The Orville Proves ‘Derivative’ Doesn’t Always Mean Unnecessary or Bad
6 min readFeb 2, 2019
When Seth MacFarlane’s sci-fi space odyssey show The Orville was first announced, the geek world raised a collective single eyebrow and muttered “fascinating.” It was both a bold and interesting choice for the longtime titan of animation on Fox to leverage his considerable success to make what is clearly a passion project in which he cast himself as a kind of…
