FOX & MacFarlane's The Orville

[DJ's left nut]

A little McFarland goes a long way. I don't see any way this catches on.

When he can hide behind his animated characters and it's just his voice, the fact that he has the world's most punchable face is forgotten. But that guy would have a smug look on his face if he were getting anally raped by a football team. It's just the way he constantly looks.

I just don't think he works in live-action.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

But that guy would have a smug look on his face if he were getting anally raped by a football team. It's just the way he constantly looks.

I actually think that this is why it'll work.

Galaxy Quest featured Tim Allen as a smug, asshole captain of a Starship and he was emoting Shatner, who was always smug and condescending as Captain/Admiral Kirk.

I'm really looking forward to it. It's got a big budget, great cast and a real opportunity to fill the massive void of a SciFi/Space Exploration program.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I actually think that this is why it'll work.

Galaxy Quest featured Tim Allen as a smug, asshole captain of a Starship and he was emoting Shatner, who was always smug and condescending as Captain/Admiral Kirk.

I'm really looking forward to it. It's got a big budget, great cast and a real opportunity to fill the massive void of a SciFi/Space Exploration program.

Yeah, I just feel like Tim Allen doesn't play smug prick but rather the likeable jackass role that Bill Murray seems to be born to play. Robert Downey Jr. also does that extremely well.

I don't know, but for whatever reason I get the feeling that guys like Allen, Murray, RDJ, etc... are guys that are playing characters that think they're better than the characters they're in a role with. MacFarlane, OTOH, gives off a vibe of an actor that thinks he's better than the audience he's deigning to cater to. Cumberbatch occasionally falls into that realm as well. He's a comedic version of Sean Penn, IMO.

I just have a visceral dislike of the guy anytime I see him on screen.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

A little McFarland goes a long way. I don't see any way this catches on.

When he can hide behind his animated characters and it's just his voice, the fact that he has the world's most punchable face is forgotten. But that guy would have a smug look on his face if he were getting anally raped by a football team. It's just the way he constantly looks.

I just don't think he works in live-action.

Jon Heder has the world's much punchable face.

[kjwood75nro]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

A little McFarland goes a long way. I don't see any way this catches on.

When he can hide behind his animated characters and it's just his voice, the fact that he has the world's most punchable face is forgotten. But that guy would have a smug look on his face if he were getting anally raped by a football team. It's just the way he constantly looks.

I just don't think he works in live-action.

This cannot be said enough.

The only non-animated movie where Seth excels is Ted, and it's only because it's live-action, and you don't see Seth's face.

He was in a kinda-Western, I think, but the only thing I remember is a dead Sheriff being dragged away by wolves while a self-aware Seth monologues while it happens.