A Space Adventure Hour

...I enjoyed this more than the musical episode. I like sci-fi and Star Trek is one of my favorites. But I am no means a die hard fan (of any show). SNW is a nice return of the original format of episodic adventures. What I liked about the episode was seeing the cast in a different light. However, I wished it continued on the parody that it started off with. It reminded me of SUPERNATURAL which it had some episodes off the path of their norm and some being quite funny (like the one where they were thrown into another universes and were their real life selves actors in a television). That could have kept the sci-fi aspect in throughout, albeit in 60's flavor and not a murder mystery show.

Edit: almost missed the gag reel. That was hilarious.

There seems to be a trend these days to bash films and TV because it's not EXACTLY what the person wanted. It's not McDonalds where you get the same thing every time when you order a burger, this is a living, breathing thing that doesn't always match what people demand. I guess I've mellowed in my old age because my only expectation is to be entertained, and I'll be honest, this is what SNW does. From the very opening I was chuckling and we see a VERY on the nose reason why SNWs Jim Kirk isn't a carbon copy of TOS - Paul Wesley does a fantastic job of being "Shatner" in the episodes opening. The episode finishes with outtakes and he botches the Riker Manoeuvre badly, which really made me laugh as Jonathan Frakes directed the episode. The actors get to have fun playing characters that are not their usual roles, with Anson Mount and Jess Bush really standing out. I enjoyed this episode and the further development of Scotty coupled with the reason why holodecks aren't installed on the TOS Enterprise. My advice - kick back, relax and just enjoy the show ^-_-^

This is a hit-or-miss "meta" episode that also explains why Kirk's Enterprise didn't have a holodeck, which is kind of a neat thing to work into canon.

The sets and costumes for the goofy show-within-a-show are fun but Paul Wesley's Shatner impression - if that's what he was doing - fell short. And it's not that hard to mimic.

On the other hand, Anson Mount is always the star of these goofy episodes, because they give him a chance to show his considerable acting chops. He did the best job with his obsequious character from fantasy medieval episode. And this time he appears to be playing a Gene Roddenberry character? Not sure if it's accurate - are people familiar with Roddenberry's mannerisms - but it's fun and it works.

To top it all off, there's a holodeck mystery whose solution is reasonably clever. Not a bad example of SNW's goofball episodes. Works better than previous ones.

This is definitely one of my favourite episodes! Not sure what kill joy here isn't enjoying something fun and light-hearted. The acting is brilliant, the characters are engaging and this episode was just hilarious. Even while creating a throw back type episode they still manage to move the storyline forward with an exciting ending! Strange New worlds has been the only Star Trek since TNG I genuinely look forward to watching. They don't try to add excessive amounts of misery and darkness trying to appear unique or edgy. I always finish the episodes looking forward to the next. Please please don't cancel this show ahead of time. Far too many Sci-fi shows get cancelled. SNW is up there with TNG in my books.

Steve Martin pointed out: "Comedy is not pretty". Neither is this misbegotten Strange New Worlds segment, which begins with a quickie spoof of William Shatner in the original "Star Trek" (resembling a cross between B to Z sci-fi movies like "Queen of Outer Space" and "Plan 9 from Outer Space"), then segues to La'an starring in a very dull "holodeck prototype"spoof of B-movie murder mysteries and Hollywood exposes.

The intentionally bad acting and abysmal writing here reminded me instantly of a hundred execrable porn-parodies, only without the sex. What could be more boring and insulting to watch? It's never amusing, only infantile, a product of an era where fan fiction has proliferated like kudzu.