Star Trek spoof The Orville (by Seth MacFarlane)

[dud]

The idea got off the ground ... not sure it has enough to stay aloft though.

Who is this Seth McFarland anyhow?

 

[sdifox]

The idea got off the ground ... not sure it has enough to stay aloft though.

Who is this Seth McFarland anyhow?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_MacFarlane


seriously? you don't know who he is?

 

[Red Storm]

There's too many good shows and not enough time for me to ever even think about watching something like this.

 

[PlanetJosh]

Good first half.

 

[kage69]

Wow. There isn't much Seth won't try to reheat and serve, is there?

Maybe giving the Family Guy/American Dad/Cleveland Show model yet another face lift sounded boring, and he thought 'Shit, I'll just remake Galaxy Quest.'

 

[Aikouka]

No as in who the fuck get something from the enemy and activate it without thorough investigation first?

You might be thinking a little too much about a show that joked about a dog licking its genitals.

 

[Fritzo]

What lawsuit?

Well, I jumped the gun. There's rumblings of a CBS vs Fox lawsuit.
http://comicbook.com/startrek/2017/08/27/orville-star-trek-lawsuit/

 

[sdifox]

Well, I jumped the gun. There's rumblings of a CBS vs Fox lawsuit.
http://comicbook.com/startrek/2017/08/27/orville-star-trek-lawsuit/

That's stupid...Lost in Space aired before Star Trek.

 

[Skel]

Well, I jumped the gun. There's rumblings of a CBS vs Fox lawsuit.
http://comicbook.com/startrek/2017/08/27/orville-star-trek-lawsuit/

I was wondering, as the only lawsuit I'm aware of was against that Axanar fan film that did a lot more than just pay homage. I've seen that mentioned in a lot of reviews on the Orville, but nothing on them getting sued.

 

[blankslate]

I find it funny that Star Trek: Discovery can be abbreviated to STD (pretty appropriate considering their reactions to fan films)

STD just looks like something I don't want to come into contact with... and sadly some of the fan made stuff looks better

the above is an extended trailer presented as a memory alpha history segment that details the 4 years war that saw the development of the Constitution Class Federation Heavy Cruisers and the equivalent Klingon D7 cruisers toward the end of the conflict.
It feels like a Classic ToS story along the lines of the Enterprise vs. Romulan Bird of Prey (with the cloaking device) classic episode.

http://podbay.fm/show/898628929/e/1405865700?autostart=1
listening to the podcast above David Gerrold had a very favorable reaction to the script of the proposed story. Some minor things would need to be changed to make it more consistent with ST: ToS but the basic story was good.

I'd rather see the proposed Axanar story than STD especially since David Gerrold a writer of one of the best ST: ToS episodes was complementary of the script.

Paramount and CBS are pretty much dead to me they flopped with Enterprise (which admittedly had an excellent Mirror Universe storyline in the last season) and STD looks like some bastardized Kelvin Timeline story that they want to pretend is a prime universe storyline.



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[Thebobo]

Who is this Seth McFarland anyhow?

Someone who pissed off most of hollywood in one night.

 

[Meghan54]

No as in who the fuck get something from the enemy and activate it without thorough investigation first?

Since the lab tech was colluding with the enemy and had full access to the time thingy and its function, I'd reckon they'd have had all the pertinent info. available to them, incl. schematics, etc.

 

[sdifox]

Since the lab tech was colluding with the enemy and had full access to the time thingy and its function, I'd reckon they'd have had all the pertinent info. available to them, incl. schematics, etc.

I only saw the last few min and went wtf

 

[Majes]

I enjoyed it enough to watch the next episode. It was really strange to watch since at points it's more realistic (character interactions and conversations) at points and yet horribly unrealistic at others (fight scene). Keeps the viewer interested i guess!

 

[Jon-T]

They need to watch more episodes of MASH to see the proper way to mix serious with comedy.

 

[FerrelGeek]

Caught the last few mins. Arbor Day. Seemed really stupid.

Hence why they poked the captain on the comment during the show.

 

[FerrelGeek]

Sheep-thing for the win.

Liked it very much. Very new style. So much better acting than, say, STTNG episodes 1-6. And the humor is subtle but perfectly captures things like the Spock, Kirk, McCoy humor at their endings too.
I'm guessing a lot of people are waiting to see if they like it depending on whether their peers like it too.

 

[FerrelGeek]

It's also good to see that they've added back (where possible) the bits that have been cut over the years to make room for more commercials.

Speaking of Star Trek Ive been watching the original show on BBC and man they really cleaned up the video and of course added all new exterior graphics and despite the interior sets it looks rather modern.

 

[FerrelGeek]

That was classic. Seth will poke fun at anyone, including himself. I can't stand most of the self-righteous, hypocritical snobs in Hollywood.

Someone who pissed off most of hollywood in one night.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I thought it was okay. Strange how the Krill are such bad shots though. They took what... 200 shots at the Orville landing party and only managed to graze the Captain in the shoulder?

I'll watch it again next week but I don't think this show will command an audience for more than a few episodes.

 

[JulesMaximus]

That was classic. Seth will poke fun at anyone, including himself. I can't stand most of the self-righteous, hypocritical snobs in Hollywood.

Do you actually know any of them? I've met a couple actors and found them to be just like everyone else for the most part.

 

[crashtech]

I find it funny that Star Trek: Discovery can be abbreviated to STD (pretty appropriate considering their reactions to fan films)

STD just looks like something I don't want to come into contact with... and sadly some of the fan made stuff looks better

the above is an extended trailer presented as a memory alpha history segment that details the 4 years war that saw the development of the Constitution Class Federation Heavy Cruisers and the equivalent Klingon D7 cruisers toward the end of the conflict.
It feels like a Classic ToS story along the lines of the Enterprise vs. Romulan Bird of Prey (with the cloaking device) classic episode.

http://podbay.fm/show/898628929/e/1405865700?autostart=1
listening to the podcast above David Gerrold had a very favorable reaction to the script of the proposed story. Some minor things would need to be changed to make it more consistent with ST: ToS but the basic story was good.

I'd rather see the proposed Axanar story than STD especially since David Gerrold a writer of one of the best ST: ToS episodes was complementary of the script.

Paramount and CBS are pretty much dead to me they flopped with Enterprise (which admittedly had an excellent Mirror Universe storyline in the last season) and STD looks like some bastardized Kelvin Timeline story that they want to pretend is a prime universe storyline.



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Paramount and CBS are suing Axanar Productions.

 

[Perknose]

Do you actually know any of them? I've met a couple actors and found them to be just like everyone else for the most part.

Exactly! Their personal assistants put their pants on them one leg at a time, just like everyone else.

 

[Stopsignhank]

Exactly! Their personal assistants put their pants on them one leg at a time, just like everyone else.

My wife was watching some pre-award show thing. They were interviewing Keri Washington and the interviewer asked what made her a normal person. She said that she has an electric toothbrush and the bristle part of her electric toothbrush is all worn out and needs changing. However she keeps forgetting to tell her PA about it.

 

[FerrelGeek]

Well, it is a Fox show, so that alone gives it a questionable prognosis. As to the Krill, yeah my thoughts went back to the stormtroopers is SW 4. Given that the Krill were going after most of the main characters, it's hard to do much else in a battle sequence unless you want to go GoT on them.

I watched it Sunday night and again with my wife last night. I was really surprised that she actually enjoyed it. We both thought it was worth giving it a chance.

I thought it was okay. Strange how the Krill are such bad shots though. They took what... 200 shots at the Orville landing party and only managed to graze the Captain in the shoulder?

I'll watch it again next week but I don't think this show will command an audience for more than a few episodes.