When I first started this show I found it to be a really awkward mix of comedy and seriousness. It had some jokes thrown it at the most inopportune times as some kind of comic relief from a really serious situation. Perhaps the first half of the first season was actually a bit rough or maybe the show just grew on me, but by season 2 I found myself loving this show.
To me it seems as every bit as comfy, intellectually interesting and even funny as some classic Star Treks while still clearly being its own thing. I wish more comfy space shows like this would get made.
What are your thoughts on The Orville? Also I miss Alara.
I imagine they had to use that design as Star Trek probably wouldn’t let them use nacelles in any configuration.
I rather like the design because it looks a lot like magnetic field lines, and if it’s generating some kind of field it would probably have a similar geometry
Knowing Seth McFarlanes history, I always suspect a dirty joke behind everything he does, so I always feel like the ship design is also a dirty joke that I just haven’t figured out jetzt.