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TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name

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I just wanted everyone here to know that [email protected] has been ~~taken over~~ relaunched by me and will become an active community again!

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

good god I love the orville so much

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I tried The Orville, but got a little put off by McFarlane as the captain.
Does this improve as the series goes on?
As I might give it another shot.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

It does get better, and Ed becomes a lot less wishy-washy.

The conceit of The Orville is that it’s not the best ship in the fleet with the best crew. The Orville is an older mid-sized cruiser and the only reason Ed made Captain is because they couldn’t find enough Captains to fill out a rapidly-expanding fleet. So they gave this unimportant ship to him.

I think they spent way too much time on Ed getting over his divorce with his XO Kelly, but after that he’s fine.

As for the show itself, only the Pilot really feels like “Family Guy in space,” because that was a Trojan Horse to get the show on the air in the first place. After that, it really does become a send up to The Next Generation and the 3rd season, New Horizons, is an actual science fiction epic.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's a reassuring bit of info. If the in-universe explanation is that he isn't the best captain, I might give it another shot.
As my initial reaction was "has McFarlane just made himself kirk?"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

No, he actually sidelines himself quite a bit.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

McFarlane as the captain? No it/he doesn't improve.

Damn, guess I hit a sore spot!

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They need to make more Orvilles.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Remember to add it to lemmy-federate.com

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

Scenery: repainted ikea furniture

vulcan / doctor / kirk: check

All extraterrestrial planets are shot in the back lot: check

Well, everything seems to be acceptable here.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Farscape: any chance you could send O’Brian over for some pure jet fuel?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Here I am a novice Trek fan booking the next few years to watching the rest of the Star Trek I've never seen ..... now I have to add this to my list

Thanks! .... and subscribed!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

You’re in for a wild ride!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The Orville is the New Vegas of Star Trek

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