Why should I watch The Orville?

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Whatever happened in the past, it is quite clear that the show is not a parody or ripoff of Star Trek. It has similarities to Star Trek, just like Babylon 5 was similar on the surface to DS9. It basically took concepts that Star Trek had and made them better.

I dunno, I watched the pilot today, and it might as well have been called Not Trek. It was literally just Star Trek with everything changed up "just enough" to not be sued.

 

[Owain Taggart]

I have to sit through constant high school / college humor for 11 more episodes?

It does get better, trust us. Eventually the humor becomes smarter, less gag-related and more plot-related. Most of the humor you don't like was mostly in the first half of the season. And by the second season, the humor is more nuanced.

Plus, I dare you not to crack into a grin while Bortus eats a cactus.

 

[fireproof78]

Plus, I dare you not to crack into a grin while Bortus eats a cactus.

Done.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Done.

Does that mean you did or didn't grin?

 

[fireproof78]

Does that mean you did or didn't grin?

Did not.


Eating random items is funnier when Garfield did it.

 

[Unionized Elf]

it's like the show has an identity crisis. Is it a heavy space drama? Is it a sitcom? Is it both? I'm not a fond of dramedy.

Well, yeah. MacFarlane wanted to do a serious space drama, Fox wanted Family Guy in space, so the first season ended up as a compromise between the two concepts.