Star Trek: Prodigy.

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    New episode. I swear the sound track is a nod to JJTrek, especially with...

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    I just finished the episode and yes the music was definitely a nod to the Star Trek 09 theme. The underwater scene was both reminiscent of ID and TVH, what with the space whales and all. Janeway is a badass in her own right.
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    Didn’t expect a Borg episode. I don’t like how the Borg are defeated with the power of friendship, but it is a kids show so I get the message.
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    I imagine nanoprobes aren't all that useful for assimilating an energy being, so I guess the collective would have to resort to brainwashing or hypnosis or some sort of mental conditioning to convert them. :chris:
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    That would be a good way to explain why Guinan has issues with Q. If Q were somehow manipulated by the Borg to destroy her planet then she would have good reason to not trust him. It also would give Q a good reason to warn Picard. That's if Q could be manipulated by the Borg in the first place.
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    All the World's a Stage...

    For most of the episode.

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    And Murf! I'm perfectly okay with the entire crew of the Protostar ending up dead as long as Murf is okay.

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    Wow, that was a very cute episodes that I legit laughed out loud at! What a charming nod to fandom culture!
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    So the Enterprise bridge is unquestionably the one seen in TOS and not the updated look seen in SNW.
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    I restate my increasingly firm position:


    Prodigy >>>>>>>>Lower Decks
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    You're only comparing them because they're animated.

    They're very different shows. (Both of which are excellent, BTW.)
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    Indeed, they are catering to two entirely different audiences. You may as well compare The Simpsons to SpongeBob SquarePants :shrug:

    That said, Prodigy is a great introduction to Trek for the demography it's going for.
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    I'm comparing them because of the nominal target audience (age/maturity wise)

    Obviously the have and intend to have a different sensibility. Both do what they do well.
    My claim is that what wants to do - and is doing - is more satisfying and substantial than what LD wants to/is doing
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    you haven't painted your place in ten years?

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    I was going to say "as long as it was the better Xindi and not the insecoids or whatever but then it occurred to me - I'd love to see Prodigy include some of the alien races we saw on TAS. I know lower decks has done some of this but a race like that bird man or Arex's people, or whatever - in a serious, not stunt, role in an episode would be cool
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    I detect hints of Voyager theme.
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    I don't like the new Murf...

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    Murf reminds me of Groot.
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    Same.
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    This week was okay. Arik Soong created Dal? 200 years ago?
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    No, you plonker. Soong inspired devotees who created Dal.

    Like Hitler and the GOP.
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    oh noooooo

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