Does anybody know what the song is?
Either way this looks good. Nothing that features Jason Isaacs AND Rainn Wilson can be all that bad!!
I’d love to change the world - Jetta
I’m looking forward to it - but it could easily be awful... JJ Abrams and the last Enterprise series made serious mistakes IMHO.
Might be time for a Netflix subscription with this and Stranger Things 2 due.
Looks good:
Discovery is JJ-Trek (regardless of what universe it's supposedly in) with wrong Klingons. And Netflix. Nope.
The Orville though has no UK release as yet. Also, not great reviews, though to me it sounds like it's more like Trek of old with a bit of comedy and people are expecting whizz bang gloss & lens flares with no plot (JJ style). Sadly it won't do well then. That or a laugh a minute comedy with a laugh track, but I get the impression Seth (as a big Trek fan) is trying to do a traditional Trek under the guise of comedy to make up for low budget. Besides we have Red Dwarf for straight sci-fi comedy (new series in October BTW).
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/news/a837489/seth-macfarlane-the-orville-reviews/
Balls, sorry, meant to post the trailer also!!
Besides we have Red Dwarf for straight sci-fi comedy
No, no it hasn’t. It’s not been funny for a long time.
Yep, looks pretty decent and very JJ Abrahams.
Besides we have Red Dwarf for straight sci-fi comedy
No, no it hasn’t. It’s not been funny for a long time.
Seriously, moderate yourself.
Besides we have Red Dwarf for straight sci-fi comedy
What a bizarre thing to say. We're only allowed one show in each genre or something?
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Yep, looks pretty decent and very JJ Abrahams.
Yeah, looks like a load of Star Wars style action to me, blowing ships up, dramatic dark moods, yelling at each other.
Nothing like Star Trek.
But what I loved and what Roddenberry had envisioned doesn't sell and doesn't attract mass audiences of casual viewers, so I'll have to stick with my old DVDs it seems.
JJ Abrams is a ****ing hack
Hoping that Discovery is better than that!
Seriously, moderate yourself.
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I thought the JJ Abrahams reboot was by far the best Star Trek movie, 3rd one was a bit poor but first two were excellent.
footflaps - Member
I thought the JJ Abrahams reboot was by far the best Star Trek movie,
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Abrams ripped the soul out of trek & turned it into a disposable Hollywood blockbuster
The Orville is coming to Fox UK, so said Mr MacFarlane...
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I think it's pretty good. Looking forward to Discovery too, but not desperate.
Seriously, moderate yourself.
Hate to say it Drac, but I'm with TW. It had a dip for sure, but s11 was pretty good.
The Orville kind of sucks. I've seen the first couple of episodes and it's far from MacFarlane's best work. Basically a direct spoof of TNG that comes across as unimaginative and lazy.
Humour in sci-fi good, comedy sci-fi bad*
*(With the exception of the early seasons of Red Dwarf)
Excited for the new series of Star Trek though. Roll on Monday!
footflaps - Member
I thought the JJ Abrahams reboot was by far the best Star Trek movie, 3rd one was a bit poor but first two were excellent.
absolutely agree with this, first yin in particular was excellent.
Speaking of Red Dwarf, I've just seen a trailer.
HOLY SHIT, HOLLY'S BACK!!
On Netflix now, 2 episodes
The Orville is coming to Fox UK, so said Mr MacFarlane...
I caught the first episode of that last night. It wasn't half bad, I was expecting it to be another Hyperdrive so it exceeded my expectations at least.
On Netflix now, 2 episodes
Ooh. That's tonight's viewing sorted then.
the Orville is odd, I don't quite know what to make of it! It's part comedy spoof and part "serious" spoof. It's like star trek with non pc endings 😕
The Orville would probably have been better if MacFarlane hadn't put himself in it.
Just watched both eps, phasers set to Like!
Orville phasers now set to , load of Pap!
Only on Netflix?
I only have the trailers on Netflix what's going on?
Holding off signing up to Netflix until next month so my free month covers Stranger Things 2 as well, this isn’t helping.
Hate to say it Drac, but I'm with TW. It had a dip for sure, but s11 was pretty good.
I’m still right though it’s not anywhere near as good as it was.
Just watched the first one .....liked it . Cup of tea and now for the 2nd
No Netflix for me.
Pretty good I thought . Enough to get me back next week
How come it's not on Netflix for me? You guys have US accounts or something? 😐
Australia here, it's a Netflix own series. And yes Iiked it, yes darker but it was darker times
I'm not a massive Star Trek nerd. Will I like this?
Give it a watch, still has phasers and transporters but best just give it a go. First 2 episodes were decent
Well, I just caught up and I thought it was bloody brilliant.
How come it's not on Netflix for me?
It is, it's just buried. I had to search for "star trek dis" before it turned up.
Cheers Cougar. I'll try again, but I just keep getting three trailers appear.
It was alright, but there has been far too much time spent on detailed backstory exposition, then a bit more explanation in case you don’t quite get it. Then a little bit more
I fear it may be star trek for dummies
Or just not for fanbois....
1st couple of episodes of everything are a bit of a set up
It seems promising enough, "bloody brilliant" is a bit of a stretch though. And the Klingons speaking one syllable at a time is pretty tedious.
watched last night, was OK enough to watch it again. Like all S.T. it was predictable, a bit to shiny, Basil Exposition showed up a bit too much, and the baddies were, well, a bit dare we say there to fill the role of "baddy who will make a tactical/philosophical/cultural cock up at the convenient 35 min mark" to allow the show round off with moral conversation between the 1st mate and captain...
Well I thought it was a bit rubbish. Very generic action series template dusted off and some Starfleet logos inserted.
So the usual complaints apply - rejecting realistic character behaviour to increase the melodrama/jeopardy being the main one. Yawn.
Give it a watch, still has phasers and transporters but best just give it a go. First 2 episodes were decent
I watched all of Iron Fist, so my bar is set pretty low.
