Scott Grimes shared a promising update about The Orville during Star Trek Las Vegas.
  • Mellow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    634·
    4 months ago

    I’m glad for this. This show is keeping the spirit of Star Trek alive.

  • WolfdadCigarette@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
    305·
    4 months ago

    Neat, I guess McFarlane got a new girlfriend. Love the show but I’d be sincerely surprised if attention didn’t spontaneously shift based on which cast member he’s currently boinking.

    • Microw@lemm.ee
      7·
      4 months ago

      Yeah, scrolling through Lemmy this was a real surprise! I thought this show was gone for good from what I had heard.

      • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
        191·
        4 months ago

        No! I will not read that!

        I’ve never heard of it, but I don’t need yet another awesome sci-fi series to fall in love with only to see it die prematurely.

        Edit: I think I may have watched an episode or two of this back in the day, but didn’t get to watch more for some reason…

        • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
          12·
          4 months ago

          Firefly IS worth watching IMO even knowing how it pans out cancellation-wise. The movie does a credible job of wrapping things up, even if it can’t provide the multi-season arc we would have wanted.

        • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
          81·
          4 months ago

          It did start out slightly slow before becoming awesome, but yes you should avoid it. Although it was awesome, they cancelled it at a pretty gigantic cliffhanger in both the main plot and (surprisingly compelling) romance plot. I got to the last episode knowing it was cancelled and was so upset I wished I hadn’t watched it.

          Edit since I see now there may be some ambiguity - my comment here is specifically regarding Outcasts, not Firefly. I don’t think (or didn’t see) the Firefly reference was there before their edit.

  • sarcasticsunrise@lemmy.world
    121·
    4 months ago

    With all of the horrible stuff that just never ends in this world, the existential dread blanketing me over the health of my cat, this little thing… the announcement of a show I love coming back has brightened my day considerably

    • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
      2·
      4 months ago

      I hope your cat is okay. We just lost ours not long ago, right on the tail of my mom being in ICU for a month (thankfully okay now!), and I know exactly what you mean. I broke down and cried when a friend of mine asked me out to lunch one day a few months later, because it felt so normal, and it felt so weird and strange for something to feel normal and to be happy about it. I really hope your kitty is going to be okay, but just love them and remember the best times.

      • sarcasticsunrise@lemmy.world
        2·
        4 months ago

        Thank you so much for this, Dharma. It’s eerily similar to what his sister (litter mate) passed away from and we’re just trying our best to hang on. My wife and I both have her paw print tattooed on us (my wrist, her ankle) and It’s only been a year and a half. We can’t lose our little dude, it’s too soon

        • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
          2·
          4 months ago

          I completely understand. It’s sort of insane and completely wild how much you can love something that isn’t even the same species. I’ve got a dachshund who’s been plagued with spinal problems. He’s been paralyzed twice to the point where I literally had to express his bladder for him, and we’ve gotten him through it. They’re special, and so important. I really hope he’s going to be okay. Do you mind if I ask what’s going on with him?

          • sarcasticsunrise@lemmy.world
            1·
            4 months ago

            Hey just DM’d you as I don’t want to hijack this celebratory thread with cat-sadness. Thanks for being so kind and sympathetic

  • randon31415@lemmy.world
    143·
    4 months ago

    Star Trek before the Orville: ST:STD, kirk on a motorcycle playing beasytboys, plus dark drama about how we are all doomed!

    Star Trek after the Orville: Lower decks, a Voyager sequel series hidden as a nickelodeon show, and ST:BNW doing a musical number were spock sings.

    Star Trek future: A school drama and “what-if the sniderverse did an assassin movie in Star Trek”

  • Traegert@lemm.ee
    10·
    4 months ago

    I came into this expecting family guy jokes and such and damn I found an actual legit sci fi show

  • 4grams@awful.systemsEnglish
    5·
    4 months ago

    Oh my this is good news. I pretty much made peace with it being done but am am stupid excited now. IMHO it’s become the best star trek show since TNG.

        • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish
          17·
          4 months ago

          Starfleet didn’t interefere with other non-warp capable cultures who were still developing (except for all the times they did). They absolutely judged alien cultures by the set of unifying morals that guide the federation and would actively refuse the membership of and assistance to races who didn’t meet those standards.

          Like every major alien race in Star Trek is a representation of some subset of human culture. It’s literally all modern day cultural commentary.

          • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            Does two days count as a zombie thread?

            They may getting at something that I noticed as well. When presenting a sci-fi-ish moral conundrum involving aliens, The Orville is much more willing than ST to come down firmly on one side or the other and get a little preachy about it, even. The feeling I got is that Seth McFarlane probably watched TNG (and clearly loved it) but got annoyed when they would be like, “It’s such a shame these values would cause conflict within the Federation. Sad. Anyway, on the next one…”

            I imagine teenage Seth just jumping up and down and shouting “NO! THEY’RE WRONG! TELL THEM THEY’RE BEING ASSHOLES, JEAN-LUC!”