#StarTrek Discovery: What if every single season, humanity was about to end?
Star Trek Picard: What if every single season, humanity was about to end, and we also know the protagonists.
Star Trek Strange New Worlds: What if viewers actually cared about every single character on that show? Oh, and here's a body swap episode. COURTROOM DRAMA. I doubt we will be bunnies. ALL SYSTEMS STABLE! You guys look very realistic.
By now, #SNW is my favorite new trek show. And it's not even close.
Finally caught up with Strange New Worlds s02e07 (yes, I'm a bit behind). I can't deny I enjoyed watching this, it was funny, and occasionally wise. Kind of like The Orville. In fact, almost exactly like the Orville, and therein lies the problem. It was parody, and worse, it was fan-fic presented in the real bottle.
People keep telling me to watch #TheOrville, that it gets better in later seasons, etc, but I just can't get behind its swoopy Star Trek-style spaceships and silly plots. #TheExpanse ruined me for space opera.
I can't believe I slept on #TheOrville as long as I did. I guess I was put off by the fact that MacFarlane is the #FamilyGuy guy. A Star Trek parody rooted in that style of humor did not appeal.
Imagine my surprise to learn that it's not a Star Trek parody. And it's not Family Guy-esque. At all.
It's just... well, it's not Start Trek. But it's like getting to watch a Star Trek unburdened by canon. MacFarlane has crafted a very fine love letter to Roddenberry here. #SciFi#ScienceFiction
@squigley "unburdened by canon" is a great way to explain it! I know soooooo many trek fans who lose their gagh because some Klingon clearly had different ridges 20 years earlier. This is ridiculous, of course. It's a story. And The Orville sidesteps this entirely, it truly is "unburdened by canon" :-D
Hi. It’s nice to meet everyone here. My #1 favorite fandom is #StarTrek. I enjoy reading Trek novels and am currently co-host of Trek Book Club (on Twitter as of now). Some of my other favorite fandoms are #JamesBond, #Babylon5 & #TheOrville. Some of my other interests include #Astronomy, #Trivia & #Soccer (Go #NYCFC!).
During the day, I’m a HR Project Manager at a non-profit social service company, which is my 2nd career after my initial career in banking operations & IT.