Our 3 year old went to sleep every night for several months listening to the soundtrack to this episode. You probably never imagined that use case but this episode was so magical for us as parents and our little one, we would sing the lyrics out loud all the time. A true inspiration to all involved! Thank you!!
I just started watching Strange New Worlds after resisting for quite some time - I felt like it couldn't possibly be any good in comparison to the original, TNG, and Voyager, but guess what - I have been loving it and I look forward to the 3rd season. The musical episode was truly imaginative and thoroughly enjoyable, and it delivered the entertainment and escapism that makes the Star Trek universe so appealing. The only thing I wish they had included in the musical was a duet with Kirk and the female security chief when they finally got to talk about their feelings - that could have been very good. Yes, I know the musical was a vast departure from the expected Star Trek story fare, but who cares? It was loads of fun to watch and listen to. Great job everyone!
I love it! I have had many qualms about Nu Trek though I try to see the positives regardless, but SNW for me has just hit it out of the park, ironically because it was the new project I was probably least excited for. It has captured the spirit of Trek more than anything in recent memory in my opinion. It doesn’t take itself too seriously but the heartfelt moments hit deep, and I have loved every episode.
What an outstanding performance from every single member. A big hit. An the Klingons as a K-Pop group is best idea since the invention of the Warp drive.
I have loved Kay Hanley since the 90's and bought this episode as an album. I still listen to it and get a little misty every time. Kay and Tom really had fun using those chord progressions to make the listener cry. Great stuff!
Sorry, this whole idea doesn't get me to subscribe to Paramount. An anomaly (again?) makes the crew sing about their feelings? Well, might work, but it sounds generic. I would have liked other scenarios better. Remember "Darmok"? Imagine a strange new civilisation, who's language of diplomacy is music. If you can't sing, they won't even listen to you. So the crew has to present the Federation and it's values by songs. Or think of something like the Eurovision Song Contest. Imagine the Enterprise has to carry participants from earth to a Galactic Song Contest. But the musicians become ill, and the crew has to save the reputation of earths culture? Just today i happened to read an article that one of the Beatles pitched an idea to Roddenberry about a galactic Band Contest. Would have been much more fun.
Have you watched the episode and/or the series? Even if the sci-fi explanatory trope is lacking, the episode uses it to advance the character arcs and does it with real heart and some pretty amazing songwriting and performances. I realize a musical episode is not everyone’s thing but this could have been WAY worse than what we ended up getting.
@@cloudwatcher608 I haven't watched it, i find it to expensive to subscribe another channel. But i've watched several videos about it. Maybe i'm the only one who would like to see some fun adventures. By the way, "it could have been way worse" is not the highest praise, is it?
@@fiktivhistoriker345 I’m confused why you’re even watching a video like this then since you’ve obviously decided you aren’t watching any Nu-Trek since it’s all on Paramount Plus. Me saying “it could be worse” was my way of trying to delicately nudge you to give it a chance. I think it’s actually fantastic but I could tell you didn’t want to hear that. It seemed like you were complaining just to complain, not providing any constructive criticism about the show whatsoever which led me to believe you hadn’t even given it a chance. Apparently I was correct
I wish they hadn't bothered. I'm gay, in my 30s, from a ethnic minority background - as lovely as the representation and diversity has been with NuTrek - the heart and soul of the franchise is just not there any more and it's novelty musical nonsense that breaks the magic for me. Star Trek is about an optimistic future, where enlightenment wins - now it either feels like dark, dimly-lit dystopian garbage where even the surfaces of the ships have to be dirty and scratched up, or teen angst-driven drama with breaking the fourth wall and being meta. TNG, DS9, VOY and ENT were my ESCAPISM - I needed that. Now the people in charge have made it FARCICAL. It used to comfort me, now it gives me a migraine.
Then don't watch it. But your comparison is rather crazy and nonsensical. You are of the impression that DS9 and YOU and ENT were optimistic and didn't feel dark or dimly lit? You know DS9 started the trend to make it darker and gritty, right? The klingon ships in TNG and DS9 were really dark and dirty looking not to mention where you saw both the NX enterprise and Voyager completely wrecked, you had instances of the characters getting tortured and being defeated and doing very shady things that were un-starfleet-like, episodes tackling deep elements of bigotry and racism, the list goes on. And dimly lit? Discovery and Strange New Worlds? Your TV must have really low brightness settings.
You're not the only generation this show is made for. Star Trek's always had weird stuff like this. I sat through TNG, DS9, Voyager, and the painfully alienless Original Series, and they've done some pretty ridiculous stuff too. Star Trek isn't dead, and I'm about to give some examples of what they've done. - Original series had a dog in a horn and fur costume, a caveman, an army of furby balls, a Greek god, Klingons and Spock as the most alien thing in the whole three seasons, with everything else being just random humans, or in one case, a giant glowing human hand. - The Next Generation had Tasha Yar get thrown into the background by a dude in a slime drenched trash bag and that somehow obliterated her. Worf also had his spine destroyed by a hollow plastic barrel which was also pretty funny. Season 1 was also just human aliens, but I'd argue it was less boring than the Original Series. - Deep Space Nine had Quark remote control a dead dude's corpse to help them escape. Ferengi get stimulated through their ears (oo-mox). The crew even ended up in some weird alien child's playground and had to play stuff like hopscotch in order to progress. - Voyager had the doctor sing opera. Seven of Nine's Borg family was a thing. An alien also tried to breed with the ship. Then there was the murder of Tuvix in order to save Tuvok and Neelix. Let's not forget the Warp Ten episode either. Star Trek has done dumb stuff for the longest time, but we still love it regardless. It's a geeky show about people in space trying to be diplomatic and bring other species together to live in harmony, and as much as I enjoyed (mostly) Slow Trek, this mix of Slow Trek and Action Trek seems to be a decent middle ground in my opinion. I love Strange New Worlds and I will watch it all the way to the finale. It has a pace I enjoy, and I'm glad the crew is varied in terms of personality. That's how people are in real life (including soldiers when they get the opportunity), not to mention this is a show set in the future.
@AkerHasAwakenedOFFICIAL Dear me, I seem to have alienated the fanboy community. The Original Series, especially the first season, was written by and for adults. Unfortunately, with every passing year, the franchise has grown increasingly juvenile. Of late, the injection of the terminal Wokeness which is currently infesting Hollywood has applied the coup de grace. To be sure the budgets are bigger than ever, but to what end? Lots of shiny things and pew pew pew. That may satisfy the mouth-breathers but some of us have higher standards.
@@JohnKoenig-db8lk It was made for an older generation in a time when space media was oversaturated with aliens, vampires and monsters. Gene had a vision, and that vision worked specifically for that time period, but they got rid of his true vision (Captain Pike's crew) because unaccepting people were way more prominent. They weren't ready for it. We are. People like me want to adapt and thrive. Others choose to recluse and die, which paves the way to more poverty and death. "Oops! Father Inflation moved in!" ... Gene did something truly unique for the time it came out, but a lot of adults this day and age, including me, see the original show as boring because it's all just politics between humans, rather than politics between humans and aliens. That's not a fault on our behalf. That mindset's the fault of overhype over a dead show from 60 years ago that hasn't aged as well as people think. We see enough normal politics in real life as is and we want to escape it whenever it isn't necessary because it can get stressful. Now, don't get me wrong, I like some of what The Original Series has to offer, but that boils down to Kirk, Spock, Scotty, the theme song, and the few cool alien designs they actually had. I also liked the episode where Kirk had an evil copy of himself trying to take over the ship. Peoples' tastes evolve. Their expectations evolve. Their way of thinking evolves. We evolve. If we don't, we die. It's part of evolution, not degradation. Degradation is what older generations do by constantly arguing that the old way is better when everybody else either sees positive change and embraces it, or suffers in silence being unable to reach that change because of their family. Don't get me wrong, however! I'm sick of Hollywood making us look bad, but the writing in this versus forced inclusion (what you call "Terminal Wokeness") is miles apart. This was clearly done by people who were very passionate about it, rather than being shoehorned in last minute by a company who never planned it from the beginning. The cartoon's not my speed, though. People back then were also a lot more selfish and never cared for what other people were feeling, or who they truly were unless they fit their vision of a perfect person (not saying everybody was, but there was a lot more). They were cold and would attack people they didn't like, especially if they were of a different race, sexuality, etc, and decided some disgusting traditional values were fine, especially ones saying that women should remain in the kitchen. That mindset hasn't changed a whole lot unfortunately, and it really needs to. People deserve to be more than just stereotypes and one role objects. I will fight to be who I am no matter what happens in the long run, and if somebody being gay or being able to notice what's truly wrong with the world will somehow destroy any and all hope you ever had of enjoying the series, that just shows how juvenile you are. I choose to live in the future, not the past. I choose to evolve, not degrade. I choose to live in happiness, not suffer in bitter sorrow. Live long and prosper. I need a smoke.
@AkerHasAwakenedOFFICIAL I see that Shakespeare was wrong. Evidently _verbosity_ is the soul of wit. Star Trek has devolved from James Kirk into Diverse Female Space Jesus. 'Nuff said. "I need a smoke." It was _that_ satisfying, huh? Perhaps sometime you should invite your _left_ hand too and have an orgy.
@@AkerHasAwakenedOFFICIAL this shit is so totally whack and is clearly not remotely like Star Trek. They shoulda just made their own show called "Glee in Space" and had all this dumb shit on that show. Destroying franchises that have even a shred of masculinity is the in thing right now.
I have to give credit when due ☝️😔 and if i make captain itll be thanks to all of you 🥹💪🙏N I don't take for granted my role of command 🙌😏 I can't believe how much I'll miss this crew 😭🥺
Our 3 year old went to sleep every night for several months listening to the soundtrack to this episode. You probably never imagined that use case but this episode was so magical for us as parents and our little one, we would sing the lyrics out loud all the time. A true inspiration to all involved! Thank you!!
Awh, my own father couldn't sleep for months without listening to this episode, he puts it on when he can't sleep here and there these days.
I just started watching Strange New Worlds after resisting for quite some time - I felt like it couldn't possibly be any good in comparison to the original, TNG, and Voyager, but guess what - I have been loving it and I look forward to the 3rd season. The musical episode was truly imaginative and thoroughly enjoyable, and it delivered the entertainment and escapism that makes the Star Trek universe so appealing. The only thing I wish they had included in the musical was a duet with Kirk and the female security chief when they finally got to talk about their feelings - that could have been very good. Yes, I know the musical was a vast departure from the expected Star Trek story fare, but who cares? It was loads of fun to watch and listen to. Great job everyone!
I love it! I have had many qualms about Nu Trek though I try to see the positives regardless, but SNW for me has just hit it out of the park, ironically because it was the new project I was probably least excited for. It has captured the spirit of Trek more than anything in recent memory in my opinion. It doesn’t take itself too seriously but the heartfelt moments hit deep, and I have loved every episode.
I would have given a Grammy Awards to everyone... But I'm just an X.
What an outstanding performance from every single member. A big hit. An the Klingons as a K-Pop group is best idea since the invention of the Warp drive.
My favorite SNW episode ever🎵🎶🎵🖖🏽
The fact that the songwriters are from one of the favorite bands of my youth just made this even more special!
this was a work of art. even better than buffy's musical episode.
Best series ever! A bright positive light in the dark world.
I absolutely loved this episode! I have watched it about 50 times! Best Star Trek ever!!!
This episode is the TNG Darmok of Strange New Worlds.
I have loved Kay Hanley since the 90's and bought this episode as an album. I still listen to it and get a little misty every time. Kay and Tom really had fun using those chord progressions to make the listener cry. Great stuff!
Like the most unexpected episode, and the serious earworm
Sorry, this whole idea doesn't get me to subscribe to Paramount. An anomaly (again?) makes the crew sing about their feelings? Well, might work, but it sounds generic. I would have liked other scenarios better.
Remember "Darmok"? Imagine a strange new civilisation, who's language of diplomacy is music. If you can't sing, they won't even listen to you. So the crew has to present the Federation and it's values by songs.
Or think of something like the Eurovision Song Contest. Imagine the Enterprise has to carry participants from earth to a Galactic Song Contest. But the musicians become ill, and the crew has to save the reputation of earths culture? Just today i happened to read an article that one of the Beatles pitched an idea to Roddenberry about a galactic Band Contest. Would have been much more fun.
Have you watched the episode and/or the series? Even if the sci-fi explanatory trope is lacking, the episode uses it to advance the character arcs and does it with real heart and some pretty amazing songwriting and performances. I realize a musical episode is not everyone’s thing but this could have been WAY worse than what we ended up getting.
@@cloudwatcher608 I haven't watched it, i find it to expensive to subscribe another channel. But i've watched several videos about it. Maybe i'm the only one who would like to see some fun adventures. By the way, "it could have been way worse" is not the highest praise, is it?
@@fiktivhistoriker345 I’m confused why you’re even watching a video like this then since you’ve obviously decided you aren’t watching any Nu-Trek since it’s all on Paramount Plus. Me saying “it could be worse” was my way of trying to delicately nudge you to give it a chance. I think it’s actually fantastic but I could tell you didn’t want to hear that. It seemed like you were complaining just to complain, not providing any constructive criticism about the show whatsoever which led me to believe you hadn’t even given it a chance. Apparently I was correct
I wish they hadn't bothered. I'm gay, in my 30s, from a ethnic minority background - as lovely as the representation and diversity has been with NuTrek - the heart and soul of the franchise is just not there any more and it's novelty musical nonsense that breaks the magic for me. Star Trek is about an optimistic future, where enlightenment wins - now it either feels like dark, dimly-lit dystopian garbage where even the surfaces of the ships have to be dirty and scratched up, or teen angst-driven drama with breaking the fourth wall and being meta. TNG, DS9, VOY and ENT were my ESCAPISM - I needed that. Now the people in charge have made it FARCICAL. It used to comfort me, now it gives me a migraine.
Then don't watch it.
But your comparison is rather crazy and nonsensical. You are of the impression that DS9 and YOU and ENT were optimistic and didn't feel dark or dimly lit? You know DS9 started the trend to make it darker and gritty, right? The klingon ships in TNG and DS9 were really dark and dirty looking not to mention where you saw both the NX enterprise and Voyager completely wrecked, you had instances of the characters getting tortured and being defeated and doing very shady things that were un-starfleet-like, episodes tackling deep elements of bigotry and racism, the list goes on. And dimly lit? Discovery and Strange New Worlds? Your TV must have really low brightness settings.
I liked the idea, the plot was nice and the lyrics okay. But the music was bland. Just contemporary radio bullshit music, no strong notes.
This is just _one_ of many reasons why _Star Trek_ is dead. Although the corpse is still flailing.
You're not the only generation this show is made for. Star Trek's always had weird stuff like this. I sat through TNG, DS9, Voyager, and the painfully alienless Original Series, and they've done some pretty ridiculous stuff too. Star Trek isn't dead, and I'm about to give some examples of what they've done.
- Original series had a dog in a horn and fur costume, a caveman, an army of furby balls, a Greek god, Klingons and Spock as the most alien thing in the whole three seasons, with everything else being just random humans, or in one case, a giant glowing human hand.
- The Next Generation had Tasha Yar get thrown into the background by a dude in a slime drenched trash bag and that somehow obliterated her. Worf also had his spine destroyed by a hollow plastic barrel which was also pretty funny. Season 1 was also just human aliens, but I'd argue it was less boring than the Original Series.
- Deep Space Nine had Quark remote control a dead dude's corpse to help them escape. Ferengi get stimulated through their ears (oo-mox). The crew even ended up in some weird alien child's playground and had to play stuff like hopscotch in order to progress.
- Voyager had the doctor sing opera. Seven of Nine's Borg family was a thing. An alien also tried to breed with the ship. Then there was the murder of Tuvix in order to save Tuvok and Neelix. Let's not forget the Warp Ten episode either.
Star Trek has done dumb stuff for the longest time, but we still love it regardless. It's a geeky show about people in space trying to be diplomatic and bring other species together to live in harmony, and as much as I enjoyed (mostly) Slow Trek, this mix of Slow Trek and Action Trek seems to be a decent middle ground in my opinion. I love Strange New Worlds and I will watch it all the way to the finale. It has a pace I enjoy, and I'm glad the crew is varied in terms of personality. That's how people are in real life (including soldiers when they get the opportunity), not to mention this is a show set in the future.
@AkerHasAwakenedOFFICIAL Dear me, I seem to have alienated the fanboy community. The Original Series, especially the first season, was written by and for adults. Unfortunately, with every passing year, the franchise has grown increasingly juvenile. Of late, the injection of the terminal Wokeness which is currently infesting Hollywood has applied the coup de grace. To be sure the budgets are bigger than ever, but to what end? Lots of shiny things and pew pew pew. That may satisfy the mouth-breathers but some of us have higher standards.
@@JohnKoenig-db8lk It was made for an older generation in a time when space media was oversaturated with aliens, vampires and monsters. Gene had a vision, and that vision worked specifically for that time period, but they got rid of his true vision (Captain Pike's crew) because unaccepting people were way more prominent. They weren't ready for it. We are. People like me want to adapt and thrive. Others choose to recluse and die, which paves the way to more poverty and death. "Oops! Father Inflation moved in!" ... Gene did something truly unique for the time it came out, but a lot of adults this day and age, including me, see the original show as boring because it's all just politics between humans, rather than politics between humans and aliens. That's not a fault on our behalf. That mindset's the fault of overhype over a dead show from 60 years ago that hasn't aged as well as people think. We see enough normal politics in real life as is and we want to escape it whenever it isn't necessary because it can get stressful.
Now, don't get me wrong, I like some of what The Original Series has to offer, but that boils down to Kirk, Spock, Scotty, the theme song, and the few cool alien designs they actually had. I also liked the episode where Kirk had an evil copy of himself trying to take over the ship. Peoples' tastes evolve. Their expectations evolve. Their way of thinking evolves. We evolve. If we don't, we die. It's part of evolution, not degradation. Degradation is what older generations do by constantly arguing that the old way is better when everybody else either sees positive change and embraces it, or suffers in silence being unable to reach that change because of their family. Don't get me wrong, however! I'm sick of Hollywood making us look bad, but the writing in this versus forced inclusion (what you call "Terminal Wokeness") is miles apart. This was clearly done by people who were very passionate about it, rather than being shoehorned in last minute by a company who never planned it from the beginning. The cartoon's not my speed, though.
People back then were also a lot more selfish and never cared for what other people were feeling, or who they truly were unless they fit their vision of a perfect person (not saying everybody was, but there was a lot more). They were cold and would attack people they didn't like, especially if they were of a different race, sexuality, etc, and decided some disgusting traditional values were fine, especially ones saying that women should remain in the kitchen. That mindset hasn't changed a whole lot unfortunately, and it really needs to. People deserve to be more than just stereotypes and one role objects. I will fight to be who I am no matter what happens in the long run, and if somebody being gay or being able to notice what's truly wrong with the world will somehow destroy any and all hope you ever had of enjoying the series, that just shows how juvenile you are. I choose to live in the future, not the past. I choose to evolve, not degrade. I choose to live in happiness, not suffer in bitter sorrow.
Live long and prosper. I need a smoke.
@AkerHasAwakenedOFFICIAL I see that Shakespeare was wrong. Evidently _verbosity_ is the soul of wit.
Star Trek has devolved from James Kirk into Diverse Female Space Jesus. 'Nuff said.
"I need a smoke." It was _that_ satisfying, huh? Perhaps sometime you should invite your _left_ hand too and have an orgy.
@@AkerHasAwakenedOFFICIAL this shit is so totally whack and is clearly not remotely like Star Trek. They shoulda just made their own show called "Glee in Space" and had all this dumb shit on that show. Destroying franchises that have even a shred of masculinity is the in thing right now.
Literally ruined my enjoyment of the series. I can't even watch it now, it is so absurd to think that this was a reasonable thing to do with the show.
Stop getting ideas from Buffy the vampire slayer. Just stop.😂😂😂😮
I have to give credit when due ☝️😔 and if i make captain itll be thanks to all of you 🥹💪🙏N I don't take for granted my role of command 🙌😏 I can't believe how much I'll miss this crew 😭🥺
The star ship enterprise... Feels electrified...