On 13 Nov 17  16:16:20 Al Kaiser wrote...

AK> Drew Klenotic wrote to Mike Miller Subject: Star Trek Discovery
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AK>  DK> On Thursday, 9 November 17 07:48:12 Mike Miller wrote... 
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AK>  DK> Yeah, I haven't been watching STD... but I am really liking the
AK>  DK> Oriville. Been kind of impressed with the alien races too. 
AK> 
AK>  DK> Sometimes it gets a little silly, but frankly, I think we need
AK>  DK> that right about now. 
AK> 
AK> I am not familiar with that one.  But my TV schedule is so full that
AK> I don't have time to check all the new shows out.  I DVR up to four
AK> shows a day at times and then watch them later.  Usually I get done
AK> about 2 AM in the morning.
AK> 
AK> If it's something that I find or something that some tells me about
AK> that looks interesting I catch it on reruns, go through the series
AK> one and move onto something else.

To which Drew Klenotic replies...

Consider yourself told.  The Orville is pretty much a slightly less
serious version of Star Trek... or to be more accurate, it is still a
serious show... there is danger... there is drama (people die and we're
all pretty said about it).  But some of the characters are smartasses and
some are jackasses throughout it all.

One specific episode that comes to mind... they had to infiltrate an
enemy vessel so they could learn about their religion (they're fanatics)
so they could hopefully find some way to connect on a common level...
only to discover they were about to unleash a weapon of mass destruction
on an innocent farming colony.

It was tense... it was serious... it was going to be a bad end for them
if they got caught... but the name of their "god" was Avis... and one
character couldn't help but crack a string of jokes about how their god
was named after the rental car company.

I'd recommend watching a few episodes.

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