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triktrek,

I would love for them to do a cross over show again but Roger Rabbit style.

triktrek,

I honestly think that Lower Decks has the potential to be the longest running Star Trek show.

I assume they are cheaper to produce than the live action shows so less risk for the executives but still decent return on investment.

triktrek,

I would love for my food metaphors to come back

Annotations for *Star Trek: Lower Decks* 4x09: “The Inner Fight” (SPOILERS)

The title is a play on the TNG episode “The Inner Light”, where Picard is hit by a beam from a Kataan probe that makes him live out a lifetime of memories in the space of less than an hour. A similar probe last appeared in LD: “In the Cradle of Vexilon”....

triktrek,

The title is a play on the TNG episode “The Inner Light”

But why? I don’t see a storyline connection/similarly between this episode and “The Inner Light”.

I think the episode is just about Mariner’s inner fight about being in Starfleet, and the similarity in title is just coincidental.

triktrek,

Currently weighing up whether to get my partner to watch First Duty and Lower Decks before we watch it together later.

Both. The answer to that is both. Two of the finest TNG episodes.

triktrek,

Mariner always has the funniest way of being annoyed or angry

triktrek,

Lower Decks, the TNG episode was an amazing episode. I almost cried at the end - it was so sad and poetic as well and I agree that reviving her now would undo the beauty and weight of the TNG episode.

triktrek,

T’Lyn’s voice always reminds me of the Alexa or Google Home, and it’s hilarious.

triktrek,

This was actually funny (unlike the previous ones which were quite cringey).

triktrek,

Also relevant: When Kate Mulgrew surprised everyone at an AOC campaign speech before she got elected.

triktrek,

So apparently this is from the guy who did the “Too Many Cooks” special, which is kinda awesomely weird. It will be interesting to watch!

triktrek,

I have a Volante Next Gen-style Trek jacket. It’s awesome, high quality. It’s subtle enough that non-Trekkies don’t notice other than it being nice-looking, but Trekkies will recognize its homage to TNG. I’ve been stopped on the street multiple times already by random Trekkies asking me where I got it, lol.

It’s really expensive though (315 USD)

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Links to the playlist for Star Trek: Strange New World's "Subspace Rhapsody"

Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/1Jqy2Y91uYUdUwxXSTZa2v?si=Z0OcNbo0Sje8ltxDl-mjwg

Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-2-subspace-rhapsody/1698596327

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triktrek,

Can confirm that it’s unavailable for me in the US as well, but if you VPN somewhere else, you can play it back.

triktrek,

This week’s barrage of show tunes kind of makes sense, given that this is a series that, Mr Benn-style, has been trying on a different genre every week.

I think this is one of the reasons SNW is so good.

The pick ’n’ mix approach of Strange New Worlds is a welcome palate cleanser, even if it means any overarching story arcs seem rather secondary.

And that is totally fine and even welcome!

triktrek,

If you watch the entire “The Ready Room” episode on this, you’ll also have Wil Wheaton sing his intro speech for a bit.

triktrek,

I confess that some of my emails about the project status sent to my manager was just entitled “Status Report”.

triktrek,

One time the company I worked at, they were expanding life insurance benefits for all employees, and I sent out a meme with Worf and the words “TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE” on an internal fun forum. It was highly upvoted, lol.

triktrek,

I must confess that I don’t get the reference. Where was this from?

triktrek,

When I drive and the missus is in the passenger seat and I have to break harder than usual because an idiot in front of me, I sometimes yell “Brace for impact!”

triktrek,

Aka the Picard maneuver

triktrek,

Ah thanks.

triktrek, (edited )

SNW continues to break new ground really well. This was a really refreshing episode and very well done. I for one loooved this episode.

Alright, I get that musicals are not everyone’s cup of tea, but as a person who watched multiple dozens of Broadway musicals, I must say that the songs were really on par with actual musicals. The cast can really sing well – I expected many great things from Cecile Rose Gooding and wow she did not disappoint. I was very pleasantly impressed by Christina Chong, Rebecca Romijin, Ethan Peck’s performances as well.

I think the director made sure to highlight those actors that can sing well and put those that can’t sing into secondary positions. Clearly Grammy-Award winning/Tony Award-nominated Gooding was at the center of the story, and they cut off Anson Mount’s song, because well, he isn’t the greatest singer. They even fully acknowledged that Babs Olusanmokun can’t sing in universe as well. :) The ensemble pieces in the teaser and the finale were superb though and was a lot more entertaining than the solo pieces (which I get is probably much easier to rehearse/record and produce).

I loved that the episode intertwined music as a piece of the story, pushed the character arc forward between Spock/Chapel and La’an/Kirk. I am not so much of a sucker for La’an/Kirk but the alternative universe scenes were really a nice touch. The only cringey part was the Klingon K-pop/rap, but I suppose it was intentionally cringey/funny.

Whether you like this musical episode or not, you gotta admit that SNW really boldly goes where no one has gone before.

triktrek,

Wait, what? I didn’t realize the Klingon captain was Bruce Horak!

triktrek,

I feel like poor La’an is in a worse place now. She just doesn’t get a break. :(

triktrek,

Some of the lyrics were really clever and fun:

Spock: “I solved for the Y in my computation … but the variable so devastating: I’m the ex / X”.

At the same time: "When we gain control again, I confess"

  • La’an / Pelia: "I’ll miss the singing"
  • Spock: “I won’t miss singing”
triktrek,

Oh yeah, great idea. Kinda like the Simpsons gag or so:

  • If they ever have a mirror episode, the opening credits should be horizontally mirrored
  • If they ever have a time travel episode, the opening credits should go backwards
  • Another cross-over episode? DS9 or some other ship better appear in there! etc.
triktrek,

Yeah, I guess.

But also, jealousy can be a difficult emotion to deal with, and La’an already had to deal with a lot this and past season. But then again, she’s a tough one.

triktrek,

Hehe, yeah, I guess, there’s no honor in that. :)

triktrek,

Oh no. Those are the actual actors singing.

triktrek,

This is one of the Elle Cordova Technobabble songs being referred to for the uninitiated. It’s pretty funny.

triktrek,

Gooding and Chong came from musical theatre though.

triktrek,

Given that the subspace rhapsody spread to many other ships in the area, they could do a parallel episode from the point of another the ship, say the Farragut but it won’t be the same primary cast.

triktrek,

She has written a heart-wrenched, tragic letter about this experience and grief. It was very moving/difficult to read and gained me a lot of respect for her:

talkhouse.com/an-actor-a-helmsman-and-my-brian-bo…

triktrek,

YouTube Music Link

triktrek,

In between the first watch earlier this week and a rewatch tonight, I’ve listening to and humming the songs over and over again. I don’t know why people say the songs aren’t catchy. “Status Report” is sooo catchy, and it even has a little reprise with the “Apologies” at the beginning of the “Private Conversation” which is also very catchy actually.

“How Would That Feel” is beautifully rendered. I’ve started to listen to other Christina Chong’s songs now, and they are pretty good (listen to her “Twin Flames”).

Also, in the last seconds of the episode we had Uhura humming a theme. The closed caption says “Uhura humming ‘Keep us connected’”, which I believe is incorrect. She is humming the opening of Chapel’s “I am Ready” and Spock’s “I am the X”, not Uhura’s “Keep us Connected”.

triktrek,

I know Cecile Rose Gooding is the Grammy winner from Broadway. Who is the other Broadway performer?

triktrek, (edited )

One should note that Celia Rose Gooding is a Tony Award-nominated, Grammy Award-winning Broadway singer before they joined Star Trek.

triktrek, (edited )

At the risk of sounding hypocritical since I posted the question about why Vic Fontaine sang so much in DS9, I do think that Subspace Rhapsody could do well, and I look forward to it. Unlike the Vic Fontaine songs that are one offs short pieces in a non-musical story, Subspace Rhapsody is intentionally a musical and it seems it comes along with some choreographed dancing.

I do like musicals, and I do like Sci-Fi but I get the combination of both is gonna be really tough and not everyone’s cup of tea, but I love that SNW is bold and secure enough to give this a try. From all Sci-Fi shows out there, SNW is probably the best series to give this a shot.

Note that Celia Rose Gooding was a Tony Award-nominated, Grammy Award-winning Broadway singer before they joined Star Trek. The other cast members, not so much singing experience, but we shall see. Whatever happens this Thursday, can’t say it won’t be interesting to see.

triktrek,

Oh that’s cool

triktrek,

I believe they only showed up after the later seasons when they refreshed the intro

triktrek,

We are well into/towards the end of season 2 of SNW, and fans have generally been loving it. I think it’s fair to say that SNW has been and will likely be successful for a while. SNW certainly has one of the best first seasons (along with Lower Decks).

triktrek,

Also, Bunny was awesome.

Who is Bunny?

triktrek,

Ah thanks. I haven’t watched the Wire, so I didn’t get the reference.

triktrek,

I see that they replaced transporter chief Kyle with an Asian actress, given that André Dae Kim is now unavailable to Star Trek. I wonder if they will develop her character.

triktrek,

The fifth and final season will find Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power

Gosh, I really wish Discovery would stop doing the same galaxy-saving mystery season arcs. It was tiring several seasons ago, and it’s still tiring now.

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