Kill off Picard in BoBW

[Anwar]

It wouldn't have been just for dramatic purposes, no more than killing Spock in WOK was.

It would've sent a real "it's not safe out here" message to let the audience know that if Picard, the main character, could get killed then no one was safe.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Charlie Kelly said:
I also think killing off a main character for dramatic effect is lazy...

On the contrary, it's the only good reason for killing one off (outside of real-world exigencies...).

 

[Jax]

Anwar said:
It wouldn't have been just for dramatic purposes, no more than killing Spock in WOK was.

A little off topic but I thought Spock was killed off cause at that moment a 3rd movie was unlikely due to lack of box office success from 1st movie.

 

[Anwar]

Actually, I checked. TMP made more money than any other Trekmovie to date.

Porlbme was that Paramount saddled Gene with all the expenses from the aborted "Phase II" TV series in the movie budget. TMP wasn't a commercial failure.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Anwar said:
It wouldn't have been just for dramatic purposes, no more than killing Spock in WOK was.

It would've sent a real "it's not safe out here" message to let the audience know that if Picard, the main character, could get killed then no one was safe.

Isn't that a dramatic purpose?

 

[Turbo]

NX_01 Mark said:

Anwar said:
It wouldn't have been just for dramatic purposes, no more than killing Spock in WOK was.

A little off topic but I thought Spock was killed off cause at that moment a 3rd movie was unlikely due to lack of box office success from 1st movie.

He was killed off because during pre-production, Leonard Nimoy was tired of playing him and wanted out. He changed his mind after filming.