The Orville
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I recommend people here give episode #9 a check.
! OK, JA, that spoiler is clearly enough to get me to watch that episode. Maybe I judged the show too harshly on the basis of one episode. At the very least, the "space and ship" scenes are very well rendered.
! And, it was renewed!
! http://tvline.com/2017/11/02/the-orville-renewed-season-2-fox-seth-macfarlane/ -
Seth is supposedly toning down is brand of humor because he's listening to fans.
Orville is a great show actually, when the humor works.
For the gay stuff, yeah, the alien does a lowe blow by getting Seth into bed. I kinda hoped there was at least a line with Seth saying his ass hurts or something but them naked in bed could mean they had sex or were just about to.
Why hasn't the same sex Bortis (Worf stand in) planet with almost everyone being men been mentioned? It's episode 3, I think. Their whole race is practically guys and the men give birth to eggs. It was actually a very important ep for gender politics and it was treated almost intelligently (barring the stupid trial part).
I'm just waiting for more eye candy. Seth is actually very cute. The black guy Lamar is kinda hot but I was turned off by his role in the Like button episode. Isaac is the best character so far but he's a robot. Bortis is married too. The Asian nurse is very attractive but he's rarely shown. They need a sexy dude appearing on a regular basis.
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They showed Lamarr without a shirt on. Of course, he had a body, haha. This was in the finale ep Mad Idolatry.
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Well. Macfarlane is a very respected person. For his music records, actually. They are simply awesome. But his comedy works are not that funny. And sometimes they are just awful. For example, (alert: IMHO&subjective) Ted or Ted 2…
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He's gay friendly tho. They just need more eye candy in the series.
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The orville reminded my a bit of the bad first season of the Next generation (with the occasional good episode sprinkled in there). So it's charming, despite it being a bit boring at times.
Discovery is… problematic for many reasons, it can't establish a persistent setting, cast of characters or a storyline - characters die and there isn't any proper pacing. I honestly cannot grasp what this show is about now that I've gone through the most current episode and that's alarming.
Trek shows always have a rocky start, but at least the writer's set a general idea of where the show is heading.
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Thought it was going to be a flop but I heard good things about it. Definitely on my to watch list.
Like someone mentioned, I wish Adrianne Pilicki was still on Agents of Shield though.
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I started watching it not expecting to like it; I am not a Family Guy or Ted fan. But I found it really enjoyable. A nice "Star Trek" show that hides some really interesting social commentary and issue discussion beneath positivity and occasional silliness.
The episode with the warrior aliens that are an all-male species, with the stigma of a female child and "corrective" surgery to make it a male; that was really deep in LGBT issues. and it did not end the way you might expect. and there are other really interesting takes on thinks like social media, religion, etc.
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Family Guy and American Dad are two of my favourite shows, though MacFarlane as a straight actor leaves me cold. He was awful in A Million Ways to Die In The West. I wanted to like The Orville but I found it very patchy. Good in parts, awful in others. Bortus is the best thing in it.
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i like it, nice parody
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