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Recorded last night's episode, just watched it. No Moclan drama. Although there was some very bad Moclan dancing at an Earth club in the simulator. Interesting premise, Kelly from 7 years ago (right when she and Ed started dating) was time warped to the present aboard the Orville.

Preview for the season finale looks kinda epic.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Recorded last night's episode, just watched it. No Moclan drama. Although there was some very bad Moclan dancing at an Earth club in the simulator. Interesting premise, Kelly from 7 years ago (right when she and Ed started dating) was time warped to the present aboard the Orville.

Preview for the season finale looks kinda epic.
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It took me a while to see it was the same actress. Good episode.
 
temery said:
It took me a while to see it was the same actress. Good episode.
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One person playing multiple roles is always interesting. The subtle things they can do to convey it's a different persona. Orphan Black was incredible in that regard, iZombie is decent too.
 
ZooCougar said:
I think I might be done with this show.

The Kaelons are just rip offs of cylons.

Seth can’t help himself with insisting on being the voice of the moral high ground in these preachy episodes.

This show needs to be more family guy in space and less after school special i.e “The Truth About Alex”.
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My guess is Gene Roddenberry was Seth's idol. The original Star Trek frequently took on social issues of the day, and were still entertaining. With that said, it gets old. One of my favorite shows was Boston Legal, but I recently rewatched the series and the preachy monologues get old pretty quick.

I see the future of the show, if it's renewed (hopefully), as more Guardians of the Galaxy than Star Trek.
 
Finale was a bit oddly paced but decent. Nice to see a character from earlier in the season come back again briefly. Hopefully this wasn't the series finale. I don't think it's been renewed yet but it's expected to be?

Was it my imagination or were they riffing off of some Star Wars theme music?
 
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nwhoopfan said:
Finale was a bit oddly paced but decent. Nice to see a character from earlier in the season come back again briefly. Hopefully this wasn't the series finale. I don't think it's been renewed yet but it's expected to be?

Was it my imagination or were they riffing off of some Star Wars theme music?
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Those last two episodes were the best of the series so far. Well done, and some fun Star Wars and Star Trek odes. That flight through the asteroids sure looked familiar. Hope it comes back.
 
Huh. Just read that Season 3 is going to be airing on Hulu, not Fox.

Also cast members Adrianne Palicki and Scott Grimes are getting divorced after being married for about 5 minutes (okay, 2 months).
 
nwhoopfan said:
Huh. Just read that Season 3 is going to be airing on Hulu, not Fox.

Also cast members Adrianne Palicki and Scott Grimes are getting divorced after being married for about 5 minutes (okay, 2 months).
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That means I’m done with this show.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
Huh. Just read that Season 3 is going to be airing on Hulu, not Fox.

Also cast members Adrianne Palicki and Scott Grimes are getting divorced after being married for about 5 minutes (okay, 2 months).
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I still have Hulu but was thinking of canceling it.
 
temery said:
Funny thing is, if the original Star Trek were a sequel to TNG, it would have been considered a parody.
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The genius of Roddenberry and his writers (DC Fontana, Harlin Ellison, Gene L Coon) and his great casting gave the original Star Trek a dramatic breadth that nothing since has been able to capture, even the first Trek films with all the original cast lacked something that the original series always had. The range of classic episodes from "The City on the Edge of Forever" to "The Trouble with Tribles" to "Shore Leave" to "The Changeling" to "Journey to Babel" to "The Squire of Gothos" to "Arena" is remarkable for a science fiction series. I stopped watching TNG when they killed off Denise Crosby and started fighting Bjorn Borg's family.
 
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huskyrob1 said:
I think the two gay Worfs are hilarious.
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My post was before they even showed up. First two episodes weren’t great. I’ve become a fan.
 
Almost 3 years later, it's back. First episode debuted on Hulu. I thought it was good.
 
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Finished the season. Pretty good. I appreciate that while Seth is tackling all the modern social issues, he's doing so in a way that is pretty nuanced and somewhat thought provoking most of the time.

Anne Winters was a nice addition as Charly Burke, and of course Seth is dating her. So, just like Halston Sage, they had to then kill her off. Very next episode, new pretty girl shows up on the ship (Lysella). Final episode was a bit of a let down.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Anne Winters was a nice addition as Charly Burke, and of course Seth is dating her. So, just like Halston Sage, they had to then kill her off. Very next episode, new pretty girl shows up on the ship (Lysella).
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They wrote Halston out of the show, but they didn't kill her character. She appeared at the end of this season's finale.

I was pretty bummed about what happened to Charly.

Lysella was in an episode in Season 1. I had to go back and rewatch it. The actress seems to fit the profile for Seth's dating habits.

HuskyHawk said:
. Final episode was a bit of a let down.
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Agreed. I could never really get interested in the Isaac/Dr. Finn ongoing drama.
 
HuskyHawk said:
This show is not good. The humor falls flat. It just doesn't work.
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HuskyHawk said:
Finished the season. Pretty good. I appreciate that while Seth is tackling all the modern social issues, he's doing so in a way that is pretty nuanced and somewhat thought provoking most of the time.

Anne Winters was a nice addition as Charly Burke, and of course Seth is dating her. So, just like Halston Sage, they had to then kill her off. Very next episode, new pretty girl shows up on the ship (Lysella). Final episode was a bit of a let down.
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I guess sometimes you just have to stick with stuff.;)
 
nwhoopfan said:
They wrote Halston out of the show, but they didn't kill her character. She appeared at the end of this season's finale.

I was pretty bummed about what happened to Charly.

Lysella was in an episode in Season 1. I had to go back and rewatch it. The actress seems to fit the profile for Seth's dating habits.


Agreed. I could never really get interested in the Isaac/Dr. Finn ongoing drama
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Yes, I know she wasn't "killed", and it was nice to see her again. But Seth was dating Halston Sage, and is dating Anne Winters. So we've got a pattern. I liked Charly too. Let's hope he doesn't start dating Giorgia Whigham (Lysella). As bad as Isaac/Dr. Finn is, Moclan mating rituals are even worse.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Finished the season. Pretty good. I appreciate that while Seth is tackling all the modern social issues, he's doing so in a way that is pretty nuanced and somewhat thought provoking most of the time.

Anne Winters was a nice addition as Charly Burke, and of course Seth is dating her. So, just like Halston Sage, they had to then kill her off. Very next episode, new pretty girl shows up on the ship (Lysella). Final episode was a bit of a let down.
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'They're getting away from the Guardians of the Galaxy stuff, and turning it into more of a straight sci-fi show.

hope it's renewed.
 
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I honestly can't tell from the thread whether it's worth watching.

Seems like it took a while to find its stride.
 
nomar said:
I honestly can't tell from the thread whether it's worth watching.

Seems like it took a while to find its stride.
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The early couple episodes are a bit cringeworthy. Seth's humor can sometimes (often) be infantile. As they strayed from bad comedy to good sci fi, it got much better. There are still little bits of it but it became less of a focus. I think it's worth it.
 
nomar said:
I honestly can't tell from the thread whether it's worth watching.

Seems like it took a while to find its stride.
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'Very much worth watching.
 
HuskyHawk said:
The early couple episodes are a bit cringeworthy. Seth's humor can sometimes (often) be infantile. As they strayed from bad comedy to good sci fi, it got much better. There are still little bits of it but it became less of a focus. I think it's worth it.
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I don't actually like his humor very much. Not a Family Guy guy. ("Hey, that's nothing! Remember when X did X to X?") Ted was OK.

I'd watch it as a (casual) Star Trek fan. So I guess what you and Tom are saying is that there's a good progression.

Any of you guys read Redshirts by John Scalzi?

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nomar said:
Any of you guys read Redshirts by John Scalzi?
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I did. Interesting idea, but I thought the premise ran thin well before the book ended. I've really enjoyed some of his other books.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I did. Interesting idea, but I thought the premise ran thin well before the book ended. I've really enjoyed some of his other books.
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Same. The concept of red shirts got me reading Scalzi. I enjoyed the Old Man’s War series. The concept is at some age, call at age 70, seniors can enlist in the space army. Nobody knows how it works because part of the deal is you give up contact with anyone back on earth. It’s an interesting idea that is well executed.

@nomar
 
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