THE ORVILLE S2, E14: "THE ROAD NOT TAKEN"

[The Wormhole]

You know how much time I spent worrying about whether the black hole was represented scientifically accurate? Absolutely none at all.

 

[Nakita Akita]

How is she underweight? I'd say Adrianne Palicki is within a normal healthy range.

And it's just a little bit of pushup action. It is a little bit odd in context, though... in a Crapsack Universe where they're constantly on the run, I wouldn't expect any of them to be paying attention to things like figure-enhancing garments. (Out-of-universe, of course, it's a mixture of fanservice and making Kelly seem "edgier.")

If you think she is normal weight I'd have to guess that in TNG or DS9 you find all of those women to be chubby.
Like Dax of Deep Space Nine, when she is on Risa, she would be considered chubby.

If a person has knee and elbow joints larger than the surrounding appendages, they may be underweight.

 

[Amaris]

If you think she is normal weight I'd have to guess that in TNG or DS9 you find all of those women to be chubby.
Like Dax of Deep Space Nine, when she is on Risa, she would be considered chubby.

Her body is fine, and she is fine exactly as she is. Leave her alone.

If a person has knee and elbow joints larger than the surrounding appendages, they may be underweight.

Also, this sounds like some bullshit.

 

[Trekker4747]

Egotastic funtime has usually been right on things pertaining to The Orville. He's the one who broke the news about Halston Sage leaving the show I believe. I'd believe him if the show is being renewed. But I will also not get my hopes up just in case. I really hope it's renewed though.

*Sigh* yeah, this is true.

I used to watch Egotastic Funtime some-what regularly but the guy's presentation and humor and such just got to a point of annoyance for me.

 

[Amaris]

*Sigh* yeah, this is true.

I used to watch Egotastic Funtime some-what regularly but the guy's presentation and humor and such just got to a point of annoyance for me.

I stopped watching when he fully jumped onto the "Discovery isn't true Star Trek, but Axanar is real Trek that Trekkies want" train.

 

[Trekker4747]

A LOT of people pissed me off with their Axanar support. Look, I liked some of the preliminary stuff he put out too, but the guy was going a bit far in what he was doing.

 

[Amaris]

A LOT of people pissed me off with their Axanar support. Look, I liked some of the preliminary stuff he put out too, but the guy was going a bit far in what he was doing.

It was like seeing a trailer for a knockoff Asylum film, and telling everyone that movie is already going to be better and more genuine than the actual franchise production. It's bullshit, they know it's bullshit, but they're so pissy about how CBS/Paramount refuses to bow to their ownership of the True Fandom™ they can't see how foolish they look.

 

[Kelso]

I was lukewarm on my initial viewing of the finale... but I actually really enjoyed the it the second time around. Perhaps I was just more prepared for what it was this week.

I was pretty proud that my little girl picked right up on the Star Wars nods. That was fun.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I watch Egotastic and generally enjoy his stuff. I'm in agreement with him that Discovery is not only bad but also has no connection to the original Trek timeline. I haven't noticed him promoting Axanar, but he's entitled to his opinion. To me it looked as bad as Discovery and they were idiots for trying to argue that Trek is in the public domain.

 

[tafkats]

If you think she is normal weight I'd have to guess that in TNG or DS9 you find all of those women to be chubby.
Like Dax of Deep Space Nine, when she is on Risa, she would be considered chubby.

No, I think that there's a wide variety of healthy human body types, and that arbitrarily declaring someone to be underweight without medical evidence is no more helpful than arbitrarily declaring someone to be overweight when they're probably not.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

You know how much time I spent worrying about whether the black hole was represented scientifically accurate? Absolutely none at all.

Hey, they can make up fake science all they want for all I care, but if they're going to use real science, they should respect it.

But Orville's use of it wasn't nearly as bad as the Red Matter black holes which ignore that black holes' gravitational pull is based on mass, so there's no way Vulcan should have been pulled in that fast for like a five pound black hole appearing inside it.

And if you can justify that they can fly into a black hole, you then have to justify how a ship can survive the gravitational shears of a black hole but can't handle water pressure.

 

[Astra]

I wouldn't read to much into that, I've seen people talk like that, only for the show to be canceled a few days later.

*sticks fingers into ears O'Neill style, singing "la-la-la"*

No, I get you. But for now I am going with this, and it gives me hope:
https://twitter.com/TomCostantino/status/1125077144852295680

 

[F. King Daniel]

I loved that the Kaylon's heads detached to become little gun drones. I wonder if their bodies can carry on independently afterwards? There's humour in there Seth must have struggled to resist.

 

[Nakita Akita]

*sticks fingers into ears O'Neill style, singing "la-la-la"*

No, I get you. But for now I am going with this, and it gives me hope:
https://twitter.com/TomCostantino/status/1125077144852295680

A long, long time ago I used to watch a show called "Dark Angel" and I totally swear, they showed scenes for the next season coming up, then it was cancelled.

 

[Mudd]

Well, I imagine that Fox and or Disney has some concerns about the budget and probably some strong suggestions about content at this point.

Yeah, that "coming to terms" could easily tank a renewal.

 

[Noname Given]

Well, I imagine that Fox and or Disney has some concerns about the budget and probably some strong suggestions about content at this point.

Yeah, that "coming to terms" could easily tank a renewal.

The one thinbg it has going for it (renewal wise) is - FOX would like to keep Seth MacFarlane happy - and Family Guy is still a big hit for FOX; and I think FOX still gets some royalties from American Dad which is being first run still by TBS, etc. That MAY factor into FOX Exec.'s decision to give it a renewal.

 

[JD]

Wouldn't that be Disney execs now?

 

[Push The Button]

A long, long time ago I used to watch a show called "Dark Angel" and I totally swear, they showed scenes for the next season coming up, then it was cancelled.

I think that happened with “Caprica” also, they made a sizzle reel for the season two that never happened.

 

[Mudd]

Wouldn't that be Disney execs now?

No. Fox Network is not owned by Disney. Disney owns the producing studio. Fox Television Studios.

In some ways this makes renewal less likely - last year, the parent company of the network had an ownership stake in the show.

 

[The Wormhole]

FOX would like to keep Seth MacFarlane happy

Where does that idea come from? If MacFarlane had enough pull to make Fox dance to his tune to keep him happy they would have:
-Ended Family Guy a few years back when he wanted to end it
-Still air American Dad
-Still air The Cleveland Show

One should also take note Fox was the only network not to be in attendance when MacFarlane recently got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which he himself even noted in his acceptance speech. Oh, let me guess, that was by his request and they're that desperate to keep him happy?