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News Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville

I would give the pilot a 'C' rating. As many have said some of the jokes really interrupted the flow of the episode. I really enjoyed the throwback to TNG. Optimistic science fiction has been so rare since Stargate Atlantis went off the air. I hope they polish the humor and stories over the next couple of weeks. Galaxy Quest is one of my favorite movies and I would love for this show to aim for that type of mix of humor and drama!
 
Skipper said:
Ok, enough chitchat. Let's talk about serious things.

What about the departments' colors? Ranks insignia? Department emblems?

Inquiring minds want to know! :vulcan:
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I try to answer myself. It seems that they use the same TNG schema, but using bars instead of pin.

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Two stripes, both lieutenants

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EDIT fat stripes, one skinny (thanks @BillJ) Lieutenant Commander.

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I'm not sure here.... three? She's called "Commander".

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EDIT Two Bars (Thanks @Emh)

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four stripes - captain.
 
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WarpFactorZ said:
I wouldn't be surprised if we see Patrick Stewart on the Orville later this season, especially given his collaborative history with McFarlane.
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Oh my God yes! Why didn't I think of that? If nothing else, let this show last until this happens.
 
Serveaux said:
Okay, this is a fuckton more fun than "Encounter At Farpoint." :lol:
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I honestly agree. It's kinda said that IMO - this WOULD have been a better pilot then TNG's "Encouter at Farpoint" even with the ridiculous 'cheating Ex-Wife trying to get back in Ex-Husband's good graces' outright fantasy. ;)

That said, I also agree with the reviewers who said a lot of the jokes fall flat. Also, nice that they don't seem to have Transporter tech (wonder if someone on the legal team said that might be getting too close or something, although I still doubt CBS would have bothered.)

It was interesting enough that I'll keep watching for now.
 
Skipper said:
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Three stripes, Lieutenant Commander.

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I'm not sure here.... three? She's called "Commander".
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Look again. The middle bar on Bortus' rank is thinner than Grayson's.

Skipper said:
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Really, I have no idea here. Shouldn't there be some kind of regulation that hair shouldn't cover your rank insignia?!?
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I reviewed the episode just now and she has two bars. You just can't tell in this image.
 
Campe98 said:
Just finished it. It's... um... okay?... I guess?

The biggest thing I liked was the solution to the problem near the end. It was genuinely clever. And the whole Arbor Day bit was the one and only time I chuckled in the episode.
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Sure, if you can explain how a whole tree grew in the space of the cone of the thing which is about a meter across.
 
starmike said:
Sure, if you can explain how a whole tree grew in the space of the cone of the thing which is about a meter across.
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The accelerated growth in the beamed area pushed out the parts that had already grown. The growth was fed by whatever Amazing Process it was that would have allowed the seed to grow in inhospitable environments. At the point that I realized that technobabble could explain it that made more sense than stuff I'd suspended disbelief over in Star Trek, I no longer needed to explain it.

addendum -- But it's kinda fun for me to, nonetheless. One could probably make an argument that the quantum bubble expands to surround anything in reactive contact with what's in the bubble, at least to a certain limit. This is supported by dialog, when after examination of the dead woman scientist (Janice Lee) it was said that she was over 125 instead of just her head, and also supported in how the tree looked (normal) when it broke out of the Krill ship. This sort of hand-wavy-ness, again, isn't more than we've put up with in Star Trek. See for example TNG "The Next Phase" and ask yourself why Geordi and Roe don't just fall through the floors of the ship and then out into space. So, yeah, technobabble, fuck yeah!
 
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The rank system follows the U.S. Navy pretty much (and I picked up on that last night as I was watching, hearing their rank mentioned and then looking at the epaulettes).

For the division emblems on the chest, I'm gathering Blue uniform/Union Ship emblem = Command/Operations, Orange uniform/Orange Gears emblem = Support Services/Engineering, Red uniform/Red Shield and Wings emblem = Security?

I know the Green uniform = Medical, but didn't catch the insignia.
 
CorporalCaptain said:
The accelerated growth in the beamed area pushed out the parts that had already grown. The growth was fed by whatever Amazing Process it was that would have allowed the seed to grow in inhospitable environments. At the point that I realized that technobabble could explain it that made more sense than stuff I'd suspended disbelief over in Star Trek, I no longer needed to explain it.
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Agreed.

We accept these things in Star Trek, but its just too much when another sci-fi show does it. :lol:
 
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