[tv / HULU] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
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Re: [tv] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
I have a friend that cut his cable completely and now only does Amazon Prime, Netflix and YoutubeTV. He absolutely loves YoutubeTV. I've been using Hulu since the $0.99 Black Friday sale last year and I don't know if I'll renew it - the commercials are the worst. Painful, repetitive and intrusive. Really made me appreciate Prime and Netflix that much more.
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Re: [tv] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
My wife alternated between Hulu, Amazon Video, and Netflix. I talked her into that $1 Hulu deal I think last Nov. Its all I still have and I never use it. Im about to dump tv again so might get some use from it. Wish she'd gotten to watch more. That girl was a tv holic so to speak. Loved movies and tv. I used to be but gave it up years ago. Its been kinda baby sitting me this year. Feel weird watching it . Im back to looking into Fire tv and such. I want to save money by dumping my $60 tv cable but if I have to pay $40 for streaming thats no use.
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Re: [tv] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
Hmm, I wonder where that leaves viewing it in Canada. Likely won't change a thing as we view it through CityTV, but still.
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Re: [tv] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
I must have TCM, and I really like having a DVR. That means I must have cable, because TCM isn't available any other way, AFAIK. I can't buy a smorgasbord of streaming services, even if my tv could stream, because that makes financial sense only if you can cut the cord (and not always even then).
Someday I'm going to start a thread asking for help and advice in updating my setup (without spending more than I already do). Today is not that day. Sorry, Orville. TV is too damned complicated.
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Re: [tv] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
Will this make the commercials disappear?
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Re: [tv] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
Damn. Guess I'll do like I do for the CBS All Access Star trek (If I decide I want to keep watching). Wait until it comes out on DVD and then wait for a sale or cheap on ebay. Got Season 1 of Star Trek for $8.99 last week.
The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
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It’s supposed to. I do not have one, but have heard good things, and will likely pay a friend of mine to build me one.Z-Corn wrote:Will this make the commercials disappear?
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OK, I'll test.Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:45 pmIt’s supposed to. I do not have one, but have heard good things, and will likely pay a friend of mine to build me one.Z-Corn wrote:Will this make the commercials disappear?
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Re: [tv] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
I presume those DVDs will never show up on netflix, so buying is the only way to see it. Thanks for the alert.
Y'know how I was saying TV is too damned complicated? Check out these instructions for watching Discovery via Amazon. Sheesh.
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Re: [tv] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
I wonder if the divorce will impact anything casting wise. Hope not.
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Re: [tv] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
I had to look that up. I had heard that Palicki and Grimes were dating, but not that they had married. Then before I find out they'd married, they're divorced. Sheesh...I'm more concerned that I actually bothered to learn all about this.
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This marks the first divorce for Palicki, and the third for Grimes. He previously married Dawn Bailey in 1997, and Megan Moore in 2011. She was previously engaged to Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War stuntman Jackson Spidell, but they split before getting married.
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Re: [tv] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
Returning to production in December:
Like other productions, filming on The Orville was put on hold when Hollywood went on lockdown in March. Shooting on the third season had started in October 2019 and they were a bit shy of halfway done at the time of the halt. According to a source with the production, cameras will start rolling again in the first week of December.
Prep work for restarting season three has already begun, with some people already at work on the Fox lot in Century City, CA. Most of the cast and crew are expected to be on set after Thanksgiving weekend for rehearsals and to do some pick-up shots. Production will continue through December until the Christmas and New Year break, and then restart in early January.
It is expected that work under strict COVID protocols to complete season three will take five or six months in total. Production will restart on the Fox lot, with location shooting in Southern California also being planned. The Orville creator/executive producer Seth MacFarlane and executive producer Jon Cassar will continue to split directing duties for the rest of the season.
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I decided to give this another try after brushing it off a few years ago. I watched the second episode, then re-watched the first one, and then the third. I just kind of hate Seth MacFarlane, in general. Not as a human being or even as an actor, but his cheap, crass humour. 20% of the jokes in these episodes land. Another 20% are amusing. 20% are innocuous but inoffensive. But the other 40% are cringeworthy. I don't know why the helmsman character exists. I don't want him to. The navigator isn't much better, and feels a bit like an offensive caricature to this point. Most of the female characters are genuinely interesting, though hackneyed. Everything about this show is hackneyed... and it never rises to the level of satire. Yet... as hero worship, it somehow succeeds. It's evident there's a lot of love put into it, and there's great attention to detail. After now having watched three seasons of Discovery and one season of Picard, this really does feel more like Star Trek than anything since Enterprise.
The CGI ranges from bad to decent. The music is excellent, though the mimicry is a little too evident. The alien/creature makeup is outstanding. The dramatic writing, while again never feeling fresh, is really solid though. There's some real depth and nuance, which is especially surprising so early in what was originally a network series. I wish it dropped the gag comedy though.
I have a hard time saying I like it, but I certainly like elements of it. I'm looking forward to watching more.
The CGI ranges from bad to decent. The music is excellent, though the mimicry is a little too evident. The alien/creature makeup is outstanding. The dramatic writing, while again never feeling fresh, is really solid though. There's some real depth and nuance, which is especially surprising so early in what was originally a network series. I wish it dropped the gag comedy though.
I have a hard time saying I like it, but I certainly like elements of it. I'm looking forward to watching more.
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Re: [tv] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
What surprised me is that it feels like it's supposed to just be an inane Star Trek-inspired sitcom, but later on the stories and characters really start to take on some oomph.
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It's clearly a loveletter to Star Trek. What's great is that by the time Season 2 rolls around, it's more comfortable with itself, having found its footing and relies less on gags, and it becomes more of a dramady, with the stakes upped up, and it feels like a world actually worth exploring.
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After the first few episodes the cheap, crass humor get far less cheap and crass, and far more into the characters, themes and stories. Don't judge the show on the first few eps.Sudy wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 4:36 am I decided to give this another try after brushing it off a few years ago. I watched the second episode, then re-watched the first one, and then the third. I just kind of hate Seth MacFarlane, in general. Not as a human being or even as an actor, but his cheap, crass humour. 20% of the jokes in these episodes land. Another 20% are amusing. 20% are innocuous but inoffensive. But the other 40% are cringeworthy. I don't know why the helmsman character exists. I don't want him to. The navigator isn't much better, and feels a bit like an offensive caricature to this point. Most of the female characters are genuinely interesting, though hackneyed. Everything about this show is hackneyed... and it never rises to the level of satire. Yet... as hero worship, it somehow succeeds. It's evident there's a lot of love put into it, and there's great attention to detail. After now having watched three seasons of Discovery and one season of Picard, this really does feel more like Star Trek than anything since Enterprise.
The CGI ranges from bad to decent. The music is excellent, though the mimicry is a little too evident. The alien/creature makeup is outstanding. The dramatic writing, while again never feeling fresh, is really solid though. There's some real depth and nuance, which is especially surprising so early in what was originally a network series. I wish it dropped the gag comedy though.
I have a hard time saying I like it, but I certainly like elements of it. I'm looking forward to watching more.
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Re: [tv / HULU] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
I will admit to eventually getting past the writers' constant need to make jokes that are based on 20th/21st century pop culture, and it seemed to tone down the out of place/low brow humor a bit during the second season. So eventually I began to actually kind of enjoy it. I still think Discovery is a better Star Trek show though, but this will do until someone reboots Quark.
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Re: [tv / HULU] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
I don't subscribe to Hulu and this won't make me. I agree with Sudy regarding how humor lands, Seth McFarlane always seems to be on the cusp of genius, but then falls back on frat boy humor. I want to like him more than I actually do.
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Been looking forward to the 3rd season. Bring it on. It can't come soon enough.
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Strangely I dont remember Quark at all. But I know Conrad Janis from Mork & Mindy and of course Tim Thomerson is a cult / b movie hero.
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Re: [tv] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
I signed up for the $4.99 Hulu plan (with commercials) with a free month for a class documentary and it's supposed to be ad-laden. I'm using a combination of Chrome/AdBLock/uBlock and haven't seen a single ad. uBlock racks up a TON of hits on Hulu while I watch, but viewing is never interrupted.
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Just as a follow up, I'm a full-on HULU disciple now. I watch on an actual TV so I wouldn't be able to ad-block things, but I don't mind paying a little extra to be ad free. HULU is my everything now - Live TV provider and DVR.
Not excited I have to wait until March of 2022 to see more of the Orville, but I'm grateful at least it's coming back in some form.
Not excited I have to wait until March of 2022 to see more of the Orville, but I'm grateful at least it's coming back in some form.
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Re: [tv / HULU] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
Just a bump as Episode 1 of S3 (or "New Horizons") was released today. I think they will be out every Thursday at 12:00 EST on Hulu.
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Gasp! Yay!
I'm falling so, so far behind. Obi-Wan, Stranger Things, the last seasons of The Expanse and Lost in Space, now this, The Boys, and another MCU show right around the corner.
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Yes. I went from being completely caught up with shows and nothing new to watch, to being overwhelmed again and immediately behind on like 5 different things. They should really coordinate this stuff better.
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Re: [tv / HULU] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
Haven't seen it since Halston Sage left. And now of course Norm MacDonald is dead. I guess its still a fun show though.
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Re: [tv / HULU] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
Whelp, doesn't look like I'll be watching Season 3 anytime soon. It's on Disney+ here and I don't plan on subscribing to it.
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Re: [tv / HULU] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
Watched the first episode and enjoyed it tremendously. I'm not sure if they were given a bigger budget, but it looked...better? The episode content was a bit...heavy, though it made sense based on where they left off in S2.
It also absolutely still feels like the best show to follow a Star Trek format that isn't actually a Star Trek show.
It also absolutely still feels like the best show to follow a Star Trek format that isn't actually a Star Trek show.
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That episode was too long, honestly. I see no reason why episodes of The Orville need to be over an hour long (and next week's is, too).
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Re: [tv / HULU] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
Because it's now on a streaming service as opposed to being broadcast, and because of this they feel unrestrained. I know there's a debate about episode length in general for streaming series, but I kind of don't like for them to be overly long. I don't want to feel like I'm watching a movie with every episode. I want the episodes to respect my time.
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Re: [tv / HULU] The Orville .......Seth MacFarlane
I wasn't sure about the length - like maybe they had originally written it as a 2 part "season premiere" when the plan was to be on network TV and it was just edited into a longer (70 minute!) single shot. I didn't realize episode 2 was also an hour. I guess we'll see. Some shows can definitely drag when they bump from ~45 minutes to 60+, but I didn't feel that way about this episode. That might change in future weeks....I guess we'll see.
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I just watched ep2. The length didn't bother me. One thing i note is the change in tone certainly is striking from S1 and S2.
On the story -
On the story -
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