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So I know it's not supposed to be a completely 100% jokes all the time show but at the moment I feel like I'll like the pilot of Orville but any enjoyment I get out of the rest of the series (or, lets be real here because FOX, season) will be based entirely on how often the comedy relies on all those sci-fi cliche jokes we all know are used or how they are used. Comparisons to Galaxy Quest abound already but we already have the perfect example of how you can poke fun at a fanbase without being a jerk about it so you kind of already have to do at least that.Tighclops posted:I hope (and expect) that both this show and Discovery will have at least one "this is why being a fascist or an apologist for fascism is bad and wrong" episode because evidently not enough fuckwit nerds got the message from all the other shows Dukat did nothing wrong! *sees episode where he literally turns into Hitler having hallucinations* Dukat still had some good ideas! Progress?
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Ofaloaf posted:The set-up was him asking her to "open this jar of pickles". It's a pretty simple follow-up to that. I think they meant how he said it.
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Aug 31, 2017 03:00
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Even assuming Orville is good I'm operating under the assumption it's going to last a single season anyways.
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Sep 1, 2017 06:22
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First episode was basically what I was expecting, generally acceptable with a few too many bad dick/butt/fluid/etc jokes. Now to see if they can maintain even that level of quality. It's still a show that's going to last only a single season though.
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Sep 12, 2017 00:47
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Al Borland Corp. posted:Yeah, simply not having transporters led to the program's best action sequence, which was really fun. Love "threading the needle" type starship maneuvers. Actually my dumb nerd brain is already going "The evil ship clearly only had guns on the front so they really should have just stayed behind them instead of continually circling." Like a goofy version of that scene in Pitch Black where Riddick stays in the monster's blind spot.
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Sep 12, 2017 19:13
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Am I the only one wondering if they're just going to leave the possibly thousands+ of prisoners in the zoo without a second thought or am I just not used to (mostly) non-serialization any more? TNG certainly left some episodes unintentionally hanging on some potentially troublesome notes. Maybe there'll be a throwaway line in another episode. It's probably not going away but I'm skipping my way through anything that resembles the marriage drama in the zoo that was in this episode. The shuttle part was watchable but fuuuck anything that goes beyond that.
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Sep 18, 2017 18:33
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Jeb! Repetition posted:Didn't the zookeeper agree to trade the entire zoo for the reality TV for some reason? I figured that was why the child was free, to show it wasn't just the humans. You could see spikey guy in the background when everyone was around the screen. Not a huge deal considering the tone of the show though.
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Sep 19, 2017 01:18
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So it turns out I can actually enjoy this show when half of every episode isn't filled with divorce jokes!
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Sep 24, 2017 05:11
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:It's a good thing that no episodes thus far have neared that, huh? I'm obviously exaggerating. But there were two very substantial scenes in the second episode devoted entirely to the topic and the pilot could barely go a scene without one of them making a snippy comment. In this latest episode there was 1 joke that I noticed.
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Sep 24, 2017 16:27
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Zaphod42 posted:Like I said, they weren't really jokes. Just wow, how kooky is it that these two male klingon dudes are arguing about their child and how sensitive they are to each other. They didn't play up the scenes between the two as comedy at all.
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Sep 28, 2017 02:37
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It was a normal portrayal (for TV) played for drama.
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Stairs posted:No, God no. Seth is actually a really good lounge singer so I don't see the problem. Yes I do like Vic Fontaine why do you ask?
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Sep 28, 2017 21:30
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I suppose since "people who don't know they're in space" is a well worn trope so they didn't need to do too much with it but a lot of stuff felt like it rushed to its conclusion in that episode. There's only so much you can do in a TV hour of course but basically no one needed to be convinced of anything, they either already accepted everything or just needed the right button to be pressed. It's a better concept for an episode than "alien zoo," and much like episode 3 a distinct lack of entire scenes dedicated to divorce jokes helped, but we still went pretty quickly from an angry mob beating someone to death to "Oh hey, I guess that guy we killed like an hour ago was right."
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Sep 30, 2017 07:04
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I wish the running joke was someone accidentally running through/stepping on Norm Blobdonald every episode instead of the doctor getting harassed.
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Oct 4, 2017 16:16
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The_Doctor posted:Preview for the next ep: This really should have ended with that with the voiceover guy saying "Next time, on The Orrrrrrrville."
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Oct 5, 2017 02:21
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Bruceski posted:Gets a seat in the middle of the command bridge despite just being the therapist. She was originally going to have 4 breasts. I think we know why Gene wanted her front and centre.
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Oct 5, 2017 20:43
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First of all there had better be a literal jar of pickles on this show at some point. The line continues to be a dumb if inoffensive joke but if they don't make it payoff somewhere that will be make it just a bad joke. Second if all it takes to get a leg back is a few hours in a ship-based hospital I would totally cut a leg off for a joke.
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Oct 12, 2017 04:20
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Al Borland Corp. posted:I personally hope she ends up in a relationship with Gordon, who desperately tries to get out of the relationship because of a history of bad breakups making him fear for his life You know what kind of lifeform wouldn't care at all about physical strength? A gelatinous mass.
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Oct 18, 2017 19:33
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tessiebee posted:Oh god. melora, or something right? That was a very special episode. I haven't seen much of DS9 but that one stays with you. It stays with me because it had the Klingon chef in it.
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Oct 25, 2017 20:52
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Mister Kingdom posted:Into the Fold Oh no! Not light years! They might take all of 10 minutes to get over to them  (I don't actually care but hopefully its a lot of light years and not like, 5.)
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Nov 2, 2017 16:39
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All I can say is that the last episode was exactly the kind of episode I was afraid would be in The Orville.
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Nov 13, 2017 03:56
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Brawnfire posted:Christ, I forgot about that weird detail. I'm going to be glad that I missed that completely myself.
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Nov 15, 2017 06:43
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Peachfart posted:Edit for content: The episode tonight is Firestorm: NEXT time... on The ORRRRRRRVILLE. Someone. Will. DIE. It's a random crewmember you've seen walk by once before, don't worry about it. Seriously though I hope its not Old Engineer or Blob MacDonald. Oh wait, not Dan 
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Nov 16, 2017 21:23
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Just to chime in, good episode. Predictable twist but there was enough of a twist on the twist to make it fresh enough but it was both the humour and drama landing was what really elevated it
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Nov 22, 2017 06:19
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McSpanky posted:Thank God the Discovery Defense League was alerted, that was a close one. You better not make fun of Star Trek in The Orville thread!!!
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Nov 28, 2017 23:27
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I'm pretty sure of all the TV shows that said "we know where we're going with this," Babylon 5 is literally the only one that was telling the truth.
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Nov 29, 2017 23:39
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Rocksicles posted:You need to start a NO trek Orville thread, it might take 2 or 3 threads for these muppets to get the hang of it though. Don't be AATrek he had a habit of shutting down discussion of literally any other space show in Trek threads
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Nov 30, 2017 19:02
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I'm very happy Dan wasn't the guy to bite it in the last episode.
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Dec 1, 2017 00:10
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Peachfart posted:Modern TV lighting wouldn't work on Orville because it is trying to evoke TNG. In the last few episodes of Discovery the Klingons actually used English in a few scenes and they actually were talking and expressing just fine. It seems to be something to do with how the actors are talking in Klingon or how they’re directed to talk in it.
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Dec 1, 2017 02:50
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It’s a banana ship. Enough said.
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Dec 14, 2017 03:01
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double nine posted:you guys really need to update your antitrust regulations. I for one welcome our new mouse overlords [/meme]
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Dec 14, 2017 18:34
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Cojawfee posted:The original Star Trek plan. They later changed it back into an action fan wank with dune buggies. Star Trek was a boring UN conversation from the start though.
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Dec 14, 2017 19:58
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I recognized Rob Lowe because he played a sex criminal on Californication too.
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Dec 20, 2017 17:05
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mllaneza posted:Ten light years per hour, which is pretty dang fast even by SF standards. There are Culture ships that can't hit that. Dang, that's "we've explored the whole galaxy" fast.
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I just watched this and then for some reason got way too interested in learning about Shoji Tabuchi and I learned that there was a fire at his theatre (That he built with his own money??? Or I guess he convinced some investors) in early 2017 and they had to cancel nearly all of 2017's shows. Sounds like they're hoping to open again in 2018. You keep on truckin' Shoji.
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TheCenturion posted:You know, there's tons of posts here that boil down to 'They should do a direct parody of Star Trek Thing X' and I can't help but feel that the fact that they're not doing that is what makes this show so good. I'd say it's less people saying that Orville should do a Star Trek Thing parody but just do what it's already doing, which is Star Trek Thing but Mixed Up a Bit. Bringing in some established and recognizable actors to play a character similar to one they previously did in Star Trek isn't really the same as parody. They shouldn't play the exact same character of course. Maybe make Combs the creepily charming military dictator and Alaimo the slimy and overconfident diplomat
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Jan 25, 2018 19:48
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Tunicate posted:So they literally didn't even rename it for the orville, then? "General orders" have been a thing in real life militaries for a while.
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Jan 27, 2018 05:59
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The Bloop posted:An effortlessly self-cloning but generally friendly expansionist faction would be a good challenge for the federation. "Here's this Dyson Sphere we found just lying around. Careful of the door."
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Feb 8, 2018 19:21
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I think Jake being obsessive in post DS9 would feel weird because he both literally and metaphorically couldn’t let go of his dad in The Visitor. Jake’s ending in DS9 is much more.. I don’t know, healthy?
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8one6 posted:That's the joke. Wasn't "Fight for your Right" originally supposed to have music like "Girls" but the producer thought they'd have a huge hit if they changed it to the guitars etc? He was right of course.
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