We let our SO's get away with things we'd never accept in new partners.Agreed.
We accept these things in Star Trek, but its just too much when another sci-fi show does it.
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And purple is admiralty. I didn't pay attention to any of the emblems this time around, but I will for the next episode.
I am amused that Adm. Halsey is a five-star admiral when in the U.S. Navy, a five-star admiral doesn't exist except during a time of war and is the highest ranking officer. I doubt that's his position in the Union considering the attention he was giving the Orville assignment and how lay back his work schedule appears to be.
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You know, the skiffy stuff was so much more interesting than a fucking space anomaly.
Heck, I liked how parts of the quantum drive got blown off and the question of whether the FTL could still work on reduced power was raised in dialog.
I watched the episode and then rewatched it later on my Fox app before going to bed, lol! Then I was just going over the memory of the photos of the characters (for some reason always thinking more of Adrianne Palicki and Halston Sage...) on the way to work this morning and sorting it out as best I could.
Also to add the grey uniforms/white jackets with Hazardous emblem = laboratory personnel?
To this day I don't understand why TNG was granted 3 years to gain its footing whereas TOS barely managed three seasons with higher quality. Today, though, the competition is so cutthroat that you need to hit the ground running such that comparing it to TNG is apples and oranges. A good example of shows not being given time to adjust is the rebooted Muppets. It face-planted right out of the starting gate after a lot of hype and then was canceled rather than waiting and seeing if it's mid-season retool could recover the initial interest.
Paramount was trying to build syndication distribution for dramas. But, the reason TNG stayed on the air was because its ratings were good from the beginning.
It wasn't a blow away first episode but I liked it. I laughed at most of the jokes, I loved the score, the visuals, and most of the characters I could see myself enjoying.
Inserting comedy is always going to be tough. Triggering other emotions are a lot easier making someone laugh can be really tough. What makes people cry or angry tend to be fairly universal but humor is so much harder.
I find Seth's style to be hit or miss with me and as a result some jokes landed with me and others didn't but none were so bad that is ruined the episode for me.
As someone who loved MASH and 90's Trek with a longing for a bit of that nostalgia I feel like the show could become very good over time.
Inserting comedy is always going to be tough. Triggering other emotions are a lot easier making someone laugh can be really tough. What makes people cry or angry tend to be fairly universal but humor is so much harder.
I find Seth's style to be hit or miss with me and as a result some jokes landed with me and others didn't but none were so bad that is ruined the episode for me.
As someone who loved MASH and 90's Trek with a longing for a bit of that nostalgia I feel like the show could become very good over time.
Agreed.
We accept these things in Star Trek, but its just too much when another sci-fi show does it.
Um, no? Examples?
The example of the Genesis Device has already been given. The Genesis Planet freaking resurrected Spock's body, even, because protomatter.
Nope. Because like I've learned in the Abrams forums, examples never change anyones minds. They just go on like nothing was posted.
Fuck me. I should have learned that lesson by now.
Didn't he command...the Carrier Enterprise?