Wait, wait, did they actually get through an entire episode without making any reference to Mercer's divorce?!
Cloaking tech? Guess there's no Treaty of Algeron analogue in the Orville universe. Would be nice if they used it consistently, though. Current Earth technology (roughly what this alien planet has) could definitely detect an uncloaked shuttle pod leaving the atmosphere. Exercise a little caution, will you, Alara?
There's something very Jeri Ryan–esque about Palicki during the landing party's first jaunt down the sidewalk. I have to admit, I like it, whether it was an intentional homage or not.
Awkward, obvious lip sync error when Dr. Finn says "New problem," check. I didn't think that sort of thing would happen in such a high profile show.
I guess not having seen season three of Black Mirror saved me from this story feeling like a rehash of something I'd seen before. Whenever I do watch it, I'm sure it will be a nice big step beyond this. For my part, I thought The Orville did it well. (John's behavior aside—he really didn't put in any effort to appear worthy of upvotes at all. But that's probably MacFarlane's "humor" creeping in.)
Ignoring the preachy plot for a moment, the tech on display is pretty neat, even if it's a little simplistic. For one thing, the voting badges and handheld feed readers imply a mesh data network of some kind (or cellular, perhaps) that, if anything, points to what our near future might look like. (We're not quite there with cellular coverage, are we?)
Update 2018-03-17: China would like to have a word with these aliens about their tech, I think. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-credit/china-to-bar-people-with-bad-social-credit-from-planes-trains-idUSKCN1GS10S
Review by dgwVIP 10BlockedParent2017-10-31T10:42:03Z— updated 2018-03-17T05:47:23Z
Wait, wait, did they actually get through an entire episode without making any reference to Mercer's divorce?!
Cloaking tech? Guess there's no Treaty of Algeron analogue in the Orville universe. Would be nice if they used it consistently, though. Current Earth technology (roughly what this alien planet has) could definitely detect an uncloaked shuttle pod leaving the atmosphere. Exercise a little caution, will you, Alara?
There's something very Jeri Ryan–esque about Palicki during the landing party's first jaunt down the sidewalk.
I have to admit, I like it, whether it was an intentional homage or not.
Awkward, obvious lip sync error when Dr. Finn says "New problem," check. I didn't think that sort of thing would happen in such a high profile show.
I guess not having seen season three of Black Mirror saved me from this story feeling like a rehash of something I'd seen before. Whenever I do watch it, I'm sure it will be a nice big step beyond this. For my part, I thought The Orville did it well. (John's behavior aside—he really didn't put in any effort to appear worthy of upvotes at all. But that's probably MacFarlane's "humor" creeping in.)
Ignoring the preachy plot for a moment, the tech on display is pretty neat, even if it's a little simplistic. For one thing, the voting badges and handheld feed readers imply a mesh data network of some kind (or cellular, perhaps) that, if anything, points to what our near future might look like. (We're not quite there with cellular coverage, are we?)
Update 2018-03-17: China would like to have a word with these aliens about their tech, I think.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-credit/china-to-bar-people-with-bad-social-credit-from-planes-trains-idUSKCN1GS10S