"The Orville". A Seth McFarlane Space Adventure on Fox

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

I'm wondering what this will look like because not too long ago Adrianne Palicki was on the Inside of You podcast and she pretty much said she and a lot of the others were done with the show. Now maybe they can throw a ton of money at them or something, but it didn't sound like they were happy with the experience.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

TBH I wasn’t as impressed with the 3rd season as I was 1 & 2. They were more fun and when the show went to Hulu they took advantage of dropping the filters and using language that hadn’t been used before, which seemed out of place.

 

[Laspector]

Doesn't Disney own Hulu? What's the difference if you watch it on Hulu or Disney Plus?

 

[NakedMoleRat]

Doesn't Disney own Hulu? What's the difference if you watch it on Hulu or Disney Plus?

I have no idea, but Seth alluded that high views on D+ could trigger Disney into a season 4.

 

[JediG60racer]

The biggest draw of the Orville was it was telling Trek stories when no one else really was. Now that Picard has shown that Trek can still do Trek, it seems the Orville has been forgotten about. Insert meme of guy looking at another girl here.

I thought the biggest draw was the GalaxyQuest style witty humor, dialogue and commentary. When it went all serious, I was like... nah. I already have Trek for serious Trek. I don't need another serious Trek. I need humorous Trek that pokes fun at itself while still telling good stories.

I feel like the writers of Lower Decks understand that need.

 

[NeoRutty]

I find it still funny… they def go harder on the drama and serious moments, but def still had the charm.

I hear a lot of the complaints revolved around not feeling they can look for work while waiting for Seth to write everything - which was taking forever.

I hope another season rolls around. Good show

 

[NakedMoleRat]

I thought the biggest draw was the GalaxyQuest style witty humor, dialogue and commentary. When it went all serious, I was like... nah. I already have Trek for serious Trek. I don't need another serious Trek. I need humorous Trek that pokes fun at itself while still telling good stories.

I feel like the writers of Lower Decks understand that need.

We no longer need to fear the banana!

 

[Treadwell]

They still have humor, it isn't all serious. I, for one, am glad the humor is less puerile than how it started.

 

[CB2001]

At this point, it's hard to know if it's actually going to be made even though it's been announced. I recently read that Disney has lost at least 11 Billion (that's right, with a B, and i've read it's been at most $20 Billion lost) on Disney+ alone. So, even if it is true, the odds of Season 4 being done, it's probably going to be a little while.

 

[cboath]

At this point, it's hard to know if it's actually going to be made even though it's been announced. I recently read that Disney has lost at least 11 Billion (that's right, with a B, and i've read it's been at most $20 Billion lost) on Disney+ alone. So, even if it is true, the odds of Season 4 being done, it's probably going to be a little while.

Hollywood accounting...if you lost that much, you cut bait or make massive changes. They have done neither. I dont doubt for a second it hasnt lived up to the boards expectations. Everyone looked at netflix and thought a streaming service was a license to print money, it is not. It went from 2 major services to what?10, 12? Customers were charged more, but choice on any platform when down. Pandemic created an artificial spike and kaboom.

Netflix wentfrom can we do this? To a customerbase that reached 200m or whatever over several years. They could grow in stages. Disney had to go from 0 to 200m capacity in one shot. That is outrageousely expensive and not recouped in a couple years.

 

[Treadwell]

 

[renaissance_man]

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Please tell me this isn't Internet Misinformation. I really hope this is genuine.

 

[JiminSTLouis]

Please tell me this isn't Internet Misinformation. I really hope this is genuine.

LINK: The Orville's Scott Grimes Reportedly Dropped A Huge Update About Season 4, And I'm So Excited

 

[NeoRutty]

Well here’s hopin.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

The Orville: New, New Horizons

Season 1 & 2 were phenomenal. Season 3 took itself seriously, added unnecessary profanity, and had a longer run time than most episodes needed.

I hope if we get a season 4 it goes back to its roots.

 

[AJK001]

I think the worst thing they did for season 3 was to go to Hulu. If season 4 is on Hulu again I'm out.

 

[cboath]

The Orville: New, New Horizons

Season 1 & 2 were phenomenal. Season 3 took itself seriously, added unnecessary profanity, and had a longer run time than most episodes needed.

I hope if we get a season 4 it goes back to its roots.

I'll agree with the profanity part, but disagree on the length.

I felt the episodes were what they needed to be. Very much in contrast to some of the TNG movies and TV shows from the TNG forwards where they'd cram what should've taken 15-20 minutes into a sentence or two because they ran out of air time.

 

[jts1031]

I'll be surprised if they're able to get everyone back after all this time. I know Adrianne Palicki said on Michael Rosenbaum's podcast that she was done with it. But money is a great motivator so maybe they'll throw enough at them.

 

[Treadwell]

I'm sure we discussed it upthread over a year ago, but regarding length, I'm happy to have them long if it's disciplined. Not just to be long. There was a lot of fat in several S3 episodes that added nothing but time. A three minute montage of people in the ship walking down halls and taking their seats for a presentation?