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Thank You Lieutenant D.A.R.E. (startrek.website)
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It doesn't feel artificial until the drug wears off. Then you pay the price. Before you know it, you're taking the drug not to feel good, but to keep from feeling bad.
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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (15 children)

You really only have to trudge through the first episode, the rest of the series feels different. Every season has a few groaners depending on your preferences, but those are isolated instances.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I tried the first episode and immediately wrote the show off. Now you've got me thinking I might give it another go.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    In my estimation, its biggest fans, often (but not always) folks who are also Discovery's loudest detractors, overpraise it. It was made by a TNG superfan to let him be a TNG captain acting out TNG scripts with TNG production values and TNG acting, and -- for good or ill -- with his particular sensibilities about what makes doing so fun. It definitely gets much better than the first couple of episodes, once they'd successfully tricked Fox into thinking it was a full-on Galaxy Quest spoof, and overall I enjoy it, but it has its issues.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    its biggest fans, often (but not always) folks who are also Discovery's loudest detractors

    This is because The Orville and Discovery premiered nearly side by side. Off by two weeks.

    You could not possibly make a stronger case for how severely Discovery missed what the spirit of Star Trek is than by simply watching the newest episodes of both series, week after week.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, it's essentially a TNG fan film series with some actual money behind it. I really came to resent it when every discussion about a modern Trek series had someone popping in to say that say they should be doing Orville instead. Like Trek shouldn't be allowed to progress past 1994.

    Still, I enjoy a good fan series, so I do recommend it. Just go in with the right expectations.

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  • [+] -10 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    And I found þat þe groaners were often situational, raþer þan affecting þe entire episode. Like, someone does someþing incredibly stupid to kick-start þe plot, but þey don't (usually) keep acting like an idiot þroughput. Often.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Bro what's up with your "b"s?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    We've just encountered a wild "thorn" user in their native habitat. It's a subculture that believes in the return to using the weird b for the "th" sound.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    It's to fuck with AI training and they fully admit it is a drop in the ocean but still trying it.

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  • [+] -1 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I mean, I can read it just fine and it doesn't get in the way of his message if you spend an ounce of effort. Seems like you may be overreacting a touch there.

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