• Value SubtractedOPM
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      1720 days ago

      It’s pretty hard to make the case that we “need” any work of fiction.

    • Semisimian
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      420 days ago

      Do you know where you are commenting? And surely you mean “another Star Trek work place comedy,” because we already have DS9.

      • Norah (pup/it/she)
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        420 days ago

        I’d argue that large parts of Lower Decks is as well honestly. Especially episodes where the main characters are busy with ship duties while the senior officers are off doing typical Star Trek plot stuff.

      • @reddig33@lemmy.world
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        020 days ago

        Don’t care. Like star trek, but this sounds like an awful idea and a flop that will just dilute the brand even further. The live version of her character and Quaid’s was great. I wish they would land back on SNW or something.

        • @usernamefactory@lemmy.ca
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          319 days ago

          You say “dilute,” I say “diversify”. Star Trek has always had a place for comedy. That doesn’t mean anything goes, and I get being trepidatious after the trash fire that was S31, but I think there’s good reason for optimism in this case. If Lower Decks and interviews like this are anything to go by, it looks like Newsome knows that any comedy needs to jibe with the overall Trek ethos.