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Correct, neither are acceptable in what is ostensibly a family show, i.e. one that all ages will watch.
The 1950s called, they want their attitudes back
Correct, neither are acceptable in what is ostensibly a family show, i.e. one that all ages will watch.
Correct, neither are acceptable in what is ostensibly a family show, i.e. one that all ages will watch.
Are you serious? I believe even Sesame Street has a gay character.Correct, neither are acceptable in what is ostensibly a family show, i.e. one that all ages will watch.
You have a point about the tech level but they would probably link it to the alternative reality created in the last ST films. In all I liked the series, it was shaky and the plot lines were cliche'd and poorly implemented but TNG was really shaky in it's first season too. The gay kiss wasn't really necessary but again it harks back to the original series with the first interracial kiss on TV.
I stopped watching a couple of weeks ago. TBH I thought it could have been okay-ish. There were terrible plot holes, stupid decision making, ridiculous cliche'd storylines, wobbly acting, spotty skin and (as already mentioned) endless bitching.
The gratuitous use of F*** just so that they could claim that they used the word F*** in Star Trek and the gay kiss that was only there so that they could claim that they had a gay kiss in Star Trek (neither of which added anything to the story) just annoyed the hell out me (no homophobia here, it was just a gratuitous play to the PC crowd).
All of that I could have put up with if it wasn't for the fact that it was all supposed to happen before Kirk and Spock! The technology was just way out of sync. It would have made far more sense to have set it many years in the future after Picard etc. and introduce a new warlike race instead of rehash the Klingons again.
Maybe, just maybe it would then have been bearable.
I watched the first episode of The Orville last night. It's far better than Discovery. I gave up on that completely. The Orville is more star trek than star trek and is quite funny to boot.
I watched the first episode of The Orville last night. It's far better than Discovery. I gave up on that completely. The Orville is more star trek than star trek and is quite funny to boot.
Damn. I can't get The Orville. It looks so funny.I watched the first episode of The Orville last night. It's far better than Discovery. I gave up on that completely. The Orville is more star trek than star trek and is quite funny to boot.
It is funny in parts, but it is a surprisingly regular Sci Fi most of the time that is not afraid to go a bit dark imho. Being by Seth MacFarlane I thought it would be a total p*** take, but it's not.Damn. I can't get The Orville. It looks so funny.
It is funny in parts, but it is a surprisingly regular Sci Fi most of the time that is not afraid to go a bit dark imho. Being by Seth MacFarlane I thought it would be a total p*** take, but it's not.
It has the humour and light touch that is missing in ST Discovery, and is more like the first Star Trek..
This is pretty much my take but I'd liken it more to TNG.
I'm still enjoying Discovery though, I thought Episode 10 was rather good.
Anyone watch this through to yesterday's finale? I've watched it almost as if the other Star Treks never existed and it's made it all the more enjoyable. Quite looking forward to season 2.
I'm not sure I like the sound of that. I know Patrick Stewart is in good nick for his age, but he's 78 years old. I know he wasn't the main action man of ST:TNG, but he did get some action, and he had the rest of a large cast to do the action. Time will tell.A new series featuring Captain Picard has been announced. Patrick Stewart will return to play the role.
I'm still not sure about Discovery. The totally different Klingons really peed me off as it seemed unnecessary imho. It also seemed a bit confused overall. The Christopher Pike coming may see the Michael Burnham character marginalised. Again, time will tell.i liked Discovery, looking forward to season 2 to see how they play it. Hope Isaacs gets back in the show too, his character has a lot to be taken from it.
With haircuts like that, Vulcans should wear anoraks.
Definitely if he also had the bottle opener teeth/.Is this Dwayne Dibley??
I expected it to be a total p*** take but I think he is doing it pretty straight and getting laughs here and there, because I think Seth McFarlane is a Sci Fi fan. He got himself into Star Trek: Enterprise for a couple of episodes. In the format it is similar to the original Star Trek imho, but with a modern character outlook.I'm getting into Orville, I'd been avoiding it because I don't really like Seth MacFarlane in anything I've seen but I'm glad I took the leap. Some of the story lines and interactions are better than Star Trek.
Is this Dwayne Dibley??
I expected it to be a total p*** take but I think he is doing it pretty straight and getting laughs here and there, because I think Seth McFarlane is a Sci Fi fan. He got himself into Star Trek: Enterprise for a couple of episodes. In the format it is similar to the original Star Trek imho, but with a modern character outlook.
The downside for me is that it was a short series, and there is a long time to wait for the next one.
Yep, but last year the series started in September.December isn’t that far away now
Yep, but last year the series started in September.
Looks like season 2 will be getting two extra episodes though, 14 instead of 12.
Star Trek Tarantino style
And ANOTHER new Star Trek series has been announced:
https://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek...spock-and-number-one-on-the-u-s-s-enterprise/
I see there's one season of that already, but there's something about reproducing the series in this way that feels like it's just ripping off the originals.
It hasn’t been made yet. Those characters featured in Star Trek: Discovery.
I haven't seen that series - it just feels like blatant theft of ideas. Why can't they either create a complete new series in the way TNG was or just write some good scifi that's new?
Its well worth a look its (Discovery) a bit different from the normI haven't seen that series - it just feels like blatant theft of ideas.