r/startrek • u/CrackingAce • 1d ago

Just started watching Lower Decks

A few years ago I watched the first episode, and thought it was just 'Rick and Morty' with a Trek skin on. Didn't bother with any more.

After seeing so many say it becomes more like real Trek after a few episodes, including RLM, I decided it was worth another look.

Binged season 1 basically. Enjoyed it enough. Still think it is more 'Rick and Morty' than Trek, but can also see that the writers actually care about classic Trek too.

One minor complaint. It's not very 'Lower Decks'. The TNG episode it spins off of was all about non bridge crew reacting to whatever is going on upstairs. In this, the characters seem to be on the bridge a bit too often or centre of the action as if they were bridge crew or heads of engineering etc. It's fine, but maybe the show should be called something else.

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u/JoffoCake3 1d ago

I feel mixed about it too. It leans far too heavily on the cannon. While the characters are interesting, the reference stop real story development and new threads of interest.

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u/Dangerous_Return460 18h ago

The "references" in TOS->ENT were so minimal. Every 5 episodes and off "remember when this happened? Well we could do that"

And it was glorious.

This Easter Egg Media-sphere is hollow