For me the biggest chuckle was in the beginning credits when the ship is in a full blown battle between the Borg and Romulus and just turns away and pisses off
I know this likely isn't to be read on a 2 year old video, but, I can say this: This show truly feels like a gift to Trek fans. This show, THIS episode, a friend of mine new to the Trek world laughed so hard, he had to pause and get air...BEFORE he got the all the references! Now, between this, Strange New Worlds and Season 3 of Picard, he gets as excited as I have been for ever new episode! And it isn't just that he likes new Trek, he has been loving the original, TNG, absolutely LOVES DS9, he enjoyed the TNG movies and is loving the new shows. And, it helps that he understands the scientific theory behind the tech, now that he sees the tie in to real life. And this show, as much as I have been loving the darker Trek, is a breath of fresh air, with a hint of its own darkness I am enjoying as well.
Watching it with my wife, I literally paused it at one point and mentioned how this show is going to probably make fun of a lot of lesser known stuff, and I used cetacean ops as the example, which she had never heard of so I had to elaborate. Then I pressed play, and within seconds there was a cetacean ops joke. I couldn't have been happier.
well I was a kid when TOS was on...and been a Trekkie since.....I Loved it....looked beautiful / funny / and I got a good idea of the characters already.... I look forward to more....
Here it is, 2023, and I’m re-watching starting with episode one because I just love this show. It’s even more fun than rewatching SNW OR Picard Se3 - for the obvious reason that it’s fun, funny and short.
I loved it and I’m all in on this series and will either keep up with it by week or forget and binge it all at once lol. Probably both but be a day behind being reminded of it and then at the end watching it all at once. This looks to be a great Star Trek show.
@@Knightfall182 Discovery found its Trek-ness in late Season 1. Picard is the outlier, and it's examining the dark side of the late 24th C Federation. It's still fairly classic Trek paradigm: Main characters facing moral dilemmas while attempting to serve the Federation... only this time, as civilians. It is well grounded in the prior series' ethics.
As a fan of both Star Trek and animation, I want to love this, I really do. I feel it's got a good start, but I need to see more before I can fully trust these guys. Sure, they've given us the fanservice dump, especially with all the key characters at the end, but now let's see if they can capture the heart.
I liked this a lot! I only had two minor complaints: [1] At times it felt a bit like a parody. Thankfully, those times were few, but when it happened, it pulled me out of the story. [2] As much as I loved the references, there were a couple of times where they seemed kind of shoehorned in. I’m hoping as the series goes on, it gets better. In spite of those two things, I still enjoyed it a lot, and I’ll definitely be watching the rest of the series.
Star Trek has been around for sooo long now and, A-A-AN-N-D it takes itself soooo dammed seriously; that it's about time somebody took the sublime to the ridiculous! ! Kudos to the makers of 'Lower Decks' . . .
Groundhog Year; on Dec. 31, 2020, after the clock hits 11:59:59, it will then be Jan. 1, 2020... again, and again, and again, and again, until we've all truly repented of our sins. Welcome to Purgatory, Ladies and Gentlemen!
So the captain is looking for any reason to get rid of her daughter (odd but OK), one would think cutting a chunk out of someone's leg with a bat'leth would be all she would need to drum her kid out of Starfleet
Finally someone who enjoyed this show as much as I did. There's so much hate for this show on the internet, it's refreshing to see someone not hating. I mostly agree with everyone not liking what Kutzman is doing with Star Trek. Like using it to rub PC culture in etc. instead of providing entertainment. But this show is exactly the fan service everyone missed and was complaining about in the other shows. It`s fun to watch, has so many little references, stays true to the "old" kind of Star Trek, has the TNG font, the uniforms, the ship design and so much more. It really provides a nice throwback to the good old TNG days. This is easily one of the best Star Trek shows, that has come out lately, too bad all these haters cannot enjoy it. I can't wait to see more of it.
You do realize that TOS and TNG had plenty of episodes that adressed social justice and environmental topics in pretty blatant ways? It has always been part of Star Trek.
@@dbkragen I think a lot of people had already made their minds up ahead of time to hate it, and can't let a little thing like whether or not they would enjoy it if they watched it change their minds now.
@@Seal0626 It already did. I was so excited for this show. Then, in the very first scene, a Federation Officer got drunk off her rocks on a regulated substance and assaulted a fellow officer with a deadly weapon, cutting open his leg in what appears to be a fatal wound. Not a great start, all things considered. I would have liked them expanding on the whole "the natives need this farming equipment" thing too, but no such luck either. End of the day, the hyper masculine Bajoran and the Caitian Doctor were pretty much the only funny bits about this....
As a hc trek fan, the series is great. It took an unexpected turn and ended up being funny, full of content, with great characters and energy. Cant wait for the next one. Qapla
I was pleasantly surprised by this first episode. The trailer had me a bit worried. I don't know though, it's still got a long distance to go if it's gonna beat The Orville, which has been an absolute delight, going from loving 90s trek homage to a thought-provoking 21st century sci-fi show in its own right. I'm sad to hear the delayed 3rd series is to be its last. Lower Decks has got to be about more than the gags and the nostalgia if it's going to compete in my eyes.
It can be argued that, even in these times, those activities would be much healthier than spreading fake news and pre-packed hate about a science fiction show.
"If you are a big hardcore Star Trek fan this is gonna feel like this is written especial for you" Other Star Trek fan video's: This show is absolutely terrible and doesn't feel like Star Trek at all. They are never gonna be able to please those "fans" so it's nice to finally see such a positive video about this show so far.
What is so crazy about a fan of a franchise expecting a new entry to respect the source material? The newest entries clearly want to be their own thing divorced from the constraints of the franchise, while simultaneously wanting to tap into the built-in audience superior writers worked hard to build.
@@stephenshelton4267 I agree. I didn't like this show or episode at all..it was so frivolous and the main character was incredibly annoying. She wouldn't leave that poor coworker alone! Then a weird zombie virus... It was like a weird spoof of the real deal. I wasn't impressed at all either
A positive video? Did you see his introduction? He immediately got on a high horse about how petty other people can be, then was just as divisive. He could have just given his opinion, and been done with it (which would have been in keeping with what he was saying to those other fans). SMH 🤦🏼♂️
@@CaesiusX I was watching it until he launched into a criticism of fans _who are actually informed,_ if someone wants to see a favorable review that does not insult the people who know what they're talking about try the Egotastic Funtime review.
I hadn't gotten around to watching Lower Decks yet, but from what I've seen on this channel about it so far, it seems interesting enough that I'll try to add the first season to my blu-ray collection.
I believe it was adequately produced and I shall bless it with another viewing so that I may reach the mind blowing level you hit with a single viewing. You youngsters...
As an old school, grew up with TOS, trekie, I loved the Kirkish ripped tunic that Shaxs is sporting as he runs Boimler to sickbay. (And I knew who Gary Mitchell was)
Adam nice to see you enjoyed it, I also did and yes I got all references, I like the layered stories and the characters. I will need a few episodes to get a better feel for it. I like the opening with the Romulans fighting the BORG, IF it is tied to Picard and why the cub is in Romulan possession, NO WAY five BORG cubs would have destroyed the Romulan fleet easy, One Borg cub destroyed a Federation Armada. Plus the Romulans lost the Tal Shiar fleet in the failed attack on the Dominion home world, and they took massive loses in the alpha quadrant Dominion war So they would have no real fleet left. The BORG are the Star Trek most dangerous enemy, OK maybe Species 8472.
There are so many snobs out there who will dismiss animation. No matter how good it is. I really enjoyed it. Had a number of laugh out loud moments. The first episode is hard as needs to explain the premise as well as have an opening story. Really enjoyed it.
It was a joy! It had a great Trek vibe with Mariner "breaking the rules" for the right reasons on the planet, with the organic in-jokes and references sans any clunky self-absorbed fan service. These sites that hate the show ONLY are in it to stoke hits on their sites. This was fun.
Watching this in 2023, I feel the madness we all had from the lock downs seeping out lol. But it was a great show and this episode is really good. Thanks guys!
As a hardcore Trek fan, I thought it was great. I view it as a 24th Century comedy that you might watch after you put down your copy of Photons Be Free. In fact, if we could just delete the last episode of Enterprise and reshoot it as Riker tuning into an episode of Lower Decks, I think we solve Star Trek. Like, all of it.
Good idea. I think Riker and Troi should be in a Star Trek "short" where they realize the holoprogram they ran regarding NX-01was totally "misinformed", on a malfunctioning (of course) holodeck on the Enterprise D. Your idea could do that, too.
Long time Trek fan here, from TOS days. I liked TOS, TNG, DS9, was so so on Voyager though thought Kate Mulgrew was a great captain, couldn't finish the 1st season of Discovery, like most of Picard, though thought it had a lot of wasted potential and lacked a lot of it's source material (No mention of Lore). I thought this show had great potential and loved the premise of the lower deck crew getting the spotlight for a change. Therefore, I went into this show with a very open mind. That being said, I was never a fan or Rick and Morty, so couldn't stomach this show for more than 5 minutes before turning it off.
Just watched the episode and also REALLY liked it :D I'm not a HUUUGE Star Trek fan/geek. But I've seen pretty much all of it. Glad you're enjoying it too, that makes these episodes alot more fun to watch, as the enthusiasm is obvious ^^
Overall I did enjoy it. Did I find it laugh out loud funny though? No. It brought a happy smile to my face but I didn't find it overly humorous. We will see how it progresses though.
Same! There are a couple of moments I laughed out loud at, but they were few and far between. I'm not really a madcap animated comedy fan, but once I got used to it, I really enjoyed it. The last two episodes are frickin' brilliant.
I really enjoyed it. The humor seems pretty tame compared to Rick & Morty, which I don't mind bc I don't think Trek should be that.... edgy. I love Mariner.
I think star trek should be less umm.. comedy, cartoon, and set in 2020 north American settings. I also think we should erase any trace of this show existing...thanks fuckos
Agreed, Mariner surprised me with her complexity. She comes across as a goofball slacker, but scratch that surface and you have the perfect living example of the ideals that Starfleet should uphold - sure, she knows all the rules and regulations inside out, but she's willing to bend them when they don't serve the greater good, she's got her hands dirty and got properly involved, and she's got integrity by the bucketful - check out the way she spoke up to try to get Boimler acknowledged, shortly after he'd told her he was going to report her for breaking regulations! I'm really looking forward to more.
The computer screens for biological contamination prior to being transported. Some pattern buffers are even suspended mid-transport in several episodes. The fundamental premise of the zombie outbreak is an error to established technology in the series.
@@GregorBarclay if I can enjoy watching all of the simpsons, family guy and south park. I can surely watch Lower decks. And they are like 30 minute half episodes anyway 😜😄
Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to;). He probably just teleported his apartment to Toronto for 25 minutes so he could watch it via the Crave streaming service. It's a little less finicky than CBS All Access.
As you can tell, I'm a bit late to these videos, mainly driven by curiosity (no, not the rover) after starting a rewatch of Lower Decks. My main point for this is for Adam. Don't worry mate, I think we can all say that 2020 was the year everyone was doing everything in their pyjamas, or at least the pants. :D One thing I will add it that, particular for that subset of the Trek fandom who is also into Dr Who, we have been blessed by our dual nature to accept changes in our favourite shows. If we could not, we would never have made it past our favourite Doctor/companion leaving, making the rest of the last 60 years rather redundant. :D Besides, people swore TNG would never take off, and we all know what happened there. :P
Great episode. It looks really silly and very promising. Lot's of great lil easter eggs... "do you know Deanna Troi? .. she went from a jumpsuit..." loll too subtly good. I'm stoked for more.
Is that an easter egg, though? Just listing a main character from a famous show? I mean, it's not hidden in any way - it's like the opposite of subtle.
I'll have to go back to check, but that really was the gag, wasn't it? They just left it with "she went from a jumpsuit...", like there was no second part to it, "she went from a jumpsuit to a [INSERT JOKE]". I'm not sure even what that joke could have been if completed. From a jumpsuit to a uniform was what happened, but that's not a joke. Seriously, if all we're doing is listing a character and remarking on said character's outfit, is this not just super lazy writing?
Lower Decks is the first to actually show holoporn, although the Orville did that before, and even had a virus from a holoporn program nearly destroy the ship
Some of us don't want Star Trek to be this frivolous and silly. But I mean, if it has an audience and isn't universally reviled, I guess that's not a bad thing. I feel the way about this show that many felt about ds9 when it came out. I don't care for the tone or content really at all. I would have rather had a serious and meaningful show or cartoon depicting the lower deck lives. But this show is what it is. It's just not something I wished or wish it to be. It depends on what you want the show to be. It's clearly chosen to be something that not all of us wanted. Which is fine. Like ds9 before it, it may have a more limited audience than something like TNG. Time will tell
I really hope this series has a “couch gag” style opening where one scene (like when the Cerritos backs away from the Borg/Romulan space battle) is different every week. I could picture short funny moments like the ship taking out a pylon on DS9, running into the sword of Kahless and having it stick out of it’s hull like a bug getting stuck on the windshield of a car, or having a buggy run over one of those small aliens from the TNG episode Conspiracy... just small Easter eggs in the opening credits each week. Would make 2020 that much less shitty.
I thought it was interesting the lower deck crew sleeps in the hallway. I guess given the size of the ship and # of crew, maybe it makes sense. I loved the joke it being musty near the shower, but they're sonic showers. So weird. :D
I have to agree I really enjoyed this show. I was walking in with lowered expectations - no pun intended.... I look forward to more episodes. Think we will get an Eaglemoss USS Ceritos?
Love Adams optimistic outlook on trek, always tend to agree with him and I'm sure I would but how did he watch it? Hasn't been released in the UK yet has it? WHERE IS IT??!😭😭😭😭
@@jameswg13 What Negotiations? Netflix and Amazon both walked away after the teams saw the first few episodes... they don't have faith that it's worth what CBS is asking. Or so it's been reported by a variety of sources way more credible than Midnight's Edge...
@@WilliamHostman don't be silly William I've heard a lot of those BS rumours spoken by the fandom menace and their 'sources' simple fact of the matter is negotiations are taking their time and the is talk CBS wanted to do their own service
I really enjoyed it for what it was. Something fun set in the universe. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. On an aside, Adam is hilarious! especially his description of how some trek fans are never happy
It also has a bit of that Rick and Morty vibe, with Mariner being the always right Rick and Boimler being the browbeaten Morty. Not exactly the same, but I can see the similarities.
Some of those fan channels are quite negative for sure. I didn't like this show or episode but those same channels bashed star trek Picard which I thought was ok and not the trainwreck they made it out to be. I just don't like the tone of this show. It's not what I watch Star Trek for. It is too bad the negative channels presume to speak for all fans though. Clearly this show has an audience. Others I know liked it or said it was alright. I didn't like it much. To each their own right?
I loved it and it needs to be supported. Most Trek accurate they put out. If this was the first show people would love it. Discovery and Picard sour the fan base
Star trek " maybe we could reroute energy from the deflectors to the transporters and us a quantum field inducer with a double fmp " geordi " no that would blow up the relay system.... however if we inverted the polarity of the fmp frequency it mide work captain!" Data, " we will need to take the shield offline and reroute warp plasma to the deflectors at exactly 5.786 milliseconds, my posotronic brain should be connected to the computer using a marvik interface copler. Worf " with the shield down the romulans can destroy us captain!" Picard " don't worry mister worf , we keep or distance, number one , open a channel to the romulan ship ... we need to buy time , i shall quote from the Bible, that will keep them b."
Been watching TrekCulture for a while, but this is my first comment. I wasn't going to watch Lower Decks - I just wasn't drawn to it - but because Adam gave it so many ups I had to take a chance. Seriously - this was awesome and hilarious. Looking forward to whoever does the easter eggs recap - favorite bands, Klingon apostrophes, and more. Thanks for the review Adam - Lower Decks had just the laughs I needed! And a Level Two diagnostic...
Some Trek fans don't know who Gary Mitchell was? Feh. "Why do YOU know who he is? You haven't even seen that episode of Star Trek." He was mentioned in a Stargazer novel! And some Trek lists on TH-cam. "Yeah, them's bragging rights right there."
I love this show to sitting alone watching it laughing out loud. And Adam if they think you're getting paid off by CBS what about all those other channels that hate everything about new Star Trek shows. yet they do a review of every episode even though they say they hate it and they make money off the videos about a show they hate through advertising. Things that make you go hmmm Lower decks lower decks lower decks.
Haven't seen Discovery or Picard but I do really like the JJ Abrams films. I don't get all the hate about the new stuff and I have been watching Star Trek since TNG.
Looks like the premise will be that the bridge crew is largely incompetent and only interested in glory (Very StarTrek like). Ensign Mariner, the protagonist, will work outside the chain of command to ultimately accomplish her objectives as to what she believes is the greater good. Her protege, Ensign Boimier, will come to realize that Star Fleet regulations and protocols are all just a system of control and should be circumvented to achieve one's ends. Ultimately no improvements will be made to the system. How this fits within Roddenberry's vision of the future where the crew works in harmony to help others is unclear. Oh come on, this is a comedy! Yes, a lazy comedy. If you are going to create a comedy StarTrek, work within the premise of StarTrek. You can't just put characters in Star Fleet uniforms and put them on a ship and then label it StarTrek.
Also my fear that they will make the bridge-crew incompetent so the main characters can save the day. But at least here the bridge crew appeared to handle the crisis on their own and the lower decks were barely involved (the XO should have reported to sickbay immediately upon returning to the ship, but thats the only screw-up)
Seriously, come on though. It's so obvious that this is intended as a reversal of ST's usual premise of a super-competent bridge crew lording it over regular staff that are borderline mentally deficient. Also, there's a good reason Roddenberry got (de facto) kicked off TNG. While he should always be remembered and lauded for creating ST, it's also clear that his vision of the future was quite restrictive to creating drama (and in other ways too, I might add).
@@bomcabedal The majority of StarTrek episodes managed work within the Roddenberry framework and generate plenty of drama. The problem is when you have writers that aren't familiar with StarTrek and are used to creating soap operator level content where the drama is the interpersonal conflict of the characters. That kind of writing is easy.
@@bomcabedal Do you have a specific crew character in mind (other than Barkley) you feel was borderline mentally deficient? The Enterprise was a top choice for assignment and I always had the impression anyone assigned to the Enterprise was the best of those available. I can't recall a case where I thought a secondary character was deficient. I always felt everyone was on the team, but there is a chain of command.
This is gonna be rough for me. Rough start imo UP: It's Star Trek DOWN: None of the characters connected, most actually annoyed me. The writing seems lackluster, it did actually get a handful of laughs from me.
For me the biggest chuckle was in the beginning credits when the ship is in a full blown battle between the Borg and Romulus and just turns away and pisses off
J T Kirk:" Risk is our business' : except for lower decks .. run away
Business as usual, nothin to do with us
The opening credits actually got the biggest laugh from me. They're very good!
The nope maneuver
I also really liked the voice acting on the show. Whoever did the casting did a great job.
Agreed
I know this likely isn't to be read on a 2 year old video, but, I can say this: This show truly feels like a gift to Trek fans. This show, THIS episode, a friend of mine new to the Trek world laughed so hard, he had to pause and get air...BEFORE he got the all the references! Now, between this, Strange New Worlds and Season 3 of Picard, he gets as excited as I have been for ever new episode! And it isn't just that he likes new Trek, he has been loving the original, TNG, absolutely LOVES DS9, he enjoyed the TNG movies and is loving the new shows. And, it helps that he understands the scientific theory behind the tech, now that he sees the tie in to real life. And this show, as much as I have been loving the darker Trek, is a breath of fresh air, with a hint of its own darkness I am enjoying as well.
Watching it with my wife, I literally paused it at one point and mentioned how this show is going to probably make fun of a lot of lesser known stuff, and I used cetacean ops as the example, which she had never heard of so I had to elaborate.
Then I pressed play, and within seconds there was a cetacean ops joke. I couldn't have been happier.
Oh you must’ve fallen over yourself at the Cetacean Ops reveal at the end of season 2!
The red down logo really should be replaced with the Terran Empire logo
Random person: All hail the Emperor. Long live the Empire.
Me: Nope, I hate the Terran Empire.
This is a really minor thing, but I was really happy to see the episode title again in a Trek series, and in an animated TNG style too.
Adam: Don't look at my pajamas.
Me: *Rewinds video to see his pjs*
well I was a kid when TOS was on...and been a Trekkie since.....I Loved it....looked beautiful / funny / and I got a good idea of the characters already.... I look forward to more....
It was a real nice breath of fresh air; I've enjoyed every series, but they were all so serious, STLD loosened the belt some, and it was nice.
Here it is, 2023, and I’m re-watching starting with episode one because I just love this show. It’s even more fun than rewatching SNW OR Picard Se3 - for the obvious reason that it’s fun, funny and short.
I loved it and I’m all in on this series and will either keep up with it by week or forget and binge it all at once lol. Probably both but be a day behind being reminded of it and then at the end watching it all at once. This looks to be a great Star Trek show.
Have fun 👋👋👋👋👋👋
Have
I loved it it even made me want to actually watch discovery
"2020 will go on for so long we'll get 3 brand new Star Trek shows in it."
There's that Trek optimism! :'D
Shame they are Star Trek in name only 👍
Ugh.
@@Knightfall182 Discovery found its Trek-ness in late Season 1. Picard is the outlier, and it's examining the dark side of the late 24th C Federation. It's still fairly classic Trek paradigm: Main characters facing moral dilemmas while attempting to serve the Federation... only this time, as civilians. It is well grounded in the prior series' ethics.
@@Knightfall182 point taken my fellow sailor on the river
As a fan of both Star Trek and animation, I want to love this, I really do. I feel it's got a good start, but I need to see more before I can fully trust these guys. Sure, they've given us the fanservice dump, especially with all the key characters at the end, but now let's see if they can capture the heart.
They totally did that, I thought the late fan service was a bit odd. I wanted to like it a bit more though.
that's a mature response to a first episode :-)
I liked this a lot! I only had two minor complaints: [1] At times it felt a bit like a parody. Thankfully, those times were few, but when it happened, it pulled me out of the story. [2] As much as I loved the references, there were a couple of times where they seemed kind of shoehorned in. I’m hoping as the series goes on, it gets better. In spite of those two things, I still enjoyed it a lot, and I’ll definitely be watching the rest of the series.
Star Trek has been around for sooo long now and, A-A-AN-N-D it takes itself soooo dammed seriously; that it's about time somebody took the sublime to the ridiculous! ! Kudos to the makers of 'Lower Decks' . . .
The worst part of 2020 is when the calender goes from December 31st to December 32nd!
Caleb Burns 😂
!!!!Don't give it F$(*^#% Ideas, it's had enough of its own!!
I think there's quite a bit of "worst parts" of 2020.
@@brianstraight9308 it's been a nightmare.
Groundhog Year; on Dec. 31, 2020, after the clock hits 11:59:59, it will then be Jan. 1, 2020... again, and again, and again, and again, until we've all truly repented of our sins. Welcome to Purgatory, Ladies and Gentlemen!
So the captain is looking for any reason to get rid of her daughter (odd but OK), one would think cutting a chunk out of someone's leg with a bat'leth would be all she would need to drum her kid out of Starfleet
maybe the opening teaser is just a throwaway, or isn't canon?
Don't forget about stealing farm equipment.
Mariner is ...
Well, I don't think Boimler reported her for that.
@Ruby Hypatia Let's not go throwing around words like "friends" all willy-nilly. She likes him, but I get the feeling he merely stomachs her.
Adam's enthusiasm and enjoyment of this show matches my own. I could feel the giddiness in his voice. Can't wait to watch the upcoming videos!
Loved this show too. Very much looking forward to more!!!!
Trekyards + Trekculture deserve a crossover.
Yo Trekyards epic
Finally someone who enjoyed this show as much as I did. There's so much hate for this show on the internet, it's refreshing to see someone not hating. I mostly agree with everyone not liking what Kutzman is doing with Star Trek. Like using it to rub PC culture in etc. instead of providing entertainment. But this show is exactly the fan service everyone missed and was complaining about in the other shows. It`s fun to watch, has so many little references, stays true to the "old" kind of Star Trek, has the TNG font, the uniforms, the ship design and so much more. It really provides a nice throwback to the good old TNG days. This is easily one of the best Star Trek shows, that has come out lately, too bad all these haters cannot enjoy it. I can't wait to see more of it.
You do realize that TOS and TNG had plenty of episodes that adressed social justice and environmental topics in pretty blatant ways? It has always been part of Star Trek.
im so surprised by all the hate i really liked this show
@@dbkragen I think a lot of people had already made their minds up ahead of time to hate it, and can't let a little thing like whether or not they would enjoy it if they watched it change their minds now.
@@Pyradonis You are absolutely right!
@@Seal0626 It already did. I was so excited for this show. Then, in the very first scene, a Federation Officer got drunk off her rocks on a regulated substance and assaulted a fellow officer with a deadly weapon, cutting open his leg in what appears to be a fatal wound. Not a great start, all things considered.
I would have liked them expanding on the whole "the natives need this farming equipment" thing too, but no such luck either.
End of the day, the hyper masculine Bajoran and the Caitian Doctor were pretty much the only funny bits about this....
As a hc trek fan, the series is great. It took an unexpected turn and ended up being funny, full of content, with great characters and energy. Cant wait for the next one. Qapla
I now have to re-watch "Where No Man Has Gone Before". Great episode! Fun review!
Up: I've watched every Star Trek show since childhood
Down: Lower Decks is not available in New Zealand
Up: we're in 2020 and nobody would complain if you pirate a show you can't legally watch.
plenty of VPNs out there
You really didn't miss much.
I was pleasantly surprised by this first episode. The trailer had me a bit worried. I don't know though, it's still got a long distance to go if it's gonna beat The Orville, which has been an absolute delight, going from loving 90s trek homage to a thought-provoking 21st century sci-fi show in its own right. I'm sad to hear the delayed 3rd series is to be its last. Lower Decks has got to be about more than the gags and the nostalgia if it's going to compete in my eyes.
I owe you a personal debt of gratitude for cluing us all into cetacean ops.
"Go outside... see an old friend, kiss literally anybody"
Bruh, read the room maybe?
Watch the room... OwO
It can be argued that, even in these times, those activities would be much healthier than spreading fake news and pre-packed hate about a science fiction show.
"If you are a big hardcore Star Trek fan this is gonna feel like this is written especial for you"
Other Star Trek fan video's: This show is absolutely terrible and doesn't feel like Star Trek at all.
They are never gonna be able to please those "fans" so it's nice to finally see such a positive video about this show so far.
What is so crazy about a fan of a franchise expecting a new entry to respect the source material? The newest entries clearly want to be their own thing divorced from the constraints of the franchise, while simultaneously wanting to tap into the built-in audience superior writers worked hard to build.
@@stephenshelton4267 I agree. I didn't like this show or episode at all..it was so frivolous and the main character was incredibly annoying. She wouldn't leave that poor coworker alone! Then a weird zombie virus... It was like a weird spoof of the real deal. I wasn't impressed at all either
A positive video? Did you see his introduction? He immediately got on a high horse about how petty other people can be, then was just as divisive. He could have just given his opinion, and been done with it (which would have been in keeping with what he was saying to those other fans). SMH 🤦🏼♂️
@@CaesiusX I was watching it until he launched into a criticism of fans _who are actually informed,_ if someone wants to see a favorable review that does not insult the people who know what they're talking about try the Egotastic Funtime review.
@@stephenshelton4267 My point is hardcore fans just want TNG or DS9 again. They want a copy, not something new.
I liked it too. Like a Star Trek spin on Futurama. I miss Futurama.
Or a Futurama spin in the Star Trek world?
I hadn't gotten around to watching Lower Decks yet, but from what I've seen on this channel about it so far, it seems interesting enough that I'll try to add the first season to my blu-ray collection.
I believe it was adequately produced and I shall bless it with another viewing so that I may reach the mind blowing level you hit with a single viewing. You youngsters...
Its a great series its not the star trek we deserve, its the star trek we need.
"it's not the star trek" that part is correct
As an old school, grew up with TOS, trekie, I loved the Kirkish ripped tunic that Shaxs is sporting as he runs Boimler to sickbay. (And I knew who Gary Mitchell was)
You didn’t mention anything about the characters. References don’t make something good, that’s literally surface level bollocks.
Adam nice to see you enjoyed it, I also did and yes I got all references, I like the layered stories and the characters. I will need a few episodes to get a better feel for it. I like the opening with the Romulans fighting the BORG, IF it is tied to Picard and why the cub is in Romulan possession, NO WAY five BORG cubs would have destroyed the Romulan fleet easy, One Borg cub destroyed a Federation Armada. Plus the Romulans lost the Tal Shiar fleet in the failed attack on the Dominion home world, and they took massive loses in the alpha quadrant Dominion war So they would have no real fleet left. The BORG are the Star Trek most dangerous enemy, OK maybe Species 8472.
There are so many snobs out there who will dismiss animation. No matter how good it is.
I really enjoyed it. Had a number of laugh out loud moments. The first episode is hard as needs to explain the premise as well as have an opening story. Really enjoyed it.
"You'll be fine, Doc'll wave a light over it!" - my favourite line of the episode 🤣
I know right that was great.
It was a joy! It had a great Trek vibe with Mariner "breaking the rules" for the right reasons on the planet, with the organic in-jokes and references sans any clunky self-absorbed fan service. These sites that hate the show ONLY are in it to stoke hits on their sites. This was fun.
The ship reminds me of the designs from the FASA RPG back in the 80s. A Centaur for the modern age, same as the Galaxy was a modern Constitution.
After watching Picard, (No comment), Lower Decks made me smile again.
Watching this in 2023, I feel the madness we all had from the lock downs seeping out lol. But it was a great show and this episode is really good. Thanks guys!
As a hardcore Trek fan, I thought it was great. I view it as a 24th Century comedy that you might watch after you put down your copy of Photons Be Free. In fact, if we could just delete the last episode of Enterprise and reshoot it as Riker tuning into an episode of Lower Decks, I think we solve Star Trek. Like, all of it.
Good idea. I think Riker and Troi should be in a Star Trek "short" where they realize the holoprogram they ran regarding NX-01was totally "misinformed", on a malfunctioning (of course) holodeck on the Enterprise D. Your idea could do that, too.
It was fantastic. Can't wait for it to get even better
Long time Trek fan here, from TOS days. I liked TOS, TNG, DS9, was so so on Voyager though thought Kate Mulgrew was a great captain, couldn't finish the 1st season of Discovery, like most of Picard, though thought it had a lot of wasted potential and lacked a lot of it's source material (No mention of Lore). I thought this show had great potential and loved the premise of the lower deck crew getting the spotlight for a change. Therefore, I went into this show with a very open mind. That being said, I was never a fan or Rick and Morty, so couldn't stomach this show for more than 5 minutes before turning it off.
No mention of ENT?
@@JCtechwizard Good catch. I also watched and liked Enterprise, though was disappointed by the ending of the finale, with the holodeck scene.
Just watched the episode and also REALLY liked it :D I'm not a HUUUGE Star Trek fan/geek. But I've seen pretty much all of it.
Glad you're enjoying it too, that makes these episodes alot more fun to watch, as the enthusiasm is obvious ^^
Thanks Adam for analyzing the new shows in an unbiased way.
Overall I did enjoy it.
Did I find it laugh out loud funny though?
No.
It brought a happy smile to my face but I didn't find it overly humorous.
We will see how it progresses though.
Same! There are a couple of moments I laughed out loud at, but they were few and far between. I'm not really a madcap animated comedy fan, but once I got used to it, I really enjoyed it. The last two episodes are frickin' brilliant.
I love the show and I love your enthusiasm!
I really enjoyed it. The humor seems pretty tame compared to Rick & Morty, which I don't mind bc I don't think Trek should be that.... edgy. I love Mariner.
I think star trek should be less umm.. comedy, cartoon, and set in 2020 north American settings. I also think we should erase any trace of this show existing...thanks fuckos
Agreed, Mariner surprised me with her complexity. She comes across as a goofball slacker, but scratch that surface and you have the perfect living example of the ideals that Starfleet should uphold - sure, she knows all the rules and regulations inside out, but she's willing to bend them when they don't serve the greater good, she's got her hands dirty and got properly involved, and she's got integrity by the bucketful - check out the way she spoke up to try to get Boimler acknowledged, shortly after he'd told her he was going to report her for breaking regulations! I'm really looking forward to more.
I enjoyed it. If I had one critique it's that Mariner is a bit too hyper but it's fun
The computer screens for biological contamination prior to being transported. Some pattern buffers are even suspended mid-transport in several episodes. The fundamental premise of the zombie outbreak is an error to established technology in the series.
Agree its all 'pure star trek inside' full with references, open and hidden. Also pretty funny. I could watch 30 seasons of it easy.
THIRTY SEASONS! THIRTY?! THIRTY SEASONS???????? And EASY? What kind of monster are you?!
@@GregorBarclay if I can enjoy watching all of the simpsons, family guy and south park. I can surely watch Lower decks. And they are like 30 minute half episodes anyway 😜😄
How are watching this in the UK
Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to;).
He probably just teleported his apartment to Toronto for 25 minutes so he could watch it via the Crave streaming service. It's a little less finicky than CBS All Access.
Such a good new show. Now at the top of my must watch list. Super funny and very Star Trek.
Are you in UK? Where watch it?
I hope this will be the ‘Mandalorian’ success for Star trek... athough its animated. I am desperate to watch this, but not available in Asia 😭
Get Nord VPN, it's made specifically for this kind of situation you
I really REALLY LIKED! I am so looking forward to more Lower decks!
well, it has potential. I think it depends on your type of humor. It´s not mine. But we´ll see.
Great show, great video, great channel. Just one thing guys from Trekyards did actually talk about Cetacean Ops before you.
As you can tell, I'm a bit late to these videos, mainly driven by curiosity (no, not the rover) after starting a rewatch of Lower Decks. My main point for this is for Adam. Don't worry mate, I think we can all say that 2020 was the year everyone was doing everything in their pyjamas, or at least the pants. :D
One thing I will add it that, particular for that subset of the Trek fandom who is also into Dr Who, we have been blessed by our dual nature to accept changes in our favourite shows. If we could not, we would never have made it past our favourite Doctor/companion leaving, making the rest of the last 60 years rather redundant. :D Besides, people swore TNG would never take off, and we all know what happened there. :P
How did you get to see this?
Damn. Looking back, I entirely forgot that Sean Ferrick didn't start the ups and downs here. Blew my mind coming back to this.
I was like: 'wait He did those too' 😂
What's funny about Gary Mitchell, his actor was also in 2001: Space Odyssey and his castmate Keir Dullea was on the short list for Captain Picard
Great episode. It looks really silly and very promising. Lot's of great lil easter eggs... "do you know Deanna Troi? .. she went from a jumpsuit..." loll too subtly good. I'm stoked for more.
Is that an easter egg, though? Just listing a main character from a famous show? I mean, it's not hidden in any way - it's like the opposite of subtle.
I'll have to go back to check, but that really was the gag, wasn't it? They just left it with "she went from a jumpsuit...", like there was no second part to it, "she went from a jumpsuit to a [INSERT JOKE]". I'm not sure even what that joke could have been if completed. From a jumpsuit to a uniform was what happened, but that's not a joke. Seriously, if all we're doing is listing a character and remarking on said character's outfit, is this not just super lazy writing?
@@GregorBarclay well then don't watch it and go outside for a bit :)
@@sceneinvegas Fair call!
Lower Decks is the first to actually show holoporn, although the Orville did that before, and even had a virus from a holoporn program nearly destroy the ship
Hey man...we talked all about Cetacean Ops before you did! Just sayin! ;-)
I liked it too. A lot of people were dumping on it before it even began. Some people can't lighten up and accept the idea of a Star Trek comedy.
Some of us don't want Star Trek to be this frivolous and silly. But I mean, if it has an audience and isn't universally reviled, I guess that's not a bad thing. I feel the way about this show that many felt about ds9 when it came out. I don't care for the tone or content really at all.
I would have rather had a serious and meaningful show or cartoon depicting the lower deck lives. But this show is what it is. It's just not something I wished or wish it to be.
It depends on what you want the show to be. It's clearly chosen to be something that not all of us wanted.
Which is fine. Like ds9 before it, it may have a more limited audience than something like TNG. Time will tell
@@randallburke3562 That's a fair attitude. It's certainly not for everyone, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't exist.
I really hope this series has a “couch gag” style opening where one scene (like when the Cerritos backs away from the Borg/Romulan space battle) is different every week.
I could picture short funny moments like the ship taking out a pylon on DS9, running into the sword of Kahless and having it stick out of it’s hull like a bug getting stuck on the windshield of a car, or having a buggy run over one of those small aliens from the TNG episode Conspiracy... just small Easter eggs in the opening credits each week. Would make 2020 that much less shitty.
I'm not sure they didn't feature the sword of Kahless already.
Fair enough - I’d still love to see the “couch gag” thing happen
Adam: It is not actually funny.
Me: :(
Adam: It’s piss-funny.
Me: :)
I thought it was interesting the lower deck crew sleeps in the hallway. I guess given the size of the ship and # of crew, maybe it makes sense. I loved the joke it being musty near the shower, but they're sonic showers. So weird. :D
Gary Mitchell? That's a deep cut. Second pilot episode of TOS level deep.
Buried under a rock on Delta Vega deep.
That was the best name drop at the end.
Genuinely had to look Gary Mitchell up. I got it once I saw the pic
I admire your perspective on this show, I'll have to check out the show myself.
I have to agree I really enjoyed this show. I was walking in with lowered expectations - no pun intended.... I look forward to more episodes. Think we will get an Eaglemoss USS Ceritos?
Love Adams optimistic outlook on trek, always tend to agree with him and I'm sure I would but how did he watch it? Hasn't been released in the UK yet has it? WHERE IS IT??!😭😭😭😭
Now news on international release except they haven't sorted the negotiations
So erm it's a pirates life for worldwide
@@jameswg13 What Negotiations? Netflix and Amazon both walked away after the teams saw the first few episodes... they don't have faith that it's worth what CBS is asking. Or so it's been reported by a variety of sources way more credible than Midnight's Edge...
@@WilliamHostman don't be silly William I've heard a lot of those BS rumours spoken by the fandom menace and their 'sources' simple fact of the matter is negotiations are taking their time and the is talk CBS wanted to do their own service
I really enjoyed it for what it was. Something fun set in the universe. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes.
On an aside, Adam is hilarious! especially his description of how some trek fans are never happy
I would have binged the whole season if CBS had let me. 👍
I know right
I loved it. It was like someone saw the Robot Chicken Star Wars specials and said "But what if they were canon?"
It also has a bit of that Rick and Morty vibe, with Mariner being the always right Rick and Boimler being the browbeaten Morty. Not exactly the same, but I can see the similarities.
It would be good if this was available outside the USA and Canada
So how can we watch this in the UK?
I can agree with you 100%.
I really enjoyed it. Even if some of it was a little predictable, a fun show to just enjoy and not think to much
I hate channels that excist just to tear down a show, you can be criditcal but also leave room for the viewer to make up their own minds on a show.
Some of those fan channels are quite negative for sure. I didn't like this show or episode but those same channels bashed star trek Picard which I thought was ok and not the trainwreck they made it out to be. I just don't like the tone of this show. It's not what I watch Star Trek for. It is too bad the negative channels presume to speak for all fans though. Clearly this show has an audience. Others I know liked it or said it was alright. I didn't like it much. To each their own right?
Negativity is profitable.
Love your passion. Loved the episode! Looking forward to more.
I'm watching this in 2022, and I'm sad to report, that 2020 still hasn't ended...
I loved it and it needs to be supported. Most Trek accurate they put out. If this was the first show people would love it. Discovery and Picard sour the fan base
isnt it dangerous for the crew to pass thew a hull conectected into warp necells :S like hot warp plasma lol radiation
They say there are turbo lifts in the pilons in a few of the blueprints.
Star trek
" maybe we could reroute energy from the deflectors to the transporters and us a quantum field inducer with a double fmp " geordi " no that would blow up the relay system.... however if we inverted the polarity of the fmp frequency it mide work captain!"
Data, " we will need to take the shield offline and reroute warp plasma to the deflectors at exactly 5.786 milliseconds, my posotronic brain should be connected to the computer using a marvik interface copler.
Worf " with the shield down the romulans can destroy us captain!"
Picard " don't worry mister worf , we keep or distance, number one , open a channel to the romulan ship ... we need to buy time , i shall quote from the Bible, that will keep them b."
Nailed it.
Really thought you were gonna start singing Feel Good Inc by the Gorillaz at the start there lol
Been watching TrekCulture for a while, but this is my first comment. I wasn't going to watch Lower Decks - I just wasn't drawn to it - but because Adam gave it so many ups I had to take a chance. Seriously - this was awesome and hilarious. Looking forward to whoever does the easter eggs recap - favorite bands, Klingon apostrophes, and more. Thanks for the review Adam - Lower Decks had just the laughs I needed! And a Level Two diagnostic...
Just think of all those Trek fans wanting to find something that makes this the nail in ST's coffin and then being unable to. Must be hell.
The Cerritos is not supposed to be a hero ship it’s supposed to do the nitty gritty second contact stuff as support.
Some Trek fans don't know who Gary Mitchell was? Feh.
"Why do YOU know who he is? You haven't even seen that episode of Star Trek."
He was mentioned in a Stargazer novel! And some Trek lists on TH-cam.
"Yeah, them's bragging rights right there."
I love this show to sitting alone watching it laughing out loud. And Adam if they think you're getting paid off by CBS what about all those other channels that hate everything about new Star Trek shows. yet they do a review of every episode even though they say they hate it and they make money off the videos about a show they hate through advertising. Things that make you go hmmm Lower decks lower decks lower decks.
Haven't seen Discovery or Picard but I do really like the JJ Abrams films. I don't get all the hate about the new stuff and I have been watching Star Trek since TNG.
I enjoyed the first step on this new journey- I'm salivating through my mask for episode 2!!
Looks like the premise will be that the bridge crew is largely incompetent and only interested in glory (Very StarTrek like). Ensign Mariner, the protagonist, will work outside the chain of command to ultimately accomplish her objectives as to what she believes is the greater good. Her protege, Ensign Boimier, will come to realize that Star Fleet regulations and protocols are all just a system of control and should be circumvented to achieve one's ends. Ultimately no improvements will be made to the system. How this fits within Roddenberry's vision of the future where the crew works in harmony to help others is unclear.
Oh come on, this is a comedy! Yes, a lazy comedy. If you are going to create a comedy StarTrek, work within the premise of StarTrek. You can't just put characters in Star Fleet uniforms and put them on a ship and then label it StarTrek.
Also my fear that they will make the bridge-crew incompetent so the main characters can save the day. But at least here the bridge crew appeared to handle the crisis on their own and the lower decks were barely involved (the XO should have reported to sickbay immediately upon returning to the ship, but thats the only screw-up)
Seriously, come on though. It's so obvious that this is intended as a reversal of ST's usual premise of a super-competent bridge crew lording it over regular staff that are borderline mentally deficient.
Also, there's a good reason Roddenberry got (de facto) kicked off TNG. While he should always be remembered and lauded for creating ST, it's also clear that his vision of the future was quite restrictive to creating drama (and in other ways too, I might add).
Bom, Roddenberry got (de facto) kicked off TNG????!
Um, no. He died. He was never kicked off of anything.
@@bomcabedal The majority of StarTrek episodes managed work within the Roddenberry framework and generate plenty of drama. The problem is when you have writers that aren't familiar with StarTrek and are used to creating soap operator level content where the drama is the interpersonal conflict of the characters. That kind of writing is easy.
@@bomcabedal Do you have a specific crew character in mind (other than Barkley) you feel was borderline mentally deficient? The Enterprise was a top choice for assignment and I always had the impression anyone assigned to the Enterprise was the best of those available. I can't recall a case where I thought a secondary character was deficient. I always felt everyone was on the team, but there is a chain of command.
video starts at 2:16
A question, would you happen to know when and where is Lower Decks will air in Mexico?
It's not likely to. Amazon and Netflix passed on it. No one else is able to afford what CBS wants.
This is gonna be rough for me. Rough start imo
UP: It's Star Trek
DOWN: None of the characters connected, most actually annoyed me. The writing seems lackluster, it did actually get a handful of laughs from me.
I also enjoyed it Adam. Here’s hoping to a good season.
Did not expect the first sound on this to be the sound of Adam Clery laughing.