I totally get what you're saying. To me, this is an edge case, but I feel like excluding it involves invoking the no true Scotsman fallacy.
it's a subset of musical called, logically, a diagetic musical. Most of the Elvis movies fall into that category. The characters sing because they are musicians performing.
I think White Christmas would fall under that as well.
It was a not so subtle comment on the Hippie subculture.
(I laughed when TOS remastered honestly made their ship look like a 1960s era VW Van with warp nacelles.
)Ok, now you're getting to the really important question!Will @elmo make a cameo as a redshirt?
Does that make Cookie Monster Science/Medical because he's Blue; or Big Bird Command because he's yellow?Ok, now you're getting to the really important question!
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I personally want a review board of these two:
I know people are just having a laugh, but I just wanted to put this out there: The puppets in this episode will be done by the Jim Henson Company. The Jim Henson Company doesn't own the Muppets anymore. Disney owns the Muppets. And the Sesame Street characters are owned by Sesame Workshop. The Jim Henson Company still owns the Fraggles, Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, and a bunch of other little projects.
If they do go whole Hog on this Muppet episode (Fuck Disney) - they NEED a Pigs In Space cameo somewhere. 
As a tangent, may I recommend the series Giri/Haji?
I heartily endorse this notion.If they do go whole Hog on this Muppet episode (Fuck Disney) - they NEED a Pigs In Space cameo somewhere.
The director of the episode is Jordan Canning, who does have experience working with puppets, she directed 8 episodes of 'Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock.'
She also previously directed the SNW Season 2 episode Charades, Season 3 Episode 2, and the upcoming Episode 8.
Which are all Vulcan/Spock focused episodes.. Will the Puppet episode be one too??
She also previously directed the SNW Season 2 episode Charades, Season 3 Episode 2, and the upcoming Episode 8.
Which are all Vulcan/Spock focused episodes.. Will the Puppet episode be one too??
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