• Re: Re: Strange New Worlds

    From phigan@21:3/177 to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Aug 3 21:57:41 2023
    it took me a moment to recognize his voice in Lower Decks

    For some reason I didn't recognize it at all. Even when I watched the episode, I wasn't aware that guy was the voice! Weird. I'm usually good at tha

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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to phigan on Fri Aug 4 08:53:33 2023
    it took me a moment to recognize his voice in Lower Decks

    For some reason I didn't recognize it at all. Even when I watched the episode, I wasn't aware that guy was the voice! Weird. I'm usually good

    Not me, I instantly recognized his voice -- but I didn't know it was THE voice actor (along with her) until I watched the aftershow.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Aug 4 09:50:05 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Avon on Sat Jul 29 2023 08:01 am

    I liked Jack Quaid in "The Boys", and it took me a moment to recognize his voice in Lower Decks. He embodied the animated Boimler well, and I loved the yelp when Spock tells him to "seek cover".

    When reading about the Lower Decks / Strange New Worlds crossover episode, I read that they drew the Lower Decks characters to look (at least somewhat) like their voice actors. That ended up making the crossover episode work fairly well, as it was a live-action episode and the voice actors appeared as themselves.

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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to Nightfox on Fri Aug 4 13:20:59 2023
    When reading about the Lower Decks / Strange New Worlds crossover
    episode, I read that they drew the Lower Decks characters to look (at least somewhat) like their voice actors. That ended up making the crossover episode work fairly well, as it was a live-action episode and the voice actors appeared as themselves.

    true statement

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@21:1/142 to All on Sun Aug 6 14:58:00 2023
    Hey All,

    Can't say I'm loving Star Trek SNW E09... This season is 'fluffy' .....

    Nick

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  • From Geri Atricks@21:4/102 to Nick Mackechnie on Sun Aug 6 04:03:17 2023
    Can't say I'm loving Star Trek SNW E09... This season is 'fluffy' .....

    Yeah, was NOT a fan of E09 either. Should have had more variety to the music styles, and the Klingon Backstreet Boys should have been left on the cutting room floor. Or at the very least, not have them raid the Gold Rangers closet. All that gold lemma was VERY un-Klingon!

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@21:1/142 to Geri Atricks on Mon Aug 7 07:59:00 2023
    Can't say I'm loving Star Trek SNW E09... This season is 'fluffy' .....

    Yeah, was NOT a fan of E09 either. Should have had more variety to the
    music styles, and the Klingon Backstreet Boys should have been left on the
    cutting room floor. Or at the very least, not have them raid the Gold
    Rangers closet. All that gold lemma was VERY un-Klingon!

    Hi Geri,

    I ended up, fast forwarding to the end and benched it, it's supposed to be scifi, and unfortunately it was just disappointing. Feels like the writers
    have lost the plot.

    Nick

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Nick Mackechnie on Mon Aug 7 08:44:16 2023
    Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Nick Mackechnie to All on Sun Aug 06 2023 02:58 pm

    Can't say I'm loving Star Trek SNW E09... This season is 'fluffy' .....

    I like what they're doing this season. It seems more light-hearted in places and different from what they've usually been doing (in a good way).

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Geri Atricks on Mon Aug 7 08:45:31 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Geri Atricks to Nick Mackechnie on Sun Aug 06 2023 04:03 am

    Yeah, was NOT a fan of E09 either. Should have had more variety to the music styles, and the Klingon Backstreet Boys should have been left on the cutting room floor. Or at the very least, not have them raid the Gold Rangers closet. All that gold lemma was VERY un-Klingon!

    I think the un-Klingonness of it was the whole point, and it made that one of the best scenes ever. As one of the Klingons said earlier in the episode, they had faced dishonor for their singing they were made to do out there.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Nick Mackechnie on Mon Aug 7 08:46:58 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Nick Mackechnie to Geri Atricks on Mon Aug 07 2023 07:59 am

    Can't say I'm loving Star Trek SNW E09... This season is 'fluffy' .....

    I ended up, fast forwarding to the end and benched it, it's supposed to be scifi, and unfortunately it was just disappointing. Feels like the writers have lost the plot.

    IMO sci-fi doesn't have to be all serious all the time, and it's good to mix things up a bit sometimes. I think it's good to have some comic relief sometimes. I guess that's why I like The Orville too..

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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to Nightfox on Mon Aug 7 11:41:04 2023
    IMO sci-fi doesn't have to be all serious all the time, and it's good to mix things up a bit sometimes. I think it's good to have some comic relief sometimes. I guess that's why I like The Orville too..

    and KILLJOYS :)

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Nightfox on Tue Aug 8 07:28:00 2023
    Nightfox wrote to Geri Atricks <=-

    I think the un-Klingonness of it was the whole point, and it made that
    one of the best scenes ever. As one of the Klingons said earlier in
    the episode, they had faced dishonor for their singing they were made
    to do out there.

    I thought it was perfectly done - was totally set up for Klingon opera,
    not expecting a boy band. I laughed out loud with headphones on in a
    dark room by myself.





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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to SirRonmit on Tue Aug 8 07:28:00 2023
    SirRonmit wrote to Nightfox <=-

    and KILLJOYS :)

    I should try Killjoys again. When I first watched it, it felt like it
    borrowed a lot from Firefly, and it was Too Soon.



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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Aug 8 11:40:46 2023
    I should try Killjoys again. When I first watched it, it felt like it borrowed a lot from Firefly, and it was Too Soon.

    FIREFLY - I liked that one too!

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to SirRonmit on Tue Aug 8 18:23:35 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: SirRonmit to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Aug 08 2023 11:40 am

    I should try Killjoys again. When I first watched it, it felt like
    it borrowed a lot from Firefly, and it was Too Soon.

    FIREFLY - I liked that one too!

    What was it about?

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to SirRonmit on Thu Aug 10 12:52:42 2023
    On 29 Jul 2023 at 10:02p, SirRonmit pondered and said...

    If you are able, watch Will Weaton's READY ROOM where he had the 2 L.D. actors on it .. you learn a lot more of what actually happened and how much stuff was ad-lib.

    I've yet to do this but plan to, thanks :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to candycane on Thu Aug 10 12:53:02 2023
    On 30 Jul 2023 at 03:12a, candycane pondered and said...

    noo! not a musical episode!

    I know I thought the same, but on the whole it was done well.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Nick Mackechnie on Thu Aug 10 12:54:21 2023
    On 06 Aug 2023 at 02:58p, Nick Mackechnie pondered and said...

    Can't say I'm loving Star Trek SNW E09... This season is 'fluffy' .....

    I like the season overall, I think they have written a bunch of different stories and tried to push things in different directions... but the sing along episode was always going to divide :)

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  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to Avon on Thu Aug 10 08:01:22 2023
    I know I thought the same, but on the whole it was done well.

    I wasn't expecting that (after watching the pre-show). But I was impressed on how well they all could sing (and didn't know about the Academy Award for one singer/actress).

    I was not happy/impressed with the Klingon Boy-Band skit though; reminded me of how SNL is still trying to be funny today. After watching the aftershow, though, I was happy they brought back one character from the previous season for it.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to SirRonmit on Sat Aug 12 09:53:22 2023
    On 10 Aug 2023 at 08:01a, SirRonmit pondered and said...
    I was not happy/impressed with the Klingon Boy-Band skit though;
    reminded me of how SNL is still trying to be funny today. After watching

    I agree with that, it felt over the top to me also.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to SirRonmit on Fri Aug 11 15:30:07 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: SirRonmit to Avon on Thu Aug 10 2023 08:01 am

    I was not happy/impressed with the Klingon Boy-Band skit though; reminded me of how SNL is still trying to be funny today. After watching the aftershow, though, I was happy they brought back one character from the previous season for it.

    I thought the Klingon scene was one of the funniest scenes in the episode.
    I haven't watched SNL in quite a while though. Trying or not, I feel like most of the time now it's just not really funny. SNL goes through ups & downs though. Hopefully it will be funny again at some point.

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to Avon on Tue Aug 22 19:44:08 2023
    On 29 Jul 23 16:10:22 Avon wrote...

    I thought the Lower Decks crossover was a good one, and although I
    have not watched many episodes at all of Lower Decks the show did
    enough to carry both franchises well and got me curious about the
    animated series.

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    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    Actually, that Lower Decks crossover almost made me not watch the show.
    In fact, I actually waited a whole week and only then because I heard the episode with the Klingon ambassador was worth watching. I really hated
    that character (the crossover purple haired idiot). It just didn't seem
    like it belonged in a very out of place way.

    Then... the musical.

    I ended up not watching that one after five minutes. I eventually
    (again, a week later) gave it a chance... but... It took some alcohol
    (and I can't really do that much anymore, so I might be parting ways with
    the series).

    Ok, in the end, the musical wasn't so bad, and I liked the season
    cliffhanger enough... but they better keep these episodes few and far
    between.

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Aug 22 19:49:58 2023
    On 08 Aug 23 07:28:00 poindexter FORTRAN wrote...

    Nightfox wrote to Geri Atricks <=-

    I think the un-Klingonness of it was the whole point, and it
    made that one of the best scenes ever. As one of the Klingons
    said earlier in the episode, they had faced dishonor for their
    singing they were made to do out there.

    I thought it was perfectly done - was totally set up for Klingon
    opera, not expecting a boy band. I laughed out loud with headphones
    on in a dark room by myself.

    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    I required alcohol to get through it.

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Aug 22 19:51:04 2023
    On 08 Aug 23 07:28:00 poindexter FORTRAN wrote...

    SirRonmit wrote to Nightfox <=-

    and KILLJOYS :)

    I should try Killjoys again. When I first watched it, it felt like it borrowed a lot from Firefly, and it was Too Soon.

    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    *hugs poindexter*

    It will always be "Too Soon".... I'm sorry for our loss.

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to candycane on Tue Aug 22 19:52:30 2023
    On 08 Aug 23 18:23:35 candycane wrote...

    FIREFLY - I liked that one too!

    What was it about?

    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    I'm just going to glare at you angrily until you Google it and tell us
    how sorry you are for not ever knowing about it before now.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Commodore Clifford on Tue Aug 22 20:00:57 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Commodore Clifford to Avon on Tue Aug 22 2023 07:44 pm

    Actually, that Lower Decks crossover almost made me not watch the show. In

    Then... the musical.

    I ended up not watching that one after five minutes. I eventually (again,

    Those were two of the best episodes of the entire series....

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to Commodore Clifford on Wed Aug 23 00:26:35 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Commodore Clifford to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Aug 22 2023 07:49 pm

    I required alcohol to get through it.

    Because it was so good?

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to Commodore Clifford on Wed Aug 23 00:30:16 2023
    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds
    By: Commodore Clifford to candycane on Tue Aug 22 2023 07:52 pm

    I'm just going to glare at you angrily until you Google it and tell us
    how sorry you are for not ever knowing about it before now.

    Sorry, it looks pretty cool.

    candycane

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  • From phigan@21:3/177 to Avon on Wed Aug 23 14:55:29 2023
    it felt over the top to me also.

    Very glad I didn't see the end of it. I fell asleep somewhere through the episode, and I don't think I'll be going back to rewatch it.

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to phigan on Wed Aug 23 22:10:28 2023
    On 23 Aug 23 14:55:29 phigan wrote...

    it felt over the top to me also.

    Very glad I didn't see the end of it. I fell asleep somewhere through
    the episode, and I don't think I'll be going back to rewatch it.

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    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    You kinda have to watch the Klingon Boy Band scene... I mean, you really can't.

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to candycane on Wed Aug 23 22:12:22 2023
    On 23 Aug 23 00:26:35 candycane wrote...

    Re: Re: Strange New Worlds By: Commodore Clifford to poindexter
    FORTRAN on Tue Aug 22 2023 07:49 pm

    I required alcohol to get through it.

    Because it was so good?

    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    No... Because in the same way after a few (dozen, in some cases) beers
    the ugly chick starts to look like she wouldn't fighten small children.

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Commodore Clifford on Sat Sep 2 15:22:45 2023
    On 22 Aug 2023 at 07:44p, Commodore Clifford pondered and said...

    Ok, in the end, the musical wasn't so bad, and I liked the season cliffhanger enough... but they better keep these episodes few and far between.

    I thought the cliff hanger was rather predictable but good to see another series will (sometime down the track) occur... I'd certainly watch the next one. :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Commodore Clifford on Sat Sep 2 15:23:06 2023
    On 22 Aug 2023 at 07:49p, Commodore Clifford pondered and said...

    I required alcohol to get through it.

    this could be a quote for a t-shirt print :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to phigan on Sat Sep 2 15:23:32 2023
    On 23 Aug 2023 at 02:55p, phigan pondered and said...

    Very glad I didn't see the end of it. I fell asleep somewhere through the episode, and I don't think I'll be going back to rewatch it.

    fair enough :)

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  • From candycane@21:1/172 to Avon on Sat Sep 2 03:45:10 2023
    I required alcohol to get through it.

    this could be a quote for a t-shirt print :)

    I think I've seen that exact quote on a tshirt before.

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  • From Commodore Clifford@21:3/171 to Avon on Sat Sep 2 15:18:08 2023
    On 02 Sep 23 15:23:06 Avon wrote...

    On 22 Aug 2023 at 07:49p, Commodore Clifford pondered and said...
    I required alcohol to get through it.

    this could be a quote for a t-shirt print :)

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    To which Commodore Clifford replies...

    Oh, with the picture of the Klingon Boy Band and everything. I might
    have to make that.


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