LD s2e6 “The Spy Humongous” (PADD shot) and LD s5e10 “The New Next Generation”

So, a continuation in the spirit of Lower Decks as it appeared in the Strange New Worlds crossover (live action) may occur in the future. Paramount, don’t screw this up!

Edit: early premise concerning the exploits of guests at one of the resort-type planets, with LD alum Tawny Newsome producing/writing

  • data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Unfortunately, it’s not a Lower Decks continuation - I’m pretty sure that’s the Tawny Newsome comedy about “Federation outsiders serving a gleaming resort planet find out their day-to-day exploits are being broadcast to the entire quadrant."

    However, the involvement of Tawny Newsome makes me hopeful it will be good at least. I guess it also opens us to LD cameos at the bare minimum kind of like how they found a way to shoehorn Riker into pretty much every Trek show (I guess even technically DSC and SNW, if you count directing and/or Boimler doing the chair thing).

    Admittedly, it would also be fun if they had a neo-Miranda class (perhaps we could call it Terrell class) Cerritos, but despite a similar role, it’s not called the Cerritos A; it has an entirely new registry number because they somehow managed to forget about the original Cerritos.

    • ummthatguy@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      Hmm. Not a great premise, but if Tawny’s got some creative control, I’ll take what I can get.

      • data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteEnglish
        5·
        1 day ago

        I agree with you. Thinking on it, I wonder if that’s only a season 1 premise and they’ll eventually get beyond that.

        Now what would make it really interesting (but they probably won’t do) is if this comedy had a backdrop of a weakened postwar Dominion a.k.a this resort planet is in the Gamma Quadrant. It would be very interesting to use it to explore the new power structures that develop in the quadrant since the weakened power of the Founders. You could also showcase how Alpha quadrant polities interact with Dominion worlds (kind of like what we saw with the Karemma in LD “Hear All, Trust Nothing”) - we have an episode with Federation diplomats at the resort negotiating a trade deal, for instance (this could even be our excuse to bring in an LD character or two).

        • ummthatguy@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          1 day ago

          I like it, not to mention the opportunities for cheeky puns/references. A local drink called a Ketracel-white Russian, for instance.

  • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    112·
    1 day ago

    I’d have preferred something closer to TNG or DS9 in tone. They don’t need to make Star Trek into a comedy series.

        • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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          1 day ago

          I just realized how awesome it would be to hear Nelson reading Worf’s lines in his place.

          “Congratulations. You are fully dilated to ten centimeters.You may now give birth.”

          “I am a graduate of Starfleet Academy, I know many things.”

          “If you were any other man, I would kill you where you stand.”

          “That was a joke. I get it. It is not funny, but I get it.”

          “Good tea, nice house.”

    • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
      5·
      1 day ago

      If it’s a Lower Decks continuation then having a similar tone to Orville season 2 and 3 could split the difference.

    • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
      41·
      1 day ago

      But the only other way they know how to make it anymore is laughing stock. So a comedy is preferable.

      If you want TNG, wait for Orville season 4.