I thought the crossover was alright despite the fact I’m not a fan of Lower Decks. However I do think this season of SNW is way too comedic and lighthearted, like they’re trying to be The Orville almost (well, it’s first two seasons anyway, because ironically the third season of The Orville comes off as more serious than SNW now).
Comment on How 'Star Trek' combined 'Strange New Worlds' and 'Lower Decks'
aquova@startrek.website 1 year agoWhile I’m personally not really interested in a animated comedy Star Trek, I do understand why people like the show.
That being said, I’m really not excited for this crossover at all. I think Lower Deck’s style, particularly in its dialogue, will just bring out the worst in Strange New Worlds. I expect it’ll fall to whether you do or don’t like Lower Decks whether you’ll like that episode.
startrekexplained@startrek.website 1 year ago
StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 1 year ago
Lower Decks is very successful in fulfilling its role in attracting and retaining a new audience for the franchise.
Animated comedies are huge with the teen and younger adult demographics. Netflix is picking up and retaining a large youth audience with its array of original animated comedies. Lower Decks was Paramount+‘s only original offering that broke into this market in 2022z
Paramount appears to know exactly what it’s doing strategically with this crossover. There’s a significant demographic for whom Lower Decks is their ‘first contact’ with Star Trek. Many are branching out to the live action series but not all, and SNW is the live-action show they’re likely to try first.
Now, why Paramount went with such a strategically daft decision to write off Prodigy rather than work on a pathway between offerings is an open question.
My best bet is that it was the need to write the show off on the Nickelodeon side that’s driving the decision to write Prodigy off. Nickelodeon was supposed to be the original home of Prodigy, not Paramount+, but Nickelodeon’s free fall in linear children’s audience made that untenable. What I don’t get is why Paramount, isn’t fighting to hold onto its market share through its streamer.