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The Orville

Started by Dumarest, September 21, 2017, 11:57:41 PM

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Spike

#30
October 10, 2017, 08:59:49 AM
Aaaaannnnddddd..... since y'all have mentioned his movie I guess now is the time to weigh in on the burning question on my mind: Given how badly A million Ways to Die in teh West actually flopped, who in dafuq is Seth MacFarland fucking that lets him keep getting shots at on-screen performances?  I mean: He makes a mint practically every time he does Voice work, and blows said mint every time he puts his mug on screen...

Hollywood ain't working the way they say it works... or they haven't got the finely honed sense of pattern recognition I expect of an earthworm.
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Dumarest

#31
October 10, 2017, 01:28:20 PM
Quote from: Spike;999664Aaaaannnnddddd..... since y'all have mentioned his movie I guess now is the time to weigh in on the burning question on my mind: Given how badly A million Ways to Die in teh West actually flopped, who in dafuq is Seth MacFarland fucking that lets him keep getting shots at on-screen performances?  I mean: He makes a mint practically every time he does Voice work, and blows said mint every time he puts his mug on screen...

Hollywood ain't working the way they say it works... or they haven't got the finely honed sense of pattern recognition I expect of an earthworm.

I'd assume The Family Guy makes so much money for Fox that they can afford his inexpensive movies here and there as part of the deal. It's done well enough to generate two spinoffs. Plus Ted made money, too.

kosmos1214

#32
October 10, 2017, 06:04:39 PM
Quote from: Dumarest;999287Video game or board game? I'd love a good sci fi type board game with replayability, that is, one where there's not just one main way to win.
It's A set of 2 computer games they are quite fun and there are multiple victory conditions.

Warboss Squee

#33
October 10, 2017, 11:15:57 PM Last Edit: October 11, 2017, 01:11:36 AM by Warboss Squee
Quote from: Koltar;999596Huh, didn't know Liam was in it. Thanks. In general, before The Orville" show happened I didn't think much of MacFarlane.

- Ed C.

I still don't. But, given time and some tightening of the script and Orville might become good enough for Fox to cancel out of hand.

ThatChrisGuy

#34
October 11, 2017, 09:51:21 AM
Quote from: Warboss Squee;999759I still don't. But, given time and some tightening of the script and Orville might become good enough for Fox to cancel out of hand.

Well, sure, it's a scifi show on Fox so it's a dead man walking, but Fox let McFarlane have the Cleveland Show four seasons longer than it deserved, so they might just let him keep it on air for a bit.
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Warboss Squee

#35
October 11, 2017, 04:14:57 PM
Quote from: ThatChrisGuy;999808Well, sure, it's a scifi show on Fox so it's a dead man walking, but Fox let McFarlane have the Cleveland Show four seasons longer than it deserved, so they might just let him keep it on air for a bit.

I doubt the Cleveland Show had the same budget. Fox hates to spend money.

Ratman_tf

#36
January 07, 2019, 03:29:31 AM
This show continues to deliver. The season premier was so-so.  The Maklans continue to bewilder. I love Bortas and Klyden, but the seem to have become a dumping ground of nonsensical alien ideas. They only pee once a year. Do they store up a year's worth of pee? Where do they keep  it all? Do they process less liquids than humans? How does that work? Ah, pee jokes. Got it.
But the 2nd episode knocked it out of the park. Lots of drama, instead of DRAMA! Great story. More Maklan stuff, but Bortas and Klyden are great characters.
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Spike

#37
January 09, 2019, 03:22:24 PM
you do realize there are real living creatures on earth that never pee, right?  SO peeing once a year, for potty humor or not, is hardly unimaginable...
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HappyDaze

#38
January 09, 2019, 06:50:20 PM
Quote from: Spike;1071090you do realize there are real living creatures on earth that never pee, right?  SO peeing once a year, for potty humor or not, is hardly unimaginable...

And they've never bothered to mention that Maklan colons might allow far more liquids through than humans meaning that Bortas might constantly have Chipotle Butt.

Omega

#39
January 09, 2019, 08:16:08 PM
Quote from: Anon Adderlan;999273One thing I find really interesting however is the Critic/Audience discrepancy on #RottenTomatoes, where #TheOrville gets Critic:20% Audience:91%, while #StarTrekDiscovery gets Critic:87% Audience:60%. That's not only extreme between the two shows, but it's especially extreme between the scores on #TheOrville, with a 71% difference!

Thats because RT got bought out and is little more than a shill platform for whomever greased the most palms. Same with the new Doctor Who. Also seems RT has been caught manipulating numbers at least once so it is becoming increasingly irrelevant.

Ratman_tf

#40
January 10, 2019, 03:51:11 PM
Quote from: Spike;1071090you do realize there are real living creatures on earth that never pee, right?  SO peeing once a year, for potty humor or not, is hardly unimaginable...

There are lot of animals that do/don't do lots of different things. My comment was pointing out that the Maklans have lots of such features. They are tough and resistant to radiation... ok, they are able to consume inorganic substances like glass... oookay. They pee once a year. oooooooookay? They are a monogendered species. That lays eggs. And has males and females. ??? It's starting to stack up.
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danskmacabre

#41
January 10, 2019, 09:08:35 PM
The early part of season 1 of the Orville is a bit crass, but it was a bit of a laugh.
It gets better and quite funny as the episodes progress.

Still, Star Trek, Star Wars, they're all pretty much dead in the water and have been for some years.
At least the Orville is trying to just make is funny and light entertainment.

Omega

#42
January 10, 2019, 10:01:57 PM
Watching it I think the show harkens back more to the TOS era than the TNG one. I am not a fan of the show as most of the episodes and half the humor are not to my liking. But it looks good and the acting is overall not bad. If the writing picks up then who knows?

danskmacabre

#43
January 10, 2019, 10:20:29 PM
Quote from: Omega;1071208Watching it I think the show harkens back more to the TOS era than the TNG one. I am not a fan of the show as most of the episodes and half the humor are not to my liking. But it looks good and the acting is overall not bad. If the writing picks up then who knows?

Yeah I agree it feels more original series.
But maybe that's what they were trying to do, just make things simpler and more entertaining.

"Overall not bad" is probably a good description of the series, with a few gems in there. I really like the 2D world they visited.
I'm looking forward to watching series 2.

Omega

#44
January 11, 2019, 12:44:21 PM
One thing that kept occurring to me while watching the first episode was that it allmost feels like they wanted to do a live action Futurama. Then changed gears to ST. Got vetoed. And did a merger of concepts.
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