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The Orville - New Sci Fi Comedy from Seth MacFarlane and Director John Favreau coming to FOX
Granted this is just a first trailer, but it looks funny and pretty darn good! Star Trek meets Galaxy Quest meets meets Family Guy
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Lol, comment section "this will get at least two seasons driving Firefly fans into a frothing frenzy"
I'm mixed on this. I'd like to see Seth McFarland drop his well seasoned sense of humor and give something an honest go. I think he is really talented, but his tool box currently only has a hammer in it.
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Looks way better than what J.J. did!
That looks bloody terrible.
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I'll give it a try, but hope the humor is more high brow than is typical for Seth. I also think this won't last, since genre comedy is hard to get right on 2 fronts, and Fox isn't a home that will give it a chance to stumble and course correct. On a smaller network this would do better.
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I'll give it a try, but hope the humor is more high brow than is typical for Seth. I also think this won't last, since genre comedy is hard to get right on 2 fronts, and Fox isn't a home that will give it a chance to stumble and course correct. On a smaller network this would do better.
Normally id agree with you, but McFarland is a Fox darling and they seem to give him more leeway than others. I bet it makes at least two seasons (which is why the comment section was so funny) American Dad got like 10 seasons for example.
Unlikely.
It isn't firefly after all.
Thank God for that.
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...Or Doll House
Freehold,
They still might cancel it just to piss people off.
Doubtful.
As noted above, he is their golden boy.
Free,
That didn't stop them from cancelling Cleveland show OR having TBS take over airing American Dad.
Cleveland show was terribad, but still lasted 4 seasons. American Dad was on Fox for at least a decade before the move. Try again?
Eh. I still don't believe it will last more than a season. But that's just me.
Cleveland show was terribad, but still lasted 4 seasons. American Dad was on Fox for at least a decade before the move. Try again?
drunken lies!
Freehold,
It wasn't a great show...but I agree it wasn't terribad.
Eh. I still don't believe it will last more than a season. But that's just me.
Yeah, that's sort of how I feel. I think it'll be a really fun show, but I'll be surprised if it gets a second season. And I like it a lot better than what I've seen of the new Star Trek series.
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I dunno. The new Star Trek show might last two season.
Sigh. Yet another really attractive young actress buried under alien makeup.
Damon,
Which one?
Okay fair. She is pretty.
That actually looked far better than I had any expectation it would.
Thomas Halston Sage would be my guess.
Got it in one.
Pan,
I'm assuming it's just based on the trailer. Because, as far I know, there are no episodes available to view anywhere.
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So..... It's not a comedy???
When is the Premier?
I like Mcfarlane but he needs to break the mold hes built around himself. This seems like a half ass way to attempt it.
Premier is in the next few weeks.
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I like Mcfarlane but he needs to break the mold hes built around himself. This seems like a half ass way to attempt it.
Premier is in the next few weeks.
The premiere is this Sunday and I'm pretty sure that if I watch it at all I'm only watching for the train wreck value.
And I'm probably not watching it at all because the WFTDA Playoffs are on this weekend.
That's what Hulu is for!
Space comedy has worked once before. not so much in the states but red dwarf had like 67 episodes.
Yeap except this isn't space comedy its....im not sure exactly......space dramedy?
If I find the time i'll catch the pilot and see from there.
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That being said, I'm trying to figure out why McFarlane would setup his show to look like a Star Trek parody (the costumes scream ST:TNG) and then play it straight.
That is a good question. Could be Fox didn't want to go head to head against Star Trek. Could be that McFarlane is stuck to his brand and cant escape it. Maybe there will be a good documentary about this show someday.
Dave Nemetz from TV line says so. The link is a few posts back.
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That being said, I'm trying to figure out why McFarlane would setup his show to look like a Star Trek parody (the costumes scream ST:TNG) and then play it straight.
The answer is: it's not Star Trek parody, it's Star Trek fanfic.
He just filed the IP off so he could play at being the captain and get paid for it. He wouldn't be the first.
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Wait, who is saying this isn't a satirical style comedy? I've not heard anyone imply this is a drama -I've always been under the impression it is a comedy, sort of in the style of Galaxy Quest
That's what I'm hoping for. I loved Galaxy Quest.
I'm very much not a Seth McFarlane fan, 'though. He's deadly unfunny, to me. So who knows.
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Wait, who is saying this isn't a satirical style comedy? I've not heard anyone imply this is a drama -I've always been under the impression it is a comedy, sort of in the style of Galaxy QuestThat's what I'm hoping for. I loved Galaxy Quest.
I'm very much not a Seth McFarlane fan, 'though. He's deadly unfunny, to me. So who knows.
I agree with every brilliant thing you said in this post.