Science Fiction

I hate the design of the ship, the shuttles in season 3 at least look cool. Other than that, it was great show until season 3 when I felt they took too much time for EEEEEEEVERYTHING. This is literally the first show ever where I started skipping through episodes.

What is it these days that series and movies maker seem to think quantity equals quality?

It's better Trek than most Trek, IMO. Had some cool adventures and raised some interesting on sometimes difficult questions about morality and how it's shaped by our societies.

I like it, enjoy it for the most part and am glad it exists. But the politics comes off a bit weak and tips sometimes too far towards the self-congratulatory ethno-centrism of bad early 20th century anthropology.

I like it, want more seasons to come out. Now that I finished the Orville, I need to go back and finish Farscape

I liked it, it is pretty star trek the next generation(which i love) though sometimes it gets really up its own ass. I like more philosophical/ethical subject episodes than constant interpersonal relationship episodes.

I like it! It's a nice casual space show with a decent mix of humor and seriousness.

I find it to be more "star trek" than some of the new star trek shows.

I personally really enjoy it. It is more heartfelt than I expected.

The Orville is to Star Trek as Spaceballs was to Star Wars. A humorous parody, but I can appreciate the effort that they put in to have the show take itself a bit more seriously during dramatic scenes. I enjoyed it, although I only saw two seasons.

I have yet to see this show. Is it on Paramount+? I may have to sub for this and Picard.

It’s a good show and I like it.

Recently binged the whole thing. Loved every minute.

Really loved it, after the first couple episodes it felt like Star Trek with average people, without the overhype of modern star trek.

That the first season/part of first season was awkward qualified it as part of the Star Trek tradition, they all stumbled around to figure out what they were doing at first. I would say that it is Star Trek just as much as Galaxy Quest is a Star Trek movie, and perhaps that's the issue with some not liking it fully...it's a parody/alternate take of the idea carried out a bit too long, whereas Galaxy Quest was the perfect amount.

As a Star Trek fan since the 70s, I can say that all versions have their highs and lows, there isn't a perfect one. And from the Vulcan philosophy of IDIC (Infinite Diversity In Infinite Combinations), this is how it should be. The more the better, even some of Discovery. I think the idea of Discovery was great, it just wasn't implemented well, but again, I could point out other Star Trek that shared that.

Loved Series 1-3. When is Series 4 due? Seth Rocks!

My initial reaction was that it was likely to be Seth Macfarlane's "Galaxy Quest the TV Parody"...but then I watched it, and then it grew on me. I've grown to like it quite a bit.

I'm sure this has been said in other comments but I would love to see Seth McFarlane given the Star Trek IP and free reign. I would actually pay Paramount Plus or whatever streaming service like $20 a month while this theoretical show was active. As an aside I think Garak is the best character in all of Star Trek.

I tried to get into it but ultimately it was too campy and borderline cringey (Norm's terribly animated and written blob character) for me.

Who's Orvile?