I think the only controversy is that this series spends too big a chunk on “silly” episodes like this. Puppets. Singing/dancing. Holodeck spoofs.
This would be fine if it were a 23 episode season. It’s 10.
Because it’s impossible to get the execs to approve a 23-episode season of almost anything these days, let alone sci-fi, but one of the (many) criticisms of Discovery was that it was lacking the more offbeat episodes and character pieces that helped define Trek’s golden age.
Rock and a hard place.
Costs are a big factor. Shit costs a lot of money to make nowadays. They used to use cheap cardboard and foam, models for shops flying through space, etc. now it all takes time and money to make us all go WOW!
Not judt costs but the production schedule for the actors and crew. 23 episodes is one every 2 weeks with just a couple weeks off for the entire year. This also lead to a lot of garbage filler episodes regardless of the series. I do prefer more that 8-10 episodes but 20+ is a bit much too.
I haven’t seen the most recent episode yet, but so far the best episodes this season have been the silly episodes.
Strange New Worlds season 3 spoilers
- Episode 1, the second part of two parter. Neat trick to make the Gorn sleep but otherwise boring.
- Episode 2, a fun Trelane/Q wedding episode. (Silly)
- Episode 3, zombies I think.
- Episode 4, hologram episode, the best parts of which were the over the top parts. (Half silly)
- Episode 5, the best serious episode exploring the ruins and solving puzzles.
Just a heads up, it says "season 2” in the spoiler tag, then discusses episodes from season 3.
Lol, you’re right, season 3, fixed
Wait. I missed a muppet Star Trek episode?! Where?!
I found it very funny, especially Wesleys portrayal of Kirk. The plot was a bit so and so though.
Just finished the musical episode in Season 2, which was quite silly, but it’s all so fun that it’s hard to criticize. This is a show that knows what it is and revels in it.
I loved the musical episode. It was 100% silly, but I enjoyed it for it!
That was the only episode of any Trek series where I had to watch the majority of it on mute.
Wow. Just in case you accidentally enjoyed yourself? Kudos to you, I guess.
No, not really. I just can’t stand musicals. It doesn’t matter how good an episode or movie is otherwise, I just can’t enjoy musicals.
I also didn’t want to completely skip the episode and miss any plot points, so mute with subtitles worked nicely.
I’m picturing you all alone turning the volume down in case someone broke into your home so you could protect yourself from the embarrassment from hypothetical robbers.
I thought the spoof was charming and funny
The biggest biggest technology change has been the AR wall… You can’t use the camera the same way, but when you see the see the opportunity, it literally captures what the a camera is watching.
When you do it right, you get “how did they do that on a TV budget!?” When you do it wrong, you get whatever the hell THIS was.
Frakes has dealt directly with Trek fandom for nearly 40 years straight. If there’s one thing that shouldn’t surprise him, it’s every damn thing being “controversial” to a chunk of it.
I’m having fun with it.
