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

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      27 days ago

      Once The Orville shed "Family Guy in space" gimmicks a few episodes in, it got good enough to be considered Trek.

    • batsforpeace [any, any]
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      27 days ago

      oh yeah I should resume that.. only watched a few eps and I heard it gets real good later

      • 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)

            spoiler

            "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
                spoiler

                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.

    • Smeagolicious [they/them]
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      27 days ago

      Oh yea, I did watch a couple seasons and was surprised by how decent it was. Still has a few MacFarlane-isms but it's got the spirit. The Moclan child arc was actually really impressive aside from a couple lib bits.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        27 days ago

        The Battle of Dollyworld was amazing, soundtrack and all. sicko-jammin

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

        The Moclan child arc in season 3 is some of the best Trek of all time tbh