Lower Decks 4x03- In the Cradle of Vexilon ~~ { Spoilers Within }

ilovesmybrick · 14-09-2023 8:08am #1

Lower Decks 4x03- In the Cradle of Vexilon ~~ { ** Spoilers Within ** } Warning: This thread will contain spoilers

corkie · 14-09-2023 10:44am

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/In_the_Cradle_of_Vexilon_%28episode%29

Fun and enjoyable episode.

eadrom · 14-09-2023 1:50pm

Enjoyed that.

Evade · 14-09-2023 2:33pm

Decent episode. I like that they're using supporting cast more and more

AMKC · 14-09-2023 4:04pm

That was OK. Not the best ever Lower Decks episode. The ring planet made no sense. I thought it was all a bit overdone too especially the Boimler bit.

The game from DS9 do in it was good.

Spear · 14-09-2023 6:53pm

It felt a bit run of the mill, and it lacked inventiveness, relying on the callbacks quite a bit. Like the previous two in this season, some sudden and dark elements, such as Boimlers singed corpse landing, or the senior officers turning out a shade abusive. I'm think someone needs to ask the writing staff if everything's okay at home.

Slydice · 14-09-2023 7:59pm

Ah that was fun. Although, I will say, they harped on about it being a setup so much that I was all like.. ok so, it's going to turn out to be a setup.

TheValeyard · 14-09-2023 10:52pm

Was good, fun episode. Nice to see Boimler get his Lt mode activated.

Halo ring was cool. Nice to see that added to the universe.

flazio · 15-09-2023 9:18am

Interesting to see Captain Freeman with her sleeves rolled up like her daughter.

Evade · 15-09-2023 10:08am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121112062#Comment_121112062

They both must get the Chief O'Brien uniform upgrade

ilovesmybrick · 15-09-2023 3:17pm

Fun episode, and I loved the Ringworld reference! Nice throwback to Larry Niven. Which reminds me, wasn't there talk a few years ago of those books being adapted for film or TV?

TheValeyard · 15-09-2023 3:31pm

Some clever clogs put what the Koala said into some player, reversed it and it plays "its not your time yet, Bradward Boimler"

Greyjoy · 15-09-2023 4:34pm

The Boimler & Capt Freeman stories didn't do much for me. But I got plenty of laughs from Mariner, Tendi & Rutherford aboard the Cerritos. The Betazed gift box got several laughs out of me. Rutherford speed-running the Alamaraine! game was very funny. I especially liked the gag of the box getting zapped into the "Inner Light" simulation "I miss my wife!". I thought for sure we'd get a brief glimpse of the box's "life" like a cutaway to the box sitting in the middle of a garden with a big ol' floppy straw hat on it.

_Kaiser_ · 15-09-2023 6:49pm

It was OK but no more than that I thought. Probably the weakest one in a while really.

breezy1985 · 16-09-2023 12:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121115026#Comment_121115026

That's what I thought but I was very tired watching and now that I read this thread I realised I missed loads.

One thing I did notice was those very familiar power generators.

flazio · 17-09-2023 5:45am

Have to say, I'm not a fan of the "character dies, but is OK again" trope. With Shax it was a bit of a laugh, that Pakled also a decent joke, but with Boimler, I don't know. Part of the charm of Lower Decks is the same universe rules apply as the rest of the Star Trek universe. Are we now saying that all those Red Shirts recovered later?

Evade · 17-09-2023 8:25am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121120908#Comment_121120908

If they were buried in space I would hope not.

breezy1985 · 17-09-2023 10:09am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121120908#Comment_121120908

People die in real life and are revived.

And the joke comes from the fact that Star Trek done it loads.

Slydice · 17-09-2023 2:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121114130#Comment_121114130

Cool. Looks like this youtuber did the reversing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwFaETddze8

Video plays forwards, then reverses.

Stark · 17-09-2023 11:07pm

Okay episode. Lots of good stuff but pacing was way off. I didn't really have time to enjoy most of the good bits while a bunch of tedious stuff was dragged way out. I completely missed the bit about the gift box and the inner light simulation till a poster above mentioned it.

I enjoyed the different take on the usual evil computer trope.

pixelburp · 20-09-2023 9:05pm

Yeah that episode was fine; not half as many laughs as the first 2 episodes TBH and just generally felt a bit flabby and redundant overall. At best it was a little bit of teaching for Boimler to learn how to lead, but odd too it happened totally separated from his usual crowd. The B plot with the rest of the LD crew just didn't vibe for me at all.

Thought I recognised the ensign engineer, and I was right: Charlotte Nicdao aka Poppy from Mythic Quest ( a very funny sitcom on Apple TV). A very distinct Aussie accent.

Stark · 21-09-2023 11:17pm

Something neat someone in a Facebook group picked out. The depiction of what one would presume to be "Black Mountain" in the window of the koala scene is the mountain from a Paramount logo.

Edit: I can't seem to find the logo in question when I search for it myself so maybe it's just one someone photoshopped.

Lower Decks 4x03- In the Cradle of Vexilon ~~ { ** Spoilers Within ** }

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Lower Decks 4x03- In the Cradle of Vexilon ~~ { Spoilers Within }