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When I first started this show I found it to be a really awkward mix of comedy and seriousness. It had some jokes thrown it at the most inopportune times as some kind of comic relief from a really serious situation. Perhaps the first half of the first season was actually a bit rough or maybe the show just grew on me, but by season 2 I found myself loving this show.

To me it seems as every bit as comfy, intellectually interesting and even funny as some classic Star Treks while still clearly being its own thing. I wish more comfy space shows like this would get made.

What are your thoughts on The Orville? Also I miss Alara.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I loved The Orville when it was coming out, it scratched an itch that nothing else at the time did, but while it's been on hiatus/canceled we have gotten Star Trek Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks. One does the firm sci-fi with a relatable crew better, and the other does the comedy Star Trek better. I wouldn't be opposed to more episodes of the Orville, but I don't think that it is as needed as it was when it was coming out.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This is a good show that is trying very hard not to be a great show. I would love to see it explode with popularity more than it already has.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It took me a few episodes. But now I think it’s entertaining and wholesome!

It’s my utopia of what humans could become in the future

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Wait until you watch Star Trek!

In all seriousness, Star Trek does an amazing job at this. It's a fully fleshed futuristic utopia. The many episodes and movies that go back in time are hilarious, as they show the dichotomy of future utopia and the "dark age" present in a great way.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Wanted to like it more than I did. Just didn't think it was all that funny.

Now I thought Avenue 5 (HBO) was absolutely hilarious. It's the funny I expected from Orville. Too bad it ended after 2 seasons.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I was surprised by how good season one was. Season two was great fun. I hated season three.

I feel they tried too hard to make serious points and failed at telling good stories. They wanted to have big thoughts, but just weren't entertaining.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Cheesy but a different kind of cheesy than Star Trek.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Season 3 was not good; it was heavy-handed writing and wasn't all that good drama.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Blatant self insert early TNG fanfic. If you liked (or even wrote) that kind of thing in the 90s, you'll like Orville.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I loved it and it's definitely on the list of shows that I'll rewatch sometime sooner or later

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I wished I could have gotten past the awkward comedy you mention. Couldn’t get into it because of that.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I did it backwards and started watching Star Trek shows because I love The Orville so much! Hoping it gets renewed for another season soon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I thought it would be a parody show at first but its good casual sci-fi entertainment. I liked the first two seasons better than S3.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Actually I think much like Strange New Worlds, I think that it showed me how much of the recent issues I have with Star Trek is that it takes itself too seriously. (In fact also as for Star Wars, as blasphemous it is to mention here)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I like it, want more seasons to come out. Now that I finished the Orville, I need to go back and finish Farscape

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Orville is to Star Trek as Spaceballs was to Star Wars. A humorous parody, but I can appreciate the effort that they put in to have the show take itself a bit more seriously during dramatic scenes. I enjoyed it, although I only saw two seasons.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Love the Orville. Glad to watch more if they make more.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I hated the pilot, never went back

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Best modern Star Trek show.

By "modern Star Trek" I mean every show from Discovery to Strange New Worlds.

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