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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Let's face it: this isn't even in the top five strangest things to happen to a Starfleet vessel. Arguable if it's even in the top 10.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

This sounds ridiculous. And I'm so down for it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Trek has a very, very long history of having weird shit happen to the crew because of space anomalies--

Once More With Feeling was in 2001, and Trek trying to follow in BTVS's wake would have felt derivative at the time. The closest it came was The Doctor's hallucinations... and that was hilarious.

If anyone can pull this off its the SNW crew.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The retro poster has a Once More With Feeling vibe. Hoping Subspace Rhapsody will approach (or even meet) the standard that Buffy set as far as TV show musical episodes go.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

If the audience can roll with the Naked Time and the Naked Now, why not an ‘everyone breaks into song and dance’ episode?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There was also a musical episode of Xena. I forget which came first.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This will either be really fun or total nonsense. I like that they're trying new things instead of only recycling old Trek tropes with aliens that have a different kind of bump on the forehead.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think the word you’re looking for is “and.”

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

For those who don't know, Carol Kane (though not particularly known as a singer) has sung on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and has appeared in the US tour of the musical Wicked as Madame Morrible.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Umm... what. Is there an overlap between Star Trek fans and musical episode fans that I didn't know about? 😅

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Computer, play Nightbird.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Hi, I didn’t know it until I heard about this episode but apparently I’m that overlap.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

First a crossover with an animated comedy series, and now a musical episode? They have lost their minds over at SNW and I am so here for it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For those who can't read music, the song on the poster is (of course) the TOS theme, specifically the iconic part following the voiceover where "STAR TREK" appears on screen. In other words, what you expected it to be. 😉

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And the TOS theme does have lyrics, though they're terrible and Roddenberry just wrote them to unapologetically steal half of Courage's royalties.

Ilia's theme from TMP also had lyrics.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like this has happened before, but maybe I’m just remembering The Doctor singing about Tuvok going into pon farr

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was Picardo singing a parody of "La Donna e Mobile", an aria in Verdi's opera Rigoletto.

DS9 also had some episodes where they showed off their cast's vocal chops, eg Avergy Brooks and James Darren singing "The Best is Yet to Come" and Nana Visitor singing "Fever".

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don’t forget everyone’s favorite, allamaraine!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That will be coming in Lower Decks apparently.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

@ValueSubtracted

We'll see... Can't say I'm stoked, but maybe it'll be better than I anticipate. I'm not really a fan of musicals in the first place. I could count the ones I find 'acceptable' on one hand, and can only think of two atm. If it turns out merely 'acceptable' I'll be happy enough. Hopefully the actors had fun.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Can't wait for Lower Decks to parody this episode.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

i dont watch the trailer for, i hope, obvious reasons but i am hyped for the series in general so i want to see how this turns out ^^

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

While I don't mind the idea it has to be done right to work. And i don't trust modern trek to do it right.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Strange New Worlds had been pretty consistent. I don't mind the occasional flub, it's better to go out on a limb occasionally than play it totally safe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are they going to explain why everyone is suddenly singing and dancing (like some kind of subspace interference that causes the crew to break into songs) or are they treating it as artistic license for this episode?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They appear to get hit with some Strange Energies in the trailer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmm... Hope those strange energies make Spock sing better. As I recall he can't sing in tune.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

How much for just the planet?

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