lunchtoast
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Highly likely, considering all of Stewarts work on American Dad.
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The Orville |OT| MacFarlane's sci-fi com-, wait it's a drama!? That can't be right
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Highly likely, considering all of Stewarts work on American Dad.
Frakes is directing the next episode. Don't know whether he'll make a cameo, too.
He got all of the TNG crew, except for Whoopi Goldberg, to voice an episode of Family Guy. So he's done it before. I'm not sure how difficult it would be for a live acting vs. voice acting reunion, though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_All_Dogs_Go_to_Heaven
Fenderputty
Banned
My pregnant wife falls asleep 20 minutes after we put our child down so I'll have to watch this tonight ...
I mean, if nothing else they could do what they did with Neeson here: have Stewart be someone they're talking to over video so he can film his part whenever.
Just finished ep4.
Same shit, different day. Interesting episode that could have done with spending less time talking about dicks, elevator awkwardness and an apparently pointless space battle to do more on the main point of the episode, what it would mean for those people aboard etc.
I'm tired of hearing about the divorce, the humour is falling flat most of the time and the only crew members that feel like they could actually be crew on a starship are Isaac and Bortus.
I'm continuing to watch with hope, but I'm expecting now that this is going to be the same every week for me. A shame as I like the look, the sound and some of the ideas.
Same shit, different day. Interesting episode that could have done with spending less time talking about dicks, elevator awkwardness and an apparently pointless space battle to do more on the main point of the episode, what it would mean for those people aboard etc.
I'm tired of hearing about the divorce, the humour is falling flat most of the time and the only crew members that feel like they could actually be crew on a starship are Isaac and Bortus.
I'm continuing to watch with hope, but I'm expecting now that this is going to be the same every week for me. A shame as I like the look, the sound and some of the ideas.
UnknownSpirit
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Some of the jokes (again) didnt hit.
But I love this show. That is the best episode so far, and the cameos are awesome.
I really kinda hope (and maybe this me looking into this way too much) they dont have Alara start to fall for the captain. At, least thats the vibe I got from the scene with her talking with Kelly.
But I love this show. That is the best episode so far, and the cameos are awesome.
I really kinda hope (and maybe this me looking into this way too much) they dont have Alara start to fall for the captain. At, least thats the vibe I got from the scene with her talking with Kelly.
REALLY liked this episode. No more awkward humour, the bit of humour that was there didn't seem out of place and served as a reminder that this is a light hearted show. In short it was the right mix. And if this is the tone it keeps it might end up being a great show.
Basically this is everything TNG era Star Trek was about and showed that it can do drama episodes well despite the comedy.
Infact if this show stays like this and Discovery stays like the first two episodes (I know first two episodes don't represent much) then I might end up enjoying The Orville a lot more.
I mean we are already getting episodes directed by Drake's and Robert Duncan, those two are good Trek directors who understand Star Trek.
Basically this is everything TNG era Star Trek was about and showed that it can do drama episodes well despite the comedy.
Infact if this show stays like this and Discovery stays like the first two episodes (I know first two episodes don't represent much) then I might end up enjoying The Orville a lot more.
I mean we are already getting episodes directed by Drake's and Robert Duncan, those two are good Trek directors who understand Star Trek.
Kadin
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The Orville continues to fire on all cylinders and keeps me entertained. It's weird to see McFarlane deliver lines without any jokes attached to them even though he continues to try at times. Really like the cast and I hope the ratings will be there cause I could see watching this for a good long while.
Sir Abacus
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I'm fully loving this show now. It's starting to find its feet even if the jokes are sometimes hit and miss and the cultural references are all '90s.
I'm 34 though so I had to explain the Central Perk reference to my wife.
TheAbsolution
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What was that in reference to?
Friends.
Himynameischris
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This last episode was a lot better but Seth is still the weakest link in the show. At least I'm enjoying it tho hope it keeps improving
Monado Blade
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davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Episode 4 was actually pretty good. It was more like a first contact SG-1 mission than anything else
Still was kind of boring though
Still was kind of boring though
ComputerBlue
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Decent episode, my favorite one is still the zoo ep...
radios shipping overview
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Humor was better this time around, scifi was better, and it had Robert Knepper. It felt like one of those TOS/TNG episodes where they run around a set on the studio backlot for a while.
Still lots of room to improve, but I'm gonna keep watching.
Still lots of room to improve, but I'm gonna keep watching.
radios shipping overview
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https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-orville-season-one-ratings/
Seems to be doing okay in the ratings? I don't know what these numbers mean, really.
Seems to be doing okay in the ratings? I don't know what these numbers mean, really.
That was SO funny. And with they way friends is re-run I am pretty sure it will be still on TV in 1000years.
I cant believe I enjoy a Seth MacFarlane show more than the new Star Trek series.
E04 was the best episode so far.
Youre wasting your very rare time alone to watch the Orville? Really? Really?
I recommend you spend it instead staring at the wall. Youll enjoy it more. Or you could do literally anything else.
Kadin
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So your only post in this thread is to bag on someone for wanting to watch the show? wtf
powersurge
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This show is growing on me. I went in expecting Galaxy Quest and I'm one of the few who hated that movie. But this is something else. Its still a comedy but its a little more closer to Star Trek TOS than to a spoof movie and I"m digging it.
I imagine MacFarlane is calling in favors left and right. Although one wishes he could have used Neeson for something other than an expositional speech.
Would have loved him as the villain
you mean you didn't like t bag from prison break lol
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
And apparently he has watched enough of the show to form an opinion
Indeed lol.
I mean, I'm hardly it's biggest fan and from some comments in here I sometimes wonder if I'm watching a different show. Even still. Wow.
I like the show just fine. Some of the jokes do take away from the serious drama the series is trying to set up, though. Like a few episodes back, we had the joke about Seth McFarlane eating another crew member's baby... like even as a joke it doesn't work, but especially if you're trying to make a serious show. And then more recently, we had that goo alien sexually harass the doctor as a "joke". It rubs me the wrong way.
And then there are the out of place cultural references you guys are pointing out. We're 400 years in the future and people are still talking about the Muppets, Smurfs, etc? Why?
And then there are the out of place cultural references you guys are pointing out. We're 400 years in the future and people are still talking about the Muppets, Smurfs, etc? Why?
That joke was nauseating. In fact, the whole "damsel in distress" situation was a real pain. Other than that, it was an improvement from episode 1. Still love third episode the most.
Episodes: 3 > 4 > 2 >> Romulan porridge >>> 1
That's fine and all but I was asking what it was because I seemed to have missed it and don't remember it.
The show likes to talk about dicks, use the word dick, show cg goo dick with too much regularity for my liking in the show. The dicks.
When the bad guy interrogates her and asks her where her friends are
she answers with a friends joke that my wife and I found really funny
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Since no one is actually explaining it
A lot of scenes in Friends happen in a coffee shop
The bad guy asks "where are your friends"
She says "on Lafayette and blah blah there's a coffee shop"
Not to sound like I'm making excuses for the show, but you're making the assumption that in the future of the show that those references are out of place. For all we know those franchises have been rebooted, reimagined, rerun or whatever else and are still culturally relevant. People today reference things that happened 400 years ago so there's no reason people 400 years in the future won't reference our present.
I still agree with you though, some of the comedy is still detracting from the experience, it's incredibly jarring to go from dick jokes to religious mob mentality execution or torture in the same episode. Or something that stands out more to me, the continued interest in a failed relationship, you're exploring the biggest bio ship ever discovered and the thing both exploration parties want to discuss is a why two humans broke up...c'mon now, it's not even funny dialogue.
I'm digging this show. I guess I'm one of the few folks who doesn't have an issue with the is this comedy / is this drama question since it's not even a question in my mind that I'm asking. I'm not trying to classify it. I like the setting and production values. I like that it's sci-fi and the humor works for me for the most part. So yeah, I like it. Oh and that preview...can't wait!
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I just realized that Ep4 has a lot of similarities to Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun in concept. It's just, uh, really simplified.
They've already done good by not making a parody show, the earnestness is disarming and appealing. Episodes 3+4 seem closer in tone to what the show is striving for. Just cool it on the dick jokes in the writer's room and the potential is there for comfy, character driven sci-fi adventure that isn't stuffy but takes the subject matter seriously.
Kadin
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Yeah I'm all for the little bits of comedy thrown in here and there but I would like for them specifically to stop with saying dick each and every episode. I hope they've got it out of their system now because it's really unnecessary. I thought it was alright when Bortus told the guy to leave the shop and the guy gave his 'dick!' response. Other than that, it's just been way overused.
Fenderputty
Banned
"Dick" was cringeworthy in the courtroom, but I enjoyed the racist robot confusing it for a compliment. (I will never not call him the racist robot lol). The depression rocky road was pretty funny too. l enjoyed the premise of the bioship lost in space for millennia. EP 4 was probably my favorite so far.
So much edginess.
So much edginess.
KojiKnight
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For someone who doesn't like this show, you certainly seem to want to hover in this thread and shit on the people that do.
Loved this episode, humor was sticking much compared to the earlier episodes.
This show is more like TOS than any other Star Trek; the cheesiness of the original has just been replaced by intentional humor. As a fan of TOS this fits me perfectly and it is the first time I have enjoyed a sci-fi show as much I like the original series.
This show is more like TOS than any other Star Trek; the cheesiness of the original has just been replaced by intentional humor. As a fan of TOS this fits me perfectly and it is the first time I have enjoyed a sci-fi show as much I like the original series.
BlackBanditSho
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the way I've made the references to modern pop culture work is assuming with the advancement of science ala star trek, society left war, sickness, and most of the trivial things we aspired to behind. Gone was the interest in million dollar blockbuster films or the actors that went with them. Instead, we aimed our pursuits towards the stars. However, there remained an enormous archive of material that people continued to enjoy that stopped production around the 21st century. To that end, we're not only looking at the same things over and again, but those things referenced in those works are still cited as well.
I'd imagine, like real Star Trek, music continued. However, everything else? They're still referencing old stuff just as we do since culture is so cyclical. Nothing of importance other than improving technology and going skyward happened again until the great war which nearly killed everyone and forced us towards our current peaceful united society (as referenced in Trek) or Zefram Cochran created the warp drive.
It makes sense.
I'd imagine, like real Star Trek, music continued. However, everything else? They're still referencing old stuff just as we do since culture is so cyclical. Nothing of importance other than improving technology and going skyward happened again until the great war which nearly killed everyone and forced us towards our current peaceful united society (as referenced in Trek) or Zefram Cochran created the warp drive.
It makes sense.
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