This joke goes past declaring a easy tonal distinction: it additionally pokes enjoyable on the early days of “Star Trek: Decrease Deck,” when followers and critics alike blasted the present for being frenetic and obnoxious in comparison with the numerous hour-long drama variations of the beloved collection. You do not have to look far to seek out critiques of the primary season of “Decrease Decks” that decision it out for being too loud and quick. The Guardian’s Noah Gittell referred to as it “slightly too breezy for its personal good,” whereas Polygon’s Samantha Nelson criticized the way in which the characters have been “consistently spewing rapid-fire dialogue” in hopes that a few of the quips will land. The Playlist’s Brian Tallerico wrote that the present “[seems] to mistake hyperactivity for ingenuity,” whereas Roger Ebert’s Roxana Hadadi mentioned the collection burned by means of sufficient storylines to fill a number of episodes in a single.
Many followers have come round to “Star Trek: Decrease Decks” within the years because it first aired, however again in 2020, it was onerous to disregard the truth that a Trek present made within the spirit of reveals like “Household Man” and “Rick & Morty” (“Decrease Decks” is created by Mike McMahan, who labored on the latter) did not really feel very like the Trek we knew and beloved in any respect. Three seasons in, the peppiness of the collection largely looks as if a characteristic somewhat than a bug, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a shock for many who have not encountered it firsthand – like Spock, Pike, and the remainder of the Enterprise crew. “These Previous Scientists” has enjoyable with this concept, however turns it on its head in an endearing manner, noting that it is the common live-action Trek crews who look like weirdos to Boimler and Mariner, not the opposite manner round.