March 07, 2019
So, the Other Day....
...I was sitting at one of the deceptively spartan tables in one of Norfolk's best Chinese takeout places eating a dish called Marinated Boneless Crispy Chicken (With Vegetables) and noting that unlike Dragon and Phoenix, this one is exactly what it says on the tin. As I did so I became aware of an elderly woman going on and ON about something with the store's delivery driver and who seemed to be quite agitated about something when one sentence fragment caught my ear.
...it was like Wolf 359, or the Battle of the Line but it wasn't off screen. It got so good!
The delivery driver seemed to be in complete agreement.
This is the third time in a week that I've encountered random instances of people holding forth about The Orville.
I may have to start watching this again. What I saw first season ranged from cringeworthy to surprisingly well done and even poignant.
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While Wolf 359 is ambiguous, the Battle of the Line is a centerpiece of B5 lore.
Which, in *my* mind anyway, only enhances the cool factor of the overheard discussion.
Which, in *my* mind anyway, only enhances the cool factor of the overheard discussion.
Posted by: Doug O. at Thu Mar 7 22:52:01 2019 (NoaSY)
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"cringeworthy to surprisingly well done"
Steven den Beste talked--I think it was in his Divergence Eve review--about a theory he had that some animes put in a lot of big boobs to get the show on the air, and then tell the story they want. (I'm simplifying a bit.)
I suspect Seth MacFarlane was doing something like that, that he wanted to do a fairly serious show, but he felt he needed to pretend it was a comedy. The series gradually got more serious over the first season, even while it put up a smokescreen of whoopee-cushion jokes.
Steven den Beste talked--I think it was in his Divergence Eve review--about a theory he had that some animes put in a lot of big boobs to get the show on the air, and then tell the story they want. (I'm simplifying a bit.)
I suspect Seth MacFarlane was doing something like that, that he wanted to do a fairly serious show, but he felt he needed to pretend it was a comedy. The series gradually got more serious over the first season, even while it put up a smokescreen of whoopee-cushion jokes.
Posted by: Rick C at Fri Mar 8 02:42:36 2019 (Iwkd4)
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And I kinda think early episodes like 1.3 and 1.4 (which reminded me a lot of For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky) drive that home.
Posted by: Rick C at Fri Mar 8 02:45:26 2019 (Iwkd4)
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