Spoilers Star Trek: Lower Decks 3x01 - "Grounded"

[Tuskin38]

One of the vineyard workers seems to be based off the Sun Maid Raisin mascot
https://twitter.com/commander_meg/status/1562840198085455872?s=21&t=_dj5JVxofyc5fWEFWR3G2A

 

[UssGlenn]

Starfleet routinely assign officers to missions that make little sense in the real world, so it’s no surprise they do it again here.

Since Bateson is from the 23rd Century, he might be the go-to for missions requiring a "cowboy" mentality.

 

[Sakonna]

Still... it was okay. Not bad, not great. I'm loving the way they integrate 3D graphics into the art style though.

What's the story on this? I could tell something felt different with the ships, and I felt like I did not like it, but I couldn't quite put my finger on where I was feeling the change...

 

[Nerys Myk]

Pretty sure Bateson, like Tuvok is an Easter Egg and not a joke.

 

[jaime]

I wonder how much costs to license Magic Carpet Ride, because Star Trek Online also got it for their annual First Contact event.

It may have been covered in that original license agreement… it would have been the era where they would have paid the extra for using it on home media (it also appears on the soundtrack CD) so it’s likely that they paid to use it in relation to trek/first contact forever basically.

Unlike things where when released on DVD etc producers had to relicense or use cover versions. (The bbc runs into this a lot)

 

[dswynne1]

The best part? That space travel is so routine in the 24th century that a craft like the Phoenix would be seen as an amusement ride for tourists. No way would such a craft be made so public in the 21st century. I do wonder if today's space crafts, from Virgin Galactic to Blue Origin, to SpaceX, are treated DIY crafts in the future, like Bajoran Solar Sail ships. Maybe even. Tin-Tin style rocket?

 

[tomalak301]

Nice thing about being at a Star Trek convention is talking to Tawny Newsome about the premiere personally. One of the highlights of my day so far.

 

[Noname Given]

A 7.

A bit too serious for my tastes, but happy they resolved the cliffhanger quickly - and I did like the reverse trope of Starfleet actually being able to spot and correct a frame job, so yeah, everything they did was a waste and essentially meaningless.

Still the whole "what to do about Mariner..." subplot is getting old and tired for me. And now we'll have Ransom riding her (but somehow I still think her mother and father will 'come to her rescue' again, or give her a slap on the wrist. >Yawn<

And IDK - the whole Boimler doesn't realize all these hot women are hitting on him...yeah, I suppose if I were still in junior high school, I might find that amusing.

[And...Trek Tech Nerd Hat, but: Unless the transporter system somehow had Line Of Sight to Montana - they'd still have to beam them into space and relay/bounce said transporter beam to get the beam to be directed to Montana. ]

 

[Tuskin38]

Rumdar!

Vice Admiral Les Buenamig is voiced by Carlos Alazraqui, the father of Rylee Alazraqui, voices Rok-Tahk in Star Trek: Prodigy

 

[SeamusShameless]

Bradward Boimler, Raisin Chad.

 

[Sci]

The best part? That space travel is so routine in the 24th century that a craft like the Phoenix would be seen as an amusement ride for tourists.

Makes sense. We've previously seen just how automated interstellar craft can be -- runabouts and shuttlecraft practically running on autopilot, responding to verbal commands, etc. And I'm sure the Phoenix ride has all sorts of period-inaccurate tech that's not immediately visible to the riders -- we already know it has artificial gravity and holographic projectors, for instance. It probably also has 24th Century-level inertial dampners, and the autopilot is probably a modern computer remotely controlled by a ground-based computer system.

 

[Crewman6]

Hey, everyone! I'm back with another sizzling hot take on the most recent episode of "Lower Decks."

I actually....liked this one. I didn't love it. But the brief sequence at the Bozeman theme park, complete with cameo from the legendary James Crowell, was nothing short of delightful! As a Disney Parks/Galaxy's Edge fan, I thought it was hilarious and it was fan service done right. Not just references for their own sake (which this series is sadly very guilty of), but done with real wit and cleverness.

The rest of the episode was....fine. It did feel like it was taking a long way to get going, only to end up with a big anticlimax. And, of course, that was the entire point and the joke was kinda funny. But it still felt like a bit of a waste of time. It's not that the plot was intentionally pointless, but there wasn't really much done in terms of character development, either. Just the typical Freeman vs. Mariner stuff, ending up with Ransom being put in charger of Mariner. Which....fine, I guess. But it didn't feel like a particularly meaningful of interesting change, as Ransom always had authority over Mariner to some degree and it didn't move the needle in terms of the relationship between mom and daughter at all.

That said, as a silly romp, it was fairly entertaining, with mostly solid jokes and one particularly inspired sequence.

 

[Crewman6]

A 7.

A bit too serious for my tastes, but happy they resolved the cliffhanger quickly - and I did like the reverse trope of Starfleet actually being able to spot and correct a frame job, so yeah, everything they did was a waste and essentially meaningless.

Still the whole "what to do about Mariner..." subplot is getting old and tired for me. And now we'll have Ransom riding her (but somehow I still think her mother and father will 'come to her rescue' again, or give her a slap on the wrist. >Yawn<

And IDK - the whole Boimler doesn't realize all these hot women are hitting on him...yeah, I suppose if I were still in junior high school, I might find that amusing.

[And...Trek Tech Nerd Hat, but: Unless the transporter system somehow had Line Of Sight to Montana - they'd still have to beam them into space and relay/bounce said transporter beam to get the beam to be directed to Montana. ]

Since when have transporter beams ever needed to go in a straight line before??

 

[Crewman6]

I'm at a loss as to why they used Morgan Bateson as a commando unit leader, completely out of context to his character, other than his link to Bozeman Montana because his ship had the same name (which wasn't even mentioned.) I'm all for TNG callbacks, but this one seemed a bit forced. It's not even like they brought Kelsey Grammer into the studio to record any lines.

That was sadly just another one of the show's pointless references for reference's sake. It wasn't actually funny, it was just a member berry for the superfans. "Hey, remember that guy!" "Hey, yeah, I do! So, uh....cool, I guess....is there a joke coming....?"

 

[Sci]

Since when have transporter beams ever needed to go in a straight line before??

Since always? It's not like you can emit EM radiation that turns left.

 

[Commander Troi]

Nice thing about being at a Star Trek convention is talking to Tawny Newsome about the premiere personally. One of the highlights of my day so far.

I'm jealous!

I'm so glad this show is back! Everything landed just right for me, including that Captain Freeman was touched that her daughter tried to help. FWIW, I think Boimler totally missed all the girls were hitting on him.

 

[The Wormhole]

I think they ended season 2 on a cliffhanger, making some pretty big statements, we've waited a year for this, the trailers implied a big rescue (yeah I know...trailers...) and then they handwave it all away with some really dense exposition in the last two minutes of the episode.

All of Mike McMahan's interviews the past year (even the ones done for the DVD/Blu-ray release) have made it clear the ending season 2 was never meant to be a serious development but rather mocking the idea of dramatic cliffhangers in general. With that in mind, and taking into account the fact McMahan's very first interview after the season 2 finale aired directly stated Captain Freeman would be exonerated, the episode's resolution could be seen for miles away.

My head canon tells me, that is unlikely as it may be, Dennis is actually an elderly "Mr Adventure" from Star Trek 3.

As it turns out, the Litverse did establish Mr. Adventure was still alive and serving in Starfleet as recently as a few years prior to TNG's first season.

 

[Turtletrekker]

As it turns out, the Litverse did establish Mr. Adventure was still alive and serving in Starfleet as recently as a few years prior to TNG's first season.

The Lost Era novel with Uhura and Elias Vaughn.

 

[Crewman6]

Since always? It's not like you can emit EM radiation that turns left.

The various Trek series and movies have never, ever, ever paid any attention to whether or not a ship is in a straight line to its transport destination (or vice versa.)

The only reasonable explanation is that, yes, transporter beams can indeed turn.

 

[Tosk]

The various Trek series and movies have never, ever, ever paid any attention to whether or not a ship is in a straight line to its transport destination (or vice versa.)

There is always a straight line between the ship and the destination. It's just that there is seldom something between point A and B that interferes with transport.