Your thoughts on The Orville?

When I first started this show I found it to be a really awkward mix of comedy and seriousness. It had some jokes thrown it at the most inopportune times as some kind of comic relief from a really serious situation. Perhaps the first half of the first season was actually a bit rough or maybe the show just grew on me, but by season 2 I found myself loving this show.

To me it seems as every bit as comfy, intellectually interesting and even funny as some classic Star Treks while still clearly being its own thing. I wish more comfy space shows like this would get made.

What are your thoughts on The Orville? Also I miss Alara.

shirro,

It was the Star Trek we needed before SNW and Lower Decks. Seth and the Orville are not universally appreciated but I doubt the Orville escaped the notice of the writers and producers at Paramount. The Orville charted a sometimes difficult and uneven course to the golden age of Start Trek we are currently enjoying and along the way made some excellent episodes and introduced some good lore and characters.

ScrivenerX,

I was surprised by how good season one was. Season two was great fun. I hated season three.

I feel they tried too hard to make serious points and failed at telling good stories. They wanted to have big thoughts, but just weren’t entertaining.

rufus,

True. It changes quite a bit at that point. I’m optimistic they’ll adjust that in season 4 and return to their former glory. maybe even more. i can’t wait.

hazeebabee,

I feel similarly. The lack of comedy in season 3 really hurt the overall quality of the show imo

keeb420,

To me it was too much of a focus on the new.character, I forget her name.

Also not every series needs to be serialized.

hazeebabee,

Yeah the forced insert of the new character was annoying. Its sad that seth mcfarlanes love life affects the characters and plot lines in the show. Alara was one of my favorite characters

cristo,

I like it, want more seasons to come out. Now that I finished the Orville, I need to go back and finish Farscape

turtlepower,

finish Farscape

Man, are you going to be upset…

Ataraxia,
@Ataraxia@lemmy.world avatar

Because of the movie? It was pretty ridiculous but that’s what ya get when fans complain.

turtlepower,

There was a Farscape movie? I’m talking about how the show “ends”.

Edit: Just looked it up - there was apparently a three hour mini-series that I had no idea about. Time to find out what happens…

tox_solid,
@tox_solid@lemmy.world avatar

I might give it a shot if it weren’t for Seth McFarlane. The dude is the antithesis of comedy.

FReddit,

That was my feeling. But I actually like it It’s kind of a weird combo of jokes and serious topics, kind of like mixing fart jokes with social issues.

crashoverride,

There are funny moments to the show, but it’s not a comedy show and Seth rogen doesn’t play a comedy character. Show works

quicksand,

You got your Seths mixed up but I agree

crashoverride,

Lol, I did.

TitanLaGrange,

That’s how I feel about him too, but while the show is a bit on the silly side, the McFarlane humor is toned down enough to work reasonably well.

It’s not in the same league with Strange New Worlds, but it’s a nice change from awful, gritty, nu-trek.

Smokeless7048,

I do not like Seth’s humor… But I really like the Orville. Besides the first 3 episodes, the humor is a nice Ballance, and really feels like Star Trek.

feedum_sneedson,

Seth Rogan is the antithesis of comedy. I’ve never laughed at anything he’s said.

KazuyaDarklight,
@KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world avatar

I had fun with it, and thought it had a pretty solid ending for the last season.

Furbag,

The Orville is to Star Trek as Spaceballs was to Star Wars. A humorous parody, but I can appreciate the effort that they put in to have the show take itself a bit more seriously during dramatic scenes. I enjoyed it, although I only saw two seasons.

Lanthanae,
@Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I don’t agree with this assessment. The Orville is only a Star Trek parody for the first two episodes, after that it feels more accurate to me to call it an homage.

Lanthanae,
@Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Entertainment wise, I find it to be very fun to watch and am always engaged while I have it on.

Thematically, I think it has either a bad or watered down argument sometimes, but other times I think it really hits. Either way though, I find the way it approaches certain ideas very interesting and compelling to discuss with my SO while we watch it, so even when I don’t agree with the thematic intent of the episode, I find it worthwhile to interact with.

That said, it did make me cringe a little bit for the first 2 episodes. They’re still worth watching for context instead of skipping them, but don’t make any judgements on it until episode 3.

All in all, I give it a 8.5/10 personally but a 7/10 critically.

Kadath,
@Kadath@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I just couldn’t make it myself like it. Granted, I only watched the first couple episodes but it felt just too stretched for me.

Lanthanae,
@Lanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Episode 1 & 2 are so rough me and my SO almost dropped it but after making it through to episode 3 we were hooked enough to practically binge watch all the way through the end of season 2 (where we’re at currently).

Just watch episode 3 and see what you think at that point. I know it’s cliché to say things like this but it really does pick up massively at that point. Season 2 especially is some of the most compelling TV I’ve watched.

curiousaur,

I love the Orville, but the shift in format with the most recent season, to movie length episodes, made it largely inaccessible to me.

FinalRemix,

Well, at least it’s over, then.

variants,

Just pause it and come back to it later, at least that’s how we watch some movies during the week, 45 min segments and pick it up the next day

UnderpantsWeevil,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

They tend to hit a break about halfway in that would allow the episode to be cut into serial two-parters.

Cringe2793,

I thought it was a parody at first, and it certainly treated itself as such in the beginning, but in the later seasons, it took itself more seriously, and I found it a more “realistic” take than star trek.

Star trek is awesome, don’t get me wrong. But the captains were kind of “perfect”, basically. Captain Mercer and his crew are all flawed people, in their own way. They make poor decisions sometimes, out of selfishness, pride, or whatever, and it’s fun to see them deal with the consequences.

Nacktmull,

Interesting. I always thought “perfect” characters like Jean Luc Picard where supposed to symbolize the advanced social evolution of humanity in the Star Trek universe. The inherent believe in evolutionary humanism is one of the main reasons I fell in love with Star Trek.

InverseParallax,

It’s why I love snw’s current pilot, I think starfleet is very racist, she might be the only actual human being accepted into starfleet, well, her and pike of course, and maybe the current immortal engineer.

circuitfarmer,
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

It felt way more like Star Trek than the Star Trek being made at the time (primarily Discovery). Though I do like Strange New Worlds and think it’s more in the right direction, The Orville still feels way more like TNG-era Trek.

Now we just need a Galaxy Quest / Orville crossover to really confuse everyone.

grue,

Now we just need a Galaxy Quest / Orville crossover to really confuse everyone.

Sokath, his eyes uncovered!

InverseParallax,

The river in winter and temba his arms wide my money!

Colour_me_triggered,

I named my kid after one of the characters.

jasparagus,

…Bortus?

whelks_chance,

My son is also named Bortus

turtlepower,

There is a law firm here named Bordas & Bordas. Every time I hear their radio ad, it sounds like they are saying “Bortus & Bortus” and I picture two Bortus-es (Borti?) arguing law and it just tickles my soul. I want so badly to photoshop one of their billboards…

InverseParallax,

We’re going to need more license plates.

Restaldt,

Extra #1

Colour_me_triggered,

The name came to me during my ja’loja.

FinalRemix,

Sharona riff
Myyyy ja’loja!

MajorHavoc,

I’ve been meaning to ask, how is Yaphitt Jr doing? Did they learn to walk/slime trail yet?

Colour_me_triggered,

They’re doing fine! Thanks for asking. Toilet training is… complicated though.

kryptonianCodeMonkey,

I’d describe it as a more irreverent version of a Star Trek universe with more realistic interactions among peers on the ship. A place where instead of it being an idealistic utopian society where everyone is a driven, passionate genius in their field, they’re just people with jobs, have normal messy social interactions, and also sometimes deal with really big important political and military situations. They’re capable members of the crew, but they still fuck around with their buddies like real people do. I find it refreshing, compelling and endearing. I love the Orville 90% of the time.

TheObserver,

I loved it. Reminded me of my beloved farscape

TheLadyAugust,

I haven’t seen a single muppet in The Orville. 3/10^ /s

TitanLaGrange,

Oh man, The Orville would be a perfect series to do some kind of Farscape spoof episode. They need to visit a planet with a bunch of muppets where everybody speaks with an Austrailian accent, except for one guy played by Ben Browder.

aram,
@aram@aoir.social avatar

@Izzy true fact: Seth McFarlane developed the show after his friend and collaborator Ahmed Best (of Star Wars) pitched him the idea of a comedic Star Trek clone. It was called "The Nebula." I know because I was personally pitching the sizzle reel for the pilot to branded entertainment clients in 2009.

masterairmagic,

We owe the Orville to JarJar Binks?

aram,
@aram@aoir.social avatar

@masterairmagic in a word, yes.

grue,

“Jar Jar is the key to all this.”

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • random
  • uselessserver093
  • Food
  • aaaaaaacccccccce
  • test
  • [email protected]
  • CafeMeta
  • testmag
  • MUD
  • RhythmGameZone
  • RSS
  • dabs
  • KbinCafe
  • TheResearchGuardian
  • Ask_kbincafe
  • Socialism
  • feritale
  • oklahoma
  • SuperSentai
  • KamenRider
  • All magazines
    •