News Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville

[The Nth Doctor]

I have to say that was pretty amusing and I especially liked the view screen gag. I'll definitely check this out.

 

[StCoop]

Wow, that looks so much like "Hyperdrive" the BBC should sue!

 

[DS9ers]

The trailer and screen shots reminded me heavily of Galaxy Quest. It actually looks pretty solid. I will watch it.

According to Den of Geek the Season 1 Directors are Brannon Braga, Jon Favreau, James L. Conway, Jonathan Frakes, Robert Duncan McNeil and Seth MacFarlane.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I'm officially more psyched for this than Discovery (at least until there's something to see about Discovery... hopefully in two days)

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Wow, aside from Braga (didn't even know he had directing experience) and maybe McFarlane himself, that's a good set of directors. Hopefully they'll get LeVar Burton on board in the future.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I think Braga did some directing on Cosmos.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Wow, that looks so much like "Hyperdrive" the BBC should sue!

Hyperdrive didn't strike me as being particularly Trek-like. It was more blue-collar slacker, more of an extension of something like Dark Star or Red Dwarf.

 

[Nerys Myk]

As I said elsewhere, Seth must have been a TNG kid.

 

[tenmei]

Looks fun. I'll be tuning in.

 

[Campe]

No thanks. Trailer did nothing to alleviate my concerns. But to each his own!

 

[Tosk]

I like the style, but the jokes are pretty weak. Airing on Fox and co-starring Adrianne "Pilot Killer" Palicki? Not good signs that this will last.

 

[Nerys Myk]

The viewscreen gag was the only one that worked for me.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I was laughing at most of the jokes, even on the third time through. Some not at all. But I will try this out.

 

[The Wormhole]

Oh wow, that trailer was so awesome! My favourite bits were the alien officer talking about his race only urinating once a year, and the blob crewman had me laughing a lot more than it probably should have.

As I said elsewhere, Seth must have been a TNG kid.

IIRC, he has admitted as much.

 

[JD]

A trailer!

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Looks very heavy on the comedy. Nice production values.

Out of all the trailers released over the last few weeks, I think this was my favorite.

Oh wow, that trailer was so awesome! My favourite bits were the alien officer talking about his race only urinating once a year, and the blob crewman had me laughing a lot more than it probably should have.

IIRC, he has admitted as much.

I also like the bit about meaning the family no harm, except for shooting their dad.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I didn't catch this myself, but "Captain, we're getting a message from Admiral Halsey" is possible a reference to the Paul McCartney song?

 

[Mudd]

I'm there.

I'm a McFarlane fan in general, though I lost track of Family Guy a while ago. All TV becomes repetitious, and that thing's been going on forever.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

As I said elsewhere, Seth must have been a TNG kid.

MacFarlane hosted a writers roundtable on one of the TNG blu-rays. I think it was the season 6 one or maybe the 7th season. He really knew his stuff.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I didn't catch this myself, but "Captain, we're getting a message from Admiral Halsey" is possible a reference to the Paul McCartney song?

Or the actual Admiral Halsey. Though I'm willing to bet it's the Macca song.

 

[kitik]

It'd be funny if this ends up being more "Star Trek" than Discovery.

This quote may be worth hanging onto. We'll see.