I disagree, while they did wait to long, It took all of about 5 min to get back into this. The first 4 eps have been fantastic, miles better than anything Star Trek in the past 10 years, not that that's hard but still. glad to have The Orville back.
Story couldn't be that bad since its been done 1000 times.
All that being said the selling point of this movie was the 3D and rightfully so, with average acting and rehashed story it was still the most immersive movie I have ever been to because of how good the 3D was.
Say what you want about the story because yes its been done a million times, but to this day Avatar is the best 3D/immersive experience I have ever had in a movie theatre.