The ending was great! It's hard to believe that clip is from an actual show that airs on tv.
News Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville
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You know, a part of me briefly wondered how it is that a culture that hasn't developed transporters has developed food replicators, but then I decided I don't care. MacFarlane has explained why there aren't transporters on the Orville, so that's that.
Maybe I'm overthinking this one, but the hangar deck chief is presumably meant to be a Chief Petty Officer, otherwise how else does Alara outrank him? Yet, he wears a Lt. Commander's rank insignia on his shoulders. A possible reference to Chief O'Brien being enlisted but wearing Lieutenant's rank pips throughout TNG?
Maybe I'm overthinking this one, but the hangar deck chief is presumably meant to be a Chief Petty Officer, otherwise how else does Alara outrank him? Yet, he wears a Lt. Commander's rank insignia on his shoulders. A possible reference to Chief O'Brien being enlisted but wearing Lieutenant's rank pips throughout TNG?
Ugh nothing worse than not running a TV show in the correct order. Hopefully it doesn't cause too many continuity errors.
Really enjoyed the second episode. That opening title sequence reminded me of Voyager a lot, and that is a really good thing. It was gorgeous looking. Loved the Alara in command part, especially her vomiting when she is assigned command and telling Claire that she was in command now. Also, the ending was great. I see a little Farscape in this show, considering the pop culture references and and humor. Some of it is still a little forced (I hope we don't have relationship drama every week between the captain and the xo) but I laughed quite a bit this week, much more than last week. I think this show is already a winner and I will stick with it each week.
Just wait until there is an OrvilleBBS. Christopher-equse explanations of things like that, and a Lynx-like poster who is a fierce defender of whoever gets the boot...
I haven't laughed so hard in quite a while.
I read one of the critic reviews saying it wasn't dark and gritty and viewers are expecting dark and gritty. Thank god this show isn't dark and depressing. I've missed shows like this in a long long time, and considering the real world, this is the type of escapeism we desperately need.
I could see it being easier to replicate something from a set pattern than to break down something's pattern in real-time and transmit it. Might be interesting if they got transporter technology that just creates a duplicate at the end point but doesn't break down the original. I suppose that'd be sort of like Dark Matter's cloning technology.
Yes.
Because most of the popular shows at the moment are dark and gritty so that must be the norm, or something.
I fucking love this show! It totally brings me back to watching TNG, mixed with some Family Guy type humor. It's not the most cerebral sci-fi show out there, but it's a fun way to spend an hour.
And I must add: I figured this week's episode was a menagerie scenario, but the "deal" Alara made to free them was novel and classic.
And I must add: I figured this week's episode was a menagerie scenario, but the "deal" Alara made to free them was novel and classic.
They may have meant that 'People Are Alike All Over' was an adaptation of a published story, which it was (a short story by Paul W. Fairman). Twilight Zone was made up of several adaptations of printed short sci-fi stories, so their criticism holds no water. And this episode of the show could (and should) be considered a homage to the original episode, IMHO, except for the ending.
This week's episode in particular was great, especially the subplot about Bortus having a baby and what that baby will mean for the Moclan race.
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Looks like you changed your post, but to comment additionally on what you originally said:
Children's "pop culture" is some of the most pervasive. After two or more centuries Snow White, Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood are still popular today. My goddaughter was obsessed with Peter Pan for a while, a character created when her great grandparents were infants. Its been said Super-heroes and Science Fiction are our modern myths, so I can see them enduring for centuries as the ancient myths did.
Who's expecting "realism" from Orville? 
I'll stick around. It's... unique.
I'll stick around. It's... unique.
Kari Byron and Tory Belleci of Mythbusters and The White Rabbit Project fame appeared in tonight's episode.
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Nope.Who's expecting "realism" from Orville?
I'll stick around. It's... unique.
The same damn thing happened on Rick and Morty today.
Sure, they're both copying the original TOS pilot, and probably 4 episodes of the twilight Zone, but what are the fricking odds??
Sure, they're both copying the original TOS pilot, and probably 4 episodes of the twilight Zone, but what are the fricking odds??
I have no idea what most of you were watching, but having seen the pilot on Amazon.com, I'm befuddled.
Not funny enough to be a comedy. Not clever enough to be pastiche. Not dramatic enough to be engaging. Not original enough to overcome its shortcomings. It's not terrible, but crikey that was dull.
I don't mind MacFarlane and genuinely enjoyed the first few seasons of both Family Guy and American Dad, but this is a pure flashback vanity project, with no real weight, just airs of nostalgia and lifeless jokes.
The entire thing reminded me of what a Star Trek show would look like if Martin Lloyd created it. And no, I'm not a fan of those two episodes either.
Strangely, the only thing that worked for me was the chemistry between MacFarlane and Palicki. The actual bickering dialogue that came out of their mouths was limp, but the pair played well off one another with some fine timing.
If I don't like a show I typically just keep an eye on review threads to see how it progresses, but I'm clearly on a different wavelength than most here, so if marked improvement is noted by posters as the season goes on, I'm not sure if it'll be beneficial to return.
Guess I'll be keeping an eye out for the "Most Improved Shows Of The Season" articles on the web and hope that this show lands on a few of them.
Hugo - not his bag, baby
Not funny enough to be a comedy. Not clever enough to be pastiche. Not dramatic enough to be engaging. Not original enough to overcome its shortcomings. It's not terrible, but crikey that was dull.
I don't mind MacFarlane and genuinely enjoyed the first few seasons of both Family Guy and American Dad, but this is a pure flashback vanity project, with no real weight, just airs of nostalgia and lifeless jokes.
The entire thing reminded me of what a Star Trek show would look like if Martin Lloyd created it. And no, I'm not a fan of those two episodes either.
Strangely, the only thing that worked for me was the chemistry between MacFarlane and Palicki. The actual bickering dialogue that came out of their mouths was limp, but the pair played well off one another with some fine timing.
If I don't like a show I typically just keep an eye on review threads to see how it progresses, but I'm clearly on a different wavelength than most here, so if marked improvement is noted by posters as the season goes on, I'm not sure if it'll be beneficial to return.
Guess I'll be keeping an eye out for the "Most Improved Shows Of The Season" articles on the web and hope that this show lands on a few of them.
Hugo - not his bag, baby
Your link is broken.
It works fine for me. However, Kari posted it to her Facebook page, and I linked to that. If you're not on Facebook, you might not be able to access it? I looked for it around the web and haven't see anywhere else yet.
At any rate, they played bright red aliens with big bulby heads and pointy ears.