Sci-fi tv show book – “The World of the Orville” (Titan Books, 2018) – Jeff Bond interview
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Jeff Bond has written multiple books on science fiction shows and movies. He was executive editor of Geek magazine, Senior Editor at CFQ, and he writes about film music for the Hollywood Reporter. We talked about his recent book on the show The Orville.
0:52 – Jeff talks about how he got into writing a book on The Orville. He’s been a sci-fi fan since he was a kid.
4:01 – Jeff talks about how Star Trek has become it’s own genre.
5:47 – Jeff talks about how the producers of The Orville were not trying to make a
Galaxy Quest kind of show.
10:03 – Jeff talks about the tone and goals of the show. The producers drew from Star Trek TOS and the Twilight Zone.
13:08 – Jeff talks about the actors and acting in the show.
16:29 – Jeff talks about how good Adrianne Palicki is in the show.
21:00 – Jeff talks about Seth as the captain of the ship and the set of The Orville.
23:59 – Jeff talks about how they did the casting and how they’ve brought in a lot of people who have worked on various Star Trek projects.
27:19 – Jeff talks about how he organized the book and his interviews with the production people on the show. The book is sort of a “making of” and also a bit of a technical manual for the show. Jeff talks about how the ship was designed.
33:13 – Jeff compares the show to Star Trek TNG.
35:45 – Jeff talks about the show’s budget and also the design of the set, lighting, costumes, and make-up.
42:06 – Jeff talks about technical differences the show has from other tv shows.
44:43- Jeff talks about the writing process for the show.
57:05 – Jeff talks about the design and music of the credit sequence.
58:39 – Jeff talks about the music on the show.
Links of interest
https://titanbooks.com/9462-the-world-of-the-orville/
https://twitter.com/lazymodeler?lang=en
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Guests: Jeff Bond
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: science fiction, sci-fi, Star Trek, Twilight Zone, television, The Orville, Seth MacFarlane, spaceships
Sean Moreland teaches English at the University of Ottowa. His main field of research is Anglo-American literature from the late 18th century to present. He particularly enjoys Gothic, horror and weird fiction and is involved with various journals and events on the subjects. We spoke about his latest editorial work on Lovecraft’s critical theories on horror.