SatyrSack@lemmy.one to Chevron 7@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoDoes anyone straight up skip this episode?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageDoes anyone straight up skip this episode?lemmy.worldSatyrSack@lemmy.one to Chevron 7@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months agoAt least the kid can actually act. The worst part of the episode is that it’s not a bad one. Its just that the trope of “main character becomes a kid again” in scifi is so incredibly tired that no one cares if it’s done passable or not.
minus-squareBallsandBayonets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI actually think it’s one of the lesser used tropes; a far more often used trope is groundhog day and that episode is absolute gold.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI have no issues with that episode I rather enjoyed it
minus-squareSatyrSack@lemmy.oneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months ago the trope of “main character becomes a kid again” in scifi What are some other examples?
minus-squaredrrodneymckay_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agohttps://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rascals_(episode) i don’t necessarily think these are bad stories, but it does feel like a fall back idea from a list of writing prompts and not truly original.
minus-squareLemming421@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoStar Trek TNG comes to mind immediately. I’ll edit if I think of more. Did any of the superhero shows do it?
Don’t tell John
At least the kid can actually act.
The worst part of the episode is that it’s not a bad one. Its just that the trope of “main character becomes a kid again” in scifi is so incredibly tired that no one cares if it’s done passable or not.
I actually think it’s one of the lesser used tropes; a far more often used trope is groundhog day and that episode is absolute gold.
I have no issues with that episode I rather enjoyed it
What are some other examples?
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rascals_(episode)
i don’t necessarily think these are bad stories, but it does feel like a fall back idea from a list of writing prompts and not truly original.
Star Trek TNG comes to mind immediately. I’ll edit if I think of more. Did any of the superhero shows do it?