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Seth MacFarlane's The Orville

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The Orville is a satirical science fiction drama created by Seth MacFarlane and modeled after classic episodic Star Trek with a modern flair.

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website -4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

If you were in the minority it wouldn't have been cancelled the first time lol

The thing with Orville is that there are are a lot of very online insecure men who all LARPed that it was amazing because they were upset with the Black Lady show.

It's not a bad show it's just hard to gauge the actual real world authentic audience reception.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you were in the minority it wouldn't have been cancelled the first time lol

Are you referring to The Orville? It has never been canceled.

The huge gaps between seasons 2 and 3 was caused by COVID, and this one seems to be about how expensive the last season was.

And, yes, coming into a community about a specific thing to say that you don’t like specific thing does put you in the minority (and in less tolerate communities would get you dogpiled or banned).

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 5 points 3 days ago

Dont forget the whole "moving from network television to streaming" thing.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Look, I watched the hell out of Discovery despite the terrible dialogue writing, because I liked the characters and many of the sci-fi ideas. I liked the first 2 seasons of the Orville more, because it gave me the idealistic progressivism I sometimes crave and rarely get on tv or in films.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 1 points 2 days ago

aw that's great bud happy for you