Seems like the best science youtuber also has good Star Trek opinions

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    27 days ago

    It's so worth sticking around.

    Unlike a lot of P R E S T I G E T V garbage, it actually ends in a satisfying way too.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        27 days ago

        (end of Orville spoilers)

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        "How many guests for the wedding? Should we send the entire armada?"

        "That would be appropriate."

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            27 days ago
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            That actor was amazing, including in his human-imitation moments and his painfully brief emotional experience. The "make Claire break up with him" slob attempt was one of the funniest moments of the show.

            • buckykat [none/use name]
              hexagon
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              27 days ago

              He has some of the funniest scenes and also some of the most sincere and heartfelt. Like when he

              Orville season 3 spoilers

              volunteered to do Topa's trans surgery against Union orders then calmly but forcefully stopped Klyden from interfering.

              • UlyssesT [he/him]
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                27 days ago

                Speaking of Moclans... my wife was always bothered by this moment but I can't stop cracking a sicko smile about it.

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                • buckykat [none/use name]
                  hexagon
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                  27 days ago

                  The Orville gets a lot of mileage out of the Union's medical science being even more advanced than the Federation's. Like the early episode where Isaac cut Gordon's leg off as part of a prank war and the easy answer was to just grow him a new one which took a day or two.

                  All the wacky Moclan traditions were very fun except for the ones that were extremely not fun.

                  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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                    27 days ago

                    The life support system was by and large in the ship's interior walls; it was a sort of vegetation construct everywhere.

                    That's super cool biotech and I loved that bit of background lore.