And it was political in a way that went much deeper than Strange New Worlds’ brief use of footage of the Jan. It didn’t take place on a starship, which led to a different style of storytelling not being able to leave the space station meant that characters couldn’t leave behind the consequences of their actions from week to week. Still, the very philosophy of “just doing Star Trek” strikes me as not very Star Trek, a franchise known for the credo “Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations.” In fact, the most critically celebrated Star Trek series of all time is probably Deep Space Nine, for which eventual showrunner Ira Steven Behr’s approach was explicitly: “ Well, I don’t care if it’s Star Trek.” Debuting while the then-megapopular Next Generation was still on the air-turns out a Star Trek without Kirk and Spock could work after all -Deep Space Nine was much darker than either of its predecessors, both tonally and aesthetically.
The very philosophy of “just doing Star Trek” strikes me as not very Star Trek, a franchise known for the credo “Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations.”ĭiscovery and Picard have their flaws, to be sure. Comment sections and Reddit boards were quick to pit the two shows against each other-with The Orville anointed the “real” Trek.
(The popular fan site even has a special section for it on its homepage.) An episodic workplace comedy that mixed the allegorical sci-fi of classic Trek with the broad humor for which MacFarlane has become known, The Orville’s first season offered exactly what the more complicated Discovery did not: levity, familiarity, ease. Not only is creator and star Seth MacFarlane is a known Trekkie, the show gained an air of legitimacy in fans’ eyes thanks to a stable of Star Trek alumni working on it both in front of and behind the screen.
The Orville is not technically a Star Trek show: The Fox series uses none of the Trek IP, and the producers have made a point of listing multiple sci-fi sources of inspiration. Still, Discovery’s biggest obstacle may have been its timing, premiering within days of another space-travel show, The Orville.
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