Star Trek: Lower Decks (animated series)

flazio · 08-08-2021 12:07PM

There seems to be two feeds of lower decks for some reason one with episodes missing and one without.

Stark · 08-08-2021 05:42PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117723332#Comment_117723332

I'm seeing the same thing. Pretty weird.

CastorTroy · 12-08-2021 08:18AM

It's baaaack.

Will try and get it watched at lunch

pixelburp · 12-08-2021 08:29AM

Happy to wait 'til it appears on Amazon; can we try and keep spoilers within that mindset - given I doubt I'm the only one who'll wait the day 'til it appears Au Naturelle as it were 😁

ilovesmybrick · 12-08-2021 09:40AM

There are four lights!

corkie · 12-08-2021 11:17AM

See link below for how to create spoilers <<<< edited

^^^ Just trying to workout how to spoiler stuff now

Read the how to. And got it working.

Ignore this post nothing here, yet to watch.

ilovesmybrick · 12-08-2021 11:23AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117742114#Comment_117742114

I had to do a bit of searching around the site to work out how it's now done. Highlight the text you want to tag and you can select it from the format button to the left and then find the dropdown.

It's a bit of a pain!

pixelburp · 12-08-2021 11:41AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117742114#Comment_117742114

No, those old tag formats don't work anymore - see here for a howto https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058199126/how-can-i-a-users-guide-to-the-new-site#latest Basically there's a formatting option in the text editor now.

TheValeyard · 12-08-2021 11:50AM

WHEN IS THIS RELEASED

corkie · 12-08-2021 12:10PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117742281#Comment_117742281

Today in the USA and tomorrow on amazon uk.

CastorTroy · 12-08-2021 01:18PM

Ah, the age old "kick the godlike being in the groin" tactic.

corkie · 12-08-2021 02:23PM

Strange Energies! Taking Gary Mitchell to the extreme with Jack Ransom

Enjoyable! Name of episode gives the plot away. Opening of episode was

hologram deck stupidity

Slydice · 12-08-2021 10:20PM

2.1: That was fun! The link to

Gary Mitchell didn't feel as ominous as Gary Mitchell did 😄

really liked

the Riker bit even if it was so short

FunLover18 · 12-08-2021 10:26PM

Anyone know what time this goes up on Prime? Is it midnight or in the morning sometime?

Cookie_Monster · 13-08-2021 12:04AM

if its the 13th on US time for us here in NZ am gonna be pissed...

Beers and Lower Decks is sorta the plan tonight

FutureGuy · 13-08-2021 07:10AM

Not on Prime yet. What an absolute balls.

Stark · 13-08-2021 10:55AM

First episode is up on Prime now.

13-08-2021 11:16AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117746979#Comment_117746979

Too late...

That episode was overly frenetic but still better than anything the past 4 seasons of live action have given us.

Cookie_Monster · 13-08-2021 12:04PM

Awww 1 per week. Its like being in the 90ies all over again

13-08-2021 12:17PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117747229#Comment_117747229

Yeah but this one was at the levels of the season finale without half as much at stake. Still great but dialled one notch too high (for me anyway)

Rawr · 13-08-2021 03:46PM

Watched....and it's still good.

I am very pleased. New Trek to look foward to every week for a while...outstanding :)

flazio · 13-08-2021 04:47PM

I'd say Netflix are scratching their heads as to why there's been a spike in viewings for The Old Scientists episode Where No Man Has Gone Before.

Rawr · 13-08-2021 05:25PM

Also...is it just me, or is it very noticeable that Lower Decks is the only new Trek show that has the proper Phaser Beem effect we've been used to over the years. Instead of those annoying piffy "Pew!-Pew!" phaser cannons they've had in practically all of the new live-action shows lately. (I don't count Defiant's Phaser cannons in that gripe, those were actually awesome).

AMKC · 13-08-2021 11:06PM

Just started watching it. Am loving the start. You can tell these guys love Star Trek and lots hints too plus that ship.

9 minutes in oh Mariner lol.

Great Easter egg there with the Strange Energies.

I liked the pears talk lol and the talk about Boimler was gas. I kept expecting to see him and then ye.

The poor commander do lol. Marineer really hit the spot ouch lol.

pixelburp · 14-08-2021 09:54AM

The holodeck opening was great, the reveal of it as cardio a good punchline. And yeah, Jennifer seems annoying.

The rest was kinda meh TBH, it doesn't quite gel without Boimler as the prissy foil to Mariners chaos. And I just can't warm to Rutherford and Tendi. They're fine, but rarely feel "main cast" enough. Too bland in spots, though Tendi's occasional deviation into mad scientist can be funny (such as her dog last season).

Still great to have a proper Trek show, even if it's a nominal comedy. Crazy how hyperactive and action packed it is, WITHOUT sacrificing those Trek genetics. It does more with less runtime than the 40 minute live action shows; shows that feel like they don't trust the audience enough.

TheValeyard · 14-08-2021 03:45PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117747315#Comment_117747315

It's just like old Trek! Lol

PogoRach · 15-08-2021 03:54PM

Enjoyable Season 2 opener. The references to classic Trek are always welcome, and the parallels to the season 1 premiere of Lower Decks itself were great. Looking forward to see how the rest of the season plays out.

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Evade · 15-08-2021 06:45PM

Lots of nice details in the holodeck opening. It's still baffling how the animated series can do that and the live action ones don't seem to care.

Rawr · 16-08-2021 05:50AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117758962#Comment_117758962

And that those deals were generally dead on right. When they boarded that Miranda and I saw the bridge I couldn't believe the respect for detail there.

Further evidence I feel of Kurtzman keeping his distance. He is incapable of not somehow f*cking up this kind of respect for Trek without being physically absent.

pixelburp · 16-08-2021 06:18AM

It isn't just Kurtzman that's absent from Lower Decks IMO, it's arguably the whole executive tier of the studio. Disco and Picard are two big-ticket, headline live action items; they're the priority and the blockbuster sentiment is absolutely poisoning the well here about what's either allowed or expected from Trek. The silly 20 minute cartoon doesn't factor cos the executives don't care - they won't sell subscriptions on that compared with "hey look we got Captain Picard back!"; while they're all still clinging onto the idea that the 2009 reboot is what people want. The brand is a tool for gratification, not a launchpad for stories.

Kurtzman may need to go but he's absolutely there because of his link with the Kelvin'verse, and the rot starts from above him. Mike McMahan could get the keys to the kingdom but I guarantee he'd be under twice as much pressure as Kurtzman to thread the needle. Maybe if The Expanse wasn't technically a niche flop to the Paramount execs (to pick the best examole of adult space opera from TV, and I would put money that that's how it's seen), the studio would be making more efforts towards mixing brains with the action. Even Lower Decks shows you can have the Trek energy within a high tempo narrative.

Star Trek: Lower Decks (animated series)

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