Ya know, I’d be down for a Trek kids show, maybe something akin to those mid-90s educational shows or a fun cartoon set in the same time as Lower Decks but actually oriented to kids. I mean, sure Trek doesn’t have space magic like certain other IPs but that makes it so much better for something educational, haha.
Prodigy is like (rather good, at least after the first few episodes) Saturday morning adventure kids cartoons. There’s some interesting thematic stuff going on that can inspire kids to kindness, leadership, curiosity, etc., but it’s not explicitly educational in the way something like The Magic Schoolbus is.
Star Trek meets Scooby Doo would work actually, there’s enough episodes where the premise is “the locals think it’s magic but it’s just a probe/time shift/alien relic/energy being” etc etc. Starship Mystery Machine
Ya know, I’d be down for a Trek kids show, maybe something akin to those mid-90s educational shows or a fun cartoon set in the same time as Lower Decks but actually oriented to kids. I mean, sure Trek doesn’t have space magic like certain other IPs but that makes it so much better for something educational, haha.
Like Space Cases!
Isn’t that what prodigy is essentially?
Never watched it but it’s aimed at kids afaik
Prodigy is like (rather good, at least after the first few episodes) Saturday morning adventure kids cartoons. There’s some interesting thematic stuff going on that can inspire kids to kindness, leadership, curiosity, etc., but it’s not explicitly educational in the way something like The Magic Schoolbus is.
Yeah Prodigy is definitely kids-Trek but ultimately it’s also kinda forgettable.
I let my young’ns watch a curated selection of Lower Decks - Sans certain episodes - and they love it
How far did you watch into Prodigy? Let’s just say it gradually gets less forgettable - I think it really picks up mid-season 1.
I do love Lower Decks, though.
Star Trek meets Magic Schoolbus?!?
“Please let this be a normal away mission…”
[red-shirt kid gets zapped to death by the educational monster of the week]
Star Trek meets Scooby Doo would work actually, there’s enough episodes where the premise is “the locals think it’s magic but it’s just a probe/time shift/alien relic/energy being” etc etc. Starship Mystery Machine
TAS is basically Scooby Doo already
Miss Frizzle is definitely a bored Q.