Subspace Rhapsody

I think I speak for multiple ST fans, old and new alike, we love our sci-fi and Trek especially. But we may not be in to the Disney style impromptu musicals within shows and film.

The only musical I really enjoy is Tim Burtons Sweeney Todd and it's different and wonderful. This episode is right up there with that sentiment.

The approach of being out the emotions of the crew members is endearing and appreciated. It builds and even opens up the story ark with Kirk and Spock.

If you still despise the musical aspect, understood. Perhaps corny is your thought process, but let's not forget some of the goofball episodes from the original series and TNG, they were stilly and fun. Not everything HAS to be dark and brooding. So, let it be fun, that's what Star Trek is!

A few series have done the musical episode, Moonlighting and Buffy being the more memorable examples. Once More With Feeling works so well because of the crucial story arcs expounded from a series very well established. I think that's the problem here: Although we are towards the end of series 2 there isn't enough to really work with and it all feels like the writing team just fancied doing it for the sake of it. It's a bit early in its run to be going with the whacky episodes. It's all quite well done and the songs are pleasant enough (thankfully with some auto tune for the ropier singers).

My thoughts: You've done it now, well done, please don't do it again 🙂

It's increasingly obvious that there are some very creative people working on this show - and that they delight in challenging their actors and keeping them happy.

Subspace Rhapsody was a riot.

Now having said that, I've always loved sci-fi but I pretty much hate musicals - but they pulled this off with some lighthearted humor and a twinkle in the eye, and it worked, it worked very well.

This show delivered on a full roller coaster of emotional journeys and a few great sight gags and jokes - Klingons?

So well done for mixing it up and having some fun - that's what we're here for after all, to be entertained.

Sure some people won't like it, but some people are stodgy and don't have a sense of humor.

Brilliant and fun experiment. You can tell that the producers enjoy and have creative freedom. It is surprising how well many of the actors sing. Recovering the episodic format has been a success in this new-old version of Star Trek. More than recommended series.

I must add that I am not a fan of musicals at all, on the contrary: I hate them and I didn't even like "La La Land" and stopped watching it after five minutes, but this episode of ST:SNW manages to excite and amuse. The plot is no more absurd for being an episode based on a musical because, after all, in Star Trek they spend their time discovering strange things and suffering attacks from unknown entities. The difference is that this episode is very original and funny. It reminded me of one of many years ago from "Fringe" that ended a season, in which the protagonists lived in a crime novel.

I love Star Trek Strange New Worlds (overall I give the series 10 stars) but this episode is like something the CW network would do! I know they want to do a lot of genre bending this season, but this one did not bend, it broke. The crossover episode with an animated series was clever, but a musical episode is just absurd. What has made Strange New Worlds so great is how it is getting back to the story telling of the original series. As much as Shatner might like to do spoken word "singing" these days, I can't imagine Roddenberry ever having the Enterprise break into song. Please do better and don't repeat this mistake!