“Star Trek: Decrease Decks” finds plenty of its humor within the bizarre mundanity of current among the many decrease deckers. Certain, they sometimes encounter new alien species and have wild adventures, however additionally they do a ton of grunt work and deal with many of the jobs the senior officers need nothing to do with. It is a office comedy, and generally the funniest bits of office comedies simply contain stating how a lot work can suck. It is arduous sufficient being a decrease decker and cleansing up after the remainder of the crew, however job honest responsibility is a brand new low. Like, low sufficient to make Mr. Guidelines and Rules himself, Boimler, completely flip his lid. Not solely do he and Mariner must cope with sass from the archaeologist operating the sales space subsequent to them, however they must cope with heckling from nearly everybody else, too.
An outpost scientist makes enjoyable of the uniforms, and Boimler initially would not understand that she’s being sarcastic. I had speedy flashbacks to my very own itchy wool ROTC uniform within the scorching summer season solar and instantly understood Boimler’s disgrace and frustration. Typically the factor you like is actually difficult and never for everybody, like Starfleet, however it’s irritating when others are dismissive. Becoming a member of Starfleet may imply journey and exploration, or it may imply all however sure dying on an alien planet. It may imply years spent staring on the warp core or translating alien languages, or it may imply in the future captaining your individual starship. Starfleet rewards those that struggle for his or her desires, and the really aimless needn’t apply.
