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Star Trek and The Orville, which is better/worse? (startrek.website)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I asked this question sometime ago on The Orville's subreddit, and surprisingly got mixed responses. I assume most here however, are going to prefer Star Trek, specifically TNG that its aping from. For the record I do prefer TNG as well, but rewatching The Orville, after you get past its kinda sucky first season, I really enjoyed the show and feel it's a very good successor to TNG just with added humor and levity which I think is a good thing. And there are elements I find better in The Orville. And now that Lower Decks is back (a show I'm now a fan of after dismissing it for so long), I felt the need to return to The Orville and see if I still liked it. I'm really hoping it at least gets a fourth season. Anyway, what do you guys think?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

At the same time, I think they tried to pick a plot point that was relevant today, while at the same time conveniently setting up a new bad guy since the Kaylon were "removed" as a threat. I also don't see it as the most implausible situation, since both Orville (and star trek) can basically change your gender at will, it's not the most absurd situation that a culture is so macho that they have been genetically altering all children at birth to make it 100% male