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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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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[–] KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

It always felt so forced and artificial to me, like they were looking at a stopwatch with a bunch of entertainment lawyers going "okay, better do a dick joke now so we can still claim 'Trek parody' instead of getting sued for blatantly doing bootleg Trek."

I like a lot of fanfic but Seth MacFarlane's just failed to grab me, and given how much I adore "Lower Decks" I'm glad the official comedy Trek job was given to those folks and not the "Family Guy" contingent.

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[–] RedditRefugeeTom@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Absolutely LOVE it. I've lost count of how many times I've watched the series and I am currently on another go thru of it. It's definitely a joke in the beginning and some jokes miss, but I love how they get into some good topics halfway through.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

It was surprisingly good. I enjoyed it a lot. Didn't think I would but it's much better than Picard, such a boring show.

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[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I hated the pilot, never went back

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[–] cristo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years 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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[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Excellent show. It took a little bit to get it's tone, but half way through the first season it really hit its stride.

The third season of the show is some of the best sci-fi ever made with political and social commentary that rivals things like ST:TNG's "Measure of a Man" and ST:DS9's "Siege of AR-558", but with a good mix of humor similar to ST:LD.

If you haven't watched Orville, you're missing out on some absolutely fantastic Sci-Fi. I'm only sad it's unlikely to get a fourth season, because it deserves it.

[–] cspiegel@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

When The Orville came out, I hadn't watched much Star Trek. Growing up, TNG was the one television show that my parents would break the "no TV at the dinner table" rule for, though it happened rarely enough that I really have no memory of it.

About 20 years ago I watched several episodes of TOS and liked it well enough.

I always wanted to like Star Trek, so ~10 years ago I tried season 1 of TNG, which I now realize is rather universally considered an error; and as a result, I didn't much care for TNG. But I still wanted to like it, and Star Trek in general! So when I saw The Orville, I decided to give it a shot. And while I agree that the early mix of comedy with more serious material was a bit off-putting, I thoroughly enjoyed the show. This was what TNG was trying to be (I mean, that's not really fair, but it was my initial sense).

Which then led me to season 3 of TNG, which I started watching last year. And I absolutely love it, and find it overall better than The Orville (which I still really like); but The Orville was basically my gateway to actually enjoying Star Trek.

So maybe I'm coming inside-out from most viewers, but I really like The Orville, and as a bonus, it got me "back" into Star Trek proper.

[–] effingfaroh@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years 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.

[–] Borkingheck@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

It strikes me as a show that was only meant to be 1-2 series but due to popularity has kept going and now its trying to find the balance between comedy and seriousness.

[–] jugalator@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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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[–] SpeedLimit55@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years 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.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years 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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[–] Tenthrow@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] canarin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Loved Series 1-3. When is Series 4 due? Seth Rocks!

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I love the Orville, but the shift in format with the most recent season, to movie length episodes, made it largely inaccessible to me.

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[–] hal_5700X@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years 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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[–] selective_mutist@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

By season 2, I was also hooked to this show. I wish they would make more seasons!

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