I know, I know. Who needs another comedic take on “Star Trek,” right? The space adventuring saga has been mercilessly skewered from “SNL” to “Black Mirror.” This writer remembers Upn’s “Ultimate Trek: Star Trek’s Greatest Moments,” in which Jason Alexander played Captain Kirk. At one point, in uniform, he takes a tricorder reading of Randy’s Donuts.
The best comedic riffs on “Trek,” though, from “Galaxy Quest” to “The Orville,” are those where the laughs aren’t based on scorn, but recognition. This is an insanely earnest franchise — an entire movie is about saving the whales and it somehow manages to be one of the best comedies of the ’80s — and so the humor is baked right in. You don’t need to add something else to the “Trek” dynamic. You just need to embrace the “Trek” dynamic.
That’s what CBS All Access’s new animated comedy...
The best comedic riffs on “Trek,” though, from “Galaxy Quest” to “The Orville,” are those where the laughs aren’t based on scorn, but recognition. This is an insanely earnest franchise — an entire movie is about saving the whales and it somehow manages to be one of the best comedies of the ’80s — and so the humor is baked right in. You don’t need to add something else to the “Trek” dynamic. You just need to embrace the “Trek” dynamic.
That’s what CBS All Access’s new animated comedy...
- 8/6/2020
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
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