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"the Prime Directive is not just a set of rules. It is a philosophy, and a very correct one." (i.imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Really early on, too. It was one of the things that made me go "oh wait this isn't just fart jokes in space".

Though to be fair, the reality is that no matter how advanced we get there's still gonna be fart jokes in space. That scene in the cafeteria where everyone's getting Bortus to eat random things seems like a far more realistic vision of a space-faring post-scarcity future.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 7 months ago

The Orville is Star Trek if the federation actually had to recruit real people.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Though to be fair, the reality is that no matter how advanced we get there's still gonna be fart jokes in space. That scene in the cafeteria where everyone's getting Bortus to eat random things seems like a far more realistic vision of a space-faring post-scarcity future.

This is exactly why I love lower decks, it's so much closer to how we would probably act in the 24th century vs the heroized live action stuff lmao

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The Enterprise bridge crew are the best of the best. Lower Decks is a story about the mediocre of the mediocre

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Ehh. Mighta been born that way (even that's debatable) but definitely not anymore. Tendi is the ass-kicking heir to a pirate dynasty, Rutherford is an insanely talented and obsessive engineer, Beckett seems borderline unbeatable in hand-to-hand combat and explicitly dodges promotions, and Boimler is Boimler.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That's Star Trek as hell

The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.

Mariner became an ass kicker at Starfleet. Rutherford turned his genius into something caring and kind. Tendi learned to feel accepted for every part of herself and to use her two halves together. Boimler got bold.

A positive environment for people to learn and grow can transform the mediocre of the mediocre into the best of the best. It drew out the hidden talents within them and turned them into badasses

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wanna agree but in this particular case they all had those traits even before the show started (timeline-wise)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Back then Mariner couldn't be a leader because she was still working out her rage issues. Rutherford didn't truly know himself and struggled with his implant. Tendi was ashamed to be an Orion and wasn't usually willing to use her pirate skills. Boimler wasn't bold.

They were all held back in really important ways.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Im hoping they figure out how to rotate fresh characters into the cast as the originals fade away (ie Tendi), and let the cycle repeat until canceled

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Boimler is just American Rimmer

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

nah. Boimler is actually incredibly competent and skilled. He's just neurotic AF

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah 'if the stars should appear' was the point all of us sat up and went "HELLO"