It's as much Star Trek as the unofficial Trek movie Galaxy Quest. Doesn't matter if the characters and universe are different, it's got the same vibe to fit in.
Galaxy Quest is the best Trek movie
This show is so freaking Star Trek that it out-Star Treks the Star Trek.
When that second episode of the first season dropped I said the same thing to a friend that's a die hard Star Trek fan. They weren't enjoying the new Trek, yet, but wanted the thought provoking episodes now, action later/sprinkled in
People keep saying this, so as someone who has only watched half of the first season, when does it get to this point?
I mean it's amusing enough, but it's just a pastiche of cliches and obvious gags. People keep saying that it distills Trek down to its essence or something like that, but to me it seems like "watered down" would be more accurate.
Having a bad first season is as Star Trek as you can get. All kidding aside, it gets better and more serious with time.
Just like TNG it starts picking up in the 2nd season and really hits its stride on the 3rd season. If you were to rewatch TNGs first season without the nostalgia goggles you’d consider it pretty campy too.
For me it was really quick. S1E4, If the Stars Should Appear.
It's an alternate universe's Star Trek. They just need some handwavium device to cross universe and they could make a crossover episode.
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The Orville literally made me give Star Trek an actual try. I think of it as my first series of Trek.
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Orville was such an aimless show in the beginning. Obviously it started out going for campy comedy parody but it honestly wasn't hitting the mark on the comedy often enough. I'm stalled out somewhere in early Season 3--not because I wasn't enjoying it, I think it's actually gotten pretty good by that point, but just time and other commitments.
I love the humor in it. Gordon and Lamarr racing to deliver some news was one of the funniest goddamn things I've ever seen (trying not to spoil it if someone wants to watch and hasn't yet). But that humor was a little too juvenile at the very start. My guess has been that the earlier stuff was for the benefit of funding. They expected Family Guy in Space, so he delivered it, for a handful of episodes, then took the show where it was supposed to be.
I had the opposite experience lol! I really liked the first season, season 2 started off pretty well, but I lost interest before I got to season 3. It felt like the later episodes were either too preachy, or too focused on trying to make the characters "cool" instead of funny. I just wasn't enjoying it any more
I just got burned out on Moclan drama, and the Kaylon got a little too Star Wars for me.
Until Strange New World came out, Orville was my favorite Trek since TNG.
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I love Trek but I don't really care for McFarlane's sense of humor, is the Orville worth checking out anyway?
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My theory for the behind the scenes:
McFarland: I would like to make a star trek parody!
Fox: oh sounds awesome, lots of funny jokes and stuff. Should be funny.
M: yes haha, funny.
F: yes... Anyway here's the money
Making episode one
M: I gotta make sure there's loads of jokes so I can show this to execs and they see the haha bits
Making episode 3
M: okay I think they're gone... Time to just literally make normal star trek episodes
making the last episode of s1
F: hey I see you're almost done with the first season so I'm just checking in that the show is still funny
M: quickly adding in as many jokes as the last second as possible haha yes humor! Jokes! Plenty of them! Haha yes
Yes. They tone down the humor over time
I'm not sure the mods are going to care honestly. I think most are in agreement that the Orville is basically star trek adjacent, and close enough that.... Honestly as long as it doesn't take over, nobody will bat an eye at the occasional Orville meme.
Wake me up when we are posting Hyperdrive memes
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