Just finished Season 1. Some of the themes are intriguing, but for the most part the stories are shallow and simplistic. It’s good for chuckles, so I’ll keep watching. 
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The Orville (TV show)
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They could do a Monty Python-esque routine of it.
LAUNCELOT: Concorde! Brave, Concorde ... you shall not have died in vain!
CONCORDE: I'm not quite dead, sir ...
LAUNCELOT (a little deflated): Oh, well ... er brave Concorde! You shall not have been fatally wounded in vain!
CONCORDE: I think I could pull through, sir.
LAUNCELOT: Good Concorde ... stay here and rest awhile.
He makes to leap off dramatically.
CONCORDE: I think I'll be all right to come with you, sir.
LAUNCELOT: I will send help, brave friend, as soon as I have accomplished this most daring, desperate adventure in this genre.
CONCORDE: Really, I feel fine, sir.
LAUNCELOT: Farewell, Concorde!
CONCORDE: It just seems silly ... me lying here.
Just finished Season 1. Some of the themes are intriguing, but for the most part the stories are shallow. It’s good for chuckles, so I’ll keep watching.
It sounds like a good review of 95% of the TV shows now
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Yep....
E13 was pushed into S2...
Great, great show. Hopefully they don't make changes in S2 to ruin it...
Well that just sucks now I have to wait a year! I didn't even know season 1 would be 12/13 episodes I just assumed it would be a full sseason instead of essentially half a season.
Seasons are essentially around 13 episodes, for high-cost shows such as Sci-Fi. Plus, it gives Actors/Crew a chance to work on other projects (like Seth McFarlane is still doing Family Guy).
I never noticed that but I really don't watch Sci-Fi shows that often anymore. Most of the shows I watch are around 20-22 episodes per season, including Stargate SG-1. The only ones I recall that are less than that were the summer series.
It's more that typical US broadcast TV shows have seasons that are often/historically in the range of 22 epodes or so. US cable TV has usually been into smaller seasons, often in the range of 13 episodes, but even that varies as sometimes there are more around 16 epodes, and somewhat often less around 10 or even 8 episodes. Some (and perhaps that has been increasing as well) broadcast TV shows recently have also been adopting the smaller seasons closer to what cable TV has been doing, especially when it comes to in-between typical season periods, like summers or winters.
That makes sense. I know that Amazon, Netflix and Showtime and the like have seasons that are about 10 episodes long which I forgot to mention. I was just caught by surprise that The Orville was only 12 episodes long.
Time to revive this thread! We are still watching The Orville and really enjoying it! The humour is great and the stories are interesting and well written. I'm liking the 2nd season a lot, even with the departure of Alara. The new character that has taken her place looks to be good.
Bought the second and first seasons on Apple TV. Really enjoying the second season. The episode where they had Voyager's doctor and Enterprise's doctor was amazing - heck, they were all amazing, even last week's episode. As a Trekkie I am definitely getting my trek fix from Orville - didn't get it from Discovery.
Orville is amazing. This second season you can tell they really have their stuff together - hard to write about it without giving spoilers ...
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I loved that episode as well, I think it's the best one so far out of the 5 episodes this season. Alara will be missed, she was one of the most likable characters, it's a shame.
Besides having ST cast members in it they've also had Trek writers involved, too! Brannon Braga wrote a recent episode and Jonathan Frakes directed one last season, (he's a fan, too!). I prefer The Orville to the new Trek, frankly. Nice to have some fun along with the serious stuff!
Awww --- not a family guy fan? I really loved the movie: A Million Ways to Die in the West but almost everyone I know hates it - that and they can't stand Family Guy / American Dad - whereas I'm a huge fan. lol
Surprisingly I don't see that much of that type of humor in The Orville. Sure, there's definitely some of it, but it isn't that much and it's not really the same type or level of humor that's there in Family Guy and similar projects. Not that I'm complaining or anything, just kind of my take on it.
The Orville kind of walks this interesting line between being somewhat serious and even intriguing, in terms of topics it takes on (very much in TNG/Voyager tradition), and at the same time somewhat humorous although sort of in an almost randomly inserted (or even a little forced) way at times. I'm still a fan, just can't quite place the show.
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Yeah I'm trying to create a connection where there really isn't one, lol.
Agreed - especially some little forced or severely awkward I feel bad just watching. lol.
Not a Family Guy/American Dad fan but I saw Seth did a Million Ways to Die and there was a used DVD copy at the local shop for $5 so I picked it up.
I loved the movie - thought it was funny...
Then I watched the Orville - What is really funny is that Seth wore the same outfit in "About a Girl" in the Simulator...
Not a Family Guy/American Dad fan but I saw Seth did a Million Ways to Die and there was a used DVD copy at the local shop for $5 so I picked it up.
I loved the movie - thought it was funny...
Then I watched the Orville - What is really funny is that Seth wore the same outfit in "About a Girl" in the Simulator...
I had the privilege of watching Seth in person at the Hollywood bowl. Wow that guy can really sing. He did a few family guy character impressions too. The Orville is definitely one of my favorite TV shows (top 10 easy).
lol.I'm not sure where to peg this series, either. I've enjoyed it and will keep watching, but I keep wondering what it would be like without the sometimes sophomoric humor, which occasionally detracts from the story rather than providing comic relief. I'd especially like to see the writers play up Captain Mercer's qualities — he has a native intelligence that serves him and his crew well, which contrasts with the jerkiness that was more evident in season 1.
I'd also like the writers to show how the ETs on the Orville cope with living and working in a human environment, which is something the original Star Trek often did well. It's not enough to give them an alien body if they otherwise act just like us. They've done some of that with Bortus, but they can do more.
The show is really developing. It's leaving some of the worst humor behind and really chomping on the social issues. I'm enjoying it thoroughly.