Macfarlane is exactly why I've avoided that series, thinking that I'd hate the humor, and sounds like my instincts were correct. I find him insufferable during interviews so have actively avoided anything to do with him all these years.Raid wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 8:20 pmYeah, I noticed that the other day too, so I started re-watching season 2 (which I watched probably three years back). It's good, but I still wish Macfarlane had just made a straight sci-fi show rather than shoe-horning in his usual brand of comedy (which I don't find particularly funny). I have no problem with it being light hearted, but it's pretty low-brow; there's an episode where the setup is the crew heading to Bortus' home planet to watch his annual urination ceremony, which is an obvious setup for some bad jokes that maybe would have been funny 40 years ago.
But Strange New Worlds is still better. They actually did a light-hearted episode last week, which was brave for a show that was only 4 episodes old - usually comedy Star Trek episodes (think DS9's baseball episode) rely on well established character traits, but they pulled it off. It's honestly surprising, as one of the two story arcs relies on a well-trodden trope that you wouldn't think Star Trek would ever attempt (my initial reaction was "wait, are they really doing this?!"), but it shows just how good the previous four hours were that I could accept and really enjoy it.
SNW episode 5 was quite decent! I enjoyed it despite still not liking the pilot character There was some clever comedy happening with the story arc you've mentioned - I'm thinking specifically, again, of Capt. Pike's interactions, that actor is such a good fit for this series. He's really good at the "inspiring speech from the wise captain" paragraphs that he's had to recite every episode so far. The other story arc was a bit silly, but fun, and the final scene was pretty spectacular, I have to say.