The best way I can think of to describe The Orville is “TNG with dick jokes”, but I was impressed by the amount of world building and backstory established in the pilot without a lot of infodump conversations. They also acknowledged that the audience has at least a basic knowledge of Trek and didn’t bother to spoonfeed basic tenants of Trek like warp drive.
As for the NuTrek films, remember that those films exist in a bubble; the implication is that technological development in the Kelvin timeline was more rapid because Starfleet was more concerned about interstellar war and less concerned with exploration (see:USS Vengeance). I get that trying to replicate the TOS look isn’t practical, but if Discovery takes place in the prime timeline, then visually there should be a straight line from Enterprise through Discovery to TOS (or at least come common visual cues). Although I did appreciate the liberal use of TOS SFX. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
