Well, it's not quite a review, but...
- Thread starter Ensign Ogahd Ahmganadai
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Shill! 
Me or Mashable? Because I STILL haven't gotten my checque! Rent's almost due, CBS!Shill!
Ugh.
Actually I'm glad it doesn't overdo it on the comic relief. Remember Archer's face plant into T'Pol's boobs?
He was just doing the breast that he can!
So, no comedy relief, no peeing on things for laughs....
That’s not comedy. That’s just corny dialogue.
I don't disagree.
I'll overlook the comparison to Battlestar Gallactica.... *runs*
I don’t mind dark and gritty. I do mind depressing. If Orville is like Farscape than if this show is like DS9, I’ll be a happy camper.
I think the point he was trying to get across with the BSG comparison is the fact that Discovery plays on the same creative level as TV's very best dramas, rather than simply being another empty-headed, clichéd science fiction show, which Voyager and Enterprise usually were.
And the Orville
Hey I'd be all in!
I've really tried to like The Orville, but I just can't. It's so facile and simplistic. Everything about it just screams cliché-ridden late '90s sci-fi, from the set design, to the costumes and especially the oddly inexpensive looking visual effects.
The Orville for me just proves that Seth MacFarlane is a hack. Family guy relies on pop culture references and ted just proves a broken clock can be right twice a day. I used to think "well actually American dad is REALLY funny". He literally has had nothing to do with that show since the first episode. The show runners in that show are Barker and Weitzman who are heavily involved in the writting with no involvement from himself. To his credit he readily admits this and gives them all the credit. But from a creative point of view? He's a hack bereft of any original ideas who relies upon the better work of others to prop himself up.
"Creative direction of American Dad! has largely been guided by Barker (prior to his exit from the show in season 10) and Weitzman as opposed to MacFarlane, resulting in a series that is different from its counterparts.[7]Unlike its sister shows, Family Guy and The Cleveland Show, American Dad! does not lean as heavily on the use of cutaway gags, and is less concerned with conventional "setup-punchline" jokes,[3] instead deriving its humor mostly from the quirky characters, the relationships between family members, and the relatively relatable plots"
Literally the first written thing in the wiki. You can google it. And if you do a bit more reading you'll find that the idea was actually jointly created with Barker. So yeah, he's a straight up hack. I call it how I see it.
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