Politics and facts are not compatible these days.
THE ORVILLE Season Three...
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Politics and facts are not compatible these days.
Thank you.That looks really cool. Love Yalphit in the corner.
This thread is already three pages in! I'm glad to see the show renewed. It deserves it. I hope that Fox does a little bit of promotion and perhaps even replays the first couple of seasons over the break. This is a show that really deserves a better audience and I think that it deserves a chance for people who might have missed it (or dismissed it) the first time through to discover how great it really is.
Ah, can't wait for season three. Maybe they'll do an episode about tax breaks.
I wonder if Orville will ever match the episode count for TOS. It will take four more years at this rate.
I wonder if Orville will ever match the episode count for TOS. It will take four more years at this rate.
It has been discussed in the past, but any chance we could get a separate subforum for this?
Seems like @Serveaux is nicely managing a virtual subforum with all the threads he starts that are very easy to find. I kind of like it this way.
Nice work!Glad I made this back in March.
I would prefer a separate forum because for various reasons I miss the Orville threads normally unless I'm not logged in first.
I really don't think that's necessary. For the foreseeable future, most Orville discussion is likely to be limited to this thread, and even then, this thread is going quiet down after this buzz over the renewal has died down. The thread will likely become active again once the season starts filming and we start getting guest star announcements and photos from filming. Even then, it's just going to be this one thread up until the season premieres and we start getting episode discussion threads again. But that won't be for another year at least.
Besides, even in the midst of season 2 when Orville discussion was at its height, there were still less active Orville threads here than there were active superhero threads. As long as there's no need for a superhero subforum, there's no need for an Orville subforum either.
*ducks* 
It needs to be a lot busier for a sub forum.........during the 3 weeks with no episodes there was maybe 3 or 4 posts.......so from now till production starts it would be a very quiet place.
Horray! One more year for the scifi version of a security blanket!
Has Alara left the show permanently or is there any chance of her reappearing?
Has Alara left the show permanently or is there any chance of her reappearing?
Woot!
Season 2 felt at times it was cramming in so many arcs, possibly out of fear of cancellation. Even the Moclans, who got the most time, still went from an episode steeped in drama where Bortus and Klyden were against one another but then in the next episode, they're dancing and having a ball despite no proper denouement to the previous week's rather significant(?) issue that was upending the whole of their civilization. Who was the dude from the season 2 episode where he had the hots for Talla since heterosexuality is actively discouraged but he appeared to have been killed but ended up back on Moclas? A bit more development would be nice, but otherwise have Klyden be divorced - which is where Bortus' arc is heading but then allow some breathing time.
Finn made enough closure, but it still felt light despite being passable - was hoping for more, but she did get the most of her angst out (understandably) in "Identity". But everyone treats Isaac as if nothing had happened, which makes sense for Isaac - his handling of emotionlessness has been nothing less than superb. But there is surely a background moment where the main characters can reveal they're struggling to maintain professionalism and even Ed hoping Isaac keeps his word based after "Identity pt 2". There's a lovely wild card despite pt 2 rushing way too fast.
Dann has got to come back - face it, he's right about the elevator music.
LaMarr had some great development in season 1. Season 2 had to cram in a ton, so it's accepted that other characters wouldn't get much of a syllable -- but he's got to come back to the foreground again.
Yaphit too - due to CGI budget cuts but at least he got quality scenes to make up for lack of quantity. Maybe Dr Finn will realize he may be relationship worthy despite having a different personality. Thank Darulio for quite the catalyst. Or another character, if they really have to do "shipping", which seems to be the current trend to rake in audiences far more desperate...
The Krill storyline is ripe for a season-long theme like what the Moclans and Kaylons got. Teleya may or may not be back but what they did so far was pretty damn good.
And season 1 really nailed it with the action, adventure, and sci-fi. It was innovative and fresh. Season 2 had a couple stories more predominantly sci-fi themed but was definitely aiming more at TNG's character drama style (which still worked). Wish season 1 had more episodes if that sci-fi adventure format isn't going to return. Which it might not. After seeing "Lasting Impressions", which is even more weak than "Jaloja" (which would have been far worse if the kiddie subplot wasn't there), and how "Primal Urges" took the same concept of holodeck addiction in a far more effective way and now I wonder what it would be like if Nana Visitor got the role of Minister, in terms of ratings lure as this one was sadly the least-watched episode. "Lasting Impressions" should be the nadir as it offers absolutely zilch (sorry fans, it glosses over cell phone technology issues so badly and for nothing more as a quickie plot expedience - which would be easier to not get wound up over had the plot point lead to something robust. One scene involving the erasure of the overly-narcissist's boyfriend just doesn't hold together a 48 minute episode that stretches credibility way too much, in a show that suggests humans don't evolve at all in 500 years apart from technology. Which if that were held up to a wider constant, we'd all be talkingeth like Shakespeare, or grunting like Og and Doo and other Paleolithic era peeps. Unless humans devolve, of course - five centuries is rather a long time. Ask Buck Rogers.)
I just hope "Orville" season 3 doesn't end up like the season 3 of a certain other sci-fi show... you know, "Sliders".
Season 2 felt at times it was cramming in so many arcs, possibly out of fear of cancellation. Even the Moclans, who got the most time, still went from an episode steeped in drama where Bortus and Klyden were against one another but then in the next episode, they're dancing and having a ball despite no proper denouement to the previous week's rather significant(?) issue that was upending the whole of their civilization. Who was the dude from the season 2 episode where he had the hots for Talla since heterosexuality is actively discouraged but he appeared to have been killed but ended up back on Moclas? A bit more development would be nice, but otherwise have Klyden be divorced - which is where Bortus' arc is heading but then allow some breathing time.
Finn made enough closure, but it still felt light despite being passable - was hoping for more, but she did get the most of her angst out (understandably) in "Identity". But everyone treats Isaac as if nothing had happened, which makes sense for Isaac - his handling of emotionlessness has been nothing less than superb. But there is surely a background moment where the main characters can reveal they're struggling to maintain professionalism and even Ed hoping Isaac keeps his word based after "Identity pt 2". There's a lovely wild card despite pt 2 rushing way too fast.
Dann has got to come back - face it, he's right about the elevator music.
LaMarr had some great development in season 1. Season 2 had to cram in a ton, so it's accepted that other characters wouldn't get much of a syllable -- but he's got to come back to the foreground again.
Yaphit too - due to CGI budget cuts but at least he got quality scenes to make up for lack of quantity. Maybe Dr Finn will realize he may be relationship worthy despite having a different personality. Thank Darulio for quite the catalyst. Or another character, if they really have to do "shipping", which seems to be the current trend to rake in audiences far more desperate...
The Krill storyline is ripe for a season-long theme like what the Moclans and Kaylons got. Teleya may or may not be back but what they did so far was pretty damn good.
And season 1 really nailed it with the action, adventure, and sci-fi. It was innovative and fresh. Season 2 had a couple stories more predominantly sci-fi themed but was definitely aiming more at TNG's character drama style (which still worked). Wish season 1 had more episodes if that sci-fi adventure format isn't going to return. Which it might not. After seeing "Lasting Impressions", which is even more weak than "Jaloja" (which would have been far worse if the kiddie subplot wasn't there), and how "Primal Urges" took the same concept of holodeck addiction in a far more effective way and now I wonder what it would be like if Nana Visitor got the role of Minister, in terms of ratings lure as this one was sadly the least-watched episode. "Lasting Impressions" should be the nadir as it offers absolutely zilch (sorry fans, it glosses over cell phone technology issues so badly and for nothing more as a quickie plot expedience - which would be easier to not get wound up over had the plot point lead to something robust. One scene involving the erasure of the overly-narcissist's boyfriend just doesn't hold together a 48 minute episode that stretches credibility way too much, in a show that suggests humans don't evolve at all in 500 years apart from technology. Which if that were held up to a wider constant, we'd all be talkingeth like Shakespeare, or grunting like Og and Doo and other Paleolithic era peeps. Unless humans devolve, of course - five centuries is rather a long time. Ask Buck Rogers.)
I just hope "Orville" season 3 doesn't end up like the season 3 of a certain other sci-fi show... you know, "Sliders".
She appeared in the alternate timeline version (which was nice to see, though some dialogue almost felt like 4th wall breaking but I'm not going to think into it too much) and in their real universe they left a very open ending regarding medications and therapy needed. There's no reason she can't return as a regular or recurring character if she wanted to come back.
And it's quite the security blanket. Even the worstest-evah episode, which I already mentioned above, is a lot better than most other current sci-fi out there. Which is sad to say cuz it says a lot...
We already know that Discovery got renewed.
I know you dislike Discovery but that's not a very good diss. Good or bad, Discovery is certainly not comforting and secure.
It's the same old stodgy Trek, with more money and a little less sense.