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[THE ORViLLE] S01E04 If the Stars Should Appear | Reviews

garaks31garaks31 Member Posts: 2,845 Arc User
edited October 2017 in Ten Forward
Directed by; James L. Conway

Air Date; September 28, 2017

S01E04 - If the Stars Should Appear


Spoilers plz with the code !!!


Promo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9OxRsB3QQU







Synopsis; http://www.geekexchange.com/reviews/the-orville-1-04-if-the-stars-should-appear/
Ed and the Orville crew encounter a massive vessel adrift in space, which is in danger of colliding with a star. While some of the crew set out to help the ship's inhabitants, Bortus, Gordon, and John stay behind and fend off a Krill attack on another Union ship.


Next Eps. Promo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOhsj7cqNZM&feature=em-subs_digest


previous/next eps. reviews,

https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1235093/the-orville-s01e05-pria-reviews/p1

https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1234521/the-orville-s01e03-about-a-girl-discussions/p1
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https://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1249570/axanar-locks-in-start-date-for-filming

[THE ORViLLE] S01E04 If the Stars Should Appear | Reviews 18 votes

Not my Trek
5%
markhawkman 1 vote
Highly illogical...
5%
valoreah 1 vote
it's so bubbly and happy...
0%
There is coffee in that Nebula ...
44%
coldnapalmgaraks31toivacrashdragonricosakaratylermaxwellrailcarnickcastleton 8 votes
Nexus!
44%
where2r1jcsteeletheanothernameevilmark444thelordofshadesdarakossstarswordcthemadrigogs 8 votes
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  • garaks31garaks31 Member Posts: 2,845 Arc User
    There is coffee in that Nebula ...
    the topics will now called reviews!!

    some posting rule suggestions, for a clean topic

    no arguing about the reviews of the previous commenters.

    if someone tries to criticise your reviews anyway, and if you want to continue the discussion plz take his quotes and continue in this topic ,

    https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1234278/the-orville-season-one-general-thoughts/p1

    or take the high road and don't answer.
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  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,966 Arc User
    edited September 2017
    Nexus!
    Okay, definitely the best episode yet. And holy cameos, Batman! We got Liam Neeson, James Morrison (T.C. McQueen from Space: Above and Beyond), and next week Charlize Theron.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
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  • ricosakararicosakara Member Posts: 422 Arc User
    There is coffee in that Nebula ...
    I liked it. It had the premise of the old 1973 sci-fi series, "The Starlost," which featured a similar plot of a colony ship with people on board noting knowing that they were on a bio-sphere ship. Even though I've only heard of the classic series, I think this episode pays a nice tribute to it.
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  • garaks31garaks31 Member Posts: 2,845 Arc User
    There is coffee in that Nebula ...



    it is like a tos episode in tng setting.
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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited September 2017
    There are parts i like and parts i didn't like, so honestly i found this episode somewhat average. like episode two.
    I was kind of hoping Robert Knepper had a bit more of an antagonistic role and the issue between Klyden and Bortus was dropped part way into the episode and not really knowing what Klyden was referring to specifically. Also there was frequent use of a specific male organ, perhaps too much.

    On the plus side is the exploration side of a large alien ship, and aliens that are not as tolerant of outsiders on first appearance.
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  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,966 Arc User
    edited September 2017
    Nexus!
    > @ricosakara said:
    > I liked it. It had the premise of the old 1973 sci-fi series, "The Starlost," which featured a similar plot of a colony ship with people on board noting knowing that they were on a bio-sphere ship. Even though I've only heard of the classic series, I think this episode pays a nice tribute to it.

    The plot is a hell of a lot older than that. I immediately thought of "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky", from TOS (right down to the poetic episode title). One might also consider parts of the cave parable in Plato's Republic.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
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  • tylermaxwelltylermaxwell Member Posts: 184 Arc User
    There is coffee in that Nebula ...
    garaks31 wrote: »
    it is like a tos episode in tng setting.

    That's exactly what it is.

    Funny, I think the last time I saw Robert Knepper not playing a bad guy on TV, was on his appearance in TNG.
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  • nickcastletonnickcastleton Member Posts: 1,212 Arc User
    There is coffee in that Nebula ...
    I still cant believe how good a sci fi show his is, considering its supposed to be a comedy.
    You can so tell Seth was a treekie
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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    tylermaxwell wrote: »
    garaks31 wrote: »
    it is like a tos episode in tng setting.

    That's exactly what it is.

    Funny, I think the last time I saw Robert Knepper not playing a bad guy on TV, was on his appearance in TNG.

    The only thing i remember of Robert Knepper was his role as "T-Bag" in Prison Break and again as Simeon in SGU. I half expected Robert to play the role of some violent bad guy with some smart thinking. While i don't condone the characters actions he has played, he has done a really good job with his characters.
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  • ricosakararicosakara Member Posts: 422 Arc User
    There is coffee in that Nebula ...
    starswordc wrote: »
    The plot is a hell of a lot older than that. I immediately thought of "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky", from TOS (right down to the poetic episode title). One might also consider parts of the cave parable in Plato's Republic.

    That's one of the TOS episodes I never ready watch, or only watch once. I'm mostly into TOS episodes that I've re-watch, mostly from the 1st season.

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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    That was an impressive selection of guest stars. Especially nice to see Colonel McQueen again. ;)
    starswordc wrote: »
    > @ricosakara said:
    > I liked it. It had the premise of the old 1973 sci-fi series, "The Starlost," which featured a similar plot of a colony ship with people on board noting knowing that they were on a bio-sphere ship. Even though I've only heard of the classic series, I think this episode pays a nice tribute to it.

    The plot is a hell of a lot older than that. I immediately thought of "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky", from TOS (right down to the poetic episode title). One might also consider parts of the cave parable in Plato's Republic.
    Pretty early I though this might be a call back to that episode, and I was right. Though of course, the events that happen are different.

    The plot seemed a bit too straightforward... There wasn't really much tension there, and the "villain" seemed overall a bit underused.
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  • toivatoiva Member Posts: 3,276 Arc User
    There is coffee in that Nebula ...
    Another "Wow!" from me. I didn't vote "Nexus" because I need to seriously readjust. I thought it was supposed to be a comedy while still managing to do a Star Trek impersonation. It becomes more and more apparent this simply IS Star Trek that merely tries to inject more fun in itself (and I do laugh at least at some points). Frankly I'm fine with both options, but the second one requires a bit harsher judgement, so:

    This sure was a good episode, but it wasn't much of a surprise that the ship's inhabitants were oblivious to their condition. For a more serious sci-fi, showing how the people (power structure - in this case the "villain") start coming to terms with the new situation would be far more interesting than merely proving they're wrong. As others said, this was a bit straightforward.

    But hey, I'm really happy Star Trek is back. This is sort of a good reboot, same stories ("soul") with different characters and a different touch. (Yes, could be called a copy, but that's what we bloody needed after all those years without Trek.)
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  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    Nexus!
    Took me a while to find time to watch this week...got to it today.

    OMG....the space battle was sooooo bitchin'.
    (Much better than the snoozefest that was space battle on ST:Discovery.)

    Story was OK....happy ending...I am good with it this week.
    And that guy really was a TRIBBLE.
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  • railcarrailcar Member Posts: 26 Arc User
    There is coffee in that Nebula ...
    Definitely liking the tos style stories from 3 and 4. Not quite Nexus level on 4 because it wasn't quite as compelling as 3, but still a very strong showing.

    Very surprised by the direction the series is going. Even the comedy portion of it seems toned done compared to what I was expecting, and less and it's be almost straight up tos.
  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,517 Arc User
    valoreah wrote: »
    I would have liked this episode more if it weren't a rehash of "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky".
    Which itself was a rehash of concepts from Heinlein's Orphans in the Sky and Aldiss' Non-Stop. There are very few ideas in SF that haven't already been dealt with by someone...
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  • garaks31garaks31 Member Posts: 2,845 Arc User
    There is coffee in that Nebula ...
    next episodes topic is up

    https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1235093/the-orville-s01e05-pria-reviews/p1
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