Whatever happened to Starship Exeter?

[Bixby]

Well what do you know...

I stand corrected..

 

[Bixby]

Killing the love interest is right out of the BONANZA playbook. It's a tired trope. I toyed with it and dropped it.

Well, I completely disagree. A story where a secondary character is introduced only to die at the end can bring out tremendous insight into a primary character.

I give you this exemple:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlMR1WM-Pyo

I usually dismiss about 95% of all TNG episodes as merely adequate writing-wise (sorry), but this episode and especially the performance by Michael Dorn was cinema gold. And made me a fan of Dorn's.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I suppose The Paradise Syndrome would qualify for the killing the love interest trope.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Well, Maurice was more specific than "having a secondary character die," he was talking about introducing a love-of-the-week and killing the character off. I entirely agree with him - it's beyond cliches, usually manipulative when it's not just lazy. COTEOF is a notable exception.

 

[Captain Robert April]

At least Kirk falling for Edith made some sense. Garrovick falling for an iguana, not so much.

 

[xortex]

It sort of makes sense, personality wise. They were made for each other, narcissistically speaking of course.

 

[JimTheBuilder]

It sort of makes sense, personality wise. They were made for each other, narcissistically speaking of course.

I suppose...but still...

I guess green scaley chicks go for the gim, surly type...

 

[Captain Robert April]

Look up mating habits of reptiles and amphibians sometime.

Pretty scary stuff if you're a mammal on the receiving end of that.

 

[JimTheBuilder]

YIKES!!

 

[Maurice]

^^^There are so many different behaviors, just as there are with mammals. What are you taking about?

 

[USS Intrepid]

Who's to say that alien amphibian mating habits would be anything like Terran amphibian mating habits?

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Yeah, well she slips him the tongue he's in for a real shock.

 

[FredCFO]

Sorry, I have been away for awhile. Is there any sort of ETA on Act IV?

The 7th anniversary of principal photography slipped by in July and I was just wondering...

 

[xortex]

Did they ever finish that last episode and will they be doing anymore?

This guy died wondering. That was 105 pages ago.

 

[JimTheBuilder]

...and so the ship was destroyed entering the distubance with a loss of all hands. All that remained was the bridge, which was restored and used on the destroyer, AJAX.

The End.

So there.

 

[FredCFO]

...

 

[Maurice]

Oh yeah, this is why I stopped posting status updates.

 

[FredCFO]

Maurice:

I know you've got a big challenge on your hands trying to edit Act IV using the existing footage -- pickup shots no longer being an option.

You're busy with work and other projects, too (I saw you in action on the Polaris set). I appreciate your efforts and hope that TTI can be completed.

 

[xortex]

Are you in good health, Fred?

 

[scifib5st]

Fred,
Nice to see you are still around. Missed your posts and humor and wit!