Whatever happened to Starship Exeter? - Page 21

Maurice · August 30 2009, 11:54 PM

Yes, it's The Atlantis Invaders. I don't know what Jimm is thinking these days. Last time we chatted about scripts we talked about something more TTI in scale, as Atlantis is a story with a lot more characters and sets than TTI.

xortex · August 31 2009, 04:26 AM

14,000 views and three hundred entrees to this thread.

Maurice · August 31 2009, 05:25 AM

xortex wrote:

14,000 views and three hundred entrees to this thread.

And your point?

Barbreader · August 31 2009, 05:59 AM

DS9Sega wrote:

xortex wrote:

14,000 views and three hundred entrees to this thread.

And your point?

I think his point is pretty obvious... there's a LOT of interest in this subject. The numbers show that.

Psion · August 31 2009, 07:18 AM

Barbreader wrote:

DS9Sega wrote:

xortex wrote:

14,000 views and three hundred entrees to this thread.

And your point?

I think his point is pretty obvious... there's a LOT of interest in this subject. The numbers show that.

No ... most of those are just me clicking on the thread every six hours. "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"

Well, me and Kagen.

Maurice · August 31 2009, 09:12 AM

Barbreader wrote:

DS9Sega wrote:

xortex wrote:

14,000 views and three hundred entrees to this thread.

And your point?

I think his point is pretty obvious... there's a LOT of interest in this subject. The numbers show that.

Obvious only if you don't look at the average hit to post ratio. The read to post ration on this topic is 46 to 1, where the average ratio for the first 15 other topics in this channel is 57 to 1.

xortex · August 31 2009, 06:45 PM

I guess the people that like it really like it be it a small faction. If it was on CBS, who wouldn't watch it though?

Maurice · September 1 2009, 03:00 AM

xortex wrote:

I guess the people that like it really like it be it a small faction. If it was on CBS, who wouldn't watch it though?

Lots of people wouldn't watch it if it were on CBS. It's shot like a 60s TV show and features mostly amateur actors. It's an amazing piece of work for a fan production, but it's not ready for prime-time.

Admiral Buzzkill · September 1 2009, 03:40 AM

DS9Sega wrote:

Lots of people wouldn't watch it if it were on CBS. It's shot like a 60s TV show and features mostly amateur actors...

And yet "Diagnosis: Murder" worked...

DestinyCaptain · September 1 2009, 10:52 AM

As did Nash Bridges and Walker-Texas Ranger.......

Admiral Buzzkill · September 1 2009, 03:29 PM

True dat.

xortex · September 1 2009, 05:11 PM

Dennis, looking back on it, was TTI too ambitious? How's Polaris coming?

Your fan, Jim

Admiral Buzzkill · September 2 2009, 02:38 AM

No, "Tressaurian Intersection" was ambitious and in the end I think we'll have exceeded our goals in some places and doubtless will be judged to have fallen short in some. I certainly would not have wanted to see us settle at the outset for any less than we've attempted, though.

If anything, I don't think my script was ambitious enough, in terms of the drama. The project grew radically during preproduction, and having seen the result of what so many people were able to put on the stage I wish I'd reached a little higher (certainly wish that I'd gone through another draft and done some deep cutting in places). In retrospect I'd certainly have focused a bit more on one or two of the featured actors.

Polaris (Starship Polaris: Phaidros on alternate days, depending on my mood), despite our radio silence, is moving forward remarkably steadily right now. I just got back from a meeting with our lead actor (who's also one of the producers) and our Director of Photography. We're on the verge of casting the remaining two pivotal parts with a couple of folks that I really like, will start set construction in a few weeks and (knock on wood) will settle the arrangements for our soundstage shortly thereafter.

I hope to have specific announcements to update the news blog with before the end of this month. I know I keep saying that.

xortex · September 2 2009, 03:08 AM

Why are you producing and doing it yourself instead of selling it to be produced?

Maurice · September 2 2009, 07:20 AM

Re TTI, I hope xortex didn't think I wasn't implying it was too ambitious. On the contrary, I was saying that given how hard it was to make TTI, I think Atlantis was too ambitious in scale as it required many more sets, characters, makeups, props, etc. than TTI.

xortex wrote:

Why are you producing and doing it yourself instead of selling it to be produced?

I won't speak for Dennis, but if this question were put to me I'd say because

a) it's very difficult to sell a TV show or movie
b) even if you make the sale, there's no guarantee the people you sell it to can/will get it made, and
c) if they do get it made, it probably won't be made the way you wanted it...they put up the money, they'll make what they want of it

Dennis wrote:

DS9Sega wrote:

Lots of people wouldn't watch it if it were on CBS. It's shot like a 60s TV show and features mostly amateur actors...

And yet "Diagnosis: Murder" worked...

DestinyCaptain wrote:

As did Nash Bridges and Walker-Texas Ranger.......

Neither of which were shot like 60s TV shows, you weisenheimers!

August 30 2009, 11:54 PM	#301
Maurice Rear Admiral Location: Maurice in San Francisco	Re: Whatever happened to Starship Exeter? Yes, it's The Atlantis Invaders. I don't know what Jimm is thinking these days. Last time we chatted about scripts we talked about something more TTI in scale, as Atlantis is a story with a lot more characters and sets than TTI. __________________ * * * "Star Trek…at times sparkled with true ingenuity, and pure science fiction approaches, and at other times was more carnival like, and very much more the creature of television than the creature of a legitimate literary form." —Rod Serling, 1970"

August 31 2009, 04:26 AM	#302
xortex Commodore Location: Staten Island, NY	Re: Whatever happened to Starship Exeter? 14,000 views and three hundred entrees to this thread.

August 31 2009, 06:45 PM	#307
xortex Commodore Location: Staten Island, NY	Re: Whatever happened to Starship Exeter? I guess the people that like it really like it be it a small faction. If it was on CBS, who wouldn't watch it though?

September 1 2009, 10:52 AM	#310
DestinyCaptain Commander Location: U.S.S. Destiny NCC-720 Leif Ericson II Class Explorer	Re: Whatever happened to Starship Exeter? As did Nash Bridges and Walker-Texas Ranger.......

September 1 2009, 03:29 PM	#311
Admiral Buzzkill The Man Location: Defying Gravity	Re: Whatever happened to Starship Exeter? True dat. __________________ I had steak and a loaded baked potato for dinner on Sunday. As a steak I enjoyed it a lot, but as macaroni and cheese I thought it was disappointing.

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September 1 2009, 05:11 PM	#312
xortex Commodore Location: Staten Island, NY	Re: Whatever happened to Starship Exeter? Dennis, looking back on it, was TTI too ambitious? How's Polaris coming? Your fan, Jim

September 2 2009, 02:38 AM	#313
Admiral Buzzkill The Man Location: Defying Gravity	Re: Whatever happened to Starship Exeter? No, "Tressaurian Intersection" was ambitious and in the end I think we'll have exceeded our goals in some places and doubtless will be judged to have fallen short in some. I certainly would not have wanted to see us settle at the outset for any less than we've attempted, though. If anything, I don't think my script was ambitious enough, in terms of the drama. The project grew radically during preproduction, and having seen the result of what so many people were able to put on the stage I wish I'd reached a little higher (certainly wish that I'd gone through another draft and done some deep cutting in places). In retrospect I'd certainly have focused a bit more on one or two of the featured actors. Polaris (Starship Polaris: Phaidros on alternate days, depending on my mood), despite our radio silence, is moving forward remarkably steadily right now. I just got back from a meeting with our lead actor (who's also one of the producers) and our Director of Photography. We're on the verge of casting the remaining two pivotal parts with a couple of folks that I really like, will start set construction in a few weeks and (knock on wood) will settle the arrangements for our soundstage shortly thereafter. I hope to have specific announcements to update the news blog with before the end of this month. I know I keep saying that. __________________ I had steak and a loaded baked potato for dinner on Sunday. As a steak I enjoyed it a lot, but as macaroni and cheese I thought it was disappointing.

September 2 2009, 03:08 AM	#314
xortex Commodore Location: Staten Island, NY	Re: Whatever happened to Starship Exeter? Why are you producing and doing it yourself instead of selling it to be produced?