@lefthandedguitarist Funny -- cuz William Shatner released an album of songs in spoken word, right? That would've been more camp. I recommend, if you haven't seen it, watching the "Short Treks" episode where Spock first beams on to the Enterprise, and he and Una get stuck in a turbo lift. To deal with the stress she reveals a secret passion for Gilbert and Sullivan -- and, he joins her in a duet. (She then swears him to secrecy.)
Opera, a physicist told me: "What's too silly to say can be sung." It is a way for actors to show their chops, and I think all of these did sooo much better than the albums released by either Shatner or Nimoy!
@vwfringe Oh, even though he's my favorite character of all-time, you can't leave Brent Spiner out of that crowd. Let this be a standing invite to all my Trakt peeps to stop by for a listening party; I could always use some company for the next time I roast a blunt and bust my eardrums with an ice pick while listening to the Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back CD I paid $25 for in junior high, LOL!
Review by LeftHandedGuitaristBlockedParent2023-08-03T14:31:55Z
I'm disappointed that all of Paul Wesley's singing moments weren't done as spoken word, as a tribute.
So, this was a mixed bag for me - It's very difficult to overcome my negative feelings towards musicals. I found parts of this quite entertaining, and there was also parts where I was cringing in embarrassment. I'm not sure it's going to have any rewatch value for me. I appreciated that they at least incorporated the songs into the storyline as a mystery that needed to be solved, but am never a fan of when they lean into the music as a way to dwell on a character's emotional state. Just move the damn story forward instead of sitting in a single moment for three minutes!
Some musical parts were definitely better than others, but this was always going to be a difficult one for me. There were just too many songs here, and they were too much in the musical theatre style. I didn't like the "finale" at all (the Klingon moment should have been hilarious but literally made me cry out "oh GOD NO").
At the same time, I really appreciate that Strange New Worlds is taking risks and experimenting. This is a thousand times more interesting than the super safe Berman-Trek, even when the results don't completely work for me. The problem is that we are only getting 10 episodes per season, so episodes like this can feel like a monumental waste of storytelling time.
The best stuff here was everything that dealt with character relationships - Chapel/Spock, Pike/Batel and La'an/Kirk.