Yes. Yes it is.
Damn, I thought nothing could get worse than Beverly the ghost diddler bust I guess I was wrong.
this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2023
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"I want to help you, George Washington? Even your dreams are square."
Isn't it funny that the events of modern day are hundreds of years past for the members of Starfleet, yet all of their cultural references and entertainment options revolve around our period?
Haha, and sometimes they even try to throw in some made up one to address that, and it sounds goofy.
"Famous leaders, such as Alexander the Great, Winston Churchill, and Xergon the Merciful!"
It was the 60's what do you want from them???
I mean this is pretty true of any Star Trek series. DS9 from the 90s probably has the widest gulf between grim and goofy episodes; in one episode there's a war criminal who gloats about committing genocide and getting away with it, and another episode from the same season has the cast playing hopscotch.
“Alamarein”
dies of cringe
REAL SIMULATED EVIL LINCOLN IS BACK!
Evidence that the musical episode is only like the seventh goofiest premise in Star Trek. And I'm not even counting anything from Lower Decks.
All great sci fi has its moments of levity. People who can't or won't accept that, I don't know what to tell ya.
I'm all for it personally