[High pitched Boimler scream]
[High pitched Boimler scream]
LD s2e6 "The Spy Humongous" (PADD shot) and LD s5e10 "The New Next Generation"
So, a continuation in the spirit of Lower Decks as it appeared in the Strange New Worlds crossover (live action) may occur in the future. Paramount, don't screw this up!
Edit: early premise concerning the exploits of guests at one of the resort-type planets, with LD alum Tawny Newsome producing/writing
Unfortunately, it's not a Lower Decks continuation - I'm pretty sure that's the Tawny Newsome comedy about “Federation outsiders serving a gleaming resort planet find out their day-to-day exploits are being broadcast to the entire quadrant."
However, the involvement of Tawny Newsome makes me hopeful it will be good at least. I guess it also opens us to LD cameos at the bare minimum kind of like how they found a way to shoehorn Riker into pretty much every Trek show (I guess even technically DSC and SNW, if you count directing and/or Boimler doing the chair thing).
Admittedly, it would also be fun if they had a neo-Miranda class (perhaps we could call it Terrell class) Cerritos, but despite a similar role, it's not called the Cerritos A; it has an entirely new registry number because they somehow managed to forget about the original Cerritos.
Hmm. Not a great premise, but if Tawny's got some creative control, I'll take what I can get.
I agree with you. Thinking on it, I wonder if that's only a season 1 premise and they'll eventually get beyond that.
Now what would make it really interesting (but they probably won't do) is if this comedy had a backdrop of a weakened postwar Dominion a.k.a this resort planet is in the Gamma Quadrant. It would be very interesting to use it to explore the new power structures that develop in the quadrant since the weakened power of the Founders. You could also showcase how Alpha quadrant polities interact with Dominion worlds (kind of like what we saw with the Karemma in LD "Hear All, Trust Nothing") - we have an episode with Federation diplomats at the resort negotiating a trade deal, for instance (this could even be our excuse to bring in an LD character or two).
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I'd have preferred something closer to TNG or DS9 in tone. They don't need to make Star Trek into a comedy series.
If it's a Lower Decks continuation then having a similar tone to Orville season 2 and 3 could split the difference.
But the only other way they know how to make it anymore is laughing stock. So a comedy is preferable.
If you want TNG, wait for Orville season 4.
