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Originally Posted by idrapethat
It was a poor man's version of this
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One of my problems with the show is that I keep hearing Seth talk about this as a "love letter" to Star Trek.
Try "complete ****ing ripoff."
From the very beginning of that episode it felt like I was watching a reboot version of the TNG episode where Data dates that random ensign. Yeah, I knew it would go different directions and it would probably end differently, but even those different directions it took felt like threads lifted from other Star Trek episodes (like Data's Day or as you pointed to-- The Naked Now). And I sadly feel like this when I watch half of these Orville episodes.
Yes, I understand there are HUNDREDS of Star Trek episodes. There are only so many plot points you can cover with the same basic premise (good guy federation of humans and other aliens exploring the galaxy, many of them comparable to the characters and aliens of Star Trek's longest running series) but shouldn't that mean that you DON'T make everything comparable to Star Trek? Why can't it be a sci-fi show about a space exploration vessel... and then you start going in a different direction?
Or even... like... I know this is what people were expecting... why can't you make it dick jokes in space? Like... where that's the entire point. A funnier version of Red Dwarf?
Just write some ****ing episodes where I DON'T roll my eyes because I can recall the Star Trek episode idea its lifted from before the title sequence even occurs.