It’s pretty garbage for a plethora of reasons, but I think the worst part is that the pilot episode amounted to “Let’s talk it out with the Klingons” with the main character going “No KILL KILL KILL”
It's not about race, the show just isn't that good. I've only watched the first two episodes but are well really supposed to believe that the main character is going to commit mutiny, get sentenced to life in prison, and then go on to command a starship.
Plus, the show is supposed to take place before TOS but the ships have technology in them that far surpasses what we saw in TNG. Breaks the immersion a bit, at least for me.
I barely watched star trek but even I remember that shit has been maximum diversity since the nineties. They've had female and minority leads since TNG haven't they?
Now they're doing it and the minorities are more proud of the things she didn't accomplish, like being a minority, instead of the ones she did, like getting on the show.
It seems to just be a marketing angle. This whole article and Malfoy's comments seem to be designed to manufacture a "controversy" and use social media outrage to raise visibility of the show, à la Ghostbusters 2016.
well, my buddy who's more of a trek fan than I'll ever be told me that Orville is doing a better job of being trek than trek, and I trust him with his brand of geekiness.
I loved Stargate sg-1 in my time, but by the time of universe it was "teen drama in a space box"
If you hear this and say "oh, you're talking about me" then you're probably racist. If you hear this and say, "well obviously they're not talking about me" then your comment makes no sense. Because you're not racist, right?
Right, people who are not racist never get called racist with ulterior political motives, and thus they never have any reason to suspect that people are doing so.
Literally nobody is actually hating on the show "because of the black female lead". The people making this accusation are deliberately and maliciously making this shit up, and to support it they will point at people that are obviously not doing any such thing, and deliberately and maliciously pretend that they suddenly can't comprehend English well enough to understand the real objection (pandering).
I don't even need to check this because it's the same goddamned shit every fucking time.
It still boggles my mind that there are racist Trekkies. It goes against the very fabric of what Star Trek stands for.
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I don't know about these specific people, but there are plenty of racist trek fans. There are also a lot of libertarian trek fans. They yell about socialism being terrible and then watch a show about a socialist society.
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1 Notthehalf 2017-10-09
Yes.
1 Ultrashitpost 2017-10-09
Let's ask William Shatner.
/u/WilliamShatner do you think the new Trek series is off to a good start?
1 MasterLawlz 2017-10-09
It’s pretty garbage for a plethora of reasons, but I think the worst part is that the pilot episode amounted to “Let’s talk it out with the Klingons” with the main character going “No KILL KILL KILL”
Yeah that’s so Trek
1 botchlings 2017-10-09
It's not about race, the show just isn't that good. I've only watched the first two episodes but are well really supposed to believe that the main character is going to commit mutiny, get sentenced to life in prison, and then go on to command a starship.
Plus, the show is supposed to take place before TOS but the ships have technology in them that far surpasses what we saw in TNG. Breaks the immersion a bit, at least for me.
1 toynbeeidea16 2017-10-09
DATS RACISS
1 toynbeeidea16 2017-10-09
DATS RACISS
1 AnnoysTheGoys 2017-10-09
The Orville is the best ST since DS9
1 HaudNomen 2017-10-09
That's a funny way to spell "Galaxy Quest".
1 AnnoysTheGoys 2017-10-09
Better?
1 botchlings 2017-10-09
I've only seen one episode but I liked it. Need to watch more.
1 heavenlytoaster 2017-10-09
Ep1 felt a little too slapstick/family guyish for a ST show, but I've liked the rest.
1 neutralvoter 2017-10-09
I barely watched star trek but even I remember that shit has been maximum diversity since the nineties. They've had female and minority leads since TNG haven't they?
1 DefNotaZombie 2017-10-09
there's already been a black captain and a woman captain, so I don't really see how they're "groundbreaking" in any way
1 heavenlytoaster 2017-10-09
Now they're doing it and the minorities are more proud of the things she didn't accomplish, like being a minority, instead of the ones she did, like getting on the show.
1 SmurfPrivilege 2017-10-09
It seems to just be a marketing angle. This whole article and Malfoy's comments seem to be designed to manufacture a "controversy" and use social media outrage to raise visibility of the show, à la Ghostbusters 2016.
1 zahlman 2017-10-09
Malfoy
(((Slytherins))) amirite.
1 DefNotaZombie 2017-10-09
well, my buddy who's more of a trek fan than I'll ever be told me that Orville is doing a better job of being trek than trek, and I trust him with his brand of geekiness.
I loved Stargate sg-1 in my time, but by the time of universe it was "teen drama in a space box"
1 trapochaphouse 2017-10-09
I like how they pretend reading youtube comments hasn't always been akin to swimming in an open sewer.
1 zahlman 2017-10-09
/u/ToBePacific
Right, people who are not racist never get called racist with ulterior political motives, and thus they never have any reason to suspect that people are doing so.
Sure thing.
1 ToBePacific 2017-10-09
You rang?
1 zahlman 2017-10-09
Another fucking one of these.
Literally nobody is actually hating on the show "because of the black female lead". The people making this accusation are deliberately and maliciously making this shit up, and to support it they will point at people that are obviously not doing any such thing, and deliberately and maliciously pretend that they suddenly can't comprehend English well enough to understand the real objection (pandering).
I don't even need to check this because it's the same goddamned shit every fucking time.
1 ironicshitpostr 2017-10-09
But I hate it because of the black female lead.
Wow, wrong again. Update your Bayesian priors now, nerd.
1 zahlman 2017-10-09
Username game on point tbh.
1 ironicshitpostr 2017-10-09
Effortposting get the bullet too.
1 zahlman 2017-10-09
/u/Maxx0rz
I think you are making shit up and that there never was any "alt-right" presence in the thread.
1 cleverseneca 2017-10-09
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Hey /u/callahandy and /u/Andrewcujo all those people who watch Game Of Thrones must be royalists right?