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DaveKap posted:I went back and read some of the longer posts in here analyzing scene compositions, cinematography, and how progressive this show actually is. I gotta say, I never, ever suspected that a Seth MacFarlane production would get as much intellectual praise and analysis as this. How many episodes did critics get a lead on? I'm curious at which point the series goes from pre-reviewed to new-to-everyone. This week, critics got screeners of the first three episodes.
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Baronjutter posted:Replace MacFarlane with Jeffrey Combs This works for a hell of a lot more than just The Orville.
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DaveKap posted:I never, ever suspected that a Seth MacFarlane production would get as much intellectual praise and analysis as this. MacFarlane was an executive producer on Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, and was key to getting the series shown on Fox during prime-time. The Orville shares a number of production staff with Cosmos.
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The show is definitely low-brow in its humor but it doesn't feel FamilyGuy-ish really in any way. Its more like Office Space... in space.
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lelandjs posted:I have a crackpot theory (based on the apparently frequent nighttime urination and concern about colon health) that Mercer has cancer and will die before the end of this season, leaving MacFarlane free to Do you remember the redwood seeds? And how they will grow in anything? And how his dad mentions things getting stuck in the folds of his intestines? And how he was totally encouraged to eat said redwood seeds? Yeah, he has sprouted a redwood.
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Measly Twerp posted:Do you remember the redwood seeds? And how they will grow in anything? And how his dad mentions things getting stuck in the folds of his intestines? And how he was totally encouraged to eat said redwood seeds? Yeah, he has sprouted a redwood. lol
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Best fan theory of the year.
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I could see that being a recurring gag for a few episodes where you just see him leaving sick bay and someone says something to the effect of "another redwood?" Something I haven't seen mentioned yet and it's one of those fedex arrows if you're not looking for it but the recurring gag where supposedly secret information gets around to the entire crew from one scene to the next gets me every time.
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Measly Twerp posted:Do you remember the redwood seeds? And how they will grow in anything? And how his dad mentions things getting stuck in the folds of his intestines? And how he was totally encouraged to eat said redwood seeds? Yeah, he has sprouted a redwood. 
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Measly Twerp posted:Do you remember the redwood seeds? And how they will grow in anything? And how his dad mentions things getting stuck in the folds of his intestines? And how he was totally encouraged to eat said redwood seeds? Yeah, he has sprouted a redwood. I would honestly love if this is the case and they continue to plant hints through the season.
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Mr. Fowl posted:plant hints 
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Gonz posted:FoxNOW OnDemand. The website or the app. Caphi posted:I've been using Hulu. 8one6 posted:It's also available on Amazon's season pass thing. Al Borland Corp. posted:All of the Orville is available on Fox on Demand I believe. LMAO, this show is clowning on Discovery in more ways than one.
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It is a bit strange, since Discovery can be found on European Netflix apparently. Might be they're just pushing it on their own service to get a bigger slice of the US market while using the international services to get actual profits. Having just seen Discovery, it might be best if they keep it hidden until the good episodes release.
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evilmiera posted:It is a bit strange, since Discovery can be found on European Netflix apparently. Might be they're just pushing it on their own service to get a bigger slice of the US market while using the international services to get actual profits. Discovery was profitable last year when they negotiated the netflix deal. It was like several hundred million profitable as per the COO of CBS. This CBS app poo poo is just greed.
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Ramadu posted:Discovery was profitable last year when they negotiated the netflix deal. It was like several hundred million profitable as per the COO of CBS. This CBS app poo poo is just greed. It's not about making more money off STD specifically; it's about getting subscribers to their digital platform.
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evilmiera posted:It is a bit strange, since Discovery can be found on European Netflix apparently. Might be they're just pushing it on their own service to get a bigger slice of the US market while using the international services to get actual profits. "Might be." It's on Netflix everywhere else but the U.S.
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Astroman posted:It's not about making more money off STD specifically; it's about getting subscribers to their digital platform. which is a great way to encourage both the show and the platform to fail
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They've made enough money already they'll almost certainly make a second season. What will kill it is if they get greedy and try to charge the international streaming services more for it, or expand all access to other territories.
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Al Borland Corp. posted:They've made enough money already they'll almost certainly make a second season. What will kill it is if they get greedy and try to charge the international streaming services more for it, or expand all access to other territories. Uh. quote:CBS will also launch "CBS All Access" in Australia, its subscription video on demand service, it announced. Yeah, I think I'll be just fine with The Captain Treebutt Show.
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Why is she called Michael? I think I missed something crucial.
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Combat Pretzel posted:Why is she called Michael? I think I missed something crucial. Bryan Fuller has a habit of calling his female characters by traditionally male names.
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All of Bryan Fuller's strong female characters have men's names so you know they're strong. Chuck, for example, on Pushing Daisies.
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^^^ I don't know anything about Bryan Fuller Combat Pretzel posted:Why is she called Michael? I think I missed something crucial. Historically, boy names tend to become girl names. Usually doesn't go the other way, for some reason. Think Ashley or Beverly.
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I knew a girl named Michael, apparently she was named after some female singer in the 80s? And since everyone in Trek is obsessed with the 20th century, there you go.
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I haven't read the thread but the show is pretty decent. It basically has the TNG aesthetic mixed with modern day values, and some humor thrown in. I don't like the uniforms though because they look awkward and uncomfortable. edit: poo poo, this wasn't the first episode? drat. Doctor Butts fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Sep 26, 2017 |
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Lightning Lord posted:I love Star Trek and I've heard a lot of good things about this show. But I'm hesitant. I like humor in my sci-fi TV, so that's not the issue. I mean, Star Trek was often funny. But I think everything else Seth MacFarlane has done is shrill, wretched poo poo, including American Dad. I'm going to watch this anyway when I get a chance, but I just want to know how prevalent or reined in are the MacFarlane-isms exactly? I'm not going to stop watching if he talks in a funny Peter Griffin voice or some poo poo, I just want to know what's up, that's all. Not sure if I said it here or in one of the many debates on this show compared to the new Star Trek show on my Facebook, but I really haven't liked most of MacFarlane's work. I can't stand Family Guy or the various spin offs, or American Dad. I did laugh at his Oscars thing mostly from how pissed off people were over it. So, even with the trailers for The Orville looking different from his usual schtick, I was still cautious. But so far I'm really enjoying the show. I like that it's not grimdark, but then I'm so sick and tired of grimdark especially when depicting the future that if I see a trailer's grimdark, I'm not going to tune in. I loved TOS and DS9 (except for the mirror universe episodes), wasn't that crazy about TNG, hated VOY, and still think ENT was so much wasted potential, and with that said, I'm enjoying the hell out of The Orville. That so many of my hardcore Trek friends are liking the show while forcing themselves to sing the praises of Discovery is just an added bonus.
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Combat Pretzel posted:Why is she called Michael? I think I missed something crucial. My second grade teacher was a lady named Michael Smith. Parents are weird
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We will later find out her name is Mitchell... Gary Mitchell.
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Does anybody seriously think that The Orville is clowning on Discovery, or are they that just salty about the CBS All Access situation? Nothing about what I've heard about this show is going to make me like it.
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The Orville is a nostalgic, pleasant surprise whereas Discovery is (so far) dour and joyless, but I don't think if you dislike one you'll automatically be into the other.
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Also the Orville is viewable on tons of different services, so it's much more accessible. I would not be surprised if it pulls better numbers.
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Snak posted:Also the Orville is viewable on tons of different services, so it's much more accessible. I would not be surprised if it pulls better numbers. How many of those are in the UK? Netflix has Discovery available in the UK from the get-go.
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Spark That Bled posted:Does anybody seriously think that The Orville is clowning on Discovery, or are they that just salty about the CBS All Access situation? Nothing about what I've heard about this show is going to make me like it. Discovery seems to be going down the route of the post-9/11 thriller, about characters having to make gritty, unpleasant choices in order to protect their way of life, because we can't afford to be soft in the face of evil, which is just not the philosophy I want Star Trek to espouse and I don't think is a culturally relevant message in 2017. The Orville seems to get the idealism and progressivism of Star Trek better than Discovery does. It's not perfect, obviously, but I'm enjoying it more than Discovery.
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Pakled posted:The Orville seems to get the idealism and progressivism of Star Trek better than Discovery does. It's not perfect, obviously, but I'm enjoying it more than Discovery. I've been reading up on this show, and I don't see anything progressive about it. I don't know how else to break it to you.
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This is a better show than it had every right to be, I hope it gets renewed.
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Spark That Bled posted:I've been reading up on this show, and I don't see anything progressive about it. I don't know how else to break it to you. Show us on the doll where the Family Guy touched you
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Spark That Bled posted:Does anybody seriously think that The Orville is clowning on Discovery, or are they that just salty about the CBS All Access situation? Nothing about what I've heard about this show is going to make me like it. The Orville is a fun show with realistic characters. It scratches an itch for fun star trek. Discovery it's trying to be some tryhard serious business big deal. It's ok, bit don't see how they are going to have classic star trek science fiction episodes with the. Klingon war they are heading into.
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Spark That Bled posted:I've been reading up on this show, and I don't see anything progressive about it. I don't know how else to break it to you. I haven't watched the show. But. I've read about it. If you watched it and you liked it well sorry, you're wrong. Them's the breaks.
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Spark That Bled posted:Does anybody seriously think that The Orville is clowning on Discovery, or are they that just salty about the CBS All Access situation? Nothing about what I've heard about this show is going to make me like it. Spark That Bled posted:I've been reading up on this show, and I don't see anything progressive about it. I don't know how else to break it to you.  When discussing a television show, it typically helps to turn the television on first. Unlike Discovery which can't be watched on television. 
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