Season 2 has begun airing in the US and Canada, and will begin broadcast in other parts of the world in the weeks to follow.

Also, a 2-disc soundtrack CD for the series is reportedly in the works, due to be released sometime in the New Year.

By Steve Petrick (Petrick) on Friday, January 18, 2019 - 03:29 am: Edit

No details so as not to ruin it for those who have not seen it yet, but something to think about as you watch it.

In keeping with the show's background, the Captain should be relieved of command and court martial imposed.

Watch the show and see if you can see why.

By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Friday, January 18, 2019 - 02:24 pm: Edit

I watched about half of season 1. During season 1, the captain committed several courts martial-worthy offenses, including the willful disobedience of direct orders to do exactly what he been ordered NOT to do. The captain also tolerated an incredible lack of discipline on his ship. Their idea of a "chain of command" is more like a "chain of maybe I will if I personally think it's right".

Combined with the rather poor taste humor and condescending, yet semi-rational, moralizing, I just couldn't take it. So I stopped watching The Orville about half way through season 1 and haven't followed the show since.

Pity.

By Jason Langdon (Jaspar) on Friday, January 18, 2019 - 06:03 pm: Edit

How many times would Kirk have faced court martial?

By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Monday, January 21, 2019 - 09:28 am: Edit

Too many to count. However, and this answer is just for me personally, I did note that the lack of a real chain of command was "combined with" the other offenses of the show to cause me to abandon it.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Monday, January 21, 2019 - 04:27 pm: Edit

It is difficult to watch this show but I struggle on. Leanna will only watch it if I certify that each episode is not gross.

By Steve Petrick (Petrick) on Friday, January 25, 2019 - 05:38 pm: Edit

First comment on last night's show, but everyone should avoid specifics until everyone has had a chance to see it:

"How NOT to conduct a first contact."

By John Williams (Johndw) on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 10:30 am: Edit

I've been enjoying the show a lot so far, generally a week behind though because I have to watch it streaming from fox's website and they don't let you watch it for free until 8 days later. So I will say I kinda saw the krill lady thing coming because half the internet was speculating about the actress coming back as a dark matter specialist would just be a ruse for more krill development. I do kinda wish they would touch more on alien contact or resolving conflict, but I enjoy the character building episodes they've been doing.

By Steve Zamboni (Szamboni) on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 08:58 pm: Edit

Pre-screening movies and episodes for others can be entertainment in itself. I managed to send an entire group of ladies to "From Dusk to Dawn" because they liked George Clooney romances, and I confirmed that "Deadpool" was indeed a cancer survivor romantic drama to two coworkers. (Trust is something to be both hoarded and spent.)

By Richard B. Eitzen (Rbeitzen) on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 09:30 pm: Edit

Deadpool is indeed a cancer survivor and there IS a romantic element...

... and a whole lot else.

By Will McCammon (Djdood) on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 09:33 pm: Edit

In Deadpool, Wade Wilson flat out says that "it's a love story" and that is true.

He also said Deadpool 2 was "a family story". That was also true.

He just... leaves out... a lot of other stuff.

By Steve Zamboni (Szamboni) on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 10:22 pm: Edit

The studio even had an ad campaign pushing the Valentine's Day release with flowers and soft focus and equal billing for the love interest. "True Love Never Dies." I was in awe at the nerve the first time I saw one.

By Michael Grafton (Mike_Grafton) on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 05:23 am: Edit

"Deadpool" was indeed a cancer survivor romantic drama...

haha

I had my auntie convinced that "Die Hard" was a love story because Bruce Willis spends the entire movie trying to win his wife back. She still complains about it at times.

By Ted Fay (Catwhoeatsphoto) on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 10:05 am: Edit

Yippee Ky-A, Mother....

By Steve Zamboni (Szamboni) on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 11:30 am: Edit

I was threatened with grave bodily harm after my "From Dusk to Dawn" stunt. Apparently there was much screaming among them during key parts of the movie.

"George Clooney has these tribal tatoos, very manly, and there's this scene where he first sees Selma Hayek dancing, just wow, but she goes after the brother first, so there's some tension building up there. You'll love it."

By Jeffrey George Anderson (Jeff) on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 12:12 pm: Edit

Oddly, my favorite romantic comedy features a married couple who, even after two children and at LEAST a dozen years, are still VERY passionately in love with each other.

Raul Julia and Anjelica Houston. "The Addams Family."

Another good film that features a married couple reigniting the spark of passion after fifteen years of marriage (and is also a film I VERY much enjoy) is "The Incredibles." The second one is okay, too, but it's nowhere nearly as wonderful as the original.

By Steve Petrick (Petrick) on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 12:59 pm: Edit

Jeffrey George Anderson:

Oh come on. How can you not include "True Lies" on that list? (GRIN)

By Jon Murdock (Xenocide) on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 02:34 pm: Edit

I liked Undercover Blues as a great movie about a happily married couple. Two spies called out of parental leave for a job and they bring the baby. Ridiculous but very funny.

Plus, it has Muerte, one of the best incompetent villains ever.

By Jeffrey George Anderson (Jeff) on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 04:50 pm: Edit

Totally forgot about it, SPP, but yes, it's another one I enjoyed.

On the other hand, there are other unconventional comedic romances. I mean, think about the romance that bloomed for Tackleberry in the second Police Academy movie; it led to marriage.

(IIRC. It has been a quarter century since I've seen any of those films...)

By Steve Petrick (Petrick) on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 05:04 pm: Edit

The only real problem I had with the Police Academy Movies and the TV series was that, sometimes, every once in a while, the Sergeant should have won.

One of the reasons, I think, that Beetle Bailey and comics of its ilk have lasted so long is that the protagonist does not always "win," nor always "lose."

Even Garfield occasionally has the perennial punching bag Odie put one over on Garfield on occasion. Even the spiders sometimes beat Garfield and are not eternally simple victims.

To take another movie, as badly as Sergeant Hulka was treated in much of "Stripes," in the end what he was came to the fore and without him the heroes would not have been the heroes. (Although in his case my most favorite and remembered scenes were "Sgt Hulka, does this mean training is cancelled for the rest of the day?" and Sgt Hulka saying "I'm getting too old for this!"

By Alan Trevor (Thyrm) on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 05:59 pm: Edit

Far and away my favorite "political" TV series are the BBC comedy series "Yes Minister" and its follow-up series, "Yes, Prime Minister". In "Yes Minister", James Hacker (played by Paul Eddington) is the new Minister for the Department of Administrative Affairs, and Sir Humphrey Appleby (played by Nigel Hawthorne) is the departmental Permanent Secretary, the senior-ranking civil servant within the department. In most of the episodes they work at cross-purposes, with Hacker being driven mostly by political considerations and Sir Humphrey by bureaucratic ones. (Every now and then they have to work together to defeat some threat to the Department of Administrative Affairs itself - which would harm both their statuses.) "Yes, Prime Minister" continues with a similar dynamic after Hacker has become Prime Minister and Sir Humphrey, the Cabinet Secretary (effectively the senior civil servant in the United Kingdom).

One of the things which, in my opinion, made this show superior to any American political TV show, is that neither Hacker nor Sir Humphrey always wins (or is always in the right, which isn't necessarily the same thing) in their maneuvering against each other. If either side had always been right (think "West Wing") the show would not have been anywhere near as funny or interesting.

By Steve Petrick (Petrick) on Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 11:48 am: Edit

"Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister" are gems indeed, and sadly you can see all too readily how it reflects on our own system of government.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 04:22 pm: Edit

I love Yes Minister and have the complete file of both halves and the transition special Party Games. I never understood US politics until watching that show.

By wayne douglas power (Wayne) on Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 05:46 pm: Edit

I remember Yes Minister, a good show (did not know there was a follow up series).

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Friday, February 01, 2019 - 12:32 am: Edit

We are, without a doubt, the weirdest ship in the fleet.

New favorite quotation from the show.