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Orville
Posted by: Grumpyguy
Date: September 17, 2017 09:06PM
Tonight's episode was good, actually. Decent balance of humor and drama. And, it was a half decent story. Hope they can keep it up.


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Re: Orville
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: September 17, 2017 09:20PM
....they ripped off the zoo story.....


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Re: Orville
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: September 17, 2017 09:27PM
It had some good parts. Pretty weak on character development, though.
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Re: Orville
Posted by: fmgtech
Date: September 17, 2017 09:30PM
I watched the premier and was not impressed.
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Re: Orville
Posted by: Onamuji
Date: September 17, 2017 09:31PM
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....they ripped off the zoo story.....

Every Trek show has had one or more. Good to get it out of the way early.


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Re: Orville
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: September 17, 2017 09:31PM
......the continuing ex-wife/husband arguments are also a huge distraction.....


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Re: Orville
Posted by: hal
Date: September 17, 2017 09:56PM
I could NOT get through episode one... if it has a good five+ year run, I might give it another go, but I can't imagine it being worth it.
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Re: Orville
Posted by: sekker
Date: September 17, 2017 11:19PM
We just watched the first episode. Wasn't throat-gagging. We will watch episode 2 to see how it evolves.
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Re: Orville
Posted by: ArtP
Date: September 17, 2017 11:38PM
I had set the episode for DVR but the Football game screwed it up so I have to wait for Comblast to make it available "On Demand".

Hopefully tomorrow evening....

First episode was cool - some humor was "Just enough" - like the Dog liking his balls and making the guy move to the center of the display while the 2nd Husband/Wife spat was TOO MUCH.
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Re: Orville
Posted by: Acer
Date: September 18, 2017 07:35AM
Fox has the first episode available for streaming at their website, and at least a placeholder for episode 2 as of last night.
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Re: Orville
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: September 18, 2017 07:36AM
.......episode 1 was free on iTunes.....not sure if it still is.......


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Re: Orville
Posted by: DeusxMac
Date: September 18, 2017 07:40AM
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I watched the premier and was not impressed.

I could only take about 15 minutes of last night's episode (2nd?). IMHO it wasn't funny nor clever enough to be a good spoof, and the plot, script and acting weren't of the quality needed to be an engaging space opera.
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Re: Orville
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: September 18, 2017 07:59AM
....the issue is it isn't innovative enough.....instead of 'spoofing'......it is just stealing the exact same storylines and rehashing them [ no new spin on them ]....the acting is subpar [ especially Seth himself ] and the 'jokes' are not funny enough to make it a 'comedy'.....


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Re: Orville
Posted by: Ombligo
Date: September 18, 2017 08:51AM
Go back and watch the first few episodes of TNG.. they were stilted and the characters had not developed yet. I'm hoping this one improves as well, but for now it is a show I'll watch, but a squirrel outside will divert my attention.


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Re: Orville
Posted by: pRICE cUBE
Date: September 18, 2017 09:30AM
What is up with the name of the ship? It makes me think of the popcorn guy every time.




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Re: Orville
Posted by: raz
Date: September 18, 2017 10:38AM
I enjoyed it. The 'zoo apartment' was obvious way before it was revealed, but no big deal. The gag at the end was great.


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Re: Orville
Posted by: Bill in NC
Date: September 18, 2017 12:51PM
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....they ripped off the zoo story.....

yeah, I keep wondering "why hasn't paramount sued them yet?"

now all they need is a sally kellerman look-alike.

or heck, bring her on as an admiral...



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Re: Orville
Posted by: Racer X
Date: September 18, 2017 01:24PM
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pRICE cUBE
What is up with the name of the ship? It makes me think of the popcorn guy every time.


Orville and Wilbur Wright, the Wright Brothers? Get it? facepalm
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Re: Orville
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: September 18, 2017 01:31PM
....what about the Wrong Brothers.....???


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Re: Orville
Posted by: Racer X
Date: September 18, 2017 01:35PM
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Re: Orville
Posted by: Steve G.
Date: September 18, 2017 01:36PM
In for pilot and episode 1. So far, watered down episodes of ideas that clunked in 1966.
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Re: Orville
Posted by: Onamuji
Date: September 18, 2017 08:40PM
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....they ripped off the zoo story.....

Every Trek show has had one or more. Good to get it out of the way early.

BTW: Rick and Morty just did their take on the alien zoo trope. Take a guess as to whether it was executed beautifully, funny and smart and just a little bit chilling.


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