I seem to recall that early background material put out for Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda — don’t know if it was actually part of a Writer’s Bible, but it seemed to serve part of the same function — went into incredible and wonderful detail about the universe, the technology, all of that. When the show actually aired, and certainly as it went along, I’m pretty sure very little of that was adhered to.
What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?
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He's warming up the 'engines' for exploring...Spike Tucker??
Sounds like an ‘adult’ performer.
Her final frontier.
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Buckle up. This video is thorough. And that's an understatement.
Sean's choice for #1 on the list is... well, it's not something I would've ever had near the top ten.Buckle up. This video is thorough. And that's an understatement.
I’m honestly in awe of the completeness of this video. Lots of excellent observations in there.Buckle up. This video is thorough. And that's an understatement.
TOS uniforms only #11? I'm a little offended, but TrekCulture gets a lot more right than wrong.
Definitely tells me that it is a list that shouldn’t be taken seriously.
Top 10 for me, but nowhere near #1.
The fact the ENT duty uniforms are that low on the list is ridiculous, but hey, it's Sean Ferrick's take and I'm cool with that since IDIC and all.
Yeah, I took some issues with his list, but that didn't prevent me from sitting through all 75 minutes of the video yesterday. There's clear love put into this video, and I admire that fact alone.
I gave it the 'Daniels test', where I click exactly in the video timeline I think Daniels' future uniform should be, and it passed.
I was glad to see the Franklin uniforms from 2164 rank in a decent position.
One point off for repeating the delta was unique to the Enterprise myth,Buckle up. This video is thorough. And that's an understatement.
No change is expected.
Here is another direction: The original Battlestar Galactica, was fine in concept, but poor in execution.
Like what exactly is the purpose of a Battlestar? What was going in and around the Twelve Colonies of Man?
In the novelization of Battlestar Galactica, the government was oligarchy, consisting of twelve people. Each colony had its own oligarchy...
There were at least two star drives invented in the twelve Colonies. The first was complicated, the second much simpler.
Problem: Terra. Which did they have?
Poorly informed writer's guides lead to bad writing at best.
Now let's look at Babylon 5. It was planned out for five seasons. So is basically far more organized.
Then comes The Expanse beautifully organized due to being based on rather complete novels.
Note: The Wheel of Time televised version...the creators have no idea on what the author Robert Jordan was up to, nor do they want to because they 'know' better.
A good recipe is only good, if followed.
Like what exactly is the purpose of a Battlestar? What was going in and around the Twelve Colonies of Man?
In the novelization of Battlestar Galactica, the government was oligarchy, consisting of twelve people. Each colony had its own oligarchy...
There were at least two star drives invented in the twelve Colonies. The first was complicated, the second much simpler.
Problem: Terra. Which did they have?
Poorly informed writer's guides lead to bad writing at best.
Now let's look at Babylon 5. It was planned out for five seasons. So is basically far more organized.
Then comes The Expanse beautifully organized due to being based on rather complete novels.
Note: The Wheel of Time televised version...the creators have no idea on what the author Robert Jordan was up to, nor do they want to because they 'know' better.
A good recipe is only good, if followed.
Babylon 5 is more of a special case.
JMS was the Series Creator, also wrote & Directed most of the episodes for the entire 5 season run.
He planned everything out in terms of major story beats & over-arching plot.
Any issues with actors leaving, he always had a "Plan B" for the story-line, just in-case.
He had to use a few of those actually.
You know how rare it is to have all that happen?
JMS had to change a lot of plans after Michael O'Hare's mental issues forced him to leave the show, and then the condensing of the final arc of the show in season 4 when it was looking like the series was going to be cancelled. From what I know of his original plan document, it wasn't as strictly regimented as folks think.
Locking yourself in so early in the plan is only setting yourself up for failure if you're working in a collaborative medium like television.
Reminds me of Discovery in 2001: A Space Odyssey. A good design for the near future, when artificial gravity is either unavailable or unreliable.
It wasn’t good. I’ve only ever seen it once, but from what I recall it had no connection to “our” characters or universe, which made it completely pointless and dramatically redundant. It was completely gratuitous. Even the worst of DS9’s Mirror universe episodes had the sense to connect it to our characters and give it stakes. Here the writers were just like kids playing “what-if”; none of it mattered or had any impact whatsoever. I’m one of those people who didn’t like Enterprise though. While the fourth season was admittedly better, it still wasn’t very good.
Yet neither are more popular than Star Trek. I think, if I was a writer, I’d prefer working on the show with a thinner writer’s guide so I could lean more on my imagination and writing skills.
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