Two videos in a week. A lot of work for this broken Tot, but I made it work. The long awaited crossover is epic and will go down as one of the best episodes of Trek ever. I can't wait to hear what you all think. Be sure to let us know what you think, share and help us out! It means a lot! - Mr. Tot

Both actors really embody their animated selves so well. The only thing that's a bummer about this one is that it only lasts one episode.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

100%. I would have loved for a two parter (honestly, would have worked even better if it was).

@micahnewby7964

Жыл бұрын

@@NaterTot Maybe we'll get a sneaky follow-up during Lower Decks' upcoming season

@cryofpaine

Жыл бұрын

@@micahnewby7964 Actually that's an interesting thought. We've always gone backwards in time (ignoring Discovery). What if SNW was pulled into the Lower Decks era for some reason. It's a unique opportunity because for the most part, we've always gone forward with each successive series, so it wouldn't make sense for them to time travel to the future. But now, we have two shows from two different time periods on at the same time. So they could jump forward in time to the Lower Decks era with the two casts mingling together.

@AlgernontheWizard

11 ай бұрын

Jack doing the weird boimler run walk killed me

Are you kidding? Those closeups of Spock smiling were hilarious. Perfection.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

I think it was mostly a joke from Pop Tot. He compared it to The Inner Light which he is obsessed about.

@colonelquack

Жыл бұрын

Terrifying. Imagine Spock calmly waking behind you, smiling. You'd Boimler Scream.

@DarrinBell

Жыл бұрын

@@colonelquack and Boimler-walk away as fast as I could.

@tmutant

Жыл бұрын

Mariner nailed it when she said Spock smiling was creepy. That was 100% on purpose.

This episode was like a Star Trek miracle baby. Just the balancing of tone alone, along with everyone's comic timing. Instant classic. 11/10.

Lower deck is such a love letter to Star Trek. Its so awesome to see them in real life.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Makes me so happy!

"Flipping it open is the best part!" ---True facts

Yes! I love that they managed to have a serious scene with Pike and the comedy characters

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

They really did. The balance was tremendous. Shoutout to the writing crew and Frakes for making it work. I'm not sure it would have without his tenure and vision.

I feel about this ep about the same as when I saw Trials and Tribbleations the first time. Loved it and do expect to come back to it once in a while. It deserves to be mentioned in the same breath.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

I put this right up there with it. That’s one of my all time favorites

Been watching star trek since I was 7 years old. 50 years old now, and this episode is absolutely one of my faves!

I laughed out loud at the closeup of Spock's teeth. Definitely a highlight of the show!

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Super funny and weird. Well done

This episode went better than I could have hoped for.

Also, They did a great job with the purple hair. It didn't look goofy.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Literally the first thing I thought when they announced the crossover. His hair is insane (rightly so for the cartoon). How would that work in this semi realistic Trek world?

@JoybuzzerX

Жыл бұрын

​@@NaterToteven in lower decks it's noted he dyes his hair :)

@lennoxwilliamsart7387

2 ай бұрын

i didn't realise the color when I first saw it (granted, i knew none of the characters so I had other stuff to look after), but the moment I saw his hair without color something felt off XD

During the scene with Chapel and Boimler I flashed back to the season 1 finale where an older Pike told his younger self that Spock needed to survive. “He’s got things to do, like fate of the Galaxy type stuff.”

That XO Ransom connection was awesome

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

I loved it!

I absolutely loved this episode, if this is the reason why Ross and Rachel breakup oh I mean Spock and Chapel it's a masterstroke. I couldn't stop laughing when boimler was on screen. I'm going to watch this episode again tomorrow.

The close up of Spock's smile showed how shocking it was to Boimler

Best crossover episode since Trials and Tribble-ations.

I think it’s clear that they need to make Lower Decks as a normal TV show.

@mattwho81

Жыл бұрын

As an animation they can be consistently irreverent and silly. A live action show would demand drama and conflict and angst that isn’t really Lower Decks style.

@cryofpaine

Жыл бұрын

@@mattwho81 And yet look at this episode. Look at something like The Orville. And Lower Decks isn't always irreverent and silly. They have serious stories too - though there is always an element of comedy to them.

you guys are the second youtube channel to notice that the portal looks like a Stargate, and I thought I was the only one to notice that from the promo and the episode.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Definitely thought it was a nod or shoutout

@kevintran5901

Жыл бұрын

@@NaterTot probably both since lots of the Star Trek casts up to Enterprise, ended up appearing in either SG-1 or Atlantis.

For a sequel episode...I don't know exactly how, but I'd love it if they could come up with a reason for Pike to travel forward in time specifically because he needs Boimler and Mariner's help.

This was masterfully done!

I love the lower decks live action uniform. If there is a spin off show from Picard, I would like to see more of this uniform.

@ThatIckyGuy

Жыл бұрын

They look good, but I feel like the black on the shoulders goes down too far, but maybe they’re supposed to and I’m just stuck thinking about TNG uniforms.

I loved this episode so much! I think my favorite part about this episode is that I was so caught up in the crossover aspect of it all that I forgot about the mention of the NX-01 having horonium. So by the time Boimler had that Eureka moment about the NX-01, I completely forgot about it. Ransom calling Una the “hottest officer ever” is hilarious. I just loved all the ST: Enterprise references in general. And Boiler calling “RiKer” while doing the Riker maneuver in an episode directed by Jonathan Frakes. I also loved the changing of the history, giving Orion _scientists_ the credit for the discovery. The scene of the animated SNW crew and the way it breaks the 4th wall was the honestly the best part second only to seeing Mariner and Boiler geek out the whole time. And I think there was a reference to Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind in this episode. Who was Pelia quoting to Boimler?

@brentaughe7539

Жыл бұрын

Maybe Cary Grant?

Easily in my top ten five episodes of Modern Trek. Brilliantly done ✅

Loved it. Jack doing the Boimler walk too.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

It was perfect!

Pike took a more peaceful approach to the Orions due to Boimlers influence. That encounter could have gone sideways very quickly if Boimler hadn't been there, sideways enough that Boimler wouldn't exist. Boimler only exists because Boimler changed the past.

The actor that played the Orion Captain is the same actor who played Joseph Seed/ Father in Far Cry 5 and New Dawn.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow! That’s awesome. He looked familiar!

My wife and I loved this episode. She said the same thing about the portal looking like a Star Gate. There was a scene where 3D Boimler was running away and he did the cartoon run. I cracked up so hard at that scene.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

His run was perfection! He did a great job of capturing him without being too silly

So far, this episode of Strange New Worlds has been my favorite of the season.

Awesome Episode. Huge fan of both shows to include TOS. This episode made since. In the Star Trek pilot The Cage, there was a moment were Spock smiled.

The friends bit at the tail of the video🤣🤣

The Stargate looks like The Guardian On The Edge of Forever.

I have watched this so many times. It makes me happy. It is so clever.

I loved it. 10/10.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Glad! Me too!🙏

Boimler in this one episode was a better fan surrogate than any amount of Wesley Crusher.

A+ Episode for me.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to revisit. Hard to shut my mouth on this and wait the week. So glad everyone is enjoying this

Noel Wells could have done live action Tendi, but that would have taken light away from the SNW crew. Definitely feel this is circular time travel. It always happened. Without Boims, Pike would have handled the Orions differently, and Tendi might never have been born. I hope there are small callbacks to "future boy" and "future girl". The very next episode has to do with a Klingon diplomat (as per Ready Room). Pike got his pep talk for being a diplomat. Uhura got her affirmation that all her hard work will be acknowledged. My prediction is Spock goes down the stoic path BECAUSE of his feelings for Chapel. And only in TMP does he get closer to finding balance.

"smiling the entire time" pretty much sums up my experience with this episode.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Glad we weren’t alone!

With Frakes at the com this episode got a fantastic push. As a 50 + year fan of everything star trek, a nice injection of comedy and comic con fan level reverence is Always welcome!..love lower decks..love strange new worlds..i shouldnt be allowed to be this happy in this present world of global woes?

The only thing that could have made this episode better is bringing in Tendi and Rutherford. Tendi is my favorite, but I do like Boimler and Mariner, so it worked for me.

Easily one of the best episodes ever of all series

This episode was fantastic. I think the portal was a nod to the time portal in TOS episode, City on the Edge of Tomorrow."

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

I believe you’re right!

Did not know what to think before about a mix of those two show. But it ended up well. It was a crazy and funny episode. Not to much of the Lower decks, but a good mix.

Favorite episode for all of Trek. Loved it.

Yeah on The Boys I didn't get the impression Jack Qiad was tall but yeah apparently 6ft.😅

It was good. It was really good. Could have been a disaster, but it was amazing. They need to do something like this again. A "part 2" with TOS people appearing on the Cerritos? Who knows.

Grinning like a loon through the entire episode. Bravo SNW!

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

This episode certainly did not disappointment and definitely surpassed my expectation of such a bold crossover. Also, was this history in the making with an animated series and live-action series within the same franchise do a crossover episode? I definitely would also to include in giving props to the writers for coming up how they could do a crossover with SNW and Lower Decks. For me, I was able to relate to Biomler as a Star Trek fanboy. I probably react the same way if I was to meet Pike and Spock in person, and find myself on the bridge of the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701. That is why I love Lower Decks and it being a series that plants a lot of easter eggs and references to previous series, movies, and characters. i wouldn't mind using Lower Decks to do more crossovers to other Star Trek live-action series. makes me wonder if they can do what was done in DS9 and integrate Lower Decks characters into a TOS episode, or maybe even in a TNG, or DS9 episode.

I could go for more live action Lower Decks. Epic Crossover.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

As you said, I to will watch this episode again and again!

They should have made it a movie like the section 31 movie and given it a 2 hour slot.

In my opinion, best crossover ever!

Great job Tots!

An Orion Hurricane….🍸, I gotta have me one of those….

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like it has all kind of illegal things in it😂

Sadly, this was spoiled for me by your video. I didn't even know episode 7 was out yet (the episode guide I looked at online says July 27 release). That aside, _YOWZA!_ I really enjoyed this. And was impressed that they managed to even pull this off. Unfortunately I expect some fans will go mental (in a negative way). All I can say is _their loss._ They need to lighten up or they'll grow gray before their time. Oh, well. 🤷🏼‍♂️

So i just watched the episode. Havent watched below decks but this was a fun episode. If i was a fan of below decks id be fanboying so hard. But hey its that guy from the boys he and the girl were fun to watch together. It definitely was strange when the show started off animated for like 5 minutes but it sure is cool how they ended the episode lol why does my arm do this

This episode was GREAT.

Im like 5 episodes into season 2 loving it so far. Not a trekky btw was 3 seasons into that other star trek show and kind of got bored. Strange new worlds as cheesy as it is wholesome which im vibing with right now.

I still don't know what to make of it. Who is next? M'Ress? A character from ST Prodigy? Alec Kurtzman?

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Robot Kurtzman

Great episode. Too bad Boimler wasn't drawn taller in Lower Decks so it wouldn't have been an issue... 😆

I loved everything about this episode and I've seen everything Star Trek! 11/10

I couldn’t get past 2 minutes of watching Lower Decks but this was really good.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it!

Is it self-contained as an SNW episode or is it a two-parter with one SNW and one LD?

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

I think self contained!

@richardperhai8292

Жыл бұрын

In the LD trailer for season four there is an allusion to it, but I think thats it.

While Boimler and Marina probably would have heard of Spock, Pike, Uhura and Number one… there’s no reason they should know the doctor or helmsman. They could have made more of the fact only a few of them become historically famous.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

This is fair. Then again, a lot of people can name all the Astronauts on the Apollo or Challenger. I go back and forth. I lean mostly in your favor because it’s been 140 years?

12/10 best trek episode ever for me!

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Loved it! Hope you check out my other reviews too!

Need more rubbery-arm Spock.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

I would absolutely support a vice versa in the future.

Speaking of Jack Quaid's height, does this mean that, canonically, Shax is like, 8 feet tall? That's really the only thing that bothered me; in LD, Boilmer looks like he's supposed to be, what, 5'8" or something? So seeing him tower over everyone else here was a bit disconcerting... not that that could be helped. But yeah, this ep was a blast!

@cloudwatcher608

Жыл бұрын

Anson Mount and Jack Quaid are the same height, approximately, so I’m wondering why they thought Jacks height was an issue when shooting. Maybe because he mostly interacted with the female crew in more close up shots?

@lennoxwilliamsart7387

2 ай бұрын

@@cloudwatcher608 But then again Una and La'an are also in scenes together and it works 🤔

I took the Christmas offer on a paramount subscription for £3.50 a month for 3 months to catch up on both these shows and boy was it worth it. Will probably rewatch the earlier seasons too, but other than Star Trek and Southpark, theres nothing else that interests me from the Paramount shows. Will just have to remember to cancel in 3 months before it changes to full price.

The episode as a whole was great, but the character of Mariner, how is she in star fleet?

@NitpickingNerd

Жыл бұрын

She is a daughter of an Admiral and a Captain . And grew up on the Enterprise D with Riker as a mentor

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Nepotism

INTJ- it's my new favorite.

its amazing how i have a comletly different view of this show than you guys but hey thats the world ppl are different we have to accept that not try to change everyone to our liking

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Well, ironically we liked this episode and didn’t like episode 8(where most have). Check in on the new episode review later today!

Bro i should have watch lower decks 😭💀

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 👍 Prepared me for Starship Rhapsody in 2 weeks. 👍 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait!

😂 It's ready to open the stargate , Sir...🎉 Oh ! No ! No DHD.....😂

I loved every episode of season 1. I truly dislike all I've seen of season 2 except 1. Please make this stop and give me back the SNW I love.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Definitely feels like they went into a different direction this season.

The Mariner Character didn’t seem to fit in the SNW to me.She felt silly

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Part of me thinks that’s why she wasn’t in it as much.

Just wish Kirk was there

41st Loved it as well...Trekkie Boomer

I have mixed feelings about it. I have a love- hate type Feelings.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Really? I wonder why.

@dellper1

Жыл бұрын

@@NaterTot The 12 year old in me loved it but the adult in me found some of it to be silly. I think Frakes did an excellent job directing the episode. I liked their human versions better than the cartoon versions. I have a hard time watching Lower Decks, they all talk like they are on speed and are boucing off the walls. It's not a terrible episode, just a little over the top.

Also spock lmao

Give some love to the KZread channel : What Did I Miss He pours his passion into Star Trek but doesn’t get tons of views

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Hey, I’m disabled and don’t either. But thanks for taking the time. I’ll check them out!

@ShazzPotz

Жыл бұрын

Hey dumbass, don't wade into NaterTot's comments section and insert your ad for another rival channel. This is NaterTot's territory and I think he works hard for it. Besides, "What Did I Miss" has twice as many subscribers as NaterTot already. NaterTot should delete your graceless advertising comment above.

I think is crap myself sad times for star trek

Top 5 trek of ALL times?

@danpatrick5414

Жыл бұрын

Why? What on earth could have been your history with Star Trek to make you think SNW mixed with cartoon LD was the best thing ever. It simply didn't make sense and the logic wasn't there for the science, which has always been the base for all Star Trek cannon. Sad. SAD (Strange Ass Deviations).

@jeffreyabelson7171

Жыл бұрын

@@danpatrick5414 Top 5 Treks of all times was paraphrased from this video - I was questioning that assertion

Star Trek has always held to logical science as a base for its cannon. I struggle greatly to understand how a "Time Portal" can perform a crossover between a cartoon (something humans write and create the graphics for purely from there ideas) and portrayed reality characters from what I had always hoped would be kept as real as it can be for a potential future. I'm an original Treki and I'm saddened by the fruit color rainbow (LGBTQSHIT) cartoons and reality characters together, really bad skits and scenes that don't make sense except to zgeners. I'm ashamed to have been a treki and I'm giving Star Wars another look (even though Disney will destroy it just like Paramount has destroyed Star Trek). Our future is dim because our hope has been woked.

A juvenile mess..........Infantile writing, cartoon silliness and Pike just keeps on cooking.......They completely erased the TOS legacy with one show.....Congrats......

Folks, this stuff is real crap. Its like Sci Fi Channel going from Science Fiction Channel to Sy Fy Imagination channel with Wrestling as the star show. Seth MacFarlane is cutting a new path for us die hard Science Fiction buffs with "The Orville". The Orville will dominate and literally wipe the new Star Trek woke crap off the networks with major failure. I started off watching TOS (The Original Series not The Old Scientists) as a small child and grew up on the ideology of a future that had potential to improve and now all I see are Star Trek episodes where the preaching of what we have now in our own century was right all along and adopted by the future so that all could live in harmony. WRONG!!! you got it wrong. You didn't get it the first time. It wasn't about forcing their opinion on your thought processes. It was about exploration, discovery and bold adventure with great characters who had strong bonds and ideas that worked. When they would discover their failings they would change as we all should yet we haven't. Let Seth catch his breath with all his other projects, making the big bucks, and he'll come back to The Orville and keep it on track to giving us old Trekker's what we really want to see. I brighter future with greater potential than seeing what we have now.

This episode was an obvious attempt to get viewers to watch the cartoon series "Lower Decks." There are only 10 episodes a year of SNW to watch and wasting almost 1/4th of this episode on a cartoon is a shame. Worse yet, apparently a later episode will feature the crew of Enterprise singing and dancing thorough the ship. SNW is not a joke or a cartoon feature and if CBS keeps up this nonsense it's going to lose paying viewers. What's next? "Beavis and Butt-Head Stow Away on the Enterprise"?

@danpatrick5414

Жыл бұрын

This isn't a joke. It's just like everything else Hollywood seem intent on ruining. They are taking something I prized so much and literally buttered it up with woke mindless nonsens. Jonathan Frakes did this. I read something else about him supporting homesexuality on all Star Treks. What a weirdo.

What? a crossover with a cartoon.... oof. Nah, I'm done with this show. New Trek is so crap. This isn't Star Trek. I love Star Trek, watched every episode of all the shows, Enterprise is my favorite Star Trek, but this episode has put the nail in the coffin, it's over, RIP Star Trek.

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

Why? Might I ask. Curious why you don't like it.

@Sixeye_

Жыл бұрын

@@NaterTot Cross over with a cartoon? Then the terrible characters, they were just annoying. The show already has bad characters. It seems like they were making fun of star trek by adding in characters from a cartoon. They would have never even thought of doing that in the old star trek. Just bad writing.

I just watched this episode. And it was STUPID. 🙄

@danpatrick5414

Жыл бұрын

What's even more stupid than the show was all the akalaids you see in the comments stream here. Its as if it was just as normal as it should be to have cartoons with reality characters. This is just a bastardization of what Star Trek once was. I'm so disappointed. Never was big on sports and every time I got around a jock asking about my favorite team, Star Trek TOS (The Original Series) and TNG (The Next Generation) (Had to make that clear to the idiots) I was always proud to say Star Trek. Now I'm just going to have to be not so proud and say Star Wars (at least until Disney completely ruins it as well)>

Are they trying to kill strange new world's? Are they trying to promote the lower decks garbage? WTH is the fascination of doing the data/Pinocchio thing with an iconic character such as Spock? Now they are trying their best to make Spock and chapel a love couple. We got enough of that crap with Burnham in discovery. And the next episode is a stupid musical wtaf?

I LOVED this ep. I saw a lot of negativity for it in some comments elsewhere, but I felt it was great.

@natertot Your thought of boimler being there To fix the timeline is Is a one of a kind gift Perhaps the previous time travel episode messed something up that boimler inadvertently by meddling repaired 🤯🤯🏆

@NaterTot

Жыл бұрын

that's me!