Comment on Star Trek and The Orville, which is better/worse?
buckykat@hexbear.net 9 months agoThe first season being a bit of a mess is classic Trek behavior to be fair. I think the comedy angle was mostly a way to trick Fox into running it.
Comment on Star Trek and The Orville, which is better/worse?
buckykat@hexbear.net 9 months agoThe first season being a bit of a mess is classic Trek behavior to be fair. I think the comedy angle was mostly a way to trick Fox into running it.
startrekexplained@startrek.website 9 months ago
For sure it was just to get it greenlit. After the Identity two parter proved it did well with drama, they shifted
buckykat@hexbear.net 9 months ago
As early as episode 3 they were trying to do serious storylines, and as early as episode 4 they were succeeding. I think it was always intended to be real Trek with the serial numbers filed off but sold to Fox and consequently advertised as a parody.
startrekexplained@startrek.website 9 months ago
I think they really found the right balance by the Identity two parter
buckykat@hexbear.net 9 months ago
One thing I really like about the depiction of the Kaylon is that, as far as I remember, nobody ever suggests that they were wrong to kill their builders, only to generalize their hatred of those builders to all organics.