Captain James T. Kirk opens the unique “Star Trek” collection with these immortal phrases: “House: the ultimate frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to discover unusual new worlds; to hunt out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go the place no man has gone earlier than!” The wonderful “Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds” takes its title from Captain Kirk’s intro, but it surely’s not the one present to attract inspiration from this opening narration (although you could be shocked to study which collection I am referring to right here).
Within the wake of the meteoric success of “It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia” season 3, twentieth Century Fox was occupied with something the present’s creators — Rob McElhenny, Glenn Howerton and Charlie Day — had cooking. Therefore, whereas showing on the 2008 San Diego Comedian Con (by way of IGN), the trio introduced they have been engaged on a science fiction comedy collection referred to as “Boldly Going Nowhere,” an ironic twist on Kirk’s well-known phrases.
Their concept was to blast the signature humor of “It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia” into outer area with a “Star Trek” parody — particularly, one which centered on the employees on the backside of the intergalactic totem pole. Nevertheless, there was virtually no phrase on the collection itself within the years that adopted. We might finally get a present with an identical premise within the type of the nice animated collection “Star Trek: Decrease Decks,” however for “All the time Sunny” followers, the dearth of any updates on “Boldly Going Nowhere” and its improvement was discouraging.
It wasn’t till August 2022 that we lastly obtained to see two clips of the present’s pilot because of the “The All the time Sunny Podcast.” Then, one month later, everything of the present’s pilot was uploaded to YouTube, and the end result proved to be simply as chaotic as you may think.
Boldly Going Nowhere brings acquainted faces to area with chaotic outcomes
Watching the “Boldly Going Nowhere” pilot will nearly definitely give “All the time Sunny” followers a sense of déjà vu. Certainly, the “All the time Sunny” creatives have been in a position to carry the present’s trademark model of anarchy and willingness to deal with taboo topics with gleeful abandon over into their “Star Trek” parody. The pilot itself, which you’ll watch on YouTube with this hyperlink, follows the exploits of Ronald Teague (Ben Koldyke) and his less-than-crack crew aboard the Galactic Coalition Spacecraft Rock Collector 7. However Teague, in true “All the time Sunny” style, harbors delusions of grandeur and seeks to forsake their precise mission with the intention to discover the celebs.
The “Boldly Going Nowhere” forged options numerous acquainted faces, together with actors from the primary three seasons of “All the time Sunny” and different TV stalwarts. Working example: David Hornsby, who performs the devolving Rickety Cricket on “All the time Sunny” and serves as an government producer on the present, portrays the ship’s lengthy struggling Lieutenant Lance Brigsby. Equally, Artemis Pebdani performs an alien communications officer who is simply barely much less twisted than her “All the time Sunny” character and Frank Reynolds’ (Danny DeVito) on-again-off-again lover, Artemis Dubois.
As well as, the various members of the “All the time Sunny” gang seem in a collection of cameos solely, presumably as a result of they wished to save lots of their appearing vitality for the flagship collection. As such, Kaitlin Olsen performs Lieutenant Brigsby’s untrue spouse, Charlie Day reveals up as a trainee who desires to “unwind” within the holodeck (if what I imply), and Rob McElhenny has a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it position as a TV present pitchman. In the meantime, Glenn Howerton has the largest a part of the lot, enjoying an inspector who boards Teague’s ship and shortly finds himself pushed to the sting by its crew’s incompetence.
Among the many new faces within the pilot are comic Lennon Parham, who performs the ship’s pilot and serves as one thing of a straight man. Lastly, Tony Hale of “Arrested Growth” fame performs an android making an attempt to foment a employees revolt in opposition to Teague, and Oliver Platt (“The Bear”) briefly pops in because the ship’s supervisor.
Some actors made the return journey from area to Philadelphia
Simply because “Boldly Going Nowhere” did not turn into a full collection does not imply the pilot did not make an affect, as two of its stars finally made their means all the way down to Philadelphia. As a matter of reality, after being forged because the incompetent Captain Teague, Koldyke later appeared within the “All the time Sunny” episode “The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Disaster.”
The true MVP of “Boldly Going Nowhere,” nonetheless, was Chad L. Coleman. Most will acknowledge him as Dennis “Cutty” Clever on “The Wire,” however he really went for broke along with his efficiency as Chief of Safety Cobalt within the pilot. Coleman actually left nothing on the desk, bringing a tense ferocity that makes his efficiency a sight to behold. It is not shocking then that, after “Boldly Going Nowhere” failed to maneuver ahead, he discovered his approach to “It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia” in season 6.
Whereas the “Boldly Going Nowhere” pilot has numerous enjoyable taking the piss out of sci-fi tropes like holodecks, “set phasers to stun,” and the realities of what exploring the celebs would truly seem like, the episode can be clearly unfinished. Its particular results are fairly unrefined and the sound design is unfinished for giant chunks of the runtime (together with the ultimate line). Nonetheless, it presents a singular glimpse into what might have been in an alternate actuality.
