| It's almost like they can't decide whether or not they want to be a more "real" Star Trek or a "goofy Star trek with bad jokes". I get the feeling Seth wants to push it towards the latter, probably because he writes 90% of the goofy bad jokes himself. But if he truly wants to make the series a success, he needs to do 2 things: 1) Do more Rodenberry-esque episodes like that episode 4 you mentioned, which I still think was the best so far. 2) Hire a great full-time comedy writer, if they really want to keep the "goofy" aspect of the show, which I don't think is bad per se - it's the terrible jokes that kill it, not the fact that it tries to be funny. If they do that for season 2, they may actually get most of the Star Trek fans to watch it, and maybe quit watching STD if they haven't already. Most of the people that I saw were disappointed with Orville were disappointed because it did too little of 1) and too much of 2) (mainly the bad jokes, though). I think Orville has the potential to be a 7-10 season iconic show if they shape it towards what the people actually want it to be rather than Seth's original vision. If nothing changes, it will remain a mediocre show, and maybe get killed after 3-4 seasons when people get bored with the same tired old jokes. |