Jaxom 1974 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 The first episode back was a feast of the Easter Egg...even for this show... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartIheartTesla Posted August 27, 2022 Author Share Posted August 27, 2022 I liked S3E1 of Lower Decks, but didnt love it. I dont know if we can discuss it in detail since I dont know where everyone is in their viewing - but based on the resolution it just seemed as if S2E10 was a waste of a set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifth Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Alright, I really loved that first episode of Lower Decks. So many feels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 4 hours ago, IheartIheartTesla said: I liked S3E1 of Lower Decks, but didnt love it. I dont know if we can discuss it in detail since I dont know where everyone is in their viewing - but based on the resolution it just seemed as if S2E10 was a waste of a set up. Was it though? I mean, the inversion of the expected result? Everything the Lower Deckers did...? And then have it turn out so Lower Deck for them...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I’ve finally gotten around to watching Picard, and they just introduced a place called Stardust City, Freecloud. This made me really happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSumm Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Bit more on the Lower Decks / Strange New Worlds crossover: https://comicbook.com/startrek/news/star-trek-lower-decks-jack-quaid-clarifies-strange-new-worlds-crossover-details/ Quote So Tawny Newsome and I are playing live-action versions of Mariner and Boimler," Quaid tells Variety. "We're coming on to Strange New Worlds. We're coming aboard the Enterprise. I won't get into the plot details of how exactly that happens. But we got to be on the physical set. We got to actually be in the bridge and the transporter bay and the hallways. We got to go all over the ship and interact with that amazing cast. There are some animated elements to the episode, but it's not like a Roger Rabbit where, like, there's an animated Boimler following Pike down a hallway. It's not like that. I think it was the Mandolorian that sparked a discussion here before about voice actors playing their animated selves … you wonder if they intentionally made them alike to make such a crossover possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSumm Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 One idea that would work for the crossover … if not for the fact that they already did this and it was famously the worst finale ever… Possibly the episode begins animated on the Cerritos, and Boimler and Mariner fire up the holodeck to settle a debate about something that happened on the Enterprise in Pike’s time. They enter, suddenly it’s live action. Could be a bit like the Voyager episode where we see alternate versions of the same events (the one where the Doctor was revived 900 years in the future). It kinda fits what we know, I’m just not sure they’d go back to the same framing device as the Enterprise finale. If it were an episode of Lower Decks they totally would, and make fun of it along the way. But this is an episode of Strange New Worlds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 25 minutes ago, DaveSumm said: One idea that would work for the crossover … if not for the fact that they already did this and it was famously the worst finale ever… Possibly the episode begins animated on the Cerritos, and Boimler and Mariner fire up the holodeck to settle a debate about something that happened on the Enterprise in Pike’s time. They enter, suddenly it’s live action. Could be a bit like the Voyager episode where we see alternate versions of the same events (the one where the Doctor was revived 900 years in the future). It kinda fits what we know, I’m just not sure they’d go back to the same framing device as the Enterprise finale. If it were an episode of Lower Decks they totally would, and make fun of it along the way. But this is an episode of Strange New Worlds. I've mentioned this before, but they need to use this to explain the Discovery Klingons. Reveal the first two seasons of Discovery were Boimler and Mariner watching in the holodeck and as they walk out have them tell some engineer to check the holo-emitters because the klingons are all fucked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 I'd be curious what order they'll do this in...SNW first I assume...? I can absolutely see them doing a riff of some sort on "Trials and Tribulations" but in such a way that Mariner and Boimler are in the background of the SNW ep, without bringing direct attention to them...and then the Lower Decks episode tells the story from the perspective of Boimler and Mariner. I don't think the animation aspect plays into any part of the story, unless there is some sort of meta joke on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 What is amusing with that is that Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks are airing on different channels in the UK (the former on Paramount+ and the latter on Amazon, and I think they have a lifetime licence for the duration of the show), so getting them to align is going to be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifth Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I know this has never stopped Star Trek before, but don't Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds, take place in different time periods? So I'm assuming some version of time travel will be involved in the episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSumm Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 On 8/31/2022 at 5:29 AM, Jaxom 1974 said: I'd be curious what order they'll do this in...SNW first I assume...? I can absolutely see them doing a riff of some sort on "Trials and Tribulations" but in such a way that Mariner and Boimler are in the background of the SNW ep, without bringing direct attention to them...and then the Lower Decks episode tells the story from the perspective of Boimler and Mariner. I don't think the animation aspect plays into any part of the story, unless there is some sort of meta joke on it. They keep referring to it as an episode, so I don’t think it’ll be an Arrowverse style where they handover to different shows. Sounds like just an episode of SNW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartIheartTesla Posted September 3, 2022 Author Share Posted September 3, 2022 Ep2 was much better IMO, precisely because it was about nothing (as one would say about Seinfeld). Both the A and B storylines (such as they were) had their moments adding up to a decent 30 minutes. For now, that is enough I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 And just like that...they sucked me back in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 It still cracks me up that they released that first "the TNG cast is returning!" teaser before season two was even half over. As if to say "we know this season sucks but we promise we'll salvage the final one" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSumm Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 “Nope, you can’t join Starfleet, Seven. Not even with Janeway batting for you. OK, you can join Starfleet. OK, you can be a commander.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifth Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 So anything Strange New Worlds related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 47 minutes ago, sifth said: So anything Strange New Worlds related? Carol Kane is your new Chief Engineer apparently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Jaxom 1974 said: And just like that...they sucked me back in... So is the Federation/Starfleet going through some 23rd century nostalgia? Is that why the Titan looks like a retro ship with new stuff? Member the late 23rd? Those were the days. Descendants of the Duffer Brothers making a TV show with teenagers battling Gorns from another dimension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Lower Decks is on really good form at the moment. A Martok-GMed Star Trek Klingon roleplaying game would be amazing (Modiphius didn't get a heads-up so they could die in their actual Klingon roleplaying game). Bringing back Leah Brahms and getting the original actor back to voice her was a deep cut as well. On 9/9/2022 at 1:35 AM, Corvinus85 said: So is the Federation/Starfleet going through some 23rd century nostalgia? Is that why the Titan looks like a retro ship with new stuff? Member the late 23rd? Those were the days. Descendants of the Duffer Brothers making a TV show with teenagers battling Gorns from another dimension. Refit I think, or the Titan-A. Picard is taking place 20 years after we see the Titan in Lower Decks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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