cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/38785015

Found this in ScienceFiction@lemmy.world

After the pilot episode I was willing to watch another episode, but I was still a little on the fence about it.

But when Alara realised she was in command, and the Captain and First Officer were gone, she didn't take it in her stride, and she didn't just go "okay".

It was at that point I realised that this was how Star Trek would be if the crew were real people, and not Action Figures.

And it was at the point I knew I wanted to watch the rest of the first series because it was going to be good :)

From @tomtheorville on Threads:

While I live a new life of threading, it’s time for a Reddit eulogy. My favorite @Reddit sub r/TheOrville went private, and now soon full meme. I fully respect why… since corp Reddit kinda sucks, but losing such a valuable resource also… sucks. The great threads on “Twice in a Lifetime” is mainly why we changed the Gordon rescue timeline. RIP!

For anybody out of the loop, the original broadcast of season 3's "Twice in a Lifetime" had Gordon send his message asking for rescue after three months stranded on 21st-century Earth, then the Orville crew goes back in time to rescue him one month after he vanished, which would result in a grandfather paradox, since in that timeline Gordon would never have sent his message in the first place. Discussion of this issue on /r/theorville led to the team re-editing the episode to have the Orville arrive on Earth four months after Gordon.

Tom probably has no idea we exist yet, but hopefully we can rebuild that community here so there's nothing for him to mourn.

I know we hate Threads here, but if any Union defectors want to support them, I won't tell.

• Seth MacFarlane (Creator/Ed Mercer): https://www.threads.net/@macfarlaneseth
• Tom Constantino (Producer/Editor): https://www.threads.net/@tomtheorville
• J. Lee (John LaMarr): https://www.threads.net/@jleefilm
• Planetary Union Network (official podcast): https://www.threads.net/@planetaryunionnetwork

All four have been heavily promoting The Orville already, which is definitely cool.

Let me know if you find anybody else and I'll add their links to this post.

EDIT:

• Anne Winters (Charlie Burke): https://www.threads.net/@annewinters (registered, no posts yet)
• Rena Owen (Heveena): https://www.threads.net/@renaowen

EDIT 2:

• Scott Grimes (Gordon Malloy): https://www.threads.net/@scottchristophergrimes

EDIT 3:

Threads seems to have moved to a login-only setup similar to Twitter; I can no longer see anybody's profiles on the web site. I'm not about to register an account with Meta, so I won't be able to find any more Orville people. I'll still add them if anybody with a Threads account finds them and leaves a comment, but this post is a much less useful resource if non-members can't see what they're saying.

EDIT 4:

Seems like they've rolled back that restriction again? Here's a couple more recurring cast members:

• Larry Joe Campbell (Steve Newton, S01 Chief Engineer): https://www.threads.net/@larryjoe
• Chris Johnson (Cassius): https://www.threads.net/@yochrisjohnson

Here's hoping that there'll be a season four of The Orville. It'd be a pity that the show would end without proper closure.

Currently, it all seems to be rumour and nothing concrete about any upcoming season. Some of the actors say that there have been talks, so it seems that there might be some hope.

I'm just putting this post up because this community is dead.

I'll end this before Bortus tells me: "You shall be quiet!"