Giantrobo

Off topic complaint. I hate the shape and design of the Orville both inside and out. The Deck is way to open and bright, and those stupid engine loop thingys on the main ship and the shuttles look silly.

Thanks for lisnin'

dhmac

One thing about the show that I've grown to love is its theme music




Looking around, I found these cover versions...

Here's someone playing it on piano




And here's a metal cover

SteveA

Then it should have been an easy thing to explain that Kelly's "birthday" was in relation to her own planet's year length, and that when using Regor 2's year, it wasn't actually her birthday at all. Also, those stupid tooth samples (however they worked) should have also verified this, since they probably measure time in relation to Regor's year.

Also, regarding the other stupid thing, speaking English. It would have been fine if the crew had a universal translator, which I don't believe they've ever claimed to have. However, for it to work when Kelly and Bortus were in prison, it would have to have been embedded in their bodies, since all of their clothing was taken and they were in prison garb.

We can suspend disbelief, but only so far.

rw2516

The Orville does look odd. I keep wondering if it's supposed to be a joke. Shaped like a gynecologist tool or something.

movieguru

The actress that plays the new security officer sounds like she is a chain smoker.

Giantrobo

Jesus man. I can't unsee that. You may be on to something.

Josh-da-man

whotony

From the back it just looks like a big open laughing mouth to me.

melasnus

Wouldn't disagree.



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dhmac

Egotastic Funtime episode recap and review

Giantrobo

Yeah, makes sense. Here is some insight into the design of the Orville.

'Star Trek: Discovery,' 'The Orville' Ship Designers Reveal Inspirations

TGM

so... the new security officer is the same race as the old one, so will she not succumb to the same wasting syndrome in short order?

Count Dooku

In the episode where Alara left, they established that Dr Finn found a treatment regimen so she could stay on the ship and not be affected by the gravity, one would presume that the new security chief will undertake that, but the show has not explicitly explained that it will happen, so some viewers will refuse to make that leap and complain that the show is ruining their ability to suspend disbelief.

TGM

ah yes, forgot that part.

movieguru

The aliens speaking English happens on Star Trek and just about all other sci-fi shows that feature humanoid aliens in space. Even in Star Trek, universal translators would make no sense. Their lips still move as they're speaking English. Also the primitive cultures wouldnt have the translators so they still wouldnt understand what the Enterprise's crew were saying to them. There's been a number of episodes where several different primitive cultures spoke to each other and understood each other without having universal translators or Federation crew around. you pretty much have to ignore the whle language barrier if you want to watch these type shows.

SteveA

In the Star Trek universe, you understand that "alien-ness" means pointy ears on a human figure, or ridges on the forehead, or different shades of color on the skin of an otherwise human figure. It is a signal that this being is alien, and we know there is a limitation in the special effects and that in "reality" these beings would be much more alien. Likewise with a "universal translator" that makes communication a lot easier and quicker than we all know it would really be in an "actual" situation. But IMHO, this particular episode of The Orville takes things too far. I really like The Orville, and I think, for example, that the episode where Bortus has to go back to his home planet once a year to urinate, is a brilliant nod to Star Trek and Spock, even though it is totally, totally nonsensical. But this particular episode was an example of really lazy writing that went over the edge.

johnnysd

Would we enjoy a hard sci fi version of Star Trek? With true alien species, lack of communication, etc...?

melasnus

HEY!
You're not supposed to notice that!

mphtrilogy

Finally caught up on my backlog of eps. This show is great. I've watched all of the Star Treks except for the latest incarnation as I don't want to shell out for AllAccess yet... I haven't re-watched many in reruns though, other than the original so my memory is a bit fuzzy. So I am good with recycled story-lines with the added humorous banter. I also leave half my brain at the door with this show.. the language thingy in this ep, I will assume they have language translator software with implants in their ears etc to make that work , and I will also look the other way at the misc gaping plot line holes because this show is still great fun and a likable cast and some solid laughs every ep, with an occasional hmm moment to think about.

Love the miscellaneous guest spots as well, Ted Danson in this one.. good stuff.

hope we get another season or two...

dhmac

This episode's title is based on a lyric in the Beatles song "It's All Too Much" from the Yellow Submarine soundtrack album



(The lyric is just over 2 minutes into the song)

JimRochester

I was watching a youtube video review including the mistakes made with the movie Timeline. A time travel movie about a group going to medieval France. One of the complaints was that the English and French spoken at that time sounded nothing like modern English or French so the modern folks would not have been able to communicate with the folks in the 14th century. May be true but then you don't have a movie. At some point you have to have the heroes communicate with the villains to move the plot along.

Count Dooku

a new episode premieres in less than 90 minutes, so that means in a little over 2 hours people will have a new list of complaints

rw2516

All you have to do is mention that the time travelers are familiar with the archaic form of the language. Doesn't add a dime to the budget.

Count Dooku

So you go to the trouble of explaining that people from the present are fluent in a dead language, in order to explain away an issue that no sane person watching the movie cares about, and then all the characters speak in the contemporary form of the language anyways.
Good plan!

rw2516

In no one watching the movie cared, why were people complaining about it in the youtube video you mentioned?