Yeah. They were young, but human cultures sometimes sent 10 or 12-year-olds to sea in warships as officers in training.
Thanks!
And here I was thinking how Evile the Krell are, indoctrinating children into space warriors!
Did the teacher’s ominous “They will be” make anyone else think of Yoda’s ominous “You will be”?
We’re all looking too deeply into the show. We’re all speculating wildly how this episode affects Union/Krill relations while the events probably won’t be referenced ever again. Orville doesn’t, yet, have the depth of canon that Star Trek has to really support deep speculation. Nevertheless, it is fun to fan theorise. Not many scifi shows like this around. Haven’t watched ST: Discovery to say anything about it.
Maybe, at some level, we’re all taking this way more seriously than it deserves. People poked continuity holes in Trek all the time but that was supposed to be serious fiction. “Orville” is Trek without, as Jack Nicholson said, accountability and reason. It’s supposed to be fun. And if they can make a serious point occasionally, while being fun, hey great.
Hey, you’ve posted in Aubrey/Maturin threads. How old do you think the mids like Babbington and Forshaw were?
Oh, and “Originally Posted by carnivorousplant: What does the Black guy do besides be stupid?”
Clearly the character is intended to poke fun at Mayweather on Enterprise.
Finally caught up.
As others have said, this episode presented a couple of very interesting dilemmas and I enjoyed it overall.
I didn’t mind the terrible infiltration as much as some here did. It’s always done in an implausible way in sci-fi and I think it’s fine to lampshade it. I enjoyed silly stuff like not being used to the dimensions of his own outfit.
As a non-american, all the Avis stuff didn’t land for me; I know it’s a car rental company, but there is no automatic association in my mind, so nothing inherently anything silly about a god called Avis.
Indeed.
I did not remember that character until I Googled him in ST uniform.
When I was a kid, ISIS was a female Saturday morning superhero who came on after Shazam. Oh mighty Isis! Times and references have changed.
Unless, of course, they actually watched the show.
Look, I like the show. When it concentrates on the plot and serious characterization, it’s quite good. And every so often, the jokes actually connect.
But ‘we addicted the aliens to reality TV!’ and ‘the alien god has the same name as a car rental place!’ are the level of the vast majority of the jokes, and they frequently swamp the good parts.
Funny, she was and is a Eqyptian God to me. Though I do recall that crappy show. But I was always into myths and legends I guess.
I thought Isis was a Cat?
I didn’t click the link yet, but I’m going to guess a link to the Star Trek episode with Gary 7 and Teri Garr?
Yes - but there is also evidence here from a different historical document.
You are correct, but I was thinking of the cat in Catspaw. I wonder if the same cat worked in both episodes?
This episode’s plot relied on a critical reference to something that happened in Episode 1. I think the showrunners are more ambitious than you give them credit for.