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Seat belts. I'm telling you, seat belts. (lemmy.world)
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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 30 points 1 month ago

While The Orville is mostly a loving homage to Trek, it does call it out on a few things. I think in the pilot episode (or maybe the 2nd), the seat belts in the shuttle save the day (the enemy that boarded it wasn't wearing one, and an "all stop" had real-world results).

The only other call-out I recall is when Captain Mercer says "hail the other ship" and then immediately starts talking. The comms officer interrupts him and says "uh, I haven't opened the channel yet".

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

The Orville is Galaxy Quest: The Series.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

The first season is. The rest is TNG: The Tribute Series

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Season 3 was the biggest tone shift in the whole series. But you’re right.

The Pilot is Family Guy in Space, the rest of season 1 is Galaxy Quest: The Series (save for Firestorm which essentially a lost Voyager script). Season 2 is TNG with Stargate humor, and New Horizons is TNG crossed with Mass Effect.

sigh I require more!

It’s been a long time waiting for season 4, but it hasn’t been canceled yet. And every now and then Seth comes up for air and says to remain hopeful.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I thought there wasn't going to be a season 4 for sure?

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Disney owns a Star Trek competitor. One that was already being (and continues to be) well received. And last I heard, Disney was actively marketing it on Plus. They would be even dumber than they’ve been recently to let it die. I guarantee you that’s the argument Seth MacFarlane is making to them.

Wikipedia cites that as of January 5, 2024, The Orville has not yet been canceled but that it could go either way. Adrianne Palicki (Commander Grayson) has already walked away.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I don't know, The Orville without Grayson is like TNG without Riker. You'd still have a show, but with a massive hole in it. SG-1 pulled it off when RDA left the main cast, but only after a pretty shaky season.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I think the issue with SG-1 post-Anderson had more to do with the fact that they'd wrapped up all the major storylines in a pretty satisfying way and had to suddenly get new villains.

I think the new cast worked really well - especially once they just bit the bullet and had Claudia Black full-time. But the Ori/Arthurian stuff felt very forced.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Her loss. ‘the filming pacing was too slow’ ?? It was COVID, honey.

They should make Bortus the new XO. :)

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Not necessarily her loss if the show loses cohesion without her. The relationship she has with Mercer was pretty central to the show.

In fact, I would say this would be bigger than losing Riker considering how complex their relationship and their past are.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I hope that, after three seasons, they’ve concluded that arc. Imagine seven seasons of Riker and Troi ”will they, or won’t they?” The smartest thing the writers did was have them both move on from their old relationship and still be friends.

And saying she transferred away then having her come back one or twice a season in a recurring role is still possible and believable.

[-] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Galaxy Quest > Orville

[-] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 16 points 1 month ago

Seat belts, and fuses to avoid exploding monitors

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Star Trekkin' across the universe.

[-] Bashnagdul@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

On the starship enterprise under captain Kirk

[-] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Star Trekkin' across the universe.

[-] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Boldly going forward…

[-] Dhar@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Still can't find reverse

[-] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Cause we can not find reverse!

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I like to imagine there's a whole semester-long unit at Starfleet Academy that deals specifically with footing and movement while the vessel is under attack, because bracing support and soft edges imply conflict is imminent. Which apparently it is every third encounter or so.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

When I moved to Japan, and often had to stand on the train with no hand hold, I quickly learned how to lower my center of gravity and balance on two feet against random tilting and turns at high speed.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Lol, yep.

The university I attended had a tram system between campuses, and there was a certain point when it got to a long, straight stretch of track the car would speed up. There were never enough hand holds for the standing riders, and all the sophomore and above students expected it and just kind of leaned into it while the freshmen would just fall backwards and we'd laugh at them.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Damn. Lucky you. My campus was just super huge without that. There was a campus bus, but it was expensive. It sometimes took a good half an hour to get to your class if you walked, which sucked in the winter. To quote Phil Ochs, "to get around this campus, why you'd almost need a plane."

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgantown_Personal_Rapid_Transit

It was the butt of a lot of jokes at the time, but looking back, it was pretty nice.

Video

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It seems like the rationale there is that there's more than one campus in the same town. Not the case with IU, just one massive campus. But they could still do a rapid transit system and not charge far more than the city bus charges.

Their website tells me the campus is nearly 2000 acres. I don't doubt it. It's only gotten bigger since I was there.

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Haha. When I first moved to a city, I'd never been on a train before and it was hard. But then I just engaged my surfing muscle memory and suddenly it was very easy. Because I was on a train every day, I always stood hands-free because it felt like good training while I was away from the ocean. Was a fun game.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Why would they even need seat belts? The ship clearly has some form of artificial gravity technology, which they could just use to keep people in their seats despite random accelerations caused by impacts and explosions.

For that matter, why do do they even need seats? The artificial gravity could just keep people in a sitting position.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

They have "intertial dampeners" which are supposed to stop it from ever happening, but apparently they never work.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Also leaning .... leaning increases the ability of the ship to make tight turns in flight.

[-] ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Turn down for Spock

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Lol, the video ended too soon.

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