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The Orville

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

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Ratman_tf

Quote from: Omega;1071229One 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.

Seth has said in interviews that they've intentionally been leaning into the "serious" sci-fi angle over the first season, seeing how far they could take it without losing their comedy angle.

https://ew.com/tv/2018/12/27/seth-macfarlane-the-orville-season-2/
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Robyo

The 2nd season has been kind of lame, until the most recent episode (when the crew go to Isaac's planet) which is probably the best one yet! To be continued..

Ratman_tf

Quote from: Robyo;1077051The 2nd season has been kind of lame, until the most recent episode (when the crew go to Isaac's planet) which is probably the best one yet! To be continued..

Big one. My brother and I were talking about it for days afterwards.
The notion of an exclusionary and hostile RPG community is a fever dream of zealots who view all social dynamics through a narrow keyhole of structural oppression.
-Haffrung

Robyo

Quote from: Ratman_tf;1077072Big one. My brother and I were talking about it for days afterwards.

Now if they can make that episode the benchmark from here on out. As someone who can't stand what they did to Discovery, I hope the Orville succeeds.

Robyo

Part 2 of Identity has one of the coolest space battles screened for television. Very well done!


The scene where the shuttle is spinning like a top and the pilots manage to stay in their chairs without even wearing seatbelts, I found to be pretty hilarious. If you want g-force physics realism, watch The Expanse.

Ratman_tf

Quote from: Robyo;1077579Part 2 of Identity has one of the coolest space battles screened for television. Very well done!


The scene where the shuttle is spinning like a top and the pilots manage to stay in their chairs without even wearing seatbelts, I found to be pretty hilarious. If you want g-force physics realism, watch The Expanse.

I'm actually dissapointed that it was only a two-parter.

Spoiler
Issac's heel turn made sense in that he's a second generation Kaylon, and has a precedent of being affected by his interactions with humanoids in A Happy Refrain. Still, I would have liked to see Issac actually work it out instead of suddenly turning on the other Kaylons.
The notion of an exclusionary and hostile RPG community is a fever dream of zealots who view all social dynamics through a narrow keyhole of structural oppression.
-Haffrung