# Star Trek Lower Decks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, star-trek-paramount\ **Created:** [July 14, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340 "2020-07-14T21:53:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/1 "2020-07-14T21:53:22Z")
A new Star Trek cartoon is coming to CBS All Access August 6. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/V3RkBKedKWw/maxresdefault.jpg "Star Trek: Lower Decks | Season 1 Official Trailer | Paramount+") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3RkBKedKWw) I have to be honest, this doesn’t look like a show I’d be interested in. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/2 "2020-07-14T21:59:41Z")
This could be the _Star Wars Holiday Special_ of the Trek franchise. Minus the talents of Bea Arthur and Art Carney. 🤢 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/3 "2020-07-14T22:31:04Z")
I have to be honest, it looks great. (And strongly reminds me of _Final Space_.) But if you think that _Star Trek_ has to be soooper serious it probably very definitely isn’t for you. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/4 "2020-07-14T23:07:39Z")
Did the trailer get pulled? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/5 "2020-07-15T01:02:57Z")
No. Plus more characters to reach the minimum. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/6 "2020-07-15T01:42:14Z")
I can’t find the trailer anywhere. The link in the OP says it is unavailable. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/7 "2020-07-15T01:49:54Z")
It’s worth a try, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/8 "2020-07-15T01:51:33Z")
Will there be drug dealing? CMC ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/9 "2020-07-15T01:53:11Z")
I just watched it. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/10 "2020-07-15T02:05:50Z")
The trailer is not available in Canada. Once I VPN’d in through an American server I could see it. Not sure it was worth the effort. If it has time, it could possibly grow into something decent. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/11 "2020-07-15T02:33:09Z")
Here is a pretty extensive analysis of the trailer. > **[Analysis: Screencaps and Breakdown Of First ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Trailer](https://trekmovie.com/2020/07/12/analysis-screencaps-and-breakdown-of-first-star-trek-lower-decks-trailer/)** > > We freeze those frames and we can see everything packed into this first good look at 'Lower Decks.' ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/12 "2020-07-15T14:31:21Z")
I mean, OK. I dig it. But naming it after the one NextGen episode that showed just how damn expendable those guys are? Depressing. Lower Decks was a GREAT episode of television. It really was. But I’d have chosen some other name for this. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/13 "2020-07-15T14:42:54Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > But if you think that _Star Trek_ has to be soooper serious it probably very definitely isn’t for you. From the trailer, it looks like a _parody_ of _Star Trek_. Which IMHO would work a lot better if it _weren’t_ an official Star Trek show. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/14 "2020-07-15T15:08:24Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > > But if you think that _Star Trek_ has to be soooper serious it probably very definitely isn’t for you. > > From the trailer, it looks like a _parody_ of _Star Trek_ . Which IMHO would work a lot better if it _weren’t_ an official Star Trek show. Yes. I have nothing against Star Trek being fun, or funny, but this really seems like parody—and having the parody and the thing it parodies set in the same universe seems incongruous. Like having Spaceballs set in the Star Wars-universe. Plus, what may be the bigger issue, nothing in the trailer was all that funny. But of course I’ll give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/15 "2020-07-15T15:11:25Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Plus, what may be the bigger issue, nothing in the trailer was all that funny. Agreed. But it may not be fair to judge by the trailer, since trailerizing comedy totally screws up the timing and context. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/16 "2020-07-15T17:45:48Z")
Possibly the most excited I’ve ever been about a new Star Trek series. Disclaimer: I hate Star Trek. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/17 "2020-07-15T18:35:19Z")
Looks like fun! I don’t mind seeing a parody of ST set within the ST universe. I can always just fanwank that it’s a sitcom from a Federation broadcast 'net. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/18 "2020-07-15T20:40:27Z")
Looks amusing. I think it’s fine to have a show that doesn’t treat itself as seriously as the main dramas. My favorite Marvel movies were Guardians of the Galaxy which also did not take itself seriously at all (of course the Marvel universe always had some humor, which ST sometimes fails at). ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/19 "2020-07-15T20:42:04Z")
On one hand this could be funny and Trek has a lot of tropes that can be satirized but I am tried of how all media now has to be with a wink and nudge. There is no sincerity anymore. It’s like how there are no fairy tale stories just parodies of stories like Shrek. I want some sincerity. No matter how good this show might be (and it probably won’t be that good) I would rather have had a real series about a Star ship crew having adventures and not the parody. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340/20 "2020-07-15T20:45:33Z")
It seems like every other Star Trek series on CBS All Access is playing it straight. And Strange New Worlds appears like it’s going to be far more TOS/Next Generation than any other ST property in a while. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340.md?page=2)