Scifi TV Discussion Thread

[Juristonia]

It's not a real Trek show till a bunch of people start whining that it isn't a real Trek show.
It's one of the only things that's actually consistent about Star Trek as a whole.

[Tarsonis]

Not even that. Without any details on what this series will be like, some so-called Trekkies are still determined to attack any new Star Trek at all.

So far all we know is "group of kids find derelict Starfleet ship and hijinks ensue" and everyone is losing their god damn minds over it.

Why? It already sounds better than Discovery

[Vassenor]

So far all we know is "group of kids find derelict Starfleet ship and hijinks ensue" and everyone is losing their god damn minds over it.

Why? It already sounds better than Discovery

Why?

[Tarsonis]

Why? It already sounds better than Discovery

Why?

Bunch of kids cruising the stars in the USS Shenanigans, getting into all kinds of Hijinks? I'd watch that cartoon, it sounds fun and enjoyable.

[Ameriganastan]

I mean, I like to be the optimist. But that premise sounds exactly like "Valiant". And we all remember how that went...

[New haven america]

A Star Trek cartoon is a coming.

Aaaand the "it's not real Trek because it doesn't fit what I think it should be" crap has already started.

You're the only one here doing that Vass, knock it off.

[Tarsonis]

I mean, I like to be the optimist. But that premise sounds exactly like "Valiant". And we all remember how that went...

Sounds to me like a whole series of Rascals. And I'm okay with that.

[New haven america]

I mean, I like to be the optimist. But that premise sounds exactly like "Valiant". And we all remember how that went...

Sounds to me like a whole series of Rascals. And I'm okay with that.

Also, teen/groups of teens gets "Insert cool thing here" and shenanigans ensues is a pretty common story idea.

Ben 10, Megas XLR, Gravity Falls, W.I.T.C.H., etc...

[Tarsonis]

Sounds to me like a whole series of Rascals. And I'm okay with that.

Also, teen/groups of teens gets "Insert cool thing here" and shenanigans ensues is a pretty common story idea.

Ben 10, Megas XLR, Gravity Falls, W.I.T.C.H., etc...

Exactly, it's clearly aimed at the kid demographic and hey if it cultivates a new generation of sic-fi nerds and trekkies, make ten of them.

[New haven america]

Also, teen/groups of teens gets "Insert cool thing here" and shenanigans ensues is a pretty common story idea.

Ben 10, Megas XLR, Gravity Falls, W.I.T.C.H., etc...

Exactly, it's clearly aimed at the kid demographic and hey if it cultivates a new generation of sic-fi nerds and trekkies, make ten of them.

It's Nick, the most likely outcome is that they're gonna cancel it after 1 season or relegate it to Nicktoons after like, 12 episodes.

If it doesn't do as well as the Sponge then they don't care. (And only 1 show has achieved that feat so far)

[Ameriganastan]

So apparently last weeks Orville wasn't just a one-off. According to my channel guide, it's gonna have consequences come the episode tonight.

[Tarsonis]

So apparently last weeks Orville wasn't just a one-off. According to my channel guide, it's gonna have consequences come the episode tonight.

I'll have wait till tomorrow. Avengers tonight.

[Auristania]

So apparently last weeks Orville wasn't just a one-off. According to my channel guide, it's gonna have consequences come the episode tonight.

I assume you mean ep #09: timey whimey graviton wave: Kelly from 7 years ago; hilarity ensues.

In the long ago time, a beautiful Countess said to George Bernard Shaw, "Mr Shaw, with your brains and my beauty, our baby would be awesome." GbS quipped back, "Indeed, your Excellency, but what if the baby had my beauty and your brains?"

SPOILER: Ed gives up on a shag for the sake of … reasons?
Reset button, status quo is god.
Unsatisfying ending: Audience know Kelly is safe; but Crew only know that she disappeared; Crew don't know ifn she be safe. That is SO reset button.

But then Nice surprise ending

Or you mean ep #08 more revelations re Moclan sexuality

Planet of the Gays = how can they breed? They nail fake winkles on the females and tell them they are legally male.

[Ameriganastan]

Good finale. Way more action packed than the season 1 finale.

And with the timeline corrected, I'm hoping they don't force Ed and Kelly back together. It's fun in a throwaway timeline, but I don't want it in the main universe.

[Vassenor]

Aaaand the "it's not real Trek because it doesn't fit what I think it should be" crap has already started.

You're the only one here doing that Vass, knock it off.

Did you look in the comments section of that article? Because I don't remember saying it was happening here.

[Grenartia]

So, getting off the Orville derail, lets talk about a potential DS9 revisit.

Personally, I'd like to see a plot line where Ben Sisko returns, and eventually gets recruited by Section 31.

[Ameriganastan]

So, getting off the Orville derail, lets talk about a potential DS9 revisit.

Personally, I'd like to see a plot line where Ben Sisko returns, and eventually gets recruited by Section 31.

Sisko would never join them. And I doubt they'd offer. He is not what you look for in a Section 31 guy. Look at Sloan. Generic looking guy, easy to forget about, real good with slick talk. Sisko is 6'1, bald, never been much on the speechifying, lets his emotions run hot a lot and is Starfleet to the core. He's not really spy material.

[Grenartia]

So, getting off the Orville derail, lets talk about a potential DS9 revisit.

Personally, I'd like to see a plot line where Ben Sisko returns, and eventually gets recruited by Section 31.

Sisko would never join them.

Of that, I have no doubt, but that doesn't mean they still wouldn't try to use him, a la Bashir.

And I doubt they'd offer. He is not what you look for in a Section 31 guy.

His methods of dealing with post-betrayal Eddington, and of getting the Romulans involved in the Dominion War speak otherwise. He's EXACTLY what they're looking for: a man who can and will do anything to preserve the Federation and its interests, even if it involves going against one of its core principles.

Look at Sloan. Generic looking guy, easy to forget about, real good with slick talk. Sisko is 6'1, bald, never been much on the speechifying and lets his emotions run hot a lot. He's not really spy material.

Surely, there are other operatives with those same attributes.

[Ameriganastan]

Surely, there are other operatives with those same attributes.

If there are, we never meet them. Now my Enterprise knowledge is shaky, but wasn't the British guy in league with them?

[Grenartia]

Surely, there are other operatives with those same attributes.

If there are, we never meet them. Now my Enterprise knowledge is shaky, but wasn't the British guy in league with them?

Reed was a former member, yes. Got roped in again during the Klingon-Augment arc.

[New haven america]

So, getting off the Orville derail, lets talk about a potential DS9 revisit.

Personally, I'd like to see a plot line where Ben Sisko returns, and eventually gets recruited by Section 31.

You're right, this is the Stargate thread and we've gone way too far off topic.

I find watching SG-1 kinda weird, mainly because I'm actually from Colorado Springs, so seeing Vancouver pretend to be CS is really strange. Especially when it shows downtown areas or exteriors involving the mountains (Colorado Springs only has 1 mountain towards the West, not a bunch of them surrounding the town, also, downtown CS is way more open then presented in the show).

Also, the place is a desert that's mainly brown and snowy throughout the year, not green almost all year round.

[The Huskar Social Union]

I just want lorca back

[Bralia]

Looking forward to the Orville now that it's season is finished and officially binge-worthy.

[Vassenor]

I just want lorca back

He's in the next STO expansion.

[Bralia]

You know, with The Orville existing and being in a flexible older-style Star Trek, it would be really cool if the took a season to get launched far away enough from their home territory to spend the entirety of the season's time getting back. Or get them stuck in an alternate reality. Anything that takes an entire season, really. They could experience a voyage home that's in line with what fans wanted out of Voyager. The Orville crew seem much more inclined to throw out the rulebook than Janeway and Starfleet and the show takes itself seriously enough that I think they could do it well.