The Orville
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Ditto. I agree no transporter necessary. Though you just know they will need that thing If it did not vanish.
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Caliane
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Palum
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You have to factor in what shit-show TNG was season 1 and how much of the lore and story was built up over time to establish the universe that there movies, DS9 and VOY played in.
The show is good but it sort of tosses you into what could be called the federation B squad (all the ships not doing the flashy world ending stuff TNG was covering at the end) so it's a bit more light hearted and blue collar in that respect.
But it gets saved from the scrap heap it's got a lot of potential down the road, especially with STD lol.
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Imo it is a bit closer to original Trek episode wise than TNG, though it has influence in the characters
Isaac=Data
Bortus=Worf
lamarr=laforge
Gordon=obrien
Mercer=Imo more of a Riker than picard
Kelly=troi
Alara= combo of original trek uhura&Tasha
Claire=crusher
Isaac=Data
Bortus=Worf
lamarr=laforge
Gordon=obrien
Mercer=Imo more of a Riker than picard
Kelly=troi
Alara= combo of original trek uhura&Tasha
Claire=crusher
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Loser Araysar
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moonarchia
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You won't know if you like it or not until you watch a few episodes. It's got some old school scifi to it, but a lot of new stuff too.
Chris
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I actually watched episode 1 and 2 the wrong way around and didn't realise, this works as stand alone episodes like classic trek did.
It's pretty fucking good, I am STUNNED that they did the transgender episode just right, bringing up a lot of the issues on both sides of the argument for you to think about and resolving it with the status quo allows you to make your own mind up rather than the show telling you what is right. Given that it's Seth fucking McFarlane and anti transgender is equated with being a nazi nowadays in liberal hollywood, I just can't belive they pulled it off.
Episode 4 is a perfect episode of Star Trek, I can't wait to watch episode 5. Funny that the last episode of Dr Who was a similar concept, they had forced humour and everyone died at the end so the tone was off, and it was part of the season's story arc with major characters shoehorned in who did nothing... nice that The Orville gave one idea time to breathe and only used humour when it was appropriate rather than a gag a minute.
It's pretty fucking good, I am STUNNED that they did the transgender episode just right, bringing up a lot of the issues on both sides of the argument for you to think about and resolving it with the status quo allows you to make your own mind up rather than the show telling you what is right. Given that it's Seth fucking McFarlane and anti transgender is equated with being a nazi nowadays in liberal hollywood, I just can't belive they pulled it off.
Episode 4 is a perfect episode of Star Trek, I can't wait to watch episode 5. Funny that the last episode of Dr Who was a similar concept, they had forced humour and everyone died at the end so the tone was off, and it was part of the season's story arc with major characters shoehorned in who did nothing... nice that The Orville gave one idea time to breathe and only used humour when it was appropriate rather than a gag a minute.
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Tarrant
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I'll echo my previous posts and others, this show is not only surprisingly good, it's freaking great.
Seth has made a better Trek than CBS and Paramount can apparently and I find myself looking forward to every Thursday now simply for this show.
Seth has made a better Trek than CBS and Paramount can apparently and I find myself looking forward to every Thursday now simply for this show.
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Vaclav
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Holy shit, no wonder it was such a great episode - I'm sure there was some more Seth influence than normal with him in the backseat thus more well delivered humor during it.
Pyksel
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The logic at the end was certainly a paradox but with Ed getting rid of Charlize's character by basically eliminating her need to collect the ship in the first place and the portal being destroyed AFTER the fate of the ship had already been altered, it did make quite a bit of sense. Personally, I thought it was well done.
The show has yet to disappoint.
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I think I realized why I liked it a bit more. It reminds me of SG1 after a fashion. Like normal people that are sarcastic in spaceships exploring and fighting aliens. It's not overbearingly utopian like TNG was but at the same time that leaves it free of all the baggage from that shit where it's just normal dudes trying to do OK out in space.
Space Truckin'.
Space Truckin'.
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