# 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:** 78
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1541 "2017-12-28T13:33:31Z")
I just found [the pilot episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn_Sgcxg5PQ) of _The Orville_! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1542 "2017-12-28T14:12:57Z")
That is almost painful to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1543 "2017-12-28T14:14:05Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I just found [the pilot episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn_Sgcxg5PQ) of _The Orville_! The best touch is the fire extinguisher hanging in ready access by the door. The Big Show could have used some of those! ---
**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:** [December 28, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1544 "2017-12-28T15:02:28Z")
Been there, done that: [http://www.racprops.com/trekmovies/wok/film\_fire\_exts.jpg](http://www.racprops.com/trekmovies/wok/film_fire_exts.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1545 "2017-12-28T15:16:32Z")
I guess [bar code scanners](https://www.barcodesinc.com/news/?p=1672) weren’t in the budget. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1546 "2017-12-29T04:31:49Z")
I found it adorable. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1547 "2017-12-29T04:33:50Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That is almost painful to watch. I found it adorable. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1548 "2017-12-29T05:08:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …Definitely wish we’d see some real consequences for Mercer’s continued disobedience to direct orders from admirals (do we know the actual name of the Union’s space navy, BTW?)… Third time asking. Maybe it just hasn’t been mentioned? ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1549 "2017-12-29T06:30:41Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > I found it adorable. I would even go further and say it’s actually pretty good for being teenagers, and the era’s amateur technology. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1550 "2017-12-29T09:01:04Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > I would even go further and say it’s actually pretty good for being teenagers, and the era’s amateur technology. I think it’s good by ST:TOS 3rd season standards. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1551 "2017-12-29T13:21:28Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > I think it’s good by ST:TOS 3rd season standards. “Standard, standard, standard! What is standard?” ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1552 "2017-12-30T09:13:05Z")
Turns out the writer of the TNG episode “Measure of a Man” absolutely LOVES “The Orville”. She is green with envy because she and other writers would have loved to be allowed to turn in the same kinds of scripts. She talked about it here: [GGG#288: The Orville Season 1 Review | Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - Science Fiction Writer Interviews, Movie Reviews, Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi Books and Writing](https://geeksguideshow.com/2017/12/17/ggg288-the-orville-season-one-review/) ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1553 "2018-01-06T14:41:03Z")
A bit of news from [Dark Horizons](http://www.darkhorizons.com/x-files-ends-as-prison-orville-return/): Seth MacFarlane says the confirmed second season of his sci-fi series “The Orville” is “going to be at least” fourteen episodes, up from the twelve of the first. The plan is also to lean on a heavier science fiction tone and pulling back a bit on comedy to broaden the appeal. MacFarlane confirmed there’s no intention to do a full twenty-two episode season, saying: “I’d rather do fewer episodes and have them be better content-wise than do 22 and have them be filler.” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1554 "2018-01-06T18:35:08Z")
That’s great news. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1555 "2018-01-06T19:02:19Z")
> [@](#): > > (About what the Union’s fleet is called…) > Anyone? I never noticed this, but you’re right. The Union force of armed starships is never named; the term “Union” is applied to both the political entity and the fleet, which is odd, albeit certainly a possible thing. It’s referred to generically as “the military” at least once, but that doesn’t appear to be a proper name. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1556 "2018-01-07T03:43:40Z")
Thanks. I was pretty sure I would’ve caught it if they ever mentioned it. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1557 "2018-01-08T22:21:34Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > So Mercer has read “Flatland” but didn’t know Emerson. OK. Late reply, I know. But I have read _Flatland_ but would not know an Emerson quote. _Flatland_ is a fun little book, ala _Phantom Tollbooth_. It appeals to me as an SF fan and a math nerd. Emerson is just some guy I vaguely remember from English class. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1558 "2019-01-05T02:10:08Z")
I just watched the first episode. I didn’t laugh once. No comedy, no drama. What is this supposed to be? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1559 "2019-01-05T02:15:56Z")
Second epi this season was … weird. Slow. Too much Bortus. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1560 "2019-01-05T02:18:42Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I just watched the first episode. I didn’t laugh once. No comedy, no drama. What is this supposed to be? ST:ToS with a little more snark and slapstick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814.md?page=77) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814.md?page=79)