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The Orville is essentially Seth MacFarlane's love-letter to Star Trek: The Next Generation, so the similarities to 90s Star Trek are very deliberate. Despite that, it's not fair to say The Orville is just an homage to TNG - it's executed very well (for the most part - I find some of the comedy in S1 a bit grating TBH, and think S2 balances it a lot better), and really grows into it's own thing whilst maintaining the flavour of its inspiration. There's a significant number of Star Trek fans who considered it more Star Trek than the actual Star Trek shows Paramount were creating at the time! There's also Trek alumni involved - the doctor (who'll you'll recognise from Castle) was a recurring character on Deep Space 9, and Jonathan Frakes (from TNG) directs a few episodes of the series
Sean Ellingham
2025-03-24 23:45:51 +0000 UTCI remember when I first saw this I was neutral toward his ex until she tried to avoid responsibility and blame him for her being a cheating whore. Because she was lonely?! Get a vibrator and shut the hell up.
Kelly Parks
2025-03-24 00:39:45 +0000 UTCMacFarlane originally pitched this as a Star Trek series. The whole idea here is to get back to the upbeat view of the future that made Star Trek popular in the first place.
Kelly Parks
2025-03-23 22:50:50 +0000 UTCWhat a nice surprise. I love this show.
Kelly Parks
2025-03-23 22:31:57 +0000 UTC"He's drawn a lot of penises on a lot of things."
Kelly Parks
2025-03-23 22:31:26 +0000 UTCAwesome!
Bobz
2025-03-23 21:56:50 +0000 UTC
