The Orville (Page 3 of 8)

Reminded me very much of Black Mirror 3x1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive

Y'Know, this is hard to call...

I'm dying to see the next Orville but then after I watch that I can't wait until Discovery

As someone mentioned in this thread (or the other on this)

Bloody cool to have two superb shows on at the same time...

If you're a DISCO fan and not Orville - fine by me, the other way around works equally

I love both so I'm a very happy puppy

For those of you who don't like the other one, give them a chance and watch all the eps

The only way shows stay on air is to have viewers (both series have good viewing numbers - DISCO is implied by the pick-up)

Sweet, yep i'm happy aswell to have 2 good sci fi/star trek series.

Awesome episode! Isaac is the perfect vehicle for this dry irreverent humour :3

@he3tic

There's a mid-season break in to weeks for DISCO - I'm sure we're in for a cliff-hanger until it resumes in mid Jan so suggest you binge it before the new stuff (there's bound to be a cliff-hanger end of season)

Orville is far easier to watch as its episodic. I checked out Rotten Tomatoes today as Orville has terrible ratings. At the time of writing the critics have it at 18% while the audience have it at 93%

Something I read the other day (can't remember where) - what's the point of a critic if they get it that badly wrong?

And, yep. Ent I liked as well. Slow at the start - picked up hugely at the end.

Eek - this one should be in the DISCO channel to discuss properly...

I made similar arguments in both threads

Only @Orlando seems confused by the new state of SciFi

Can we kindly keep the discussions to their relative threads in the future?

I know I'm responsible for the mixing of chat but there's also a Discovery vs Orville (proper place for this stuff)

Call it a filler but to me this week's episode felt so much like a true installment of the original inspiration. "Into The Fold" was IMHO one of the top three Orville episodes so far this season. The overall story was quite interesting as it was entertaining, Seth was anemic with the jokes (that's a good thing btw), the overall humor was spot on as the story called for it, the bulk of the action in this episode was eminently believable and well-presented, and Isaac was MVP for a second time this season (in many ways Isaac is the star of the series). Oh, and speaking of MVP's, last week's missed character development opportunities definitely flourished this week x2. Claire herself didn’t necessarily grow as a character as much as Isaac did, but it was quite enjoyable to see her interactions with her family as a way of humanizing her. I think we all got a sense of who the doctor is and how she views life on the ship

"Your children are unruly, disrespectful, volatile, and highly unpredictable. I am quite fond of them."

The job of a critic (in any field) is not to predict what is and isn't popular.

McDonalds is one of the planet's most popular places to eat - you won't find a critic recommending it. An extreme example, I know, but the point is the same. I watch, and thoroughly enjoy, trash TV on a regular basis, and The Orville, like Star Trek TOS before it, whilst enjoyable, is trash TV.

No, an enjoyable TV show is not necessarily trash TV, but at the same time a popular TV show isn't necessarily a critically acclaimed TV show. Telling critics to "shut up" because they don't praise shows you enjoy to the heavens just shows that you have no comprehension of what TV critics do...

Bleh...I keep forgetting they stop during xmass etc...

Hmm..now I'm torn between watching half of first season(I'm REALY eager to get started) or wait until the enitre season ends..next year...I dont particulary like HUGE cliffhangers either... I very much like the feeling I get when they do that and I can simply jump to the next episode (that would normally be a long wait).

Damn...I have to sleep on it

Gives us something to watch before the mid-season's start

Yeah, it's annoying

Looking on the bright side we're assured of S2

Same stuff happening with DISCO

Episode 2x01 and 2x02 of The Orville made me a bit worry and thought they were only meh but 2x03 "home" was finally back on track and a great episode, especially for Star Trek fans.