THE ORVILLE S2, E11: "LASTING IMPRESSIONS"
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Okay, it makes no sense but I say that the picture of Gordon and Laura is on that phone in the capsule.
You read my mind!
I think it's fascinating that her old boyfriend resembles Gordon so much and that just makes so much of what she liked about him being her old boyfriend. I fully expected the discovery she's his ancestor (and probably is given the way that DNA travels).
Mind you, the A.I. is probably extrapolating as much as it can and A.I. in the modern era is probably as advanced as to simulate a human...or MORIARTY.
Mind you, the A.I. is probably extrapolating as much as it can and A.I. in the modern era is probably as advanced as to simulate a human...or MORIARTY.
I enjoyed it. The show has a niche & I can appreciate how it lives there. The only issue I have is that suddenly for plot purposes, we have to accept that these people are somehow distanced from 20th/21st century culture, enough to find all that stuff fascinatingly alien, but the lead character literally has a Kermit on his desk & the crew watch Seinfeld & The King & I etc...
Though the crux of the episode was no surprise, I knew the person he was going to fall in love with was a [holodeck] character, the episode played out really well and managed to "mean" something on what it is that makes us who we are. Again, Bortus is relegated to comic-relief B-Story. But it was a fun one. Also, that's now two Gordon-centric episodes in a row.
Good to see Tim Russ.
But, I really liked that one. It was sweet.
Good to see Tim Russ.
But, I really liked that one. It was sweet.
You know, in just a couple of weeks the show has elevated Gordon tremendously as a character. Kudos to Scott Grimes.
First the Finn/Isaac story and now this one - I'm impressed at how marvelously these folks do the kinds of personal, emotional stories that The Other Show has tried repeatedly to do and Never.Does.Well.At.All.
First the Finn/Isaac story and now this one - I'm impressed at how marvelously these folks do the kinds of personal, emotional stories that The Other Show has tried repeatedly to do and Never.Does.Well.At.All.
I take it as the difference between someone enjoying Sherlock Holmes, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, and the Victoria show versus someone who decides to live in a simulated 19th century Britain.
Timeless fiction is different from evidence of the period.
I had a lot of fun talking about Gordon going from a guy enjoying a period video game, to falling in love with Lara Croft, and then writing Lara Croft fanfic and then getting angry at the character his waifu starts flirting with.
So not what this episode was going for but what it reminded me of.
So not what this episode was going for but what it reminded me of.
Liked it more than I expected. Harmless but enjoyable.
Would have liked someone to.make a trek joke about his outfit at the intro party but I understand why they didn't.
Did I miss it...no.Isaac..was a reason stated?
Would have liked someone to.make a trek joke about his outfit at the intro party but I understand why they didn't.
Did I miss it...no.Isaac..was a reason stated?
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Another really good episode. Terrific guest turn by Leighton Meester, who from her very first scene is exactly what she needs to be: naturally, simply, immediately appealing. It's so much easier to buy the one-episode love story when the writing and acting make the character feel so unforced and believable.
And the Bortus B-plot was hilarious.
And the Bortus B-plot was hilarious.
I liked the episode overall. Some humorous moments, and a good insight about the nature of what makes us who we are. I think there's missed opportunity though to make more interesting comments about 2015. And I felt the Bortus B-plot was a bit too slapstick-easy and not all that funny.
