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Our boys are 6 and 11, so there is little time for these things called "movies" that we used to watch in our younger days. So, in the last week we have squeezed in the following TV shows:
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The most recent two episodes. Lower Decks crossover was fun fan service. Loved it. The Klingon War episode was also good but a hard watch. One of the few "space war" episodes that gets over the horror of war. Like an unfunny space MAS*H. Not sure I liked the ending though. M'Benga, Chapel and Pike don't come out of it well IMHO.
Also been watching the Quantum Leap reboot. It's cheesy AF, but fun, with a good diverse ensemble cast - there is a lot more stuff at the QL base, not just the equivalent of the Sam and Al characters. Which I think is for the best. The chemistry between Bakula and Stockwell was lightning in a bottle which they could never hope to recreate. The voice over at the start is terribly written though. The original series had that great vo. How could they screw it up so bad?
These last two SNW episodes have been quite the tonal whiplash! Not much of a fan of Lower Decks (though I concede they did well at playing rl cartoon characters), but the war episode was great. Definitely agree about the ending though, they're gonna have to come back to that later and resolve some bits I think, it just puts the characters in such a negative light otherwise.