Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’

Re:Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’ by saalweachter on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:05PM (#28631113)

Orville is also in that vein, IMO.

It tries to be a comedy, a parody, but you can also tell it's a love-letter to old-school Star Trek.

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Re:Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’ by TeMPOraL on Thursday September 23, 2021 @01:18PM (#28632162)

My pet theory is that they went over the top with comedy aspects in S1 only to establish The Orville as a parody, to avoid being accused of IP misuse/plagiarism. S2 toned down the jokes a lot, and it feels more like a lighter TNG, which I believe was the goal all along.

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Re:Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’ by saalweachter on Thursday September 23, 2021 @01:23PM (#28632251)

Yeah, I got the same impression -- they really wanted to make Star Trek, and were like, "Exactly how much parody do we need to include to make a lawsuit unprofitable?".

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Re:Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’ by hef19898 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:13PM (#28631213)

And better Star Trek then Discovery.

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Re:Sid Meier and the meaning of ‘Civilization’ by mandmandam on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:59PM (#28631895)

I've pulled Ceti eels from my ear that had parasites who wrote better Star Trek than Discovery.

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