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A Taste of Armageddon--Story Outline

Interesting how the writers always thought that outdoor scenes could fit in the budget. " Nope, corridors"
 
Very interesting to see how it changed from the intial to final form.
As it started, Mea had a crucial role. In the end, she barely had any role in the story.
 
(Okay, Hamner has no idea what a galaxy actually is—he uses “galaxy” throughout instead of “solar system.” But to be fair, a number of the writers for the series whose primary genre was not science fiction made the same mistake in their story outlines.)
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I remember a line from a sci-fi art book I owned once, from the framing "journal" text that loosely linked the paintings and sketches into a narrative. It went something like, "We're two light-years from Earth now. Just a few more galaxies to go." :eek::censored::wah:

Urgent repairs work better as a justification for ignoring the "keep away" order than Fox just ordering it.
 
Christopher said:
Urgent repairs work better as a justification for ignoring the "keep away" order than Fox just ordering it.
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Oh, I dunno.
Power mad unelected political appointees like Ambassadors slinging dangerous orders about like they were nothing seem apropos of the 1960s and today. Human nature doesn't change in 50 years or 500.

Besides, as far as dramatic TV moments go, it's a particularly delicious wakeup call when the Ambassador gets guns pulled on him.
 
Sir Rhosis said:
I'm once again writing script reviews for Orion Press' "Unseen Elements" page. Here is the synopsis for the September 12, 1966 outline of "A Taste of Armageddon." Carabatsos and Coon definitely helped this story along. Enjoy, discuss.

http://www.orionpressfanzines.com/articles/a_taste_of_armageddon_2.htm

Sir Rhosis
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Good to a new post.

The non interference rule was there in the 2nd pilot version of "The Omega Glory", but it took a while for the series proper to actually start using it.
 
Funny how a lot of these outlines are a lot better in some ways in a lot worse in others than what we ended up getting in the end. Sar and Mea actually had a reason to be there rather than just a flunky and eye candy. Of course the whole love thing with Kirk was ridiculous but too bad they couldn't have cut out that angle and left in some of the other.
 
I prefer the actual episode.
Ughh I hate the Sar Mea Kirk falling in love thing. Was Kirk going to fall in love every 2nd episode?
The only issue I have with the real episode was Kirk's apparent willingness to destroy a whole planet.
Otherwise I think the episode was an improvement on the outline
 
Kirk threatening to commit genocide of an entire planet to free 8 hostages is probably the stupidest thing that ever appeared in Star Trek history. It should have been made clear afterwards that it was a bluff.
 
Commishsleer said:
Ughh I hate the Sar Mea Kirk falling in love thing. Was Kirk going to fall in love every 2nd episode?
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Keep in mind that TV writing back then wasn't as staff-driven as today. There wasn't a systematic plan, there were mainly just a bunch of freelancers writing outlines and drafts without knowing what other writers were doing. So a lot of them undoubtedly pitched overlapping ideas, and things like romances-of-the-week were a commonplace device at the time. It was the job of the producers and story editors to look at the bigger picture and weed out repetitive elements from the various episodes in the works, which may be why the Mea romance was deleted.
 
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