[Vanity] I'm Done...The "Orville" has Jumped the Shark...for me.

Me ^ | 1/4/2018 | The Dread Pirate Roberts

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I have had it. I just watched the latest episode of "The Orville".

But this latest episode, "Primal Urges" pissed me off to NO end.

Let's forget the overall subject of "gay" porn addiction by a completely non-human species, and the total delve into how that affected the ship and crew...and the clear homosexual overtones.

I cannot let pass the behavior of the sudo-Klingon character of Bortis who stood by and watched a woman say goodbye to her family...husband and son...of which there was a good 30-60 second scene...and our Uber Macho "hero" did NOTHING to save her.

His behavior...given his mission to save as many people as possible from a planet soon to be destroyed by an exploding star...was simply unconscionable. He should have grabbed her and pushed her onto the shuttle with her family and closed the door. A sacrifice? Possibly. But...if necessary...YES.

Yet he chose to save his own sorry ass. Not good.

Maybe I'm wrong. But I would not have hesitated to push her onto the shuttle and then close the doors. That was the mission. Save as many people as possible.

Yes...I know this is fiction and supposed comedy but really? Why would such a feel good, heroic moment be overlooked? Except...by those who JUST DON'T GET IT.

The writers of this show have exposed themselves to be far less than worthy of my viewership. I'm done with this type of BS.

I cannot believe...and I hope...that I am not the only one who noticed this and whose hackles rose while watching this.

Am I too old school? Am I a dinosaur? Are there no others who would have done...oh...I dunno...the RIGHT thing?

I'm sorry. But sometimes...I get pissed.

[moovova]

Nope, no DVR. We pretty much do Prime, Hulu, Netflix and some things off a Plex server. The only real TV we watch is Fox news occasionally, the weather when there’s bad stuff around, and Jeopardy followed by America’s Game Show...Wheel of Fortune. The rest of cable is either garbage or repetitive.

[Impy]

Don’t get me started on this “all-male species”, how exactly would that work? One of them laid an egg somehow. What? Intesting choice though to do that instead of doing human fags.

But anyway I think a “man”, gay or not being addicted to interactive “porn” is highly realistic. Let’s face it if these “simulators”/holodecks were real plenty of people would never come out.

I also don’t blame anyone for not sacrificing their life for an alien stranger. Maybe he should have grabbed the oldest person going on to the shuttle and replaced them with the mother.

Why wouldn’t the writers have him sacrifice himself? Cause they’d be killing off one of the characters they spent time developing for no good reason, the only reason to Tasha Yar his ass like that is he wanted to leave the show. A better question is why did they do that somber plot in the first place.

My problem with show came in the next episode, the delicious Halston Sage, still cute as a button under her makeup is gone, and after all that character development, she decided to leave, reason not stated. Her replacement is neither as attractive nor interesting but just a substitute of the same species (ok she’s only had one ep I’ll give her a chance but boo!)

It’s better than Discovery.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"Let’s face it if these “simulators”/holodecks were real plenty of people would never come out."

I'd turn the setting to 1955, make my girlfriends Emily DiDonato, Ana de Armas & Nina Dobrev and have the door permanently sealed behind me. Adios, you sick, homofascist world of 2019.

[Bender2]

Re: It’s better than Discovery.

Imp, old sport, truer words... were ever spoken.

As to the exit of Halston Sage... it is my understanding that she was cast in the film The Last Summer and her departure was considered open-ended for a possible return in the future. Hey, she is said to be Seth MacFarlane's main squeeze, so what she wants, she gets--

Sam, in this day and age with the liberal slant prevalent upon most actors and productions in film, TV, etc, I cannot blame you for your being pissed off by the "Primal Urges" episode. Yet I do agree with Imp that if a “simulators”/holodecks were real, what would go on in them would make the goings on in "Primal Urges" seem like a Sunday morning Bible study class for 8-year olds.

And for better or worse, porn happens. 'Dirty Pictures/French Postcards' were with us as Mathew Brady was taking snapshots on Civil War battlefields and the 'Stag Film' era began just after old Thomas E. invented the film camera. So, with the advent of the internet and personal computers-- Well, if you don't know, you are, I am sorry to say, among a very, very small minority.

Porn addiction is a reality, as is addiction of video gaming & other such new fandangled fetishes, and no amount of "Tisk, tisk, tisk... I cannot believe that!" shall make them go away.

It is a sad comment on modern society, but a truthful one. So unless you wish to never ever watch any TV, films or plays offered up these day, be prepared to find content that grates on the ethics and social norms you were brought up with--

Me, I was born in 1947, so the world I was born and bred to has been almost erased because of the White Privilege Racism it engendered. Yeah, "Truth, Justice and the American Way" has been branded hate speech along with common sense and 'ethics' is a forgotten word.

Even our own side, such as "Fox and Friends," grates on our senses. Each and every morning it seems Ainsley Earhardt and Carley Shimkus greet each other with hugs and air kisses as if they have not seen one another in a blue moon. Gadzooks and General Jackson-- I want to throw a brick through my 50-inch. But I don't, I switch over and have re-runs of "Seinfeld" or "Friend" on TBS play in the back ground as I vent myself on my PC.

Yet, we all fight our battles the best way we can and I will continue to watch and enjoy, with a grain of salt, Seth's take on 'Star Trek.' As old Imp says, "It’s better than Discovery."

Let me leave you with this: Sam, if you have to cast the "Orville" out of your personal orbit... "Make it so."

[NFHale]

I’d set it to Nov 2016 so I could watch the dems psychosis upon learning that Trump won... over and over and over again.

But then again, that’s what YouTube is for... :^)

[PfromHoGro]

And my personal favorite line to the question “How will this end?”... “In Fire.”.

Comet TV’s running B5s- Love the Shadow ships, they remind me of B-2s.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Love the Shadow ships, they remind me of B-2s.

On steroids. By a designer on acid. But I love them too.

[GOPsterinMA]

NICE PICKS!!!

[Rummyfan]

I switch over and have re-runs of "Seinfeld" or "Friend" on TBS play in the back ground as I vent myself on my PC.

Ha ha. I do the same.

[Rummyfan]

There’s this one where a baby sitter hired to watch over a child and was getting instructions from the two male married guys.

Yes I saw that one. AT&T I believe. It seems to have disappeared from the rotation. Thankfully.

[Rummyfan]

Emily DiDonato, Ana de Armas & Nina Dobrev

Good choices!

[ssaftler]

“Bortis’ yearly urination ceremony” episode

The whole concept of that episode was so absurd as to be hilarious. Personally, I see "The Orville" as a parody to "Star Trek". In that context, the first season was pretty good. They've fallen back somewhat this season, which is too bad.

[Deaf Smith]

Last night's episode (part 1) was good.

Isaac is really a spy for his AI world.

The Al's of his world killed off their makers ( billions of biologicals) and buried them in the caverns.

They are the machines of Terminator fame.

The coming Storm is for the galaxie and the Federation.