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Finally, I hope this has a hopeful version of the future like TNG

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Yes, though I’m enjoying ST:Discovery, WestWorld, and The Expanse, I really miss optimistic sci-fi.

Is there anything like that out there now that I’m missing?

The Orville. I feel like it's the spiritual successor to Gene's original vision.

The Star Trek-clone "The Orville" is just that - with some added Seth Macfarlane humor.

I expected absolutely nothing from it but ended up really enjoying it. Only one season out so far.

I also like that while The Orville is set in a post-scarcity society, the characters aren't the shining bastions of humanity as Star Trek characters tend to be. They're basically just doing their best, and have some very recognizable flaws.

Orville is clearly made by someone who loves star trek. It's a comedy but it has good stories that could have been TNG episodes.

His love of trek has been life long - he even made a fanfilm as a teenager! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn_Sgcxg5PQ

I got halfway through the first season of that, but I didn’t enjoy the the humor, the barely-one-level-deep moralizing, or the lack of believability I felt the plots had. As examples, that episode with the social media thing, or the one-gender planet...

Did you (or anyone else now a fan) agree with my feelings initially, and find it got better?

Me 2. I think that's the whole reason Patrick Stewart signed back up...to portray positive SciFi to counter the dark times.

I'm extremely excited at the possibility for a new "Measure of a Man", or "The Drumhead". These are episodes that have positively shaped the minds of many.

If someone succeeds in making a workable screenplay then the Culture novels from the late Iain M Banks are perfect.

Amazon is making a Culture series (starting with Consider Phlebas): https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/21/17035618/amazon-culture-s...

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