A sitcom about the kids of Janeway and Paris it is then! With singing!
Mongostein@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
New crew. New ship. Post-DS9. Not an animated comedy. That’s all I want.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 3 days ago
cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I’d watch this, but only if there’s a laugh track.
SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org 2 days ago
Starfleet Academy technically has all of this criteria met, depending on how far you’re willing to stretch the definition of “crew”.
SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org 2 days ago
Prodigy meets your criteria.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Ok, then I separate animated and comedy :p
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Legacy with Captain Seven.
data1701d@startrek.website 3 days ago
I would certainly not reject a well-written Lower Decks season 6, so I don’t agree on the animated comedy front.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I like Lower Decks, but it’s not old Trek. Strange New Worlds is great, but I’m so tired of prequels and reboots and blah blah blah
data1701d@startrek.website 2 days ago
I mean, that’s fair.
I feel that somewhat by accident, Lower Decks does better capture some aspects of classic Trek than other series, namely being mostly episodic and bringing a sense of humor back to Trek, and it sometimes even attains a level of dramatic skill comparable to the best of classic Trek (namely above all else the exchange between Mariner and Ma’ah in the S4 finale). Also, I’m honestly really impressed that Lower Decks managed to get me attached to its characters and make it feel like they’ve evolved so much in a total runtime less than that of the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
That said, Lower Decks does lack the mellow charm and the long(er)-form storytelling of classic Trek. However, considering the Trekiness they otherwise pulled off, I kind of wonder how the Lower Decks writers would do if they were given the opportunity to do a 50 minute “standard” Trek series; I think they might be able to do pretty well.
Similarly, with SNW, while it has some of the strongest writing of social interaction, the sci-fi aspect is often weaker than it should be. For instance, “Four-and-a-Half Vulcans” is almost a brain-dead premise in terms of science fiction, but executed so well in terms of the social dynamics and character writing.
In other words, I can see your desire for a no-compromises, no catches Trek.
Zorque@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Prodigy?