News Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville
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Well, Bortus's mate immediately recognized his child as female, so the baby couldn't really be the "only" female, could she.
Mercer said Kitan was green? Well, it's not easy being green.
But he also expressed genuine shock and said that it was "impossible."
I'm thinking that sometime in their history they were females, but some genetic thing happened that stopped producing females. Or something.
Females probably died out long ago on Bortus' world.
If they do it's a secret to most Moclans because Bortas thinks hatching female is impossible.
I'm assuming they saw clearly not male organs. The real question is why they consider themselves male at all and not hermaphroditic.
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They haven't said anything about organs so far, but I presume we'll find out more on Thursday.
Another winner. I'm gonna miss having this to watch Monday afternoons, but I'll squeeze it in Friday I reckon.
Kitan: You're the ranking officer which means you have command. Enjoy.
Finn: Son of a bitch
So long and thanks for being my Obi-Wan.
Kitan: You're the ranking officer which means you have command. Enjoy.
Finn: Son of a bitch
So long and thanks for being my Obi-Wan.
Also, another vote for individual episode threads. Could they be pinned for a week?
Bortus said it would take twenty-one days to sit on his egg. Man, 21 days flew by in one day. That's an incredible edible egg!
I liked the pilot already, but this outdid it significantly.
It feels so much like 1990s Trek I'm grinning ear to ear watching it. The jokes landed a lot better (probably an artifact of not having half of them spoiled by the trailer), and seemed better integrated into the story.
Robert Duncan McNeill's directing probably had a lot to do with how Trek it felt and how well the overall thing flowed. Jon Favreau is a great film director but I feel he didn't really have this formula down that well. As a result, the transitions from humor to drama felt a lot more natural. It was less like "space opera with cutaway gags" and more like a less self-serious episode of any Berman Trek.
And the opening credit sequence was just gorgeous, and further reminds me what a colossal mistake the soft rock theme of ENT was.
It feels so much like 1990s Trek I'm grinning ear to ear watching it. The jokes landed a lot better (probably an artifact of not having half of them spoiled by the trailer), and seemed better integrated into the story.
Robert Duncan McNeill's directing probably had a lot to do with how Trek it felt and how well the overall thing flowed. Jon Favreau is a great film director but I feel he didn't really have this formula down that well. As a result, the transitions from humor to drama felt a lot more natural. It was less like "space opera with cutaway gags" and more like a less self-serious episode of any Berman Trek.
And the opening credit sequence was just gorgeous, and further reminds me what a colossal mistake the soft rock theme of ENT was.
sorry typo, saw not male organs
What a great episode! It was vastly better than the first, and I liked the first!
The jokes were better, the sci-fi premise was great (shades of The Cage and The Eye of the Beholder of course) and I think all the plots/subplots worked (Alara's first command, Bortus' progeniture).
The credit sequence is gorgeous! I think I can watch it repeatedly in a loop.
The jokes were better, the sci-fi premise was great (shades of The Cage and The Eye of the Beholder of course) and I think all the plots/subplots worked (Alara's first command, Bortus' progeniture).
The credit sequence is gorgeous! I think I can watch it repeatedly in a loop.
I like Broughton's theme, but the images do nothing for me and aren't memorable. I know how all the Star Trek opening credits go (though "Enterprise" not completely), but I can't recall recall the images from this, just that it closed on the ship going to quantum warp. That could use some fixing.
I see a cinematographer from "Star Trek: Voyager" filmed it.
I see a cinematographer from "Star Trek: Voyager" filmed it.
Two episodes in and it's way better (my opinion) than the entirety of Family Guy. Seth should stop Family Guy (without reviving it) and just focus on The Orville.
He's supposed to be the chief engineer? Then how is Isaac the engineering officer if he's not the chief engineer? This isn't really changing my mind about Steve Newton being enlisted.
For that matter, if Isaac and Steve are supposed to be engineers, why haven't either been seen in engineering?
Considering the plot of next week's episode, I really don't get the impression this child being female is unprecedented. Rare perhaps, but I think it has happened before.