News Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville
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Wasn't "Spock's Brain" supposed to be more of a light-hearted episode when Gene Coon originally pitched it?
Cuz brain-ectomies are so funny!
Seinfeld is a thing in their universe, and Seinfeld did an entire episode centred around TWOK.
http://seinfeld.wikia.com/wiki/The_Foundation
The version I heard years ago was that Freiberger nixed Coon's original version, on the premise that "Star Trek isn't a comedy." Not sure if apocryphal, though it's true there were no (purposely) comedic episodes in the third season, following several in the second.
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Look at the laughs they got out of a severed leg prank.
That was incredibly funny, but part of what made it funny was that it was being done by a robot having trouble understanding the difficult concept of humor. Also, it wasn't the premise of the whole episode, it was just a subplot.
The Beastie Boys are a thing in Star Trek, and their song "Intergalactic" includes the line "Like a pinch on the neck from Mr. Spock".
Well, the attempt to portray the idea as dramatic was an unintentionally funny failure. The idea as presented is essentially absurd, so comedy is the only real option.
It's a neat concept. Isaac's placement kind of makes him seem more important than he really is, though I guess that problem would exist no matter who they stuck there.
In fairness, Steve Martin succeeded with brain-ectomies in The Man with Two Brains, but that's Steve Martin.
They are if you're Count Olaf performing one on a Baudelaire orphan.
So we just need for The Orville to reference the 2009 movie and we'll have Star Trek Inception!
I am losing track of the Fox buyout and who owns what...but wouldn't this be back by DISNEY demand
?And Alara is still featured....
Although, on a related note none of the new characters being added in the second season were included.
Trailer!
That trailer was great! Season 2 looks to be really kicking it up a notch!