News Frakes: Expect Surprises In Despite Yourself

[Fateor]

I wasn't surprised about anything this episode...

Fact is you just can't telegraph things as strongly as the previous Discovery writers did and still expect people to be surprised.

 

[Burning Hearts of Qo'nos]

Again, I can’t emphasize this enough, how much this company feels like our (TNG) company in terms of their friendships.

If he's not exaggerating for the interview, this warms my heart dearly.

 

[EnderAKH]

I wasn't surprised about anything this episode...

Fact is you just can't telegraph things as strongly as the previous Discovery writers did and still expect people to be surprised.

I read an interview with the producers of Westworld where they said it is much harder to do these kinds of surprises now than it used to be because of the internet. There is basically a hive mind watching your show who are constantly working together to process scenes and examine clues. So in this day and age you just try to make the journey as satisfying as possible even if your audience has worked out the answers.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

If he's not exaggerating for the interview, this warms my heart dearly.

I don't think he's exaggerating. Sonequa Martin-Green and Mary Wiseman, mentioned on after trek that the cast go to Karaoke bars together and Jason Isaacs bought a ping pong table for the cast and crew. He and Shazad apparently play against each other a lot. Here's a interview with Shazad and Jason regarding the cast comradery

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[Burning Hearts of Qo'nos]

Color me heart-warmed.