The Orville - Season 1

Hand of Evil · Sep 11, 2017

So, your thought? I enjoyed it. It was better than I thought it would be, yes the dialog could have been better but it is a tongue in cheek show. Looking forward to episode 2 and the rest of the season.

Dannyalcatraz · Sep 11, 2017

The influence of Star Trek is obvious. (Only watched the first half so far- got interrupted, but have it taped.)

Dannyalcatraz · Sep 11, 2017

Watched the end. Liked that the "Chekhov's Gun" in the first half was used less for comedy and more for badassery.

Not sold on the show, but liked what I saw enough to watch Ep.2.

Ryujin · Sep 11, 2017

Dannyalcatraz said:
Watched the end. Liked that the "Chekhov's Gun" in the first half was used less for comedy and more for badassery.

Not sold on the show, but liked what I saw enough to watch Ep.2.

I'm of the same mind; not yet sold, but hopeful enough to watch the next one.

Jester David · Sep 11, 2017

I like the presentation. I'm a fan of serious drama shows that are made comedic through personalities and dialogue, rather than situational or physical comedy. Where you could redub the show and make it serious.Like Ghostbusters. Or half the episodes of Red Dwarf.
I love that it really felt and looked like Star Trek, only with more flawed characters. It looked great.

It also very much felt like a pilot, getting all the character interactions and introductions out of the way.

I imagine 3-4 rough episodes as they try to find their groove. After that, it has some serious potential.

Dannyalcatraz · Sep 11, 2017

It didn't just look and feel Star Trek, that music wouldn't be out of place in the franchise, either.

TreChriron · Sep 11, 2017

I liked it enough to see where it goes. The music was so Star Trek Next Generation/Deep Space 9 I was having flashbacks. The outros were spot on! Has potential. I love how they insert the "real" into the Star Trek meme with things like - "we're not getting out of here at 5 are we?" - "Can I drink soda on the bridge, our last captain was cool with it."

Ryujin · Sep 11, 2017

Dannyalcatraz said:
It didn't just look and feel Star Trek, that music wouldn't be out of place in the franchise, either.

That might well have been the best part of it.

Orius · Sep 11, 2017

It was entertaining enough, had a pretty strong Trek vibe to it. The characters feel more, I dunno, real? than the crew members from the modern Trek series. But then it's got Brannon Braga as one of the producers (is that why we have a holodeck scene in the first episode?

), and the doctor played Kasidy Yates on DS9, so that just ups the Trek vibe (come to think of it, didn't that head scientist guy play Bashir's dad too?). Those bad guys look like a mis-mash of several "bad guy" Trek species too.

I did have one horrible, horrible thought about 10 minutes into the show though.

IT'S ON FOX