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Ted has brief scenes with lightning at night, which use strong strobe effects. In a party scene, there are brief, rapid edits that create a strobe effect. A late scene briefly shows emergency vehicle strobe lights.
Some scenes use handheld cameras with mild shaking.
Flashing Lights: 5/10. Motion Sickness: 4/10.
TRIGGER WARNING: There is some homophobic and racial humor in this film. One gross-out gag involves human feces. One joke involves mocking the mannerisms of stroke victims and the use of the R-slur.
NOTE: Our evaluation of The Last Voyage of the Demeter is now available on our Patreon page at Patreon.com/MovieHealth, and will be available on this page on Tuesday, August 15.
Considering Mark Wahlberg's integral role in Seth MacFarlane's two Ted movies, it's no surprise MacFarlane hoped to reunite with him for a TV series. Unfortunately, their reunion wasn't meant to be. MacFarlane revealed that his first call after getting greenlit was to Wahlberg, who declined due to unavailability. This led MacFarlane to pivot to a prequel series instead of a sequel.
Best of 2022 TV Shows #1: The Orville: New Horizons (Hulu)
For Seth Macfarlane his little show that could somehow managed to do the unthinkable.
Be the best show of the year.
All it took was a new network partner, upgrades in effects, story and quality to bring us some very compelling sci-fi.
With the timeline reset the Orville crew pick up the pieces and strained relationships in the process.
While not showing it, hurting most is the Kaylon Issac having burned all his bridges with the crew including newbie Charly who directly lost someone based on the attack.
But what this actually does is gives a real reason to root for the unthinkable.
Like Issac and Claire going the distance.
A peace summit between the Union and Krill that unfortunately dove into real world issues resulting in a coup.
Bortus going through the wringer of fatherhood with Topa and identity issues with his race and mate.
Kelly with mentoring an asylum seeker in the ways of the galaxy.
Lamar seeking advancement in command and love with his and Tallas unexpected connection.
Even Gordon who is given TVs single best episode this year as he unexpectedly makes a life for himself in 2025 Pasadena.
Pure wonder is brought within these 10 episodes.
11 if you count the Audible novella.
But if this is the last time we get to see the crew, we might as well take Gordon Malloys advice from his James Taylor Cover.
“Since we’re on our way down, might as Well Enjoy the ride.”
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Oh, we enjoyed it Seth we certainly did.
SUM 22: Hulu gives New Horizons to the Crew of the Orville and delivers this years best show for it.
The Orville: New Horizons is created and written by Seth MacFarlane. The series follows the crew of the exploratory spaceship The U.S.S. Orville 400 years in the future.
The Orville: New Horizons stars Seth MacFarlane (Captain Ed Mercer), Adrianne Palicki (Commander Kelly Grayson), Penny Johnson Jerald (Dr. Claire Finn), Scott Grimes (Lieutenant Gordon Malloy), Peter Macon (Lieutenant Commander Bortus), Jessica Szohr (Lieutenant Talla Keyali), J. Lee (Lieutenant Commander John Lamarr), Mark Jackson (Isaac), and Anne Winters (Ensign Charly Burke).
The Orville: New Horizons hits Hulu on June 2, 2022.
This week’s episode begins with Lieutenant Talla Keyali (Jessica Szohr) returning from shore leave as the crew receive a strange signal from the planet named Narran 1 which was always believed to be uninhabitable. They travel to the planet to investigate the signal. Upon arrival, the away mission team of Captain Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane), Commander Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki), Lieutenant…
TL;DR – This is a difficult episode to watch at times as it wades into some real and challenging territory
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Rating: 4 out of 5.
Disclosure – I streamed this on SBS OnDemandWarning – Deals with themes of suicide
The Orville Review –
A few years ago, it was announced that Seth MacFarlane, most well known for Family Guy, would do his take on a Space Opera, a show that was like Star Trek…
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Watch this if:
you’re high
you need a hehe
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