I'm always on the lookout for "take-me-away-Calgon!" escapist comedies, so I thought I'd give Seth McFarland's new comedy a twirl. I'm not a fan of American Dad or The Cleveland Show or Family Guy, but I found Ted and Ted 2 to be remarkably stupid -- so much so that I actually laughed a time or two.
So The Orville is a parody of Star Trek. Like Tim Allen's Galaxy Quest, sorta. The first two episodes were full of fart jokes and penis jokes -- as expected. Then something happened in the third episode, and the plot turned "serious." No more jokes, no more levity. I watched one more episode just to make sure. Yup, the show was now taking itself seriously.
It shouldn't. There is a ridiculous premise, ridiculous casting, ridiculous sets and now ridiculous plots too. The "science" is so laughable that the bridge of the ship has gravity. In the last episode I watched The Orville comes across a derelict alien ship in space, which is so large it has a functioning ecosystem inside it. The people living inside the ship don't even know they're on a ship. So to prove to them that they're on a space ship, the crew of the Orville open up the convertible roof(!) of the ship, so the residents can see the stars.
But get this. The air inside the ship doesn't go whooshing out into space.
Oh yes. This alien craft has air.
And humans. Who speak English.
JFC. No wonder science these days is considered "fake news."
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