What scene are you talking about with the spiral staircase? I did see Mercer saying bye to Halsey, walk to the staircase and go up to the Bridge. When else does the staircase show up?
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When mercer runs out of the bridge, he's next seen running past the staircase, right before stepping in the blob. It may have been meant to show he had run downstairs between the shots, but it looked like he ran out of the bridge, took a turn, and was right next to the staircase.
OK, I know what you're saying. I think it may have been some weird editing. I thought he ran out of the bridge and down the staircase to his quarters to talk to Admiral Halsey. The editing made it look weird, but I'm thinking it was meant to show him as he's coming down off the staircase and back down the corridor.
And "borrowed" is giving the benefit of too much doubt.
I don't think they can actually be sued unless they are flat out breaking copyright, like saying "Klingon" and "Starfleet" and such
No, they could not be sued. You can't be sued just for doing a show that is similar to another show. You get sued when you actually use copyrighted terms like "star trek", "starfleet", or "vulcan" and try to profit from it because that is a violation of Intellectual Property.
Yeah, there are actually legally standards that must be met, you just can't sue because of this or that because so-and-so thinks it's a rip off and can be sued.
On Sunday, for some reason (kids) I missed the scene between when they got back in the shuttle and the alien bad guy was standing behind them, and when they got back to the shuttlebay. No idea how they got rid of him or why the ship's rings were suddenly damaged. So I watched it last night partly because I wanted to see it again, but also for the express purpose of watching that scene. Take a wild guess when I somehow (kids) got interrupted again. 
No DVR or Hulu either.
So, can anyone tell me (or preferably SHOW me) what happened?!?
No DVR or Hulu either.So, can anyone tell me (or preferably SHOW me) what happened?!?
Basically they "slammed on the brakes" in the shuttle and the alien smashed face first in to the "windsheild" and was knocked out.On Sunday, for some reason (kids) I missed the scene between when they got back in the shuttle and the alien bad guy was standing behind them, and when they got back to the shuttlebay. No idea how they got rid of him or why the ship's rings were suddenly damaged. So I watched it last night partly because I wanted to see it again, but also for the express purpose of watching that scene. Take a wild guess when I somehow (kids) got interrupted again.
So, can anyone tell me (or preferably SHOW me) what happened?!?
The bad guy wasn't wearing a seat belt, when the pilot pumped the air breaks. (True.)
It was a heavy destroyer versus a mid range exploratory vessel.
The rings had been shot at expertly with powerful weapons.
It was a heavy destroyer versus a mid range exploratory vessel.
The rings had been shot at expertly with powerful weapons.
Remember kids, seat belts save lives!
Technically it's trademark that you'd run afoul of. Copyright covers the complete episode, and prohibits derivative works, but what makes those works derivative is the individual unique elements which can't be copyrighted. They are trademarked, and become so upon creation as unregistered trademarks. Then the trademark elements that are really important can be registered by the creator with the government.
So ... why are there seatbelts? Seatbelts mean no inertial dampeners, so something has to restrain you. Yet the Orville goes at speeds nobody could take even with seatbelts, so there has to be something that it dampening the inertial forces.
We don't know if there are seatbelts on the ship itself (unless I missed them), just the shuttlecraft.
I don't think the Smurfs are all that terribly esoteric. There have been several live-action movies with them in recent years, a large number of TV movies, plus the latest full-animation film that came out earlier this year. That most recent one was basically a Trolls rip-off, but I don't think the franchise can be relegated to dusty annals of pop culture ancient history quite yet.
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It was a ship to surface shuttle.
It all depends how low The Orville was orbiting Epsilon, if the shuttle was making a one way trip in less than 10 minutes.
Speaking of Copyrights.
It all depends how low The Orville was orbiting Epsilon, if the shuttle was making a one way trip in less than 10 minutes.
Speaking of Copyrights.
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