The Orville

[bdutton]

I caught this Sunday. I was really excited since I love Star Trek, All of the work that Seth McFarland has done over the years and Galaxy Quest.

 

I found the show was trying to take itself too seriously. The snarky humor was sometimes good but usually fell flat. The scene where they destroy the Krill ship was clever and funny though.

 

I'm going to give this a few more episodes. I really hope it delivers better.

 

Anyone else watch this and have an opinion to share?

[Dr. Fong]

I'm with you. I am fully on board with the premise, but the writing and acting were completely lackluster. I'm hoping that it's just the awkward pilot that isn't as good as the rest of the series.

[/dev/null]

I've been looking forward to it but am going to wait a couple weeks and bingd a block of episodes

 

Looking forward to Orvilee more than the new Star Trek Discovery (STD? )

[Deranged Rhino]

I've been looking forward to it but am going to wait a couple weeks and bingd a block of episodes

 

Looking forward to Orvilee more than the new Star Trek Discovery (STD? )

 

I think this is the way to go with most new shows. I usually give a new show three episodes before I make a decision. The pilot is it's own thing (it has the most money, it's usually over-developed, and no one knows their characters), the second episode is usually a reactive episode to the notes/critiques of the pilot from the executives, by the third show the cast/crew/writing staff usually finds their footing.

 

If by the third show it's still clunky/dragging/bad then I'll tap out.

[Dr. Who]

I was bored for the most part and found the humor sophomoric and unfunny most of the time.

I did like Galaxy Quest, but I am probably not the target audience as I prefer Star Trek "serious" to parody.

I do think emphasizing flaws and real life problems potentially creates more well-rounded characters.

It's true one has to give a show a while to find its feet. First season of Star Trek Next Generation is laughably bad.

[teef]

i only caught pieces of it, but i just couldn't figure out if it was trying to be serious, or a complete spoof on star trek.

[Azalin]

I recorded it but haven't watched it yet, and I also share more enthusiasm for this than I do STD.

[ocemur]

The funniest part was the dog in the background. When they stopped to point it out, I knew they were trying too hard. Be funny, don't tell me how funny you are.

[Mark Vader]

I was bored for the most part and found the humor sophomoric and unfunny most of the time.

I did like Galaxy Quest, but I am probably not the target audience as I prefer Star Trek "serious" to parody.

I do think emphasizing flaws and real life problems potentially creates more well-rounded characters.

It's true one has to give a show a while to find its feet. First season of Star Trek Next Generation is laughably bad.

Isn't that the definition of Seth MacFarlane?

[SoTier]

I didn't find it funny at all, and I gave up on it before the episode was even over.

[IDBillzFan]

We'll give it some more time, but it almost felt like they couldn't decide what kind of comedy they wanted to be, so they ultimately started adding stuff at the last minute.

 

The shooting scene when they were escaping to their pod...it was so bad I kept waiting to see Crow and Tom Servo to show up, but was it meant to be that ridiculously bad?

 

Likewise, the bit where the Krill goes on the big screen and is standing off-center of the camera, and they try to get him to stand in the middle, and before you know it the Krill is discussing what he considers to be the role of the husband in a successful marriage. All funny stuff, but nowhere near the kind of humor they were attempting in the rest of the show.

 

Felt like they were making it up as they went along.

 

I did like Galaxy Quest, but I am probably not the target audience as I prefer Star Trek "serious" to parody.

 

Funny. I absolutely love Galaxy Quest precisely because it mocks people who take Star Trek too seriously. But in fairness, the basic plot has been done quite a few times and rarely fails (see "The Three Amigos" and "A Bug's Life").

[WhoTom]

We agree with the OP. It got off to a slow start but it has promise, so we'll give it a few more episodes.

[shrader]

Isn't that the definition of Seth MacFarlane?

 

I'm still trying to figure out why they keep giving him more shows. Even if they have completely different writing teams, he has to be stretched beyond thin at this point.

[Buffalo_Gal]

I laughed a few times, but felt it was quite uneven. I hope it becomes more Galaxy Quest-ish. I have it on record and will probably watch a few in a row instead of weekly.

[dib]

I found the show to be hideously stupid. A Lt. telling the XO "I have to pee"? I'm sure 8th graders were rolling in the aisles.

[Mark Vader]

 

I'm still trying to figure out why they keep giving him more shows. Even if they have completely different writing teams, he has to be stretched beyond thin at this point.

My guess is that the success of "Ted" is still keeping him relevant.

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

He bought the rights to The Flintstones a few years back. He gonna revive it and modernize it. Glad he didn't.

[Doc Brown]

I finally watched it last night and couldn't tell if it was a serious Star Trek reboot with some funny lines or a satire that took itself too seriously. The problem is half the jokes were flat which has always been my complaint about MacFarlane when he ventures outside of Family Guy. I'm going to give this a couple more episodes before abandoning it.

[4merper4mer]

Glad I didn't watch I guess. It's usually hard to screw up being goofy when it is based on a silly premise like aliens existing but maybe Hollywood's talent level is TexansBengalsesque nowadays.

[dpberr]

It was ok. Big problem for me is all I see and hear is Brian the Dog.