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- 2017
- TV-14
- FOX
- 2017
- TV-14
- FOX
Summary Set 300 years, Captain Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane) and the crew of the U.S.S. Orville explore space in Seth MacFarlane's sci-fi dramedy homage to Star Trek.
Created By: Seth MacFarlane
- 2017
- TV-14
- FOX
- 2017
- TV-14
- FOX
The Orville
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 10, 2017
36
8.3
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Summary Set 300 years, Captain Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane) and the crew of the U.S.S. Orville explore space in Seth MacFarlane's sci-fi dramedy homage to Star Trek.
Created By: Seth MacFarlane
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
36
9% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
48% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
43% Negative
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
36
9% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
48% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
43% Negative
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
Overall, "Electric Sheep" is definitely a great episode, but it would maybe be better if the show didn't continue in the same vein for the rest of the season. Serious stories like this, while important, don't exactly fit in with The Orville's brand of humor and wonder. As a rare treat, it's certainly satisfying, but here's hoping we get to see more classic sci-fi adventure stories in the next episodes.
It’s got top-notch special effects and terrific makeup (for its space-alien characters). But it just doesn’t quite gel. At least not yet, anyway.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 1,343 User Ratings
8.3
85% Positive
1148 Ratings
1148 Ratings
5% Mixed
66 Ratings
66 Ratings
10% Negative
129 Ratings
129 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 1,343 User Ratings
8.3
85% Positive
1148 Ratings
1148 Ratings
5% Mixed
66 Ratings
66 Ratings
10% Negative
129 Ratings
129 Ratings
The Orville needs considerable work to accomplish whatever it wants to be--assuming that MacFarlane and company even have that answer. For now it’s boldly but very unsteadily going forth, with its jokes working here and there while the action and “messages” bump along at best.
The Orville seems to be less about comedy or science-fiction than about Ed Mercer’s middle-age angst, expressed primarily through his peevish anger toward his ex-wife.
The lack of creativity is clear, given how it takes the basic framework of a “Trek” series and files off the serial numbers. But morally, it’s hard to imagine how anyone involved with this project could be comfortable with walking onto that set, watching those episodes, and seeing how blatant the imitation is.
There are too few jokes for it to truly feel like a comedy (despite appearing that way in early promos), but attempts at humor muddy the series' ambitions as a pure sci-fi adventure. By flirting with two genres, MacFarlane has created a messy series that lacks focus.
An air of self-congratulation hangs over the entire hour, as if MacFarlane, who wrote it, couldn’t get over his awe at his own bravery in engaging with a difficult, complex topic.
First two seasons were great. In light of Discovery and Picard, they were the best Trek around. Season 3? Not so much. They veered full-on into Discovery territory, dragging my score down. Especially this most recent episode. Talked about one-sided.
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I wish the show remained as a corny sci-fi sitcom with jokes about the sci-fi genre/tropes, but instead we have a show that decided half-way through season 1 that it wanted to be a real show with a plot. The problem I have with this show post season 1 is that it focuses too much on character romance arcs rather than any fun adventures. When adventure does occur, every character has plot armour and/or specific setup->outcome scenarios that are hard to believe. There are a couple cool looking cgi space battles / scenes. The music is great too.
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A half comedic spoof star trek, consistent light comedy throughout, a vision of sci-fi very much filtered through the lens of american cultural outlook projected onto the sci-fi world, some signs of early woke and ideological injection re gender and sexuality, a bit basic and plastic in many ways, not too bad but not particularly intellectually stimulating, plots, parables and storys all rather basic generic american and prosaic predictable.
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Production Company:
- Fuzzy Door Productions
- 20th Century Fox Television
Initial Release Date: Sep 10, 2017
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Hollywood Professional Association Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
