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The Orville

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 1:51 am
by Archanubis
Trailer 1

ComicCon Trailer

I will have to say, I'm not a fan of MacFarlane's work, but this does look worth checking out. Probably more so than Star Trek: Discovery.

Re: The Orville

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 2:07 am
by Robovski
Exactly how I feel; it feels more like a light-hearted Trek than Discovery feels like a what? Grim Trek? Certainly not regular Trek. Now I'm picturing the Grim-Dark Trek of the 23rd century...

Re: The Orville

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 2:47 am
by ScreamingDoom
Robovski wrote:Exactly how I feel; it feels more like a light-hearted Trek than Discovery feels like a what? Grim Trek? Certainly not regular Trek. Now I'm picturing the Grim-Dark Trek of the 23rd century...
In the grimdark future of the 23rd century, there is only war. And lizard-Klingons.

On a tangential note, a Ciaphas Cain TV series would be amazing.

Re: The Orville

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 3:14 am
by J!!
i remember hearing some time ago about a rumored Galaxy Quest series in the works, i wonder if this started as that. it's certainly got the right look for galaxy quest.


it's just a shame that none of the jokes are funny.

Re: The Orville

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 10:14 am
by Dînadan
Looks good, just hope they haven't put all the good jokes in the trailer.
ScreamingDoom wrote: On a tangential note, a Ciaphas Cain TV series would be amazing.
I'm not sure, part of the appeal of the Cain books is Cain's viewpoint/observations, the footnotes and the supplementary material inserted by Vail; a Cain series would likely have to strip those out and thus would lack a significant part of the books' humour. Although I suppose on the other hand, the format would allow us to see what the other characters get up to when he's not around.

Re: The Orville

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 4:28 am
by Arkle
But we already have a show about an underqualified white man who somehow gets to captain a starship. It was called Enterprise. *rimshot*

Re: The Orville

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 9:17 am
by Karha of Honor
ScreamingDoom wrote:
Robovski wrote:Exactly how I feel; it feels more like a light-hearted Trek than Discovery feels like a what? Grim Trek? Certainly not regular Trek. Now I'm picturing the Grim-Dark Trek of the 23rd century...
In the grimdark future of the 23rd century, there is only war. And lizard-Klingons.

On a tangential note, a Ciaphas Cain TV series would be amazing.
That sounds like DS 9.

Re: The Orville

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 8:35 pm
by Darth Wedgius
I've never really liked MacFarlane's humor. I liked the "I loosened it for you" joke and that was about it. There are only so many times the characters can go, "Well, isn't this awkward?"
But it is just a trailer. I've cut the cord, but if it comes out on Netflix or Amazon Prime I'll give 'er a go.
And having it come out on Netflix would be kind of fun in other ways. I'd pay all the money I saved cord-cutting to be a fly on the wall when they tell CBS.

Re: The Orville

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 11:59 pm
by Darth Wedgius
OK, FWiW, I saw the second trailer, and I liked that one a lot better. Still, just a trailer.

Re: The Orville

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 1:29 am
by Dukect45
Arkle wrote:But we already have a show about an underqualified white man who somehow gets to captain a starship. It was called Enterprise. *rimshot*
So much truth here