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The Orville
« on: May 16, 2017, 10:20:39 AM »
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I like comedy SCI-FI. When done right it can be really good.. everything from Quark to Red Dwarf works pretty well.

I don't really like Seth McFarlane. His style appears to be throw 20 jokes at you with maybe 2 that are funny. That's a lot of wading through bad jokes.. but at least they come quickly usually? That said I didn't find a single thing funny in this trailer. It looks like a bad rip off of Galaxy Quest. If they can't find good jokes for a trailer.. hoo boy.

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Re: The Orville
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2017, 03:31:03 PM »
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I like comedy SCI-FI. When done right it can be really good.. everything from Quark to Red Dwarf works pretty well.

I don't really like Seth McFarlane. His style appears to be throw 20 jokes at you with maybe 2 that are funny. That's a lot of wading through bad jokes.. but at least they come quickly usually? That said I didn't find a single thing funny in this trailer. It looks like a bad rip off of Galaxy Quest. If they can't find good jokes for a trailer.. hoo boy.

The "aside from shooting your dad..." was OK. I agree, not much else, "those are marbles"?  :P
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Re: The Orville
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2017, 04:26:42 PM »
i like seth mcfarlane bad jokes, so i will look forward to this show.
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Re: The Orville
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2017, 04:42:46 PM »
i like seth mcfarlane bad jokes, so i will look forward to this show.

It will probably be better than Amy Schumer, i'll give you that.

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Re: The Orville
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2017, 04:44:00 PM »
i think i can agree with that, and i do like amy schumer.
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Re: The Orville
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2017, 11:24:26 AM »
Yeah, there wasn't much funny in the trailer, and given that the job of the trailer is to sell you on the show, to condense it and show some of the funniest bits to make it look better than it might actually be... not a good sign.

I think McFarland is a lot easier to take in an animated show. I like Family Guy, I still watch it. It has never been my favorite show but it's funny enough - "Orville" doesn't look like it is up to that fairly low bar.

Maybe should have done this as an animated show too, Futurama has been off for a while now, there's room for it. You can do more with a lower budget in sci-fi/fantasy if it's animated too.


I had an idea for a Sci-Fi/Comedy show a while back too, it's called "Riker 2000". You get Jonathan Frakes to reprise the role of Riker from TNG. He's older, got a beer gut, maybe balding - but still fancies himself a ladies man.

He's finally captain of his own ship, which is kind of a piece of crap. We're seeing the other, less well funded side of the Federation.

His first officer is the transporter accident-created version of himself from that one episode of TNG. Riker specifically requested him in order to give him a hard time - he resents this version of himself because he's younger and better-looking, having been trapped inside the transporter for all those years. Riker refers to him as "fake Riker".

I had more on that but can't remember any more, it largely revolves around them performing boring space-station restocking missions, Riker has a girlfriend at every station, most of which he's trying to avoid (the needy, pregnant Ferrengi, etc.).



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Re: The Orville
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2017, 11:45:20 AM »
Last we saw of Thomas Riker he was on his way to a Cardassian prison after stealing the Defiant from DS9. That got me thinking though they never said what became of him. At the end of DS9 Cardassia was basically in ruins. Did he escape years ago? Killed in prison? Died during the fighting with the Dominion?

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Re: The Orville
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2017, 03:29:56 PM »
if we had the internet, we would destroy the star trek preview. :P

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Re: The Orville
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2017, 09:42:37 AM »
I'll watch it........for awhile
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Re: The Orville
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2017, 12:41:50 PM »
Yeah, there wasn't much funny in the trailer, and given that the job of the trailer is to sell you on the show, to condense it and show some of the funniest bits to make it look better than it might actually be... not a good sign.

I think McFarland is a lot easier to take in an animated show. I like Family Guy, I still watch it. It has never been my favorite show but it's funny enough - "Orville" doesn't look like it is up to that fairly low bar.

Maybe should have done this as an animated show too, Futurama has been off for a while now, there's room for it. You can do more with a lower budget in sci-fi/fantasy if it's animated too.


I had an idea for a Sci-Fi/Comedy show a while back too, it's called "Riker 2000". You get Jonathan Frakes to reprise the role of Riker from TNG. He's older, got a beer gut, maybe balding - but still fancies himself a ladies man.

He's finally captain of his own ship, which is kind of a piece of crap. We're seeing the other, less well funded side of the Federation.

His first officer is the transporter accident-created version of himself from that one episode of TNG. Riker specifically requested him in order to give him a hard time - he resents this version of himself because he's younger and better-looking, having been trapped inside the transporter for all those years. Riker refers to him as "fake Riker".

I had more on that but can't remember any more, it largely revolves around them performing boring space-station restocking missions, Riker has a girlfriend at every station, most of which he's trying to avoid (the needy, pregnant Ferrengi, etc.).

This, I would watch  :)
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Re: The Orville
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2017, 01:25:21 PM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmdShv8mc0w

New trailer for this. Definitely looks more Galaxy Quest than anything else.. but given that GQ was a Star Trek spoof this makes the Orville more "star trek" than the new star trek.