# The Orville-Seth McFarlane **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814 "2017-05-17T03:28:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/41 "2017-08-26T00:07:56Z")
Any star trek parody requires unholstered boobs floating in zero gravity. 😃 Maybe a thin tunic or shirt would still be Fox family friendly? Nearly all fan fiction throws in material mainstream tv fears to address. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/42 "2017-08-26T00:26:54Z")
In the entire history of Star Trek there has been exactly one scene with zero gravity, and did not involve any boobs. (Except perhaps Dr. McCoy.) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/43 "2017-08-26T00:35:00Z")
I was referring to fan fiction parodies. Isn’t that the idea behind The Orville? Take the funniest and most irreverent ideas from fan fiction and put them on the screen. It would have been perfect for HBO or Showtime. They can still do some hilarious bits and spoofs on Fox. Ill watch for awhile. I’m concerned they’ll use up their best gags in the two hour pilot. Maybe the writers will surprise us. They’ll have to pick a direction. Broad parody or maybe drama with a few gags. I can’t see it working if they get serious one week and do fart jokes the next week. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/44 "2017-08-26T00:59:46Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I was referring to fan fiction parodies. > > Isn’t that the idea behind The Orville? No. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/45 "2017-08-26T01:07:27Z")
It probably says more about me than the quality of the show that I laughed at every joke. I’ll at least put it on my list of new shows to check out. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/46 "2017-08-26T01:26:59Z")
Belly laughs are the best kind. I like all kinds of humor from the 3 Stooges all the way to sitcoms like The Mary Tyler Moore show and Modern Family. It’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/47 "2017-08-26T03:09:40Z")
> **[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/?app=desktop)** > > Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![TaoPilot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TaoPilot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaoPilot)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/48 "2017-08-26T04:27:42Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > In the entire history of Star Trek there has been exactly one scene with zero gravity, and did not involve any boobs. (Except perhaps Dr. McCoy.) I imagine you’re thinking of the scene with the Klingon ship in ST 6, but there was at least one other zero gravity scene, in an early episode of DS9, where Bashir has a relationship with a woman from a low gravity world who likes to turn the gravity off in her quarters. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/49 "2017-08-26T05:20:39Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > [YouTube](https://m.youtube.com/#/playlist?list=PLJ0pRegSiYkaAxb2A17ljX-H99-1vJ75j) That just takes me to the front page of YouTube. Can anyone provide another link directly to the video, and preferably not mobile? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/50 "2017-08-26T05:34:29Z")
> [@TaoPilot](#): > > I imagine you’re thinking of the scene with the Klingon ship in ST 6, but there was at least one other zero gravity scene, in an early episode of DS9, where Bashir has a relationship with a woman from a low gravity world who likes to turn the gravity off in her quarters. Good point. That episode was pretty terrible tho so I guess I blocked it out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/51 "2017-08-26T14:04:31Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I read a review today (can’t link at the moment) that said that while Fox is trying to promote this as a joke filled parody, the actual show is more straight sci fi with comedic moments. That actually makes it more interesting to me. This is like the opposite of what they did Firefly. I forget the print ad, but they advertised it as a “jokey funny space crew” show instead of a funny real science fiction show. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/52 "2017-08-28T15:59:45Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > I believe you mean Dr. Bashir’s dad from DS9 is in it. 🆒 Right you are: [Richard Bashir | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Richard_Bashir) > [@TaoPilot](#): > > I imagine you’re thinking of the scene with the Klingon ship in ST 6, but there was at least one other zero gravity scene, in an early episode of DS9, where Bashir has a relationship with a woman from a low gravity world who likes to turn the gravity off in her quarters. There was also a scene on VGR where the ship’s artificial gravity field failed. I remember Tuvok starting to slowly drift upward with a bemused expression. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/53 "2017-08-28T16:36:18Z")
I’ve set it up to tape. September 10! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/54 "2017-08-28T17:09:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > There was also a scene on VGR where the ship’s artificial gravity field failed. I remember Tuvok starting to slowly drift upward with a bemused expression. It actually took more than a simple Google search to find. The episode was “Prey.” Artificial gravity was intentionally turned off by the species 8472 intruder, as they can apparently walk on surfaces without the use of gravity. (It also turns off the artificial atmosphere.) Not only did Tuvok bemusedly float, but Paris was shot and stunned and left floating lifelessly (except his boots which were magnetically locked). It looked cool. The theory is that it is in the deck plating, and that the failure state is actually on, not off. Hence why gravity never gets turned off by an attack. Official canon says they continue working for a while after shut off, but will eventually run out of energy. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/55 "2017-08-28T17:31:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Right you are: [Richard Bashir | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Richard_Bashir) > There was also a scene on VGR where the ship’s artificial gravity field failed. I remember Tuvok starting to slowly drift upward with a bemused expression. There was also that scene in First Contact where they fight a couple Borg drones on the outside of the Enterprise, and Worf throws an assimilated crew member off the hull. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/56 "2017-08-28T18:12:12Z")
Also Spock’s space walk in TMP. As far as this show. I’m not a fan of McFarlane and I find it infuriating when he does something like Cosmos. We watched that but otherwise, his shows are persona non grata in my house. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/57 "2017-08-28T19:27:24Z")
Fox’s current plan for the first two episodes is, each will air on Sunday (9/10 and 9/17), and will air nationwide simultaneously, after that day’s NFL coverage - 8 Eastern, 7 Central, 6 Mountain, 5 Pacific. Either they really want people to see it, or they realize that it’s a turkey and want to prop up the ratings so they can come close to what they promised the advertisers. In addition, in the Pacific time zone, each episode will air a second time at 8:00, resulting in the pre-emption of repeats of _The Simpsons_ and _Family Guy_ that will air after _The Orville_ in the rest of the country that night. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/58 "2017-08-28T19:37:54Z")
Oh, I thought somebody said it would only be on CBS all-access, but I guess that’s Star Trek Discovery. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/59 "2017-09-10T23:37:08Z")
Been seeing adverts for this all during the 9er game today. Looks awful. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/60 "2017-09-11T00:30:55Z")
I’ve read two “professional” reviews. Both said it was too serious to be played for laughs and had too many stupid things in it to be taken seriously. After 30 minutes, I agree. It does look cool, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814.md?page=4)