Old Wounds

The show is a wonderful thing to see if you're a Star Trek fan but even if your not there is enough sci-fi fun for all. The banter is on point and the story is fun. The model work on the shoe makes for a pretty ship to look at as well. If your looking for a fun show that scratches that all the right sci-fi places then this is the show for you. I can't wait to see what's next.

Overall, I actually enjoyed it.

Most of the humor was lame, though. Get an editor to strip out the potty humor, and just leave in the parts that use the situation - joking about the use of a tree as a weapon, or arguing about the divorce to stall - those schticks actually worked for me.

I do like the premise of "enough with the 'dark, and EDGY!!!'" - keep it upbeat. I would like to see the show evolve into an old school comic book kind of style, with both an action plot, but still lighthearted. But they need to work on subtlety.

As for the cheap production values - good! If they keep the budget down, they may be able to use the money to hire/keep some better writers and actually keep the show on for a few seasons, if it earns more than it costs.

I enjoyed this episode. I believe The Orville may become an alternative to space shows, which includes irony and certain parody to star trek Although not a fan, I'm prepared to give it a shot.

You could easelly think that this is a star trek parody but if you do you ignore much of the other qualities this new series has to offer and it would be an easy way of giving critic . The series has also good special effects , the designs are creative and original ( i loved the first scenes with the new york skyline ) and the humor so far is good What i like abouth it is it takes itself not to seriously and political correct nonsence is (thank god ) absent .

you can clearly see this series is a far better tribute to star trek than star trek discovery is , and the humor makes it a bit unique and that what makes it different than the old star trek series . I have only seen this first episode but i am positively suprised .

I've known the Seth MacFarlane was a Star Trek (ST) fan but I've never been keen on his other work. Its taken me a while to get to the Orville but this show really is by someone who get ST and this first episode has me wanting more. Light on the bombastic crude humour you expect from MacFarlane this episode drew me in and made me feel like I was watch a more human and believable ST TNG. If you aren't sure but love Star Trek of old; give it a watch.