Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020–2024)
6/10
It's a fun ride for all the what-ifs?
31 July 2023
The original series were all spectacular, with lore beyond imagination to build from. This show is different from the other star treks because it deals with the crew and their lives instead of the missions as a focus. I like this show because it's written in canon, so a lot of the stuff we see I've always wanted to see from the other ships and how they function. The sonic showers? So cool. The rank differences? I feel like this is the first time we get to see what it's like to live on starfleet command posts. It's not as funny as it tries to be, and the main character is annoying instead of being like-able, but the show has gumption and heart and arcing storylines.

Where it suffers, I believe, is editing. The fast paced sequences match the tone of the editing, but everything else is strapped of personality by being just as fast. It makes it feel like the actors are yelling all the time. The best voice actor is the green girl because she's the one who isn't constantly yelling. And the robot hamper. She also isn't yelling the entire time.

If you make it to the end, there's a really fantastic payoff. But a lot of the episodes were really overwhelming because of the constant yelling of the voice actors and the editing during downtime on the ship.

The animation nation is stellar, the sound design is also great.
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