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Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

^IIRC the actor talked as if it was planned well before the episode where Hemmer was killed of, not sure.
 
It's funny, we always see people complaining about Star Trek should be more willing to kill off its main cast for dramatic story-related reasons rather than "because the actor wants to leave." But now we've got Hemmer killed for dramatic story-related reasons and not because the actor wanted to leave, as indeed the actor is still staying on the show. And now people are all "WTF? Killing Hemmer was a mistake, they should have kept him."

Someone will complain regardless what happens.
 
It's funny, we always see people complaining about Star Trek should be more willing to kill off its main cast for dramatic story-related reasons rather than "because the actor wants to leave." But now we've got Hemmer killed for dramatic story-related reasons and not because the actor wanted to leave, as indeed the actor is still staying on the show.
Bad story-related reasons, that's the problem. It's the "look out!!" trope, one of my least-favourite things that happens in fiction.

Someone will complain regardless what happens.
Yeah imagine that, different people having different opinions!

There's no need to defend the writers' decision to off him. I just don't like that they did. It's not a competition.
 
I don't remember if it was paramount, but some story of showrunners working, and if the WGA comes after them they'll cover the fines assessed to the showrunner/producer/lead grip. etc.
 
I could have sworn that actors were still allowed to improvise on set during the strike, I thought I remembered that from last time, but maybe not.
 
I could have sworn that actors were still allowed to improvise on set during the strike, I thought I remembered that from last time, but maybe not.
It was technically allowed, but it required a lot of red tape and direct oversight from studios to make sure everything was above board that most productions considered it a pain in the ass and didn't bother, opting instead to just faithfully film scripts as is. I think the only movie to attempt it was Quantum of Solace, and that's not exactly remembered as one of the better Bond movies.
 
It's funny, we always see people complaining about Star Trek should be more willing to kill off its main cast for dramatic story-related reasons rather than "because the actor wants to leave." But now we've got Hemmer killed for dramatic story-related reasons and not because the actor wanted to leave, as indeed the actor is still staying on the show. And now people are all "WTF? Killing Hemmer was a mistake, they should have kept him."

Someone will complain regardless what happens.
Fans is as fans does.

Fuck fans.
 
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