Both of these unaired shows are the worst thing to happen to Star Trek since the last thing to happen to Star Trek.
What are you looking forward to more Lower Decks or Star Trek Prodigy?
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Indeed. Complete disregard for canon, Gene's vision and none of the showrunners are real Star Trek fans.
It's okay, they've already been fired.
They don't even necessarily need to get serious in my opinion; it just need to have some heart.^ I do still plan on giving Lower Decks a chance.
Like I said, if LD tries even just a little bit to deal with serious issues, I'll be thrilled. Obviously this show is a comedy, but even comedies can play it straight when the situation calls for it.
Worked for M*A*S*H, didn't it?
Look at one of my favorite animated shows, Bob's Burgers. Bob's is outrageous and silly, but it also has a hell of a lot of heart. Bob and his family (the Belcher's) are one of the sweetest and most loving families on TV -- even with all of the craziness around them, craziness that's usually caused by them.
Of course it might help that they are a family, and thus have a built-in reason for having sweet moments. But if the showrunners of Lower Decks build the character relationships to be similar to a crazy family -- but in the end a loving family -- than the show can be both outrageous and sometimes heartfelt at the same time.
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I've yet to see any reason why Lower Decks won't have heart or have serious moments.
I'd like to think it certainly could.
While I am always careful to manage personal expectations I do expect this show to have heart and serious moments.
Even worse than fired: they're being forced to make more shows. It's like when you get caught smoking a cigarette and your dad makes you smoke a whole pack. CBS is so fed up with bad Star Trek that they just make them make more and more until they get sick.
Two questions about Prodigy:
- Time frame?
- Name of the ship?
- Time frame?
- Name of the ship?
^ Ha ha. 
Memory Alpha doesn't have the answers to either of those questions so I'm guessing that the showrunners just haven't given the info yet.
On a vaguely related matter: The ship from LD is named Cerritos. What does 'Cerritos' mean?
Memory Alpha doesn't have the answers to either of those questions so I'm guessing that the showrunners just haven't given the info yet.
On a vaguely related matter: The ship from LD is named Cerritos. What does 'Cerritos' mean?
There are like six cities called that, as well as tw0 Salvadorian footballers.
I'm assuming they didn't give the ship a name with a whole lot of symbolism and siginifcance (no offense to Alexis and Ronald Cerritos), because the show is about the unimportant people doing stuff. Which is ironicly, gives the name significance and leading us into a loop, that'll end with us going all "computer, after casually chatting with Kirk".
It's Spanish for "little hills". Also a town in Southern California. There's a town in Northern California call "El Cerrito" as well.^ Ha ha.
Memory Alpha doesn't have the answers to either of those questions so I'm guessing that the showrunners just haven't given the info yet.
On a vaguely related matter: The ship from LD is named Cerritos. What does 'Cerritos' mean?
Looks like there's your reason for the Cerritos being of the California class.
I legit assume all California-class ships will be named for California towns.
Seriously though, it's an abandoned starship commanded by "lawless" teens. This makes me think that it's post-24th century where starships are a little more autonomous (the ship might have an AI as a character), and where the Federation is either in really bad shape (i.e. shrunk down/destroyed, or just plain dystopic/evil).
Whatever the name is, I assume it will have a classic Starfleet name from decades (centuries?) past, but the teens will rename it to something relevant to their story.
It's still a kids cartoon on Nickelodeon, it's not going to be super dark. Shows aimed at kids often have kid protagonists in them. The darkest show, well besides Invader Zim that went into dark comedy at times, was Avatar the Last Airbender and if this show is anywhere as good as that one it be a pretty great cartoon.
I’m not interested in checking out either show. I’m happy for those who are tho, of course. The more shows, the more fans, all fine with me. 
I’m not interested in checking out either show. I’m happy for those who are tho, of course. The more shows, the more fans, all fine with me.
I think Pridogy will be important, because it could get kids interested in the franchise, rather than just 20 and 30 somethings.
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