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I don't have all that much to add to the discourse except to point out that the "old" Doctor Who is currently rated 8.5, while the "new" Doctor Who is rated 6.2. This is not a coincidence. And that's taking into account a few not terribly great seasons at the tail end of the 2005 version.

There are glimmers of Doctor Who within this travesty, but they mainly serve to torment fans with what might have been.

The writing of late, is of such quality that I would not have been surprised if it had been revealed that it was created by LLMs. I have one episode left to go. I hear it will bring back an old friend. I shall watch it for that, raise a glass in toast, and wish the show farewell. The production is still great, the actors fabulous, the writing terrible. Unfortunately, as video games live or die based on gameplay, TV shows live or die based on writing. It's time to lay this one to rest.

This is not a revolutionary movie. Heck, if you ever watched a movie before, you'll know the general gist of how it ends within the first few minutes. I mean that quite literally. You'll think "oh, this scene would not be here unless a scene so-and-so will come later, because this scene by itself is nowhere near important enough to spoil a PG-13 rating". There's a second scene as well, which I can't mention without getting into potential spoiler territory for the first-time movie viewer. It's in the first five minutes, though (again, literally).

But, still, I found it endearing. I'm of an age and life situation where I have a soft spot for romance. Also, I really love Sally Hawkins. There was nothing much awry with it. Great acting, direction, and so forth. There just wasn't anything particularly special about it. A standard story told very well. I'd certainly recommend it, but it got way overhyped.

Let's go on a nostalgia trip. Think back to the first time the Enterprise encountered the Ferengi. Picard looks at the view screen, nudges Riker and whispers "you could fit a penis in that ear!"

There you go, that's The Orville. Star Trek drowned in toilet humor (literally, this show's equivalent of the Vulcan pon farr is one year between urinating).

If that sounds like your kind of humor, you'll love it. For me, I wish they'd cut the "humor" down to about a third and had someone older than 12 write the jokes.

I'm giving this a 5/5, as in not horrible but exceptionally forgettable.