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Renew The Orville!!! (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Alpha71 to c/sciencefiction

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[+] [email protected] 51 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (3 children)

And most important (for me): self-contained episodes. No season long story arcs that go nowhere.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Last season had a good wrap up too so it makes hiatuses not feel painful. Wish shows would go that route over cliff hangers with how shows now take years to get another season and many forget what even happened by the time it returns. More seasons should feel more complete by the end of it even if there are potential storylines to explore in the future.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well there are some of those, but they run in parallel for the most part, which is very digestible. They have done a great job on this show.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah fair enough. Key part was "arcs that go nowhere". I got so incredibly tired of TV shows that think the way to do mystery is drawing out plot far too slowly, in hopes you'll tune in next episode.

Then again, regarding new trek, I only watched season 1 of Discovery, and the first episode of Picard. I ain't got no patience for this.

[–] Moghul 12 points 2 months ago

I completely agree. The Orville is a fantastic show that really captures that TNG feeling while still being its own thing through humor.

[–] maniii 20 points 2 months ago

Orville is a return to the ST:TNG formula that made Picard and Riker so famous and much loved.

I actually like Seth and Adriana as CiC and FO. They play off each other without seeming disingenuous.

[–] picandocodigo 9 points 2 months ago

The Orville Season 4 Reportedly Set to Begin Production In Early 2025: https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-orville-season-4-reportedly-set-to-begin-production-in-early-2025/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The show was never at risk of not being renewed. The main issue slowing the production is that Seth MacFarlane wants to write every single episode by himself.

This whole thing is a personal fanfiction that he got money to make into a real show.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In 4 points 2 months ago

In season 3 he wrote 4/10 episodes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean good. He obviously had enough vision and creativity to get it this far, so if he doesnt want it to be watered down im happy to have less of an awesome thing than way too much mediocre shit which is what lots of other shows are right now. If theres other writers that have good stories to tell then i hope they get a chance to make those into something great too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah I'm definitely not complaining. I'm just pointing out that the show was never cancelled... It's just a really slow show to make because almost all of the pre production is just 1 guy