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The Orville has no right to be better star trek than most star trek projects

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Honestly, it should be the other way around.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What?

One explores a wide range of hard hitting social issues wrapped up in classic episodic sci-fi short stories, and the other has a magic crying space baby and flying on tardigrades through mushrooms in space.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Discovery has lots of cringe, but I find that very realistic, because most people IRL are super cringe as well.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The characters were never the problem with Disco, the writing was the problem.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago

Also the mushroom drive, I feel like the mushroom drive was a problem.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Characters are their writing combined with their performance.