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.

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.

jerkface, (edited )
@jerkface@lemmy.ca avatar

Blatant self insert early TNG fanfic. If you liked (or even wrote) that kind of thing in the 90s, you’ll like Orville.

selective_mutist,

By season 2, I was also hooked to this show. I wish they would make more seasons!

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…

vis4valentine,
@vis4valentine@lemmy.ml avatar

I like it a lot. I hope there’s a season 4.

newthrowaway20,

Seth McFarland fixing his lonliness in space. Or Seth McFarland and the girl of the week.

I liked it at first, but felt the constant story lines about Seth and his love life to be a bit much. Tone down on that, give me more space exploration and less broken heart lonely man stories, and I might enjoy it more.

amazingBarry,

I personally really enjoy it. It is more heartfelt than I expected.

jasparagus,

This was my feeling on it, too. Way more depth than I first expected. It felt like a spiritual successor to TNG.

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.

Borkingheck,

It strikes me as a show that was only meant to be 1-2 series but due to popularity has kept going and now its trying to find the balance between comedy and seriousness.

hamid,

I find Seth McFarlane super cringe and can’t sit through an entire episode. I wanted to like it but my Seth repulsion prevents me from enjoying it.

Blackmist,

He do be like that.

I don’t even mind Family Guy, I think it’s just his face.

turtlepower,

Family Guy is just Seth McFarlane talking to himself.

zebs,

Try watching an episode in the second or third series. I’m not keen on Seth either but seems like the “Sethisms” toned down as the show progressed

havocpants,

I get the feeling that he was forced to include Family Guy style jokes in the first series and was allowed to ease up after it was clear that they weren’t working.

spoilerWith the exception of that early episode explaining humour to the android character and the engineer wakes up with his leg cut off. That was pretty funny.

Misconduct,

That episode is still one of the most funny things ever and I will die on this hill

solstice,

Man I totally forgot about that, that was fucking amazing! Love that show

DragonTypeWyvern,

And what happens when you’re not keen on Seth or being preached at by someone who doesn’t actually get the social arguments even if his heart seems to be in the right place?

Just_Pizza_Crust,

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    Stuka,

    That take makes me think you haven’t watched much of the show

    Spaniard, (edited )
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    The Orville is the best science fiction show featuring complex moral questions of the last decade. And Seth McFarlane isn’t as prominent in the show as early episodes showed.

    It’s much more focused on crew than other shows, specially Isaac, Bortus, Kelly and Claire. No surprise since they are better actors than Seth. I like Seth Krill episodes though.

    MajorHavoc,

    I had the exact same concern, before I watched The Orville.

    After watching the first couple of seasons, I think The Orville actually does a pretty good job honoring Star Trek’s tradition of raising difficult questions and calling for more empathy in the world.

    Llew,

    The latest season of Orville has so much grey area and conflict in morals it makes TNG look pure black and white with no moral grey areas at all.

    It’s really well done.

    AndrewZabar,

    You clearly haven’t watched it at all lol.

    Draegur,

    It’s the best Star Trek show since Next Generation.

    Kidding. I actually liked DS9 and Voyager

    It’s on par though.

    Omega_Jimes,

    This was basically the way I would describe the show.

    MajorHavoc,

    Yeah. The Orville absolutely deserves to stand shoulder to shoulder with a typical season of licensed Star Trek.

    And that’s a pretty big deal, because aside from the show we won’t mention right now*, most Star Trek is pretty great.

    *I’m just trying to start an argument between DS9, Enterprise and Discovery fans. Sorry.

    RedditRefugeeTom,

    Absolutely LOVE it. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched the series and I am currently on another go thru of it. It’s definitely a joke in the beginning and some jokes miss, but I love how they get into some good topics halfway through.

    bearclaw191991,
    @bearclaw191991@lemmy.world avatar

    It is the best Star trek show on right now even though it is not Star trek. Loved it. It reminds me of Firefly

    TWeaK,

    on right now

    It’s kind of in (potentially permanent) limbo now though. Which is also like Firefly.

    Draegur,

    i dunno man, firefly was kinda deliberately and clearly murdered >_> they released a movie that killed people off and shit

    FinalRemix,

    Well, the show was murdered, too. Fox refused to air episode in order and kept moving the time slot.

    bearclaw191991,
    @bearclaw191991@lemmy.world avatar

    That was tragic 😭

    Dangeresque,

    Strange new worlds is better

    Nacktmull,

    I generally dislike the typial Mc Farlane type of comedy and I don´t think it fit´s particularly well in a Star Trek like show. Beside that, The Orville is a really good show, way better than Nu Trek (with the exception of SNW). When watching The Orville I feel like I can tell that the people who made it actually like and even respect classic Star Trek - which is the opposite of how I felt when trying to watch DIS and PIC.

    turtlepower,

    I seriously feel SNW was Star Trek seeing how much people loved what the Orville did and doing it themselves.

    Nacktmull,

    I seriously feel SNW was Star Trek seeing how much people loved what the Orville classic Star Trek did and doing it themselves.

    FTFY

    fiah,
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    I loved it and it’s definitely on the list of shows that I’ll rewatch sometime sooner or later

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