Verily, in article <
UBI20250809@dont-email.me>, did
weberm@polaris.net
deliver unto us this message:
On the day of the annual beer fest and with continuing cable oujtage, I watched:
YouTube vids
What did you watch?
I signed up for Paramount+ and spent most of the day watching Star Trek:
Lower Decks. Some people here seem to hate it, but I loved it. The main
thing to remember here is that, unlike any other Trek, this is a sitcom.
The target market appears to be people who think of Trek fondly but
don't take it too seriously.
S1e01 "Second Contact" The usual Star Trek catastrophes happen, but our
team is just trying to live their lives around the edges.
S01e02 "Envoys" Boimler and Mariner must transport a Klingon diplomat.
It goes poorly.
S01e03 "Temporal Edict" Boimler accidentally rats out the crew for
padding their time estimates. Meanwhile, an away team is captured.
S01e04 "Moist Vessel" The ship tows a broken cryosleep ship, which they
call a generational ship, which symbolizes the crew's own broken
generations.
S01e05 "Cupid's Errant Arrow" Boimler's got a girlfriend, and she's suspiciously cool.
S01 e06 "Terminal Provocations" Beta shift has a new ensign, a friend of Boimler's, and he's hopeless.
S01 e07 "Much Ado About Boimler" Boimler turns even more annoying while
"out of phase," while Mariner tries to impress an old friend.
S01 e08 "Veritas" In classic Trek style, the gang is randomly put on
trial.
I also watched South Park: The Streaming Wars. I didn't enjoy it that
much. There was some halfhearted satire and some attempts to be
subversive with Cartman's boobs -- yes, you can get away with more
because it's technically a male chest, I get it, I get it, okay?
For a few years, they were actively trying to be cancelled. The show
openly dwelled on how boring its own arc (Tegridy Farms) was and ended
by displaying a #cancelsouthpark tag. I'm guessing this is from that
era. It was nice to see Lianne finally saying no to Cartman, though.
What did everyone else watch?
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