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So I was able to see the live action version of M.O.B Psycho which was released back in January of 2018. Upon hearing that they were making a live action version of an anime show I adored I was unsure how to take it in, not that I could do anything about that more than to either watch it or not watch it. We are all very familiar with how they handle converting an anime show to live action or even a game. Some directors are able to work some amazing magic an example would be Kenshin’s live action movies Which were frelling amazing might I add. On the flip side some production end up as complete and utter turds, two dishonorable mentions are Dragonball’s live action and the Avatar the last air bender. Yes I do know Avatar was not an anime. I could only hope that it worked like kenshin. Unlike Kenshin this series had more humor so that was alot they could fan-dangle.

I can clearly say I was actually quite surprised by the live action. There were one or two new characters which, how can I put it was way out there and really carried some elements of the show. There were also parts where they struggled to keep me entertained. I do have to give it to them for trying to stay true to the source with a minor deviations. I high recommendation is to what the anime first so that you are not driven away from a rather excellent piece of animation and story. Aside from all of my slights check out the live action as it was a decent production that with some fine tuning can become greater.

So I finally had time to sit down and watch the series The Orville. The show was well executed and beyond my expectation, I expected a turd of a show and was given more than I was prepared to digest. As I sat watching the first several episodes, I wondered what was my reasoning for avoiding this series for so long. The mixture of the silly jokes and science worked. While the show is a homage and shares some similarities to Star-Trek, the show feels more natural and is the best homage to that series. Orville takes the similarities of the show it emulated, flips the script, then adds in the humor in the right places and leaves you wondering on certain issues that they pursue.

One can forget that this show is pitched as a comedy, then come to find the show to be intelligent and fun and at times is believed to be more of a scifi show with a dash of comedic moments rather than the other way around. I also felt that they handle grim issues such as life and death quite well and in a generally serious manner. I almost forget that the show was created by Seth Macfarlane the creator of Family Guy and American Dad.

To conclude the show was not what I expected, I loved the science, the humor and the humanity that the show embodied. They did a great job and here is to binging the show when it airs season two.