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1. Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 21:36:53 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

   I had a look at the "USS Callister" episode of Black Mirror and I thought it would just be a fun Star Trek parody, but it was ... indeed a Black Mirror episode, haha.

   I thought it didn't make sense how this would be turned into a mini-series, but by the end of the episode it did make sense. 😊

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 21:36:49 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     Wow, The Orville really beefed up the theme song for season 3.
   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 21:36:50 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     Every episode so far in S2 has me laughing or sobbing, or often laugh-sobbing. The swings are really wide, the show doesn't restrain itself and the character arcs are intense.

     It can't possibly stay this good for another almost-two seasons.

     Sorry, "For All Mankind", I like you, but you'll have to wait again. I'm getting better dopamine here and I need it.

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 21:36:51 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     S1E12 is the final episode of #TheOrville Season 1, and it is ... simply a rock solid TNG episode, with just the teensiest dash of buffoonery sprinkled on top.
   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 21:36:52 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     Today as a cleanser I thought I'd watch some Orville after work, and I ran straight into the horror episode, woah! That's S1E10 "Firestorm", and it's very good.

     The beginning of the episode hit me right in the gut. When The Orville hits hard, it hits really hard, even when there are jokes strewn in, because the acting is more naturalistic compared to any Trek, which is more stylized and easier to distance yourself from.

     I'll have one more Orville after dinner, hope it's a cleanser. 😃

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 21:36:52 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     I didn't, but I saw S1E11 today and it was very sweet, about leadership, trust, confidence, some fun physics and math geekery thrown in.

     I disagreed with one thing, or thought a comment on it was missing, but overall it's a very good episode. The Orville is handling questions about humanity, relations and socialization very well. At this point it even has a clearer statement on post-scarcity economics than TNG ever did.

     I continue to be impressed, and at this point it's not because I underestimate it as "just a comedy", I know it's not. It's just very well and thoughtfully written.

   • Jason_Dodd (jason_dodd@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 02:37:42 UTC Jason_Dodd

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     @clacke What's the best Star Trek episode of all time?

     Ans: Black Mirror 14 ep1

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