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Re:Patrick Stewart Returns as Jean-Luc Picard for a New Star... by klausjensen on Sunday August 05, 2018 @12:38PM (#17692099)
The Star Trek-clone "The Orville" is just that - with some added Seth Macfarlane humor.

I expected absolutely nothing from it but ended up really enjoying it. Only one season out so far.

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Re:Patrick Stewart Returns as Jean-Luc Picard for a New Star... by nabla9 on Sunday August 05, 2018 @01:34PM (#17692420)
Orville is clearly made by someone who loves star trek. It's a comedy but it has good stories that could have been TNG episodes.
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Re:Patrick Stewart Returns as Jean-Luc Picard for a New Star... by empyrical on Sunday August 05, 2018 @02:36PM (#17692738)
His love of trek has been life long - he even made a fanfilm as a teenager! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn_Sgcxg5PQ
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Re:Patrick Stewart Returns as Jean-Luc Picard for a New Star... by dtech on Sunday August 05, 2018 @01:06PM (#17692249)
I also like that while The Orville is set in a post-scarcity society, the characters aren't the shining bastions of humanity as Star Trek characters tend to be. They're basically just doing their best, and have some very recognizable flaws.
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Re:Patrick Stewart Returns as Jean-Luc Picard for a New Star... by jrmg on Sunday August 05, 2018 @08:04PM (#17694268)
I got halfway through the first season of that, but I didn’t enjoy the the humor, the barely-one-level-deep moralizing, or the lack of believability I felt the plots had. As examples, that episode with the social media thing, or the one-gender planet...

Did you (or anyone else now a fan) agree with my feelings initially, and find it got better?

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