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How Star Trek: Lower Decks Managed To Get Enterprise’s Jolene Blalock To Appear, And Why She’s Only Credited By Her First Name (www.cinemablend.com)
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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Can you explain what you are enjoying about it? I just dropped it about 4 or 5 episodes into the final season because I just couldn't keep slogging through.

Between the baby oil lathering decontamination scenes and overall lack of believable or interesting characters and plot lines, I find it to be the least enjoyable Trek I've ever watched (so far) aside from maybe TOS.

Help me see your perspective, where it is enjoyable. And please don't even mention the intro.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Let me try to explain:

    It's an interesting time capsule from the turn of the millennia. Like The Practice, it's interesting to see the way society shifted after 9/11 so starkly presented in art.

    It's still got a whif of that 90s star trek energy.

    Scott Bakula is a institution.

    They really go for it a few episodes, there's no reservations they just have the male engineer get pregnant or the captain get obsessed with space eggs, or the crew get attacked by the cum monster

    Doctor Phlox is great and denobulans are a good addition to the alpha quadrant.

    Has a great borg episode.

    The xindi are cool, actually.

    They nailed the uniforms.

    You can simply jerk off during the decontamination scenes until they're over.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago*

    Not parent, but; Enterprise is one of my favorites. Some things that I really like about it:

    • The enterprise itself is bare and functional. Not luxurious with nice carpets. This ups the stakes and realism.
    • They get beat up a lot and their ship is quite primitive.
    • Archer is mostly likable and nicely balanced, although he gets a bit dark in later seasons.
    • All main cast have distinct personalities and are well acted and likable. Most of them also grow as member of the crew.
    • The crew interactions are well written mostly.
    • The tension between Archer and T'Pol is intense.
    • I really like the cmdr. Shren storyline.
    • Hoshi is hot (and smart) so I didn't mind the de-con scenes. And besides the eye-candy they did have a story.

    These are the things I can think of right now, but I really enjoyed it over all (of course with its ups and downs per episode).

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The final season got ripped off. They had to rush to try and have an ending.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    If you believe in the final episode, they failed, hard. Otherwise, I've grown to like it, found the beard from the latter half of season 3. Shame the post 9/11 dark shift killed it before it could get its seven. Feel much the same about Lower Decks, too soon.

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