50 Years of Star Trek - RIP

[Tim]

@Kirwan Dunno, I've stopped watching STD.

[Kirwan]

@Tim said in 50 Years of Star Trek:

@Kirwan Dunno, I've stopped watching STD.

I’m pretty close. The Blues have steeled me for hate watching.

[Tim]

@Kirwan The two are very similar. Despite little change in the squad/crew etc, we get some hopes up at the start of the seasons anyway.

[Kirwan]

@Tim said in 50 Years of Star Trek:

@Kirwan The two are very similar. Despite little change in the squad/crew etc, we get some hopes up at the start of the seasons anyway.

Especially when you can see pieces of a great series. Just do the Pike prequel series on the Enterprise, and blatantly copy the episodic structure (and focus on story and characters) of The Orville.

[Tim]

@Kirwan said in 50 Years of Star Trek:

Just do the Pike prequel series on the Enterprise

Yup. That would be too easy or something ...

[Tim]

[Stockcar86]

@Kirwan said in 50 Years of Star Trek:

@taniwharugby said in 50 Years of Star Trek:

@Kirwan is that S2 of The Orville you are talking?

About that awesome episode? Yes.

what episode is that? I'm only just getting into S2 (just watched Bortus porn episode). Need to make sure I get the missus paying attention when we get up to the awesome one.

[Kirwan]

@Stockcar86 said in 50 Years of Star Trek:

@Kirwan said in 50 Years of Star Trek:

@taniwharugby said in 50 Years of Star Trek:

@Kirwan is that S2 of The Orville you are talking?

About that awesome episode? Yes.

what episode is that? I'm only just getting into S2 (just watched Bortus porn episode). Need to make sure I get the missus paying attention when we get up to the awesome one.

Episode 8 (a two parter)

[Tim]

[Kirwan]

Jesus Christ.

[Tim]

@Kirwan It really kicks in at 1:34:15.

[Kirwan]

Ok, they didn’t shit all over The Cage, in fact they started the episode with the images from it. We got about six minutes of how good this show could be, with Pike revisiting his experiences there.

That worked well, and then we get to crying Spock is only the character we now know because of Micheal.

Yuck.

Seriously, if this show was based around Pike and this new guy playing Spock, they might have something. Once they fix his hair, and shave the beard, the guy will make a good Spock. He’s more manly than JJ Spock.

It’s also super amusing how much they are trying to add Orville-like humour into the show.

The visuals of the show keep me watching, seriously every penny is up on screen.

[Kirwan]

Latest Orville took a big budget cut after the last two episodes

[Kirwan]

Sigh, so Anson Mount is leaving after season two (possibly has been fired after a fist fight with a director). Looks like they are ended his arc by leaving him in disfigured like he was on TOS.

Best reason to watch the show is leaving

[Tim]

@Kirwan said in 50 Years of Star Trek:

possibly has been fired after a fist fight with a director

That would be great.

He probably could go on shows that have 10x the viewership, with commensurate pay.

[Kirwan]

He's given the show the two best moments of the season. His scene with the girl from the pilot on Talos IV and the end scene of episode 2.

Has the Kirk-ish smirk down pat, and is the closest thing the show has to the old Trek notion of working together to solve problems.

If they made a prequel show with him and even the new Spock on the Enterprise it would be good IMO. Flush the Discovery down the toilet.

[Kirwan]

And The Orville has a classic TNG Holodeck style episode - and a Star Trek actor cameo.

[Tim]

@Kirwan Cool. Gonna watch that tonight. My most anticipated TV show of the week now.

[Kirwan]

@Tim said in 50 Years of Star Trek:

@Kirwan Cool. Gonna watch that tonight. My most anticipated TV show of the week now.

Same. My daughter stays up late to watch it with me.

[Tim]

Rebecca Romijn (as Pike's 1st officer) was only on-screen for about 2 minutes. You've gotta wonder how much money they wasted on her.