Netflix Just Saved The Most Underrated Star Trek Show — Creators Tease What's Next
Netflix Just Saved The Most Underrated Star Trek Show — Creators Tease What's Next
The creators of 'Star Trek: Prodigy,' Kevin and Dan Hageman think that getting their show on Netflix is a dream come true. Here's why and what's next for Season 2.
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Is it even worth watching as a trekki? 🤔
It's great for what it is, but it's fundamentally a kids show. It's nicely animated, well acted and a lot more palatable to an adult audience than most but it doesn't scratch that Trek itch for me beyond using the IP. It's very much an action adventure cartoon. If that should good to you, then yeah go for it!
If it doesn't, you still might want to make an exception if you're really invested in Voyager. Characters from it aren't just cameos, so you'll get a lot more out of it if you'd really love to see Janeway again.
Oh, that's what i feared. Hmm, yes i do love voyager, and it might be nice indeed. Thanks man!
This is the correct answer. Great kids show in the trek universe. Otherwise, not really a trek show.
It's a slow burn introduction to Trek. The show starts off having not much to do with Trek, as the crew itself has nothing to do with the Federation or Starfleet, but they go through a process of learning what Starfleet is, and they try their best to aspire to its ideals so they might be accepted to the academy when they reach the Federation. Ideas (e.g., prime directive, augments, temporal directives) are introduced one at a time with explanations. It's not meant to "just" be a kids' show, it's meant to be a kids' introduction to Trek. And as a fan of Trek, I think also a good introduction for a non-fan who might feel lost by how vast the Trek universe is. It's not about politics or diplomacy, but it carries the same spirit of unity, optimism, and the hope for the best of humanity that underlies Trek.
Very well put. That spirit is what i want from my treks. So yes, will watch it 😌 Thanks man!
Yes, Its got a great theme song, Janeway, exploration, foundations of a great crew and a tough little ship.
Janeway is a good argument indeed... Themesong less so, my emby skips intros 😁
“Little”?!
Yes
Short and precise 😁 thanks.
Yeah i could make an entire post on why and what and blablabla but its worth watching, little getting used to in the beginning (as all new shows) but after a few you forget its animated and its really good (i didnt expect it to be but is) think of it as Star Treks, The Bad Batch.
@Dyskolos @ValueSubtracted it's truly disappointing how often I see this question. I cannot give it a strong enough recommendation, our family LOVED it and my kids (and the rest of us!) can't wait to watch season 2 ❤️
Oh the majority here seems to like it, so i will give it a go. I just thought it was (from the presentation) very kid-targeted.
@Dyskolos they definitely went that way out of the gate with the marketing, partnership with Nickelodeon, etc. But I guess I expected more of the fandom to watch it regardless, purely because it was new Trek. Doesn't seem like it turned out that way though.
There's a Kobayashi Maru-inspired episode that's an absolute treat, but I won't give any more away than that :)
Hehe, I'm already sold and will give it a go 😊
somehow, any trek has its own merits - even the worst movies ( #TheFinalFrontier ) or stupid episodes with Jonathan Archer … 🖖🏽
Actually we loved archer 😊
well, #Enterprise certainly did have some good episodes, too - but I think any serious #StarTrek lover still have its own favorites & unpreferred …
Eh, no.
Discovery had no merits beyond glorifying space Jesus who was so much better than Spock? It was trash, and if possible, Picard was even worse. Absolute garbage written and produced by people who self professedly didn't know star trek, had no interest in making star trek, and wanting to use the platform to push through their political views. How anyone ever even expected any of that shit to be any good is beyond me.
I really enjoyed it.
Second best new trek after SNW. Very very much yes.
Okokok, you all got me convinced already ,-)
That's entirely up to you.
@Dyskolos @ValueSubtracted I tried 3 times to get into it and I couldn’t. Today I forced it and it was at the end of episode 9 when I said “ok, this is a good show.” That much work just to start liking a show isn’t for everyone but after finishing the first season I think it’s worth it. I think the second is set up to be really good and I’m excited for it. I didn’t like lower decks or enterprise at first either.
You made it sound very tempting. But all the other guys already sold me on giving it a chance :-) And me too. didn't like lower decks or enterprise at first neither. But they both grew on me and totally earned their place in my trekkie-heart.
Everything nu trek since those godawful reboot movies has been utter shit, really.
St Discovery was painfully funny in a really bad way.
St Picard ruined TNG and all its characters for me, great going. Haven't rewatched TNG ever since
St prodigy cartoon was just painfully bad again
There is more but I stopped watching and I'm not wasting my time on modern trek anymore, it's dead, please let it rot in peace.
You watched all these 3 but not strange new worlds or lower decks (definitely the best new trek in a decade)?
This! SNW was suprisingly back to the roots. Totally loved it and was prepared for another shitfest. Lower decks is probably not everyone's taste, but it's really cool too. Enjoyed much.
Yeah, heard all that a hundred times about the shit movies, about discovery and Picard (but this season, I swear, it's great!) and none of it had anything to do with star trek, was not made by people who know and love star trek and I'm done with it. Not wasting my time anymore
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"removed by mod"? Damn. Now I wanna know :-)
I saw the trailers of lowerdecks and wisely decided that star trek was dead. That cringy "shields up down" song and the "big guys" chest bumping eachother because that is what real men do... It was so cringy, I'm sorry, that is not star trek
Please give SNW another go. For your own5e enjoyment. It's really back to the old glory. At least for now. And lower decks was special. A comedy-spin-off I'd call it, but really good too. Just a special taste.
I thought it was the least Star Trek Star Trek out of all of them, and I include Discovery in this list...
Did you watch more than a handful of episodes?
Most long time fans who’ve seen the entire first season describe it as the most ‘Trek’ of the new eras of shows.
It starts out intentionally in a location outside the Federation that is tonally more like SW, and with characters that either don’t know or are hostile to the Federation. It meets new viewers where they are and then brings them into the fold.
By the middle of the first season it’s celebrating everything that’s great about the franchise.
I watched like half the season before I couldn't anymore. It was more Star Wars than Star Trek.
Uhm, would that be 5/10 episodes of the first half of season one (which has two x 10 episodes)?
Most fans view S1E6 ‘Kobayashi’ as the episode where the balance flips to be more Star Trek as it pulls new viewers in.
Ok I'm willing to give it another try. But the whole thing just looked like a children's show....
It's one of those good children's shows that's been written with the understanding that parents will watch with their kids.
Worse than discovery? Ouch...