Contest: VOTE Women of Star Trek
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I don’t agree at all. It isn’t a spoof, a spoof isn’t an official endorsed entry in a franchise, it’s by definition an imitation, doesn’t apply to Lower Decks.
I absolutely agree, Galaxy Quest is a perfect example of a spoof. But if GQ’s story and release were in the world of Star Trek, and a part of Star Trek, it wouldn’t be a spoof, it would a Trek comedy.
And as I said before, to each their own. We all feel how we feel about these ideas, I just don’t think of a parody as ever being a sanctioned, official incarnation of a concept/franchise/shared universe.
@JoaquinSlowly
Very well explained. I may be wrong.
Give me a moment to think about this.
(Like Data, I don't use contractions)
A+ for enthusiasm, but please use the multi-quote function instead of posting 4 times in a row.
You might want to take a few minutes to review the posting rules, pinned at the top of this forum.
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Lower Decks is a satirical, self-deprecating deconstruction. It's not a spoof.
*It's Star Trek taking the piss out of Star Trek. But it's still Star Trek.
*It's Star Trek taking the piss out of Star Trek. But it's still Star Trek.
That's fine. I can.I suppose what I'm trying to say is that somehow I can't put Mariner next to Nana Visitor, Jeri Ryan or Tig Notaro.
Beckett is my favorite Star Trek character. She's just so animated.
Nope.
It's not a spoof, it's a comedy. Drama and comedy can coexist in the same narrative. The Mary Tyler Moore Show is in the same narrative as Lou Grant and those shows couldn't possibly be more different in tone. Likewise with MASH and Trapper John MD.
Look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the same narrative universe you can have a political thriller like The Winter Soldier and a funny goofy sci-fi movie with talking trees and raccoons like the Guardians of the Galaxy and they both play on the same stage, if you know what I mean.
Look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the same narrative universe you can have a political thriller like The Winter Soldier and a funny goofy sci-fi movie with talking trees and raccoons like the Guardians of the Galaxy and they both play on the same stage, if you know what I mean.
Obviously everyone is gonna pick Kira. She’s the board sweetheart.
However, my vote goes to Seven. She encompasses all that Star Trek is. Progress, Tech, Alien and Humanity.
However, my vote goes to Seven. She encompasses all that Star Trek is. Progress, Tech, Alien and Humanity.
Precisely. Possibly like ‘ironic’ the word ‘spoof’ is being unconsciously misused.
A Spoof is more like those occasional Trek themed SNL shorts.
Galaxy Quest is a parody. :-D
Lower Decks is a straight up comedy that just happens to use the trappings of the Trek Universe as a backdrop. Plus it’s canon, awesome and Tawny Newsome can stand shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Nana Visitor, Kate Mulgrew and Jeri Ryan proudly.
I think to suggest otherwise is offensive. Newsome has created a fabulous character and to suggest that somehow she doesn’t count, even for the purposes of a thread like this, just seems nasty.
Seems it’s more to do with grownups being inexplicably embarrassed by the idea of watching cartoons. It’s very strange.
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Exactly. To be a spoof, Lower Decks would have to be an imitation of Star Trek. Since it's actual Star Trek, it cannot be a spoof of it.
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Most developed female characters of Star Trek:
Kira
Dax
nu-Uhura
Beckett Mariner
Seven
I don't (I mean in a way that interferes with my enjoyment of LDS), but it's worth pointing out that annoying characters can be fleshed out. The thread question was about fleshed out and powerful female characters, not fleshed out and powerful female characters who aren't annoying.
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