DotHobbes t1_itzfqv1 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:06 PM

Reply to comment by TheLouisvilleRanger in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds wins Saturn Award for Best Streaming Sci-fi Series by Shizzlick

yeah lots of morons saw the Orville as GOP Trek I guess, but it's certainly not a bigoted show and the third season is great, imo. I enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed SNW (Kirk drift notwithstanding; it is what it is now).

TheLouisvilleRanger t1_itzi0fy wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:23 PM

It’s weird because I never got the impression it was that and I know McFarlane has a ton of respect for Trek. I’ll go to it some day as a binge when things calm down.

DotHobbes t1_itzj2fs wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:31 PM

That's right, it actually makes no sense that bigots gravitated to it, but then again being a conservative and a Trek fan makes no sense in the first place, so who knows how those people's minds work (if they work at all).

TheLouisvilleRanger t1_itzlb5s wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:48 PM

Some people are in it for the pew pews.

There are, of course, people who just wanted the traditional format, a modern Trek has been legitimately flawed in some respect (I’m not too hot on Picard personally). Those people, though, likely aren’t the ones who make it a full time job to whine on the internet.

DotHobbes t1_itzmgtn wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:56 PM

I couldn't finish Picard because I think it's poorly written, but I usually shut up about it in the fear that someone afraid of brown people thinks we're buds.

TheLouisvilleRanger t1_itzmr0s wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:58 PM

I stay away from threads discussing it because the last thing I want to do is tamp down on the fun of people who do enjoy it. I think it’s great that they can.