Star Trek: Lower Decks (animated series)

flazio

Clip posted on Tawney Newsome's TikTok

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMN5G6HwV/?k=1

Evade

Yay, Romulans. Here's hoping thruples and real fake doors will never be brought up again.

pixelburp

It's back baby. Just when nu Trk seemed like a total wasteland, Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks came along

Rawr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119334878#Comment_119334878

I'm delighted...but concerned. Isn't this a little too quick to throw together a season of an animated show? I know they're using a load of computerized tricks to make it, but I'd hate to think that they'd burn themselves out. This is the best Trek we've got going at the moment and I'd like to see it going for a good long while.

Really looking forward though. It's nice to approach a new season of Trek again, somewhat sure in the knowledge that it will be some good television.

TheIrishGrover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119334926#Comment_119334926

Animation-wise, the last 10 years or so have dramatically reduced the turnaround time for TV animation (One only has to look at the rapid output of Gravity Falls and Own House on Disney. Absolutely beautiful animation).

However, writing-wise, yeah, I'm torn. Strange New Worlds really buzzed me again for more Trek. I love Lower Decks. And want more. NOW!!! At the same time, I don't want them churning through their plots too quickly.

So, yeah, It's a bit of a Schrodinger TV show: Give me ALL your plots NOW and ALSO continue for years!!

Rawr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119335417#Comment_119335417

Exactly this. I'd rather they take their time. I can wait for a good thing, and I remember the old gaps between seasons of weekly Trek on TV. This was the norm, and I could live with it. I'm guessing this absolute need to have new Trek EVERY week on Paramount+ is what's pushing this mad dash to get Trek shows out quickly. I feel that this may be a bad mistake. Without breaks, I fear that everyone is just going to get burned out. The production, the network and the viewers. Nothing at all wrong with waiting a good few months for the next season.

flazio

It may worry you to know so that vocal recording for season 4 has already started.

Rawr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119335972#Comment_119335972

If they are done with Season 3, I guess it makes sense. If they can keep the quality up at this pace, my undying respect goes to these people...but I do fear a burnout.

Come on Paramount, just get the Discovery bunch to binge produce 30 episodes of Micheal cry-whispering at her crew and let those talentless hacks burn themselves out. Give the real talent a couple a breathers FFS.

~Rebel~

I wouldn't be too surprised if after (or even before) the first season got a good reception, they just kept working, riffing on ideas, and coming up with solid outlines for future episodes. For all we know they've got a fully fleshed out 5 or 6 season bible laying out the trajectory of the show.

Looking at the two seasons so far, they've got a fairly large roster of writers, who are each only writing one or max 2 episodes per season. So, especially given that each ep is only around 25 pages, there's been plenty of time for that broad range of writers to put together a few seasons worth of content without a drop in writing quality (hopefully!).

Evade

There's only 10 22 minute episodes a year which easy faily easy pace compared to a lot of series.

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119333826#Comment_119333826

I just knew that was gonna be the plot.

pixelburp

Comic Con trailer; god damn that DS9 gag was good lol

https://youtu.be/0ImVEbwOoeE

flazio

2009 movie scene. My word. Looks like the real Martock is there as well.

Evade

Looking forward to it.

Looks like Rutherford's been shopping at the same place Jake Sisko did.

ilovesmybrick

That DS9 gag at the end was perfection, and they did a great job on the station

TheValeyard

That looks brilliant!

breezy1985

I never knew I needed to see that wormhole again until I saw it.

The new season looks amazing. Every bit of that was exciting.

pixelburp

Seems like the goal lies wide open for a Quark cameo, at least. After all, if the crew are having to draw between the lines, where else would you go?

Evade

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119381657#Comment_119381657

To get fitted fort a new suit.

pixelburp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119381749#Comment_119381749

Robinson is 80 years old; that would be awesome. Going to try and dampen my hype on this cos the possibilities for a fun cameo are endless.

breezy1985

Is that not a Garak cameo

Evade

Watching it again the Delta Flyer is at ~45 seconds and to dash my own hopes of everyone's favourite tailor showing up Captain Freeman is in command when they arrive at DS9 so whatever renegade STIII-ness is going on in the first few episodes they're probably back in Starfleet by then.

Niska

As well as the shenanigans of stealing the Cerritos, the poster is leaning heavily into Search for Spock.

_Kaiser_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119384170#Comment_119384170

I wonder could we infer from that poster, that whatever the ulterior motive behind Rutherford's implant is (as we briefly saw at the end of S2), he goes off-mission and needs to be rescued by the gang?

Evade

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119421140#Comment_119421140

Cyber katra?

corkie

https://collider.com/star-trek-lower-decks-season-2-recap/

Since Season 3 is coming out on August 25, it’s the perfect time to look back on some of the biggest developments from the last 10 episodes.

3 Weeks wait for it! As with the Orville finishing, no space operas to watch at present.

Stark

Good news for Amazon Prime subscribers, season 3 will premiere there for international subscribers on Aug 26th.

pixelburp

That is good news: I had been wondering if Paramount+ becoming active in UK/IE might hoover up the remaining licenses floating about other services.

flazio

I won't specify exactly how but has anyone with a UK/Ireland Paramount+ subscription logged into their account "in the US" and does it give you the US catalogue of programmes?

Rawr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119462337#Comment_119462337

That is excellent news. Thank you