Not sure if that's even possible.

voltra said:
Not sure if that's even possible.

Nothing is with THAT attitude.

Challenge accepted.

Lower Decks has its issues but at least it continues the optimistic spirit of Star Trek, as opposed to "Have we mentioned today that the future SUCKS" Picard and the mess that is Discovery.

I spy a "Dick the Birthday Boy" t-shirt, worn by a Fraud no less. I honestly think Red Letter Media would be proud to be referenced in filthy Star Trek porn.

woozle said:
Lower Decks has his issues but at least it continues the optimistic spirit of Star Trek, as opposed to "Have we mentioned today that the future SUCKS" Picard and the mess that is Discovery.

This. And the series is done by people who genuinely love the source material. There are references, callbacks, and Easter eggs to some pretty obscure stuff that only true fans would get.

Like you said, it has its issues but it's lightyears beyond the grim, dark, grimdark emo cut yourself on the depressing razor of depression that is PIC and STD.

This image brought to you by people obviously lacking a sense of humor but also still obviously horny for the Cat Doctor.

At least Lower Decks is charming. It's really Discovery and Picard that has lost the spirit of Star Trek.

To be fair, Mike and Rich have said on video Furaffinity was the first site to boost their Plinkett reviews : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgg78TJDHv8

I don't understand the hate. I love that show!

shitsandgiggles said:
This image brought to you by people obviously lacking a sense of humor but also still obviously horny for the Cat Doctor.

To be fair to fourball, he hasn't actually watched Lower Decks, but just saw a bunch of the hate it was getting early on.

He respectfully asked me why I liked the show without any judgement. And one of the reasons I gave him was that it wanted to respectfully poke fun at Trek without breaking it or dividing people with political motivations (I was called an alt-right incel by somebody who'd never talked to me prior because I criticized STD and PIC).

drakkenfyre said:
the series is done by people who genuinely love the source material. There are references, callbacks, and Easter eggs to some pretty obscure stuff that only true fans would get.

Seconded; I have heard it uttered by self-proclaimed Trek fans that 'true' fans will not like Lower Decks.

Only a casual fan of the more recent Trek Tripe could ever think this; first viewings of Below Decks can be a bit jarring due the manic energy of Ensign Mariner, yet once you can accept her for the bizarre Starfleet gem she really is (Kirkian ass-kicking is strong with her), LD hits stride. The writers do not simply throw out random Easter eggs for fanboy kudos, they seem intimately familiar with their source material, and to genuinely care for it and the show's legacy _{(albeit with a ... cheeky reverence)}

sharp_coyote said:
Seconded; I have heard it uttered by self-proclaimed Trek fans that 'true' fans will not like Lower Decks.

Only a casual fan of the more recent Trek Tripe could ever think this; first viewings of Below Decks can be a bit jarring due the manic energy of Ensign Mariner, yet once you can accept her for the bizarre Starfleet gem she really is (Kirkian ass-kicking is strong with her), LD hits stride. The writers do not simply throw out random Easter eggs for fanboy kudos, they seem intimately familiar with their source material, and to genuinely care for it and the show's legacy _{(albeit with a ... cheeky reverence)}

One of my favorite little things is they got the various tools like hand scanners and whatnot 100% correct to the era. Most shows wouldn't even bother with minutae like that and settle for "close enough." But for most (all?) of the various tools you can pull up episodes of TNG and find every single one of them. Even some that only previously showed up as a tool in the hand of an extra in the background.

woozle said:
Lower Decks has its issues but at least it continues the optimistic spirit of Star Trek, as opposed to "Have we mentioned today that the future SUCKS" Picard and the mess that is Discovery.

to be fair it isnt like that wasnt always the case. thing is it started with a couple bits here and there in TNG but it really showed that "yeah starfleet ideals have always been hanging by a thread" all throughout DS9.

Really Picard is just the logical conclusion of that.

She's the only thing I like that of a whole mess. Her pain was my pain.

For real, nobody show this to Rich Evans. Even though his reaction would be shirt-worthy.

salemcripple said:
I don't understand the hate. I love that show!

Too many people seem to either not get that it's a parody or don't like the idea of a Star Trek parody in general. But it's their loss.

salemcripple said:
I don't understand the hate. I love that show!

From what I know, most of the hate centers around Beckett Mariner. She is a very annoying "almost a Mary Sue" type character most people do not like. And many feel she is only there to elevate herself by tormenting the white character, Brad Boimler. Something that would not be tolerated if their races were reversed. To be honest, I would not miss her character was removed from the show.

pandaporn said:
From what I know, most of the hate centers around Beckett Mariner. She is a very annoying "almost a Mary Sue" type character most people do not like. And many feel she is only there to elevate herself by tormenting the white character, Brad Boimler. Something that would not be tolerated if their races were reversed. To be honest, I would not miss her character was removed from the show.

In reality she's there to offset Boimler. The way they are polar opposites, but still friends.

They called it way too quickly, cause after the second season Lower Decks is kinda one of the best and most based Star Trek shows.

People make internet drama over a fun show, while normal people just watch the parody having a good time

camkitty said:
People make internet drama over a fun show, while normal people just watch the parody having a good time

And enjoying sexy cougar doctor

I didn’t realise it was a parody…
I liked the lower decks better. 🤷

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Discovery and Picard are worst

big_dank_hank said:
To be fair, Mike and Rich have said on video Furaffinity was the first site to boost their Plinkett reviews : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgg78TJDHv8

That's right Jay

I CLAPPED! I CLAPPED WHEN I SAW IT!