What do you think about a cartoon sitcom series called Star Trek: Lower Decks?

[pRICE cUBE]

Trailer on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3RkBKedKWw

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/star-trek-lo...ated-show/

Behind every glamorous Starfleet captain is an unsung crew of lower-level workers who keep the starship running. The ensigns will finally get their full due in Star Trek: Lower Decks, a CBS All Access comedy show that explores life under the bridge.

Lower Decks episodes will run half an hour each and focus on the crew of the USS Cerritos. It will premiere on the CBS All Access streaming service on Aug. 6, with new episodes every Thursday.

Lower Decks takes place in the year 2380, shortly after the events of the Next Generation movie Star Trek: Nemesis. That means the USS Cerritos is at work during the same general time frame as Picard and his crew and Voyager.

[bfd]

As long as they stay clear of the "poop deck" …

[Filliam H. Muffman]

I would prefer "Yes, this looks silly" choice over "Answer below."

[NewtonMP2100]

....only available on 'CBS All Access'.....

[freeradical]

Lower Decks wasn't exactly a comedy episode on TNG.

[Rolando]

Given the track record of the last two "trek"-like projects, I have pretty low expectations for this. OTOH the writing on STD has been pretty much on the level of the 70's Animated Series...

[PeterB]

Rolando wrote:
Given the track record of the last two "trek"-like projects, I have pretty low expectations for this. OTOH the writing on STD has been pretty much on the level of the 70's Animated Series...

That's being unfair to the 70's animated series. That show had writers with actual brains, and some of the stories were very well written, considering it was intended as a Saturday morning cartoon -- I'm thinking of Yesteryear and the Counter Clock Incident, but there were others.

[RAMd®d]

I'll wait and see.

A lot of modern cartoons suck in general, especially when they choose to wallow in bathroom humor for the immature.

Even if they chose a higher road, they still have to be entertaining, and by that I mean generally funny.

Drama is for animation, not cartoons, which Lower Decks seems to be to me.


The remakes of Tom and Jerry and Rocky and Bullwinkle come to mind, failing to fill the shoes of their predecessors.

But- early days.

It could be funny and/or entertaining, so I'll give it a shot- cautiously optimistic.

[Will Collier]