Star Trek: Lower Decks (animated series)

03-09-2021 08:47AM

The Orville needs to get back. The pandemic allowing two seasons of LD to be developed is running the risk of Orville becoming redundant

AMKC · 03-09-2021 04:37PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117840859#Comment_117840859

It's coming. They have it all shot. It will be out soon again.

AMKC · 03-09-2021 04:38PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117840814#Comment_117840814

At least we have a spiritual succeser which is better than nothing at all even if it is a cartoon and on average about 22mins long.

TheValeyard · 04-09-2021 09:27AM

I enjoyed the latest one. I liked how Section31 seem to be known about during wartime.

Had a couple of laugh out loud moments, was nice to have a boimler and Rutherford episode.

Hard to believe but a cartoon is the authentic Trek in years.

Also, there is definitely more to Mariner and her back story.

pixelburp · 05-09-2021 09:16AM

Another good episode with some fun ups and downs. Of course the rumours would prove to be false, but getting there was entertaining. The Tendy stuff was fun again, glad they're trying to give her and Rutherford more to do.

As to The Orville, cool that others enjoy it but Seth McFarlane has been a huge blemish on the show, while the slavish devotion to TNG era Trek and TV made it feel like empty fandom. Lower Decks' approach feels more organic, working in the lineage while charting its own course.

breezy1985 · 05-09-2021 12:49PM

Last episode was probably the one I laughed most at so far this season. Anything got to do with Dr. Cat seems to work for me and the scene in the log was my kind of immature humour

Stark · 05-09-2021 08:49PM

Yeah I find Dr. Cat very funny. I lolled when she did the typical cat thing of hiding under the shuttlecraft and hissing/swiping at Tendi. Also "I admire your newconfidence. Now GTFO of the way, this isn't your patient".

Stark · 06-09-2021 08:49AM

Was there another dig at Discovery in this episode? "He's using the power of Math!".

TheValeyard · 06-09-2021 04:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117852371#Comment_117852371

I do think they are getting small digs in alright. I wonder do they think their market are the viewers who are a bit disillusioned with Discovery.

06-09-2021 04:24PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117854670#Comment_117854670

Maybe it's the writers and show runners own frustration, with DSC

breezy1985 · 06-09-2021 04:27PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117854670#Comment_117854670

A lot of the show is about laughing at the tropes and absurdities of the older Trek so Discovery should be fair game. Boimlers speech a few weeks back did seem a bit more vicious than normal though (but also correct as far as I'm concerned)

pixelburp · 06-09-2021 04:40PM

Yeah. Lower Decks has laughed at all of Trek's foibles, Discovery hasn't been unique, only perhaps the most deserving of mockery.

Evade · 06-09-2021 04:51PM

A dig at the spinning next would be nice.

CastorTroy · 07-09-2021 09:37PM

I know Mariner is pretty much Lower Decks' version of her, but taking a dig at Michael being the single most powerful and influential character in all of Trek wouldn't be a bad thing.

flazio · 07-09-2021 09:50PM

I'm not really looking for Lower Decks to be the anti Discovery to be honest. I just want to enjoy the show in its own right.

breezy1985 · 07-09-2021 09:57PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117861125#Comment_117861125

Spock is the man he is thanks to her after all 😂

Slydice · 09-09-2021 02:54AM

Mid Season Trailer!

Duplicate Boimler!!

Borg!!!

https://twitter.com/StarTrekOnPPlus/status/1435798179857973254

corkie · 09-09-2021 10:11AM

Star Trek Lower Decks "An Embarrassment of Dopplers" Episode 5

Did they re use scenes from earlier episode of driving through a station.

CastorTroy · 09-09-2021 01:09PM

Richard Kind has one of those voices that just suits this kind of character.

Slydice · 09-09-2021 04:10PM

2.5: That was mostly daft but very funny and lots of shoutouts and nostalgia! 🙂

Now you've to grow a beard! 😁😂

Was great to see

Shelby

AMKC · 09-09-2021 10:18PM

Ye just watched it. Not the greatest episode and certainly not the funniest in fact I don't think I laughed once on that whole episode and I could do with a good laugh. A 2 out of 10 from me for that episode.

The space station and the other ships were cool do

flazio · 10-09-2021 07:54PM

Not one of my favourites but still very enjoyable and a lovely ending.

We're were just debating over on the Picard thread why doesn't everything hover in Star Trek and low and behold, the buggies are back.

TheValeyard · 10-09-2021 08:56PM

I enjoyed it. Not as funny as previous, but I did enjoy the Doopler and the voice of Richard Kind, always liked his role on Stargate Atlantis and a few other things.

Cookie_Monster · 11-09-2021 07:25AM

felt a little heavy of the references this week, they need to dial it back a bit I reckon.

Daedalus ship docked at the station, how are those heaps still going?

pixelburp · 11-09-2021 08:48AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117874427#Comment_117874427

One of those actors that if you hear their name, you can immediately hear their voice in your head 😁

Bit more of a straight faced episode this week but as is the weekly mantra, the character stuff worked well and put the other shows to shame. Boimler and Mariner's conflict handled nicely with the fallout from the Titan Betrayal. Crazy how much I like Mariner now, compared with those opening, first episodes.

ixoy · 12-09-2021 05:43PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117875690#Comment_117875690

We were commenting here how Mariner is a good example of character growth - I almost gave up on the show initially, I disliked her so much but they've rounded her out. They also have her form proper, balanced friendships. It's so much better than the almost Messiah level they treat Burnham with in Discovery.

breezy1985 · 12-09-2021 06:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117881691#Comment_117881691

I was the opposite in the sense I thought it was going to be Boimler + sidekicks and his "good guy" thing was going to get tired quick. Thankfully though they have grown his character too and he is definitely conflicted about leaving the Titan

Rawr · 13-09-2021 10:20AM

I was kind of smiling a bit at the end of that episode. It certainly wasn't the strongest episode, and the Dooplar joke became tedious, but after that bar-scene I got the sense of a proper Trek crew who belonged together and who I wanted to see more of. I've missed that, we haven't had that in a while.

Spear · 15-09-2021 12:48PM

I've found the first half of season 2 to be a bit underwhelming so far. The episodes are solid, and they've kept a solid focus on the relationships between characters. But there hasn't been any of the stand out moments, e.g. the movie satire episode, or the finale. The first season followed the same pattern, so I'm hoping the second half of season 2 will show a bit more ambition.

breezy1985 · 15-09-2021 07:09PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117894612#Comment_117894612

The fly round of the ship in the "movie" episode was the most perfect piece of Trek satire we will ever see

Star Trek: Lower Decks (animated series)

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