If you’re a Paramount Plus subscriber, you can go watch Boimler of Lower Decks geek out over the cast of Strange New Worlds right now.
Thanks for posting this. My wife and I would have waited until Thursday to watch it if I hadn’t seen this here.
Not to be one of those people that yaps on about that aggregator site that makes money leaching off of content provided and moderated by users or anything, but this would be my first instance of hopping onto something posted to the Fediverse that was unexpected and awesome and so much fun!
I’d have dully waited until Thursday, too.
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My suspicion since even before the crossover was announced was that they designed the characters to look like the VAs in case they had the opportunity for cameo appearances down the line.
I love how, in the end, Boimler did influence the future timeline, but he did it in a really wholesome way.
It was so hyped for so long. I was beginning to fear that it couldn’t possibly live up to expectations.
I was pleasantly surprised.
HYPE
What?!? Hell yes! Just about to start my weekend and the wife is out watching Oppenheimer. This season kinda started off sluggish with the opener, but every episode since has been solid
This is one of the rare times that I wish we had Star Trek on Paramount+ in Canada.
I guess we’ll just have to wait until Thursday.
FWIW, “this episode is live on Crave,” someone noted at: https://startrek.website/post/460864
We’ve got CTV Sci-fi channel which means our other Trek content won’t be vanishing in August.
Who knows, perhaps CTV will add it ‘On Demand’ early.
@StillPaisleyCat @tqgibtngo
Pluto streaming service has 2 channels that play nothing but Star Trek every day. The service is free.Yup. It’s a help.
But everything new other than SNW is going away at the end of this month. It looks like Bell Media’s streaming licence is winding up and all the new stuff will be on Paramount+ in Canada rather than Crave.
@ValueSubstracted has confirmed with Bell Media that CTV Sci-fi Channel will continue to have everything - including Prodigy!
So, we’re sticking with linear for this.
And Bell Media knows it’s audience and is delivering a ‘Special Presentation’ to CTV Sci-fi Channel tonight so we’re golden.
SpaceCTV Sci-Fi has a “special presentation” on the schedule tonight - I’m guessing it’s this episode.Brilliant thank you! It’s showing in the schedule for 22:30 EDT.
Now if I can figure out how to get Bell Fibe to schedule a recording of a ‘Special Presentation’. (Or just brute force it.)
Wow, thanks!
I’m locking this because it’s turning into an episode discussion, and we already have one of those.
How important is it that I see Lower Decks first? I keep hearing good things about it, and I will get to it eventually, but I’m not familiar with it at all beyond the premise.
@Fuzzy_Dunlop
It’s more like if you find the Lower Decks characters in the crossover amusing, then you’d probably enjoy Lower Decks, but the episode isn’t written in a way that you have to know that show to enjoy it.Actually, the Lower Decks series makes numerous references to previous series on an ongoing basis and should be regarded as a spoiler.
I would recommend especially The Next Generation before Lower Decks.
Wholesome, fuzzy and (somewhat) plausible, Worf’s Honor! :)
I loved that they drew the intro!
Kudos, kudos, kudos.I don’t suppose anyone knows how I can watch it in Japan without making like an Orion?
How important is it that I see Lower Decks first? I keep hearing good things about it, and I will get to it eventually, but I know very little beyond its premise.
Boimler is ambitious but kind of clumsy and awkward and stickler for rules (despite the boimler rule). Mariner is basically Ferris Bueller with the mouth of a sailor until her friends/family are in danger and then she’s MacGuyver/007. (I also just realized I’m dating myself a lot of those references and I hope they still work.) The show is definitely written by fans of star trek that also are comfortable enough to poke fun at the source material.
Edit: that’s probably enough to enjoy it, but I haven’t seen it yet so don’t know if they reference any lower decks story arcs heavily.
Let me help you out: Boimler is a Feliz, and Mariner is an Oscar.
Now can someone explain all four LD characters based on their M* A* S* H counterparts? I want to make the joke but I’m literally not old enough to.
Jack Quaid plays Jack Quaid.
You don’t need to. It might even help you figure out if you’d like Lower Decks.
I haven’t watched past S2 of Lower Decks, but if you like slapstick humor busting at the seems with fanservice and callbacks then you might like it.
0% important. I haven’t gotten around to Lower Decks yet and I thought the episode was fantastic.
I haven’t seen the episode so take that into consideration, but probably not very. Lower decks hasn’t broken that much new ground
