Poll of the Day > Remember the time in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine when their ship crashed

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but the Chief was more upset about tearing his pants? The Chief needs his own show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYb1E9PweUk

The Orville is surprisingly entertaining
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Mead posted...

The Orville is surprisingly entertaining

It is, but not as entertaining as r/theorville thinks it is. It would also be more entertaining if Seth MacFarlane's character died and they stopped trying to add 20th/21st century pop culture references and Family Guy-style humor.

Indian flew around with Picard as well. You being stranded on a planet with a crashed ship is pretty normal.

LtCommanderData posted...

Mead posted...

The Orville is surprisingly entertaining

It is, but not as entertaining as r/theorville thinks it is. It would also be more entertaining if Seth MacFarlane's character died and they stopped trying to add 20th/21st century pop culture references and Family Guy-style humor.

They add in the 20th/21st pop culture references because we are the audience. Sure they could make up their own made up references from their time but no one would get it. I don't mind the humour because it feel more grounded. I can understand if that isn't your kind of humour but I like it.
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yutterh posted...

Indian flew around with Picard as well. You being stranded on a planet with a crashed ship is pretty normal.

LtCommanderData posted...

Mead posted...

The Orville is surprisingly entertaining

It is, but not as entertaining as r/theorville thinks it is. It would also be more entertaining if Seth MacFarlane's character died and they stopped trying to add 20th/21st century pop culture references and Family Guy-style humor.

They add in the 20th/21st pop culture references because we are the audience. Sure they could make up their own made up references from their time but no one would get it. I don't mind the humour because it feel more grounded. I can understand if that isn't your kind of humour but I like it.

It's also funny the way aliens react because they don't understand the reference.
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LtCommanderData posted...

but the Chief was more upset about tearing his pants?

It's a "what else can go wrong" gag. Plus, as yutterh mentions, crashed ships are a pretty normal occurrence.

yutterh posted...

LtCommanderData posted...

Mead posted...

The Orville is surprisingly entertaining

It is, but not as entertaining as r/theorville thinks it is. It would also be more entertaining if Seth MacFarlane's character died and they stopped trying to add 20th/21st century pop culture references and Family Guy-style humor.

They add in the 20th/21st pop culture references because we are the audience. Sure they could make up their own made up references from their time but no one would get it. I don't mind the humour because it feel more grounded. I can understand if that isn't your kind of humour but I like it.

Or they could skip making references which would make the show seem completely dated and the jokes near-incomprehensible in 20-30 years.
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yutterh posted...

They add in the 20th/21st pop culture references because we are the audience.

Right, it is just not necessary, it breaks immersion and it is lazy. If they are going to go the centuries out of date references route, at least add a few fake ones from the 2050s or something rather than all of them being right in the audience sweet spot for maximum narrative laziness.