Star Trek: Lower Decks Discussion (SPOILERS)
So this premiered.
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I'm not watching, but if even half of what Doomcock is saying about it is true, I already know enough to never watch.
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It's much better than Family Guy, but that's not saying much. Not good enough to overcome the crass language for me.
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CBS put the first episode on YouTube. I won't watch it, but if any of you feel like some torture...
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I'm torn. The first episode was... okay. The second and third were a bit better. The crassness is a lot — the show feels like a parody of itself. There's so much humor to be explored without the drunkenness and assholishness. I don't understand why that's the direction they chose to go.
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The joke at the end of episode three is probably the best of the whole series so far. Episode four was pretty all right. Punishing someone by promoting them is a clever premise. |
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Really all you need to know there. |
Doomcock celebrates Star Trek Day by talking about what Star Trek means to him.
He turns down the bile and sarcasm for this one, although it's still there. Like I said, I don't agree with everything he says or how he chooses to say it, but I think he deserves a chance. At least he has reasons for his bile and explains why things don't work. He doesn't resort to "it's different from what I want it to be, therefore it's awful!" I know that eventually I'll have to do an episode-by-episode autopsy of Enterprise, but I hope to be as logical when I get to it. As for his video titles, chalk that up to having to work within the YouTube algorithm to get views. As Agent K put it, "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." I didn't even enjoy Men in Black that much and I remember that line. It's sad when you think about it. |
All right, so the season ended, and I honestly have to say they did a great job at the end. Also, seeing Riker and Troi on the Titan was a treat.
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yes, this definitely improved as the season went along, and the last two hit it out of the park. For me it got better because they were focusing more on Trek-related humor and multiple Easter eggs than "hurr hurr bodily fluids are funny."
So far as I can find out, Seth MacFarlane has nothing to do with Lower Decks; he's busy with The Orville. |
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Give it a chance, and if you get past the first few episodes it's really good - unfortunately some of the later stuff doesn't make much sense unless you watch the first four episodes - considering how Mariner deconstructs herself in the second-to-last episode while also paying homage to Star Trek VI is quite entertaining. |
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