I don’t know who greenlit this supposed celebration of TAS, but the writing is cheap, lowbrow and cringey. It’s a total shame that the amazing animation and sound design are paired with this quality of writing. None of the three eps released so far impressed me.

I’m seriously shocked by the Youtube comments that found it funny. The latest one is literally supposed to be funny because it involves boogers. Paramount should be ashamed it spent money on this. Have they stopped for a moment to think if this is what TAS fans want? /rant

  • Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteMEnglish
    8·
    9 months ago

    I’ve seen some good reviews of the first couple - I think you have to be into a very specific type of Adult Swim-type humour that was in style about 15 years ago - but the only review I’ve seen of the latest one was not positive (and this was from a reviewer who quite enjoyed last week’s instalment).

    But whatever, they’re ultimately inconsequential, having been described by Paramount from the very start as “promotional shorts”.

    • Corgana@startrek.websiteEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      Yeah, so far I think they’re all a bit safer than the typical Adult-swim style humor of that era, with the possible exception of the guy’s intestines falling out in the second one. I get the impression sometimes that modern Trek is pushed by Paramount not to offend too much, and I kinda wish these shorts could have been truly ridiculous. For example, IMO the booger people joke could have been more impactful if they were either:

      • Doing something truly and shocklingly horrendous
      • Doing something so minor and inconsequential that Riker comes across as extremely petty

      That said, it’s hard for me to get upset over a three minute web video not being hilarious enough or whatever. You could add them all up and it will still be less time that I spent watching “Code of Honor” so in that regard I have zero complaints.

  • Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteMEnglish
    5·
    9 months ago

    As an aside, I encourage everyone to check out the accompanying comics - they’re not exactly deep, but I’m finding them much more entertaining than the actual shorts - they’re basically a Star Trekkification of “Duck Amuck”.

    Issue 1

    Issue 2

    Issue 3

  • jaelisp@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    5·
    9 months ago

    It very much feels like someone on the outside looking in and making jokes with their passing knowledge. In contrast to Lower Decks very much being injokes from people who love the series, it’s philosophy and all its tiny details. They should have just given it to writers on Lower Decks. This makes me cringe so much.

  • ieightpi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    9 months ago

    Yeah they are pretty dumb. I’ve come to the conclusion that they were written by new writers, getting their feet wet…or something idk.

  • jimternet@startrek.websiteEnglish
    31·
    9 months ago

    This week’s just felt designed to annoy us, what with getting the ranks wrong and all. Let alone the totally un-Trek message.

    • beefcat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      9 months ago

      i don’t think these are meant to have “Trek messages”, if anything the point is to lampoon them by taking various Trek tropes to comical extremes (Spock misunderstanding human emotions, cultural acceptance, etc.)

      for ~3 minute shorts on YouTube, i think that is fine even if it is not everyone’s cup of tea.

    • river@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I thought Discovery was like that somewhat. It could have been smarter though imo. Less cinematic.

      I guess the days of slower paced episodes allowing for reasoning with silence here and there are gone.

  • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldEnglish
    21·
    9 months ago

    It’s very transparently not meant to appeal to existing Trek fans, not that it’s unenjoyable for all of them. It’s outreach.