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.    
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   AK>  DK> Sometimes it gets a little silly, but frankly, I think we need   
   AK>  DK> that right about now.    
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   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.   
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   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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