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https://www.sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/l110.php

I like that body swap idea, lol. Ok not really but it is funny to think about.

The show started a little rough. I think I look back on it a little more critically now than before. But it absolutely grew and was a great first season overall, though SNW may have surpassed it. But the overall quality only gets better in seasons 2 and 3.

I would watch a Boimler/Mariner bodyswap episode. At least LD would acknowledge it is a horrifically emotionally scarring trainwreck. They'd make fun of it, but they'd acknowledge it.

Kirk's nemesis: Klingons
Picard's nemesis: The Borg
Sisko's nemesis: The Dominion
Janeway's nemesis: Her own crew
Freeman and Riker's nemesis: Pakleds.

Mariner and Boimler aren't just lower deckers on their own ship, but they are lower deckers on the lower deck ships of Starfleet.

LordFeagans wrote: ↑Sat Oct 29, 2022 8:43 pm Kirk's nemesis: Klingons
Picard's nemesis: The Borg
Sisko's nemesis: The Dominion
Janeway's nemesis: Her own crew
Freeman and Riker's nemesis: Pakleds.

Mariner and Boimler aren't just lower deckers on their own ship, but they are lower deckers on the lower deck ships of Starfleet.

Archer's Nemesis: Archer

I think the biggest thing Lower Decks can be thanked for is the fact it gives Chuck a NuTrek series he loves to review. He seems to not just dislike DISCO and Picard but not like mocking them either--which is the worst of both worlds.

Wait, Chuck was calling Jonathan Archer "Duchess" before the TV show Archer came out?

CharlesPhipps wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 1:09 am I think the biggest thing Lower Decks can be thanked for is the fact it gives Chuck a NuTrek series he loves to review. He seems to not just dislike DISCO and Picard but not like mocking them either--which is the worst of both worlds.

It's been a while since I've watched his Discovery and Picard reviews, but I do seem to recall that he does seem to struggle more with those series than he does Lower Decks. The fact that he's only done two episodes of Picard doesn't make me optimistic regarding his opinion on on that series.

No idea about his opinion of Strange New Worlds is, yet.

Archanubis wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:10 am

CharlesPhipps wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 1:09 am I think the biggest thing Lower Decks can be thanked for is the fact it gives Chuck a NuTrek series he loves to review. He seems to not just dislike DISCO and Picard but not like mocking them either--which is the worst of both worlds.

It's been a while since I've watched his Discovery and Picard reviews, but I do seem to recall that he does seem to struggle more with those series than he does Lower Decks. The fact that he's only done two episodes of Picard doesn't make me optimistic regarding his opinion on on that series.

No idea about his opinion of Strange New Worlds is, yet.

My hope is the Picard delay is mostly due to the sheer amount of crap he's had to deal with technically and housing wise.

He seems to be in Voyager wrap-up mode right now. Only a handful left. Edit: Oh wow, last 2. Voyager could be done this year.

CharlesPhipps wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 1:09 am I think the biggest thing Lower Decks can be thanked for is the fact it gives Chuck a NuTrek series he loves to review. He seems to not just dislike DISCO and Picard but not like mocking them either--which is the worst of both worlds.

I haven't watched Discovery but some seem to think it improved with S3. Maybe it won't be as bad? Dunno. Picard, yeah.... Well whenever he's able to get to SNW I think he'll enjoy that too.

Seeing this review just as season 3 ends was nice. There will be some rough patches ahead, there are moments when someone takes a huge step back, but the show does grow on you and I believe it has moved out of Rick and Morty's shadow.

That said, LD ranks just below SNW and Prodigy. LD is fun, but the other two give me what I love most of all about Trek: Hope.