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Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 2x04 - "An Obol for Charon"
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I remember there was an episode of the Gil Gerard Buck Rogers show that featured a 25th century rock band, I haven’t seen it for nearly forty years, but I distinctly recall the music was laughably terrible.
I think Ashes to Ashes is my favorite Bowie song. His early stuff is too...rock...for me. I don't really like rock music much.
the whole idea of having one favourite song is rather one dimensional, anyway
I just meant that they will be looked back on as a big part of the history of music.
Re: Use of "Space Oddity"
We are watching a television show in the here and now. Not a documentary of actual life in the 23rd Century.
Disco is made for us so it's going to reference things we'll recognize and connect with. It's art made today, so it's in conversation with the artistic endeavours of the past and the present.
I was ecstatic when the '09 movie used Beastie Boys. Finally some recent music that wasn't classical. And I'm glad Disco is following suit.
We are watching a television show in the here and now. Not a documentary of actual life in the 23rd Century.
Disco is made for us so it's going to reference things we'll recognize and connect with. It's art made today, so it's in conversation with the artistic endeavours of the past and the present.
I was ecstatic when the '09 movie used Beastie Boys. Finally some recent music that wasn't classical. And I'm glad Disco is following suit.
That doesn't mean she wasn't wasted here.
All I got from that is Rapp is a substantially better singer than everyone else.
It sounds like we might actually get to see her on the Enterprise Bridge if the interview she did with StarTrek.com is anything to go by. She talked about how being on a certain set she couldn't talk about made her cry. I can't really see the Discovery mess hall or transporter room sets having that kind of effect on someone.
How was she wasted? It was just a freaking introduction of the character.
I always kind of liked the whole scene from the Buck Rogers Pilot and Movie where they go from a futuristic court dance to future Disco.
Rapp was in the original broadway cast for Rent (where the song is from) and the (first) Movie of Rent. It's how he got famous.
Seriously though dudes. I'd probably recognize Space Oddity if they just played it, but it's not a song I know the words to by heart by any means. And I'm not even all that young (I'm 39 - clearly not a millennial). It's just not a song I heard that much growing up. On the other hand, if they picked say something by The Smiths, I'd pick up on it right away, but I'm sure a lot of you wouldn't pick up on it (though honestly Big Mouth Strikes Again is the perfect song for Tilly).
But that's why picking pop songs for Trek is fraught. Because what other people consider timeless classics, other people don't even pick up on. It's sort of like how if you watch old stand up, it can seem hilarious - until there is some dated reference to pop culture, which brings you totally out of it. Do you go with something contemporary to try and bring in young people? Or classic rock for the oldsters? Any decision will resonate with some folks and fall flat for some others.
But that's why picking pop songs for Trek is fraught. Because what other people consider timeless classics, other people don't even pick up on. It's sort of like how if you watch old stand up, it can seem hilarious - until there is some dated reference to pop culture, which brings you totally out of it. Do you go with something contemporary to try and bring in young people? Or classic rock for the oldsters? Any decision will resonate with some folks and fall flat for some others.
As were the outfits on the extras in that Futuristic Disco scene.
Did you recognize Billy Joel or “Singing in the Rain” in the Orville episodes?
Get Lucky had enough lens flare to be JJ Trek.
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