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.
I thought it was the best comedic Star Trek until Lower Decks dropped. It’s still the best modern Trek show as a regular Trek show, albeit a lot more goofy than it needs to be since it’s made as a comedy first. I watch it because it’s actually about as good in the drama and set design as TNG was, but the humor, being driven by McFarlane, is just not my thing anymore. He’s just got too much shit that’s all over the place and I’m tired of it, not that it’s bad in and of itself.
I feel like the humor has taken a massive backseat since like near the end of season 1. It definitely was a parady at first with some hit or miss jokes but the humor feels a lot more natural in recent seasons. Imo
I don’t even consider it a comedy. Imo
I hope they end up making more seasons eventually.
This is Seth’s true passion project. I feel like he would make more seasons if given the chance, but with Disney looking at cuts, I fear for it.
Lower decks is a real hidden gem.
I think it is a very generic animated show, not much difference to other contemporary animated American TV shows, except the ST theme. Like in all of those shows, I can´t stand how fast they talk, always seems like I accidentally put playback speed to 1,5 and the jokes are just lame and not funny. Not for me, i´ll choose a re-watch of TNG or DS9 over it anytime.
I agree with the speed of the jokes… they do slow it down after the first few episodes, but it’s still fast as hell sometimes.
Is it that hidden, it’s got a fourth series coming on soon. If anything Prodigy is ths hidden gem now.
I hate the design of the ship, the shuttles in season 3 at least look cool. Other than that, it was great show until season 3 when I felt they took too much time for EEEEEEEVERYTHING. This is literally the first show ever where I started skipping through episodes.
What is it these days that series and movies maker seem to think quantity equals quality?
I loved it and it’s definitely on the list of shows that I’ll rewatch sometime sooner or later
It was the best Trek we had in ages. Held me over until we got SNW and Lower Deck.
I really hope we get another season because they REALLY hit their stride last season.
I haven’t caught up with the most recent season, but I really liked all adventures the crew went on. One thing I did remember wishing was for the show to drop the Ed and Kelly relationship subplot, since I liked the more friends and professional dynamic. And I miss Alara too, and wish she’d be part of the crew again.
Alara comes back, but just not as a crew member.
Pretty sure Seth and the actress that played Alara (Halston Sage) dated IRL and broke up which is why I suspect she left the role.
I believe she left for a movie career… that started with X-Men Dark Phoenix, which lost over $100 million at the box office.
I think that’s my least favorite part about the show is that awkward relationship.
They should have written some other role for them.
Season 3 was not good; it was heavy-handed writing and wasn’t all that good drama.
It’s the best Star Trek series since DS9.
I miss Alara, too. Lieutenant Replacement Goldfish isn’t nearly as good.
It’s BS that Yaphit got a medal for that business with the Kaylons but Ty Finn didn’t. He was the actual hero there!
Dolly Parton cameo had me friggin’ dying.
I stopped watching shortly after Alara left. I mostly couldn’t stand the Captain and his ex, or any of their humor stuck in the year 2005, and the only other characters I really liked weren’t part of the ‘main team’.
I bet Dolly was just tickled pink that her song is a revolutionary anthem
I think she got a kick out of it, she was smiling like a school girl the entire cameo.
It’s good
I loved it. So much sci if these days focuses more on world building than character development. Orville felt like it struck the right balance between the two and gave us characters that are easier to empathize with.
Great show in my opinion, liked season one and season two, while not so into season three until Charlie died. Definitely the highlight of that season.
Best modern Star Trek show.
By “modern Star Trek” I mean every show from Discovery to Strange New Worlds.
I just started watching SNW and I like it so far. Sounds like you aren’t a fan?
I didn’t see it yet. But I heard mix things about it.
It’s the best Star Trek show since Next Generation.
Kidding. I actually liked DS9 and Voyager
It’s on par though.
Yeah. The Orville absolutely deserves to stand shoulder to shoulder with a typical season of licensed Star Trek.
And that’s a pretty big deal, because aside from the show we won’t mention right now*, most Star Trek is pretty great.
*I’m just trying to start an argument between DS9, Enterprise and Discovery fans. Sorry.
This was basically the way I would describe the show.
I tried to get into it but ultimately it was too campy and borderline cringey (Norm’s terribly animated and written blob character) for me.
I was surprised by how good season one was. Season two was great fun. I hated season three.
I feel they tried too hard to make serious points and failed at telling good stories. They wanted to have big thoughts, but just weren’t entertaining.
I feel similarly. The lack of comedy in season 3 really hurt the overall quality of the show imo
To me it was too much of a focus on the new.character, I forget her name.
Also not every series needs to be serialized.
Yeah the forced insert of the new character was annoying. Its sad that seth mcfarlanes love life affects the characters and plot lines in the show. Alara was one of my favorite characters
True. It changes quite a bit at that point. I’m optimistic they’ll adjust that in season 4 and return to their former glory. maybe even more. i can’t wait.
I wanted to like it, but didn’t get through S1. I found the humor so uneven that it made the whole thing almost uncomfortable. Is it an irreverent parody, sci-fi, slightly crude comedy, or is it Star Trek? It’s all of those things, and I’m happy folks enjoyed it. I’ll try to revisit at some point, but for now I’m so happy that Strange New Worlds is as surprisingly excellent as it is. For me, it nails the mixture of lightheartedness, sci-fi adventure, and earnestness that I like in Star Trek.
