ALL SCI-FI

[Krel]

I really liked the last episode, but one thing bothered me. They had a battle on the Orville, and they did something most SF shows do, I started noticing this with The Next Generation. That is slow firing rayguns. Do these weapons have to recharge after every shot? They fire, wait a few seconds and either fire again, or more likely get shot themselves before they can get off another shot. If their weapons are incapable of rapid fire they would be better served by a old fashion firearm. At least with a firearm they could do rapid fire, or even full automatic fire.

This show continues to show why you shouldn't bring families on exploratory missions, or even on a military ship at all. It's stupid. We're going out into unknown territories were we could be into battles that could get the ship destroyed. I know! Lets bring the spouses and kiddies along with us to die!

David.

[Eadie]

WOW!!!

https://tvline.com/2019/02/28/orville-recap-season-2-episode-9-earth-war-with-kaylons/

Recap: OK, Buddy, Time to Wash Your Mouth Out With Gordon!



Coming out of Part 1 of The Orville‘s Identity, we were left to wonder if Isaac perhaps was playing the long game and waiting for the right time to usurp his Kaylin kinfolk, or if the invading synthetic species would ultimately be thwarted by being “powered down” en masse a la The Avengers, Independence Day and, apparently, Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The answer delivered in Part 2 this Thursday, it turned out, was … a bit of both.

With the entire crew sequestered inside the shuttle bay and guarded by Kaylons, Ed and Kelly were summoned by Primary to come to the bridge and field a hail from an arriving Union starship. In doing so, Ed explained to Captain Tony Almeida that the Kaylons had agreed to join the Union and, well, are big into pageantry, hence the massive armada. Ed tried to slip a coded S.O.S. to his colleague, using the term “13-button salute,” but Primary caught on and had the other starship blasted to smithereens before they could call for help.

For good measure, Primary had a rando red shirt jettisoned out an airlock while Ed looked on in horror and despite Isaac’s measured protests. Afterward, Primary — sensing sympathy for the organics from Isaac — pointed out that humans have a history of enslaving “others,” using a copy of Alex Hayley’s Roots as an example. Isaac downloads the tome but contends that was a different time, and that he sees no such traits, especially in the children he has met.

When Ed returns to the shuttle bay, Kelly shares her idea to sneak out a shuttle and make tracks for Krill space, to solicit their adversary’s help in defeating a common enemy. To that end, Yaphit oozes into a Jefferies tube to get to the armory and snatch a gun, which Bortis uses to take out the guards watching over them. With Kelly riding shotgun, Gordon then pilots the shuttle just past the quickly closing bay doors. A Kaylon battleship peels off in pursuit, but Gordon loses it by diverting all the ship’s power into the thrusters, or something. They land in Krill space, powerless, but soon enough get reeled in via tractor beam, by a Krill cruiser. Inside, they plead their case to a Captain Dalak, who is at first skeptical — until the Kaylon battleship pops up on the radar.

Back on the Orville, the crew was determined to get a warning to Earth, and that involved both Yaphit and Claire’s younger son, Ty, crawling through the Jefferies tube to the comms room, where the former transmitted a message while the latter tapped out random frequencies, to mask the outgoing transmission. When two Kaylons caught them off guard, Yaphit glommed onto one, oozing into his suit and short-circuiting him, but the other grabbed Ty. Primary then summoned Isaac, to task him with terminating the human child. Isaac argued against the punishment, for naught. When push came to shove, Isaac popped out his helmet-mount lasers, but instead twisted-and-snapped off Primary’s head before gunning down the nearby guards.

Racing to the bridge, Isaac did same with the Kaylons manning the stations, before telling Ty of his plan to flood the ship with an EMP that will deactivate all of the Kaylons — himself included. Ty protests, but accepts Isaac’s sacrifice. Once the Kaylon troops are neutralized, Ty dashes to the shuttle bay and opens the door for the others, racing into his mom’s arms.

That battle won, it was now time to win the war, as the Orville and the Kaylon armada arrived in Earth’s orbit — where the Union fleet awaited them, having gotten Yaphit’s message! A massive battle unspooled, with the Union suffering major losses, including at least two entire starships by my count. But just when it appeared they were indeed outgunned, and Ed was readying a desperate maneuver, the Krill fleet dropped out of warp and quickly got to blowing up all the baddies, with help from small fighters, Gordon among their pilots. “For the glory of Avis!”

The Kaylons took a lot of hits, until the remaining stragglers opted to retreat. In the aftermath of the Union victory, there was the matter of what to do with Isaac, whom Yaphit had oozed inside of and managed to reboot. Ed suggested that Isaac — now a non-man without a country — stay aboard the Orville, tasked with developing tech to ward off any future attacks by the Kaylons. Admiral Spy Daddy agreed but with reservations, given that Ed refuses to essentially enslave Isaac with an “off switch” safeguard.

“That’s a heavy obligation,” he warned the Orville‘s captain, to which Ed nodded, “I’m ready.”

Is this series getting more strange each week?
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Art Should Comfort the Disturbed and Disturb the Comfortable.

[Bud Brewster]

[Krel]

I had to laugh at the "Roots" bit, because it completely ignores that Alex Haley was sued, and lost because it was proven that he plagiarized other authors books for sections of his book.

If they get on better relations with the Krill, then maybe Mercer's Krill girlfriend will come back on the Orville.

Issac's race criticizes human history, while completely ignoring their history of genocide.

David.

[Bud Brewster]

[Bud Brewster]

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I'm catching up on the two episodes prior to the recent two-parter, in which Isaac is taken back to his home planet and we find out that the Kaylin want to wipe out all sentient life in galaxy.

I was so disappointed in this series prior to the most recent episodes that I let my DVR collect a few that I hadn't watched yet.

So, the comments comments below are about Deflectors, which aired on Thursday, February 14th.
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The opening scene is a glimpse into a future that allows a couple (Chris Johnson and Adrianne Palicki) to sit in a holodeck recreation of a New York cafe in 1945 and calmly discuss where there relationship is going.

Only in a science fiction story could this happen.

And I have to admit, this soap opera scene is flawlessly done, and it's smack in the middle of a wacky TV series that presents another episode with a female starship doctor who falls in love with an emotionless, faceless robot who ends up using Gene Kelly's Singing in the Rain to win the girl and give us a happy ending!

Like . . . wow.

The rest of this episode is well done too, and I'll post more about it this weekend. Meanwhile, what did YOU guys think about it?
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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[trekriffic]

[Krel]

[Bud Brewster]

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I fixed the quoted name.

Those quote boxes get confusing when you re-quote something. When Trekriffic hit the quote button, he had Krel's comment and my comment together, and he had to cut all the parts he didn't want so he'd just have my comment about Yahit.

He also had to delete one of the two member's names the box included — mine and Krel's. When that happens, it's easy to remove the wrong one.

I appreciate that he edited out what he didn't need. Some members don't bother to do that, and you end up with a long message being repeated right below the original . . . complete with all the jpegs it included!

By the way, the doctor is played by Penny Johnson Jerald — and yes, she is a lovely and talented actress. I first became aware of her when she played the police captain in 93 episodes of Castle. She was also in 15 episodes of Deep Space Nine.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Eadie]

The Orville Season 3 Renewal: Latest Information and Operation Pickle Delivery!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEPnf7LNAjY
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Art Should Comfort the Disturbed and Disturb the Comfortable.

[Krel]

It has been announced that the 3rd season will be moved to Hulu, not on Fox.

Well, so much for me seeing any further episodes of that show.

David.

[Bud Brewster]

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Hmmm . . . I've never been a big fan of the show, but I don't subscribe to HULU, so I'll have to find out if it's worth getting for any reason other than to watch The Orville.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Gord Green]

I've just finished binge watching the HULU series of THE ORVILE : NEW HORIZONS and came away very impressed!

Gone was most of the "humor" and in was a seriousness that was more "Rodenberry" than any of the new TREKs.
Most of the 8 episodes were authored by Brannon Braga, a STAR TREK NG alumni writer, and the stories were terrific! Thought provoking and more "culturally relevant" than any of the Paramount entries!

Also, there was no need for strictly paring down a story to meet a ridged time and commercial break!

I especially loved episodes 7 and 8...both were "movie quality" and brought both laughs and tears as well as action and drama.

Give it a chance guys. I think you'll love it!
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There comes a time, thief, when gold loses its lustre, and the gems cease to sparkle, and the throne room becomes a prison; and all that is left is a father's love for his child.

[Bud Brewster]

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Thanks, Gord! I'll definitely give Orville another look!
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)