Same here. Unfortunately, in this case, the best quality will be from streaming. Though I'll still have the DVD on my shelf as well.
THE ORVILLE Season Two...
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Same here. Unfortunately, in this case, the best quality will be from streaming. Though I'll still have the DVD on my shelf as well.
Watched "About a Girl" and "If the Stars Should Appear" last night. Both are great episodes. I think the thing I appreciate more than anything about The Orville is that it has heart. Something that I think is missing in a lot of modern sci-fi. That may sound corny or old-fashioned, but I think it is needed in the world we live in today. It really does play to the Roddenberry vision of humanity "making it".
Yep.
The effects on this show really aim for the "sense of wonder" that science fiction used to embody. The story of "If The Stars Should Appear" is not anything special, IMO, but the imagery of the world-ship conjured the fantastic nature of that idea like nothing else I've seen on TV - including anything on Star Trek, ever.
The story itself? I agree, been done many times in sci-fi. I appreciated the character work they did. Especially with Kelly Grayson. Loved her scenes with the head of government/church.
"IF the Stars Should Appear" is one that is completely worth it for the reveal at the end. It is a high concept scifi story brought to life by the very black and white thinking of the natives. It rests less on the moralizing of the heroes (though that is there) and more on actually revealing the nature of their world.
it isn't that it hasn't been done before-it's that the ending is one of incredible openness which is far more interesting and excites the imagination.
it isn't that it hasn't been done before-it's that the ending is one of incredible openness which is far more interesting and excites the imagination.
I rewatched season 1 and I am so stoked for season 2.
I've gotten all my friends into it and they love it as much as I do.
I'm not surprised that it works with Voyager. The first time I saw the Orville sequence I thought they had actually ripped off of Voyager.
As far as Discovery goes, I'm holding out hope that they have an entirely new sequence. If they want to keep the song fine, but I still don't get what the visuals were trying to convey.
The Orville theme brings a little energy to the Voyager titles that the original lacks. But yeah, who knows what the fuck the STD people thought they were doing with the show's titles? I suppose they wanted a unique and memorable opening like GoT - so much of the early part of STD was clumsily imitative of cable "prestige drama" without the quality - but they probably should have ponied up for the designers and composers who work on GoT and Westworld. They cheaped out.
Westworld has what's probably my favorite TV series title sequence in decades - it captures the mood of the show perfectly.
Westworld has what's probably my favorite TV series title sequence in decades - it captures the mood of the show perfectly.
But the Game of Thrones theme is easily understandable to the series as it's basically a map of Westeros. Discovery goes from construction of weapons, to I guess the construction of Discovery to holding hands in friendship only to say, your fingers suck, let's unravel them or something crazy like that. It's a star trek series that has a sequence not actually show it being a star trek series. I agree, what were they thinking.
The music for The Orville is one of my favorite things about the show. I hope they release a soundtrack for it soon. I need some new sci fi ear candy goodness.
Everyone has their thing.
Music for the Orville is good, but sorry its not better than the late great Jerry Goldsmith’s Voyager theme, especially with VOY visuals. And I like the Discovery opening credits and music as is.
But agree that GoT and Westworld are on a different level. Fellow Persian Ramin Djawadi has created fantastic music for those shows. I never fast forward the opening credits on either show.
But agree that GoT and Westworld are on a different level. Fellow Persian Ramin Djawadi has created fantastic music for those shows. I never fast forward the opening credits on either show.
The Orville is basically Voyager. Light scifi trying to be TNG. Only airing in an era where that's considered a good thing.
I'd say it's more like a 75%TOS/ 25%TNG hybrid with an extra dash of humor.
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