combiner1 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Saw “New Dimensions “ really liking it. At least they showed an episode why/how Gordon became Chief Engineer, not unlike TNG where on season two, Geordi all of a sudden became Chief without any explanation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ares Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 On 11/13/2017 at 2:59 PM, nearmint said: Funny episode this week. Rob Lowe was a good choice for the blue-skinned alien. I sometimes think of it as a continuation of Star Trek . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuckuss2003 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Still loving this show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco685 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 32 minutes ago, Ares said: I sometimes think of it as a continuation of Star Trek . Exactly! What a genius play on an older show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fett Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 On 12/9/2017 at 7:17 AM, combiner1 said: Saw “New Dimensions “ really liking it. At least they showed an episode why/how Gordon became Chief Engineer, not unlike TNG where on season two, Geordi all of a sudden became Chief without any explanation Lt. John Lamarr was named the new Chief Engineer, Gordon is still on the bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearmint Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 On 12/9/2017 at 6:32 AM, zuckuss2003 said: Still loving this show! Me, too. I don't think there's another show that I look forward to more each week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKinTO Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I finally caught up on the last few episodes on my DVR. Still really enjoying it - I think they've caught the balance well of a funny show, that also takes its sci-fi / production value seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogue14 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Must say, I’m grown to like this show more then I did initially. Good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhamlau Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 The only think I don't like is that its literally redoing episodes of Star Trek, the entire plot /story/character interactions. The one with the planet stuck in time viewing the ship/it's crew as gods do to an accidental contact...that is literally directly stolen from an episode of Voyager. Even the part about sending the Artificial life-form down for 100+ years to figure out how to communicate with "out of temporal sync" planet only to have him returned by 2 members of that race when the planets tech development is enough to handle space flight. That goes beyond homage, that's directly ripping off every single character/line/plot/device from a specific episode. I wish they could be more creative at times, but overall i'm intrigued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogue14 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Has anyone been watching the second season, how about that gelliac (guessed on the spelling) birthday? Just imagine.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juno Beach Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I found the first season to be an interesting mess of a show. The second season has been awful so I stopped watching after the last episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunsicker Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) On 12/9/2017 at 8:40 AM, Bosco685 said: On 12/9/2017 at 8:07 AM, Ares said: I sometimes think of it as a continuation of Star Trek . Exactly! What a genius play on an older show. So this thread made me check it out. This is precisely how I feel. What made the original Star Trek interesting was it was a social mirror of its time. It will indirectly addressed issues like sexism, racism, the Vietnam war, etc. It’s something that was mostly missing from the later Star Trek shows. The Orville has that though. Addressing fundamentalism, social media, gender identity, etc. If MacFarlane hadn’t felt the need to add in his usual juvenile humor I think it could be a great successor of the Star Trek ethos. Edited January 29, 2019 by thunsicker Bosco685 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calidream'n Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Norm McDonald as a human Yaphet was classic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fett Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) any sci-fi fans out there that haven't seen this show recently need to start watching now. what a haymaker landed in the latest episode. Better than some of the best of Star Trek!! Edited February 22, 2019 by fett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearmint Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 5 hours ago, fett said: any sci-fi fans out there that haven't seen this show recently need to start watching now. what a haymaker landed in the latest episode. Better than some of the best of Star Trek!! Yep, last night's episode was dark as hell, but really good. Can't wait to see Part 2 next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fett Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 went to check the credits and one of the great Star Trek writers Brannon Braga did part of the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninanina Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 The series has morphed into something that takes its storylines a bit more serious; especially the current episode. As a result, I like it even better than the earlier ones. Great show. rogue14 and I like pie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearmint Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 No posts about part two? It was awesome. Probably the most epic space battle in Star Trek history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I like pie Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Really enjoying this show. Not what I expected at all from McFarlane(In a good way). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justafan Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 (edited) On 3/1/2019 at 5:30 PM, nearmint said: No posts about part two? It was awesome. Probably the most epic space battle in Star Trek history. I have been a big fan of the show from the beginning. It started right around the time of Discovery and I actually liked Orville more precisely because of the complex mirror of current social, philosophical issues PLUS the ability to tell those stories along side actual fascinating concepts in science. it totally recaptured the essence that made TNG great. Discovery got way better after the first few episodes but felt it was it's own thing. I was worried Orville wouldn't get a 2nd season or that they would drastically change it somehow but the writing got even better, they weren't afraid to be serious and get deep into certain issues, and the sci-fi stuff was well balanced along with the humor. some of the humor seemed like it was shoehorned in but most of it works. I'm looking forward to more. and yes, that large scale space battle with the kaylon (cylon, knew where that was going way back in season 1) was epic. Edited March 23, 2019 by justafan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
