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The Orville - Seth Mcfarlane's Star Trek/Galaxy Quest spoof (Torrent/Streamers Thread)

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To section Orville discussion out of the Star Trek: Discovery thread.

Show has not yet officially aired in the UK. It will be airing on FOX UK later in the year (was hoping it may get picked up by E4 or something, but alas not)

So only way of watching is to illegally download or stream, therefore if you're awaiting the fix of official UK airing, you may wish to not read ahead as there be spoilers.
 
Just watched Ep 4.

Proper cross section of a TNG/TOS episode, and a small Liam Neeson cameo.

Thought the jokes were a little better in this one, but would rather see some situational comedy, the jokes seem very forced, as if, we need to fit something in somewhere.

I'm liking it, but still can't see it getting renewed despite the potential.
 
I'm trying my hardest to like it, I really am... but!
Seth MacFarlane is pretty much playing the same character he played in a million ways to die in the west, only less funny. At least a million ways was supposed to be a comedy. I've no idea what this is supposed to be but it certainly isn't funny, not in the slightest.
 
At best it appears to be a homage to old trek, or something. Is it deliberately doing tired old tropes and Deus ex machina scripts? If so I'm not really getting the joke. It just seems a bit shit. The trailer showed it had potential, but the show itself is something rather odd.
 
Enjoyed episode 1.

I was intrigued enough to DL it as the metacritic reviews from pro's and the public varied so much. The pro's hate this show!

Will defo check out the next episodes :cool:
 
Watched EP 4 today. Again followed a trek style "hey look at how crazy something is as we hold up a sci fi mirror to it".
Probably better and more interesting than the other episodes. However. . . some really odd bits were left in. I saw a few but can only remember two off the top of my head.
Seth says to the robot man to go back to the shuttle to tell the main ship whats going on, "the rest of us will split up and look around"
Next shot is them splitting up with robot man in seths group.
Later medical woman says she will lead the way because she knows the terrain. She doesn't know it better than anyone else, she's literally been with them all the time. . . or am I missing some other in jokes??
 
I really enjoyed the black mirror rip off one. Its not as arch or clever as it thinks it is but then niether am I. It'll do. I swear if you put this and star trek discovery into a big blender than ran the slurry through a filter you'd end up with good star trek
 
DotCommunist said:
I swear if you put this and star trek discovery into a big blender than ran the slurry through a filter you'd end up with good star trek
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If you ran 'The Orville' through a blender and flushed the resulting slurry down the toilet, the world of television would be a slightly better place.
 
For me, Seth lost all credibility as a cynical, sarcastic lampooner when he went and had a facelift + tooth job+ lipo..

Shame on you, Seth
Shame
 
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Well, I appear to be in the minority here but pretty much enjoyed the first two eps. Then again I have a massive soft spot for MacFarlane so perhaps not being fully objective. But I genuinely think it is decently written and has just the right amount of humour in it. I don’t think it would have worked as joke-in-every-second-line show.
 
T & P said:
Well, I appear to be in the minority here but pretty much enjoyed the first two eps. Then again I have a massive soft spot for MacFarlane so perhaps not being fully objective. But I genuinely think it is decently written and has just the right amount of humour in it. I don’t think it would have worked as joke-in-every-second-line show.
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I think he just wanted to do this shit on a bigger budget but knew he could ever be the captain of the enterprise.

Trailer was cut as a joke show just to get people to watch.
 
Still thoroughly enjoying this.

Still thinking those of you who think it's crap are point-missing misery pants. Sorry :p
 
I don't like to just diss things but I watched this today and it's not very good.

I could handle the cheap production, rubbish effects and acting if the storyline was at least engaging. But that was only one episode to be fair.

It's nowhere near current standards and expectations.
 
Its not as funny as it could be but maybe thats the point. We're catching up on Fox & enjoying it so far. Think we're up to episode 7 or 8.
 
starfish said:
Its not as funny as it could be but maybe thats the point. We're catching up on Fox & enjoying it so far. Think we're up to episode 7 or 8.
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I think that has been a main issue with some detractors. Having MacFarlane as the creator might have led many to expect this was to be a gag-a-minute satire a la Family Guy or Ted. Others have criticised the below-par special effects, which hugely misses the point IMO.

This series is ultimately not a comedy or a sci-fi programme but a vanity project by MacFarlane. But ultimately what's wrong with that? It is just perfectly enjoyable, decently written entertainment. FWIW I think the level of comedy/ jokes is just right for this show, and any more would not work. And the storylines are actually every bit as multi-layered and complex as any given Next Generation episode.
 
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