The premise is downright absurd, but there are Star Trek episodes with stupider ones that I'd sooner watch than this.
The details of most of the scenes are nonsensical. Spock is human and has all of his memories, presumably including those of learning to control his emotions, but somehow can't control his emotions. Fine, I guess, because otherwise there's no story, but then he has to be taught how to speak like a Vulcan again? And they have only the women on the ship doing it by trying to drop their voices in ridiculous ways? I know this is meant to be funny, but everything about it is so blatantly stupid that it's hard to look past.
The way Vulcans act is nonsensical throughout. Like, if you want to portray a person who's trying to prioritize reason over emotion, there's more to it than making them rude and having them use the word "logic" a lot. Having them do and say things that actually make sense would be critical, I would think, but that doesn't happen.
Honestly, this feels like it was written by 12-year-olds for 12-year-olds. While watching, I was thinking back to DS9, which had episodes that were pure comedy, really, more so than this, but they worked while this is awful. I think a key reason for the difference is that DS9 had characters who reacted in a manner that was true to who they were no matter how ridiculous the situation was. Here, they just turn into blithering idiots until the plot needs them to be trained professionals again, and then they're back to being idiots for the next gag.
The details of most of the scenes are nonsensical. Spock is human and has all of his memories, presumably including those of learning to control his emotions, but somehow can't control his emotions. Fine, I guess, because otherwise there's no story, but then he has to be taught how to speak like a Vulcan again? And they have only the women on the ship doing it by trying to drop their voices in ridiculous ways? I know this is meant to be funny, but everything about it is so blatantly stupid that it's hard to look past.
The way Vulcans act is nonsensical throughout. Like, if you want to portray a person who's trying to prioritize reason over emotion, there's more to it than making them rude and having them use the word "logic" a lot. Having them do and say things that actually make sense would be critical, I would think, but that doesn't happen.
Honestly, this feels like it was written by 12-year-olds for 12-year-olds. While watching, I was thinking back to DS9, which had episodes that were pure comedy, really, more so than this, but they worked while this is awful. I think a key reason for the difference is that DS9 had characters who reacted in a manner that was true to who they were no matter how ridiculous the situation was. Here, they just turn into blithering idiots until the plot needs them to be trained professionals again, and then they're back to being idiots for the next gag.
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