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Thu Aug 30, 2018 3:54 pm
Celedam wrote:Possibly the most off-putting thing about The Orville is that although it's set even further in the future than ST:TNG was, it is thoroughly modern in its style, language, and humor.
Zunu wrote:98% of the time in Trek, it's like Greece, Rome, Shakespeare, 20th century culture, and that's it.
Zunu wrote:Anyway, why is Geordi seemingly the only dude in a population of trillions with a cool visor? [snip] You'd think he'd be spending all his free time in his cabin watching hyperreal "educational videos" and such.
Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:02 am
erilaz wrote:The summary I normally use to describe The Orville is "Star Trek with dick jokes."
Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:03 pm
Wed Sep 12, 2018 5:21 pm
Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:48 pm
Celedam wrote:erilaz wrote:The summary I normally use to describe The Orville is "Star Trek with dick jokes."
Or "Galaxy Quest, the series."
Wait, didn't I make that comment before?
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Yeah, I did…
https://jplop.com/viewtopic.php?p=222495#p222495
It turned out to be accurate. The Orville is to ST:TNG what Galaxy Quest was to ST:TOS. And I think that's why The Orville, as fun as it can be sometimes, still grates on my psyche: this schtick has been done before.
Fri Sep 21, 2018 4:25 pm
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