It’s as much Star Trek as the unofficial Trek movie Galaxy Quest. Doesn’t matter if the characters and universe are different, it’s got the same vibe to fit in.
More than Discovery. Somewhat less than SNW. Not even close to Lower Decks.
It’s literally just camp TNG with juvenile humor, mildly annoying characters, and low stakes.
It took me a while to get passed the early episodes, they were a little too “family guy” for me.
But the show did get pretty good in season 2, and the humour got better (in my opinion).
This show is so freaking Star Trek that it out-Star Treks the Star Trek.
Totally agree, it’s definitely more Star Trek than any of the new Star Trek series.
Lower Decks is amazing. It’s up there with Futurama. It’s just damn good, even if you’re not a trek fan.
People keep saying this, so as someone who has only watched half of the first season, when does it get to this point?
I mean it’s amusing enough, but it’s just a pastiche of cliches and obvious gags. People keep saying that it distills Trek down to its essence or something like that, but to me it seems like “watered down” would be more accurate.
After the first season it begins to feel a bit less campy and the crude humor is toned down a bit and even more so I feel by the third season. The overall plot starts to show itself in season 2 and just gets better from there.
I’m actually surprised there isn’t, as far as I know, a modern high-budget miniseries about the Wright brothers. It seems like such an obvious biography subject.
So which one of those guys is Orville?
