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What's a really popular TV show you just couldn't get into? (lemmings.world)
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[–] 22 points 1 year ago (13 children)

The Orville.

I'm sorry! I'm a trekkie so I really wanted to love it. I can't stand Seth McFarlane, though, and apparently it isn't just his animated shows like Family Guy or American Dad that I hate.

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  • [+] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm convinced that the only way he got it greenlit was by selling it as "family guy in space" even though that's not what he wanted to do. So he hammed that up for the first couple of episodes to make the suits happy before phasing it out and making the show he actually wanted.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, or that it wasn't even sneaky, they just all agreed a couple of those episodes up front would broaden the appeal, and felt confident people would stick around once they got attached to the characters and into the sci-fi

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I started watching Star Trek because I loved The Orville. I didn't know people had such hatred for it.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I really liked Orville, I was going to try star trek at some point

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Its biggest influence is Next Generation, but Strange New Worlds is the closest modern Trek in that style if you don't like old 90s shows.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Definitely got some Lower Decks vibes as well. Are they ever gonna make more Orville seasons?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Lower Decks is awesome, although you'll get more out of it if you've seen the 90s Trek shows as they're referenced often. Not required, though. There actually is going to be a 4th season of Orville, but it's about a year away currently.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Just to make sure, you didn't only watch season 1 episodes, right? The show gets a lot better and leans less on the Family Guy humor as it goes along.

    EDIT: I saw you said you watched up until s1e7 in another comment. That episode in particular annoyed me for being a worse version of the Black Mirror s3e1 episode Nosedive. It's worth trying some later season episodes if you ever get the chance to see if you like them any better. And check out Nosedive as well!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    if it wasnt in the show it wouldve been fine, but him being part of the cast makes the series questionable, hes not that good as actor, hes better at writing. ALso problems around him being involved with the writing has caused the series to barely make seasons in general, this has caused financial problems for some of the actors, and production too. having 36 episodes in 6 years is pretty bad. this was all from pallacki interview on michaels podcast.

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