I don't know who greenlit this supposed celebration of TAS, but the writing is cheap, lowbrow and cringey. It's a total shame that the amazing animation and sound design are paired with this quality of writing. None of the three eps released so far impressed me.
I'm seriously shocked by the Youtube comments that found it funny. The latest one is literally supposed to be funny because it involves boogers. Paramount should be ashamed it spent money on this. Have they stopped for a moment to think if this is what TAS fans want? /rant
I’ve seen some good reviews of the first couple - I think you have to be into a very specific type of Adult Swim-type humour that was in style about 15 years ago - but the only review I’ve seen of the latest one was not positive (and this was from a reviewer who quite enjoyed last week’s instalment).
But whatever, they’re ultimately inconsequential, having been described by Paramount from the very start as “promotional shorts”.
Yeah, so far I think they’re all a bit safer than the typical Adult-swim style humor of that era, with the possible exception of the guy’s intestines falling out in the second one. I get the impression sometimes that modern Trek is pushed by Paramount not to offend too much, and I kinda wish these shorts could have been truly ridiculous. For example, IMO the booger people joke could have been more impactful if they were either:
That said, it’s hard for me to get upset over a three minute web video not being hilarious enough or whatever. You could add them all up and it will still be less time that I spent watching “Code of Honor” so in that regard I have zero complaints.