You don’t need to. It might even help you figure out if you’d like Lower Decks.
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Fuzzy_Dunlop@lemm.ee 11 months ago
How important is it that I see Lower Decks first? I keep hearing good things about it, and I will get to it eventually, but I know very little behind its premise.
deepthaw@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
BeardedSingleMalt@kbin.social 11 months ago
I haven't watched past S2 of Lower Decks, but if you like slapstick humor busting at the seems with fanservice and callbacks then you might like it.
JWBananas@kbin.social 11 months ago
Jack Quaid plays Jack Quaid.
Hyacathusarullistad@kbin.social 11 months ago
0% important. I haven't gotten around to Lower Decks yet and I thought the episode was fantastic.
kitonthenet@kbin.social 11 months ago
I haven't seen the episode so take that into consideration, but probably not very. Lower decks hasn't broken that much new ground
pjhenry1216@kbin.social 11 months ago
Boimler is ambitious but kind of clumsy and awkward and stickler for rules (despite the boimler rule). Mariner is basically Ferris Bueller with the mouth of a sailor until her friends/family are in danger and then she's MacGuyver/007. (I also just realized I'm dating myself a lot of those references and I hope they still work.) The show is definitely written by fans of star trek that also are comfortable enough to poke fun at the source material.
Edit: that's probably enough to enjoy it, but I haven't seen it yet so don't know if they reference any lower decks story arcs heavily.
andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
Let me help you out: Boimler is a Feliz, and Mariner is an Oscar.
Now can someone explain all four LD characters based on their MAS*H counterparts? I want to make the joke but I’m literally not old enough to.