Rent The Orville: Series 1 (2017)

Wanted to like it , but ... - The Orville: Series 1 review by Other Worlds

I'm a a big fan of Star Trek (in all its guises ) and I'm also sympathetic to the kind of fan-fiction that a series like that can engender so I came to this with more than an open mind , I really wanted to like it. The simple fact is that it is just is not that funny. So sorry but it has to be a thumbs down from me .

Better star trek than star trek - The Orville: Series 1 review by JD

Given the divisive and extremely poor 'new trek' it was looking like star trek as we know it was dead.

But no, Seth has shown us you can still make great trek. It might not be called startrek, but Seths passion for this classic scifi is clear.

It has all the things that made proper star trek so great. Including the welcome return of stories, characters, situations that arent simply sombodies opinion or messages but offering up genuine moral dilemas or clearly stating there are 2 sides to every argument. At the very least this is as good as any proper star trek (of course you cant replace shatner or beat 'the best of both worlds') and makes the recent efforts to modernise star trek by paramount on both film and streaming look horribly out of touch.

The Orville, although i believe this touch was forced by the studio, also has its own touch of brilliance. And thats the humour. Its sprinkled in light touches so as not to turn the program into a farce, but at times is incredibly funny. Often Jokes will be more for the sci fi fans but are superbly well integrated into what are almost always very serious stories.

cmon CP, get the other seasons!