firehawk12
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I still think this will be better than Discovery.
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First reviews for Seth McFarlane's scifi drama The Orville
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MetalGearZed
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It sounded good enough when i was reading about it but when the first trailer released it immediately looked like shit. all the jokes were either cliche or just bad
I think they actually made a joke about that in Movie 43, where he is pitching garbage but the other people are still interested and he mixes up Family Guy and American Dad or something like that. I might be remembering wrong, since that movie almost gave me an aneurysm it's so fucking bad.
As for The Orville, after watching the trailer I don't understand how it's not a comedy. There's a scene near the beginning where he mistakenly eats a marble thinking it's a mint. It's not funny, but it's clearly written to be overtly humorous. It's not like The Sopranos where the comedy is baked into the characterization, he eats a fucking marble! It's a goddamn pratfall.
So the show is going to be a drama, but then it will just randomly stop in its tracks to have some "hyuk hyuk" moment?
Also Seth McFarlane should never be in front of a camera. Black hole of charisma.
firehawk12
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Seeing that Braga is on this show as well leads me to believe that the show was conceived when they worked together on Cosmos or one of those TNG special features years ago.
Braga gets a chance to do a scifi show again and McFarlane gets to live out a fanboy fantasy. Mutually beneficial relationship.
whyamihere
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That CBS isn't cheeping out on Discovery (I also think it looks more expensive than Orville, but, they're clearly going for different things).
That seems like it'd be pretty hard at this point!
PhoncipleBone
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So Hellboy 2 will continue to be Seth's best performance?
Nydius
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That's almost a paraphrasing of how MacFarlane himself described the show back in August:
Seth MacFarlane said:
These trailer scenes with "that's a marble" and "besides killing your dad we mean your family no harm" are prime examples of how they're going to shove humor into the non-serialized sci-fi "drama".
Fox Mulder
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Jesus fuck I hated that movie.
Crimson_Echidna
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That's pretty much how I see it. It's like, you can tell he's trying to breakaway from the stigma of only being associated with Family Guy, but it's also rather telling that the most successful thing he's done outside of his cartoons was Ted, and that just aped stuff from Family Guy.
Fair play to Seth for living his dream.
Show may suck, but dude is being paid to live out his childhood. I have no issue with that whatsoever, and would do the same thing in a heartbeat.
No one would watch you in a show about Jericho from teen titans
Pop-O-Matic
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I mean, if it's basically a Star Trek show in all but name, then it has to go though at least 2 shitty seasons at the start just like every post-TOS Trek show does.
OK, this is the most damning thing posted in this thread.
OK, this is the most damning thing posted in this thread.
Oh, Jesus Christ. What a mess.
I especially love this line:
Yeah, like that great scene where he kicks the slime creature and they have some inane banter about how it's no big deal. Very subtextual humor there. Nothing at all like Family Guy.
tonysidaway
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Why not? The name of a flight pioneer. What more appropriate Orville exists?
Fantastapotamus
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My dad bought that movie on blu-ray because he thought it's a western and he loves westerns. My dad is still angry that he saw, and paid money for, that movie. He saw it 3 months ago.
If you knew my dad, you would know how remarkeble it is that he still talks about a movie 3 months later.
My dad is the type of guy who watches Batman and calls him Spiderman a week later when you ask him about the movie.
HazySaiyan
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Are there any random, pointless musical sections so he can show off his voice?
MarkMclovin
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It's time for Seth to just go home.
The ted movies literally take jokes word for word from Family guy
Iriscomeback
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Not surprised, trailer was awful.
I mean, if you think American Dad was "crapper" than Family Guy, I think the problem might be you.
Well to be honest I was just trying to think of different ways to use crap.
I won't be disappointed until I see the show for myself. Surprised to hear about it being not a comedy because the trailer certainly made it seem to be, even if some of the bits were weak. And like someone else asked, how can they legally get away with this if it's too close to actual Star Trek? CBS are reportedly worried enough about Discovery so I'm sure they're not looking for any competitors.
This makes no sense. Let's sit down to watch the first cuts that just came in and that we have already used to put together a trailer full of material we have yet to see...?
This makes no sense. Let's sit down to watch the first cuts that just came in and that we have already used to put together a trailer full of material we have yet to see...?
Have to agree to disagree on those then buddy, I think they're both garbage.
I guess I just don't really like his type of comedy.
American Dad is actually brilliant after the first season or so.
Pop-O-Matic
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But yeah, watch this manage to limp it's way to a syndication-worthy episode count while Discovery doesn't make it past the initial 15.
Agent_Carnage
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Old Family Guy was good though... The new stuff yea its crap. But the first few seasons of Family Guy were good.
This is on Fox
Pop-O-Matic
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The same channel that gave Cleveland Show 4 seasons.
Triggerhappytel
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Oh hai, Seth McFarlane's career!
dead souls
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Yep. I watched it for free and wanted my money back.
Gnome Scat
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Not surprised.
TrumanBurbank
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You kept watching his stuff is why he is worth 200 million dollars.
Seth Macfarlane always comes off as a legitimately funny and likable guy in any interview he's in, and clearly has a ton of talent, but damn if this isn't a weird choice.
I had assumed it was a full blown comedy based off of the trailers. I think had they gone that route this could have been a hit, or at least a solid addition to their comedy line up.
I guess when you've generated that much money and clout with a network, you get a free pass to do a vanity project like this.
I had assumed it was a full blown comedy based off of the trailers. I think had they gone that route this could have been a hit, or at least a solid addition to their comedy line up.
I guess when you've generated that much money and clout with a network, you get a free pass to do a vanity project like this.
You do see the difference between a cheap cartoon and expensive sci fi show, right?
The Orville will be cancelled before season 1 is finished. Book it.
While the other co-creators(Barker, Weitzman) had a much larger role in what American Dad became, I suppose you could chalk that up to being a McFarlane creation. It's the best thing he's had his hands in, in my opinion anyways.
It cost two million dollars to make an episode of Family Guy. What the Cleveland Show any cheaper?
I imagine it was just cheaper due to the show's financial profile and the talent involved like lesser known and probably lesser paid voice actors.
Nostremitus
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So, it is as bad as the trailer looked.
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