On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 4:51 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> I haven't finished the pilot yet but it seems meh. It seems too nice. They > need McFarlane or his ex wife to be nastier. Plus I already saw the best > jokes in the previews. The CGI looks great. The special effect where the > security officer jumps a long distance looks like high school sophomore > visual arts class. No characters have a breakout moment in the pilot. > I'm a McFarlane fan. I am not ready to write off the show yet. > > On Sep 12, 2017, at 1:05 PM, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Pilot is free on iTunes... it so desperately wants to be Galaxy Quest, >> but it isn't even Quark. >> > I posted my quickie review early yesterday and found out this morning that Google considers it spam and a moderator has to approve it - which would be me, the original sender. So it may show up later today or tomorrow. I think the term that got it caught in the spam catcher was ST, which I spelled out. I did not read about the show, or read interviews with the cast, or watch preview videos about the show. From what I saw Sunday night I had no idea it was supposed to be a comedy. There is value in having humor in a drama and I thought that was what they were aiming for. The problem with the show for me is that it suffers from an utter lack of imagination. Science fiction lets writers and production designers break all limits and go off in new directions. The Orville did none of that. It is stuck in a ST template. If it is supposed to be a ST spoof it completely fails. The CGI looked lovely, especially because my 2009 A/D converter box failed recently, and I now have an HDTV. Stuff like the special effects on The Orville really popped. But it was the pilot and pilots have more lead time and bigger budgets than regular episodes. Future episodes will probably have more dialogue and fewer effects. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
