canterburycathedral's review

4.0
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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anonymous_dc's review

4.0

Great "broken Holodeck" type story, too bad it could not have been a filmed episode.

Story is missing humor normally in Orville episodes, which fits with the serious story this is telling.

emiann2023's review

4.0

Interesting. A unique format and an interesting philosophical question.

esotericfaery's review

4.0

This Novella of an Orville episode which didn't get made because of covid, was a good read, not a great one. It would have translated better on screen, but it's nice to have, along with this great new season.
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auberginebear's review

5.0

I can tell why this was an unproduced episode, but...

I'm glad to have read this story nonetheless. Like many topics covered by the series, it brings up complex concepts and philosophical conversations, but also leaves enough room for people to.come to their own conclusions, if they have one at all.
adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Interesting to contemplate. Orville didn’t make an appearance until maybe 3/4 in (not a bad thing, just not what I was expecting at all).
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ajju_315's review

4.0
dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Seth MacFarlane surprises me sometimes. A lot of his work is juvenile and ofen crass, sometimes works sometimes not so much. This novella was in my opinion top shelf. The world building was complete and it all fell into place in the reveal 3/4th into it. Amazed that this came out of Disney.
challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes