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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
We've seen singing in almost every Star Trek, the horrible Picard and Data duet during Insurrection made a really crappy movie even worse.
Sisko singing in the series finale of DS9. The doctor in Voyager.
By the way, Pat Benatar probably wants to punch the show runners in the face.
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Again, I can forgive it in the old series where we had 30+ hours/ season worth of screen time and other stuff to help smooth it out. I agree it was an intolerable part of Insurrection, and likewise it's an intolerable part of this series. IMO it's a way for the actors to have a break from the harshness of playing these rigid characters so much and add some different levels to them. When there's already too much story for the screentime in the show, these types of trivial outbreaks (and the whole "heist" style plotline of sneaking into the awards show in general) is such an unnecessary gratuity.
I am really starting to be a curmudgeon fan but I just can't stand some of this.
edit: in summary, I see that sort of episode/ plotline as a "this is getting stale, we need some fun" type of plotline and episode. But this is a limited series, a very confusing and turbulent story line, and frankly none of us are comfortable enough with any of the characters (even the returnees, who have changed since their original characterizations) to find them stale. We don't even know anything about them. E.g. Seven and Raffi are meant to be in a relationship right? How much screentime has this ever been given outside of a few mentions to create awkward tension? yet they have time for a 2 minute agnes song?
Stupid, stupid, moronic writing.