On Thursday afternoon Star Trek: Lower Decks executive producer Mike McMahan joined a virtual panel, and they brought a clip from the new week’s episode. You can see it all below.
Lower Decks at the Metaverse
The creative team behind Star Trek: Lower Decks did a Q&A today with ReedPop’s Metaverse. Creator Mike McMahan was joined by supervisor Barry Kelly, writer M. Willis, and character designer Marisa Livingston. ‘
The panel began with the first look at the cold opening for episode three, which streams next Thursday. You can view the full panel below. The clip starts at the 3:38 mark.
Hold it TNG, wish they could embrace T’Pol and Wesley
During the panel, Mike and his team discussed their backgrounds and how they got involved Lower Decks, as well as their approach to ensuring that the show ‘stays’iverich and respectively for the franchise. ”
McMahan and his production supervisor talk about how they make elements of the show look like a standard Star Trek series, and then allow the humor to stand on its own …
- Supervisor Barry Kelly said he designed shots to match TNG’s style, adding “II’ll only make the comedy funnier the more seriously I take the sci-fi. “
- McMahan revealed the score is just recorded Star Trek: Discovery, with musicians recording individually at home.
- Responding to the score, McMahan explained, “The music does not think it’s a comedy. The music thinks it’s a dramatic 40 – minute episode of Star Trek. The characters engage in funny things.”
- Some plotlines are dismissed as too dark or nihilistic, to keep the tone consistent Star Trek: The Next Generation.
McMahan also posted some elements for the rest of season one:
- Re-confirmed celebrities will appear in season one.
- There will be a holodeck feature episode with “a cynical character.”
- There will be a trial episode calling it the Lower Decks version of TNG’s “measure of a man.”
- Says there are more Lower Decks episodes with direct parallels to previous Star Trek episodes, saying they “play the biggest hits.”
- Said his favorite parts of season one are in the second half, calling it “wild,” with the last three episodes “crazy” with “a lot of action.”
There were also some discussions about how the team’s focus on keeping the show within canon has limited some things they want to do. In particular, McMahan revealed that he wanted to record Star Trek: Enterprise character T’Pol, but felt, although Vulcans could live a long life, she would be too old as death by 2380. He also stated that he wanted to bring in Wesley Crusher, saying:There’s a character with The Traveler that I did not really know we could use that character. ”
As for production status, McMahan revealed that he is currently writing the finale for season two.
Episode 3 trailer
Today, CBS also released a trailer for the episode, which is currently only available on the official site.
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