Really? So you don't think most the sub-plots in Modern Trek weren't used to fill the hour? And you don;t consider that poor wirting - try doing that in your 8th grade english class
Never used them on TOS...
Poorly chosen B plots
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Really? So you don't think most the sub-plots in Modern Trek weren't used to fill the hour? And you don;t consider that poor wirting - try doing that in your 8th grade english class
Never used them on TOS...
I would like to point out that many of those silly B plots added dimensions to characters, which could have later been taken advantage of.
Almost all of the O'Brien B stories serve to cement his status as an everyday working man. We see Nog and Jake's friendship thru B stories most of the first couple seasons, and this pays vast reward later with Nog's character and Jake's too!
Almost all of the O'Brien B stories serve to cement his status as an everyday working man. We see Nog and Jake's friendship thru B stories most of the first couple seasons, and this pays vast reward later with Nog's character and Jake's too!
I can't imagine people marking down an essay just because it used a B plot. That'd be rather unprofessional. Like marking down an essay for being in medias res.
One could mark it down for a poor use of subplot, or poor alternation between plots, but the very existence of a subplot irregardless of how well executed? Come now, that's a tad absurd...
Pity. I might have cared about more than 3 people on the show.
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The one where Archer dreams about T'Pols breasts after Porthos pees on a Kreestasan tree.. Oh wait, never mind.
That sounds like an excuse "can be taken advantage of"?
TOS had a better idea - create a great story and insert the characters
not fill the hour and follow up this filler with more filler - Please no
A subplot related to the main plot - perhaps
But a second plot? No way you'd get away with that
does it really matter?
as a matter of fact that did have shows that focused on Scotty
But again make a full show of it not filler B-plot, also if the A-plot can't fill 45 minutes - find a new one
As my early posts in this thread indicate, I mostly agree with you about this, jimbtnp2.
However the abysmal episodes of TOS would have been better with a B plot. That way they might have been unwatchable only for most of the episode, instead of the entire episode: Ie: the space hippy episode.
Although the no B plot format is better overall, both formats come with advantages and disadvantages.
However the abysmal episodes of TOS would have been better with a B plot. That way they might have been unwatchable only for most of the episode, instead of the entire episode: Ie: the space hippy episode.
Although the no B plot format is better overall, both formats come with advantages and disadvantages.
Define 'related to the main plot'. You could easily justify a thematic link. Or a plot involving characters who are known to the characters in the A plot - the latter of which is certainly the case in DS9.
I can understand your preference for a clean A-plot sans appendages, but it's rather silly to suggest that a B-plot is an automatic sign of bad writing.
