Whom do you think is just an archetype?
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Whom do you think is just an archetype?
I can't really think of anyone offhand, but what I mean is, I want them to be multi-layered. Don't make them all good or all bad. Make them real/
Do you mean that sometimes we should sympathize with the bad guy and sometimes hate the good one?
Real life is more complicated than black and white. You should understand if not excuse their behavior.
Although...
Yes, but on American shows in general it is very rare to see a bad guy being something else than a bad guy. It's as if they want to make sure the public don't sympathize with the wrong person.
Stop shoe-horning every episode into an A-plot/B-plot structure. It's okay if there's only one story per episode. Really.
No unnecessary ship-in-danger subplots just to keep things "exciting".
No: Borg. Holodecks. Random space-wedgies that drain the ship's power for no other reason than to just be there doing that. God-like aliens in general, Q specifically. Forehead squiggle aliens. Button-push plot resolutions. And for the love of the gods keep time-travel to a bare minimum, please.
Yes: alien aliens. Familiar TOS-era aliens. Stories that have effect beyond one episode. Ongoing character development beyond finding one distinct characteristic per character and driving that into the ground for seven seasons.
No unnecessary ship-in-danger subplots just to keep things "exciting".
No: Borg. Holodecks. Random space-wedgies that drain the ship's power for no other reason than to just be there doing that. God-like aliens in general, Q specifically. Forehead squiggle aliens. Button-push plot resolutions. And for the love of the gods keep time-travel to a bare minimum, please.
Yes: alien aliens. Familiar TOS-era aliens. Stories that have effect beyond one episode. Ongoing character development beyond finding one distinct characteristic per character and driving that into the ground for seven seasons.
So no lulls in the main action caused by travel, chasing someone, etc?
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Not necessarily that, but those episodes where you've got this really interesting story happening say about a difficult diplomatic contact with a new species that will spark a galaxy-wide apocalypse if handled wrong that keeps cutting away to Ensign Biff trying to learn how to dance the jitterbug for his cat's bar mitzvah or whatever.
Not necessarily that, but those episodes where you've got this really interesting story happening say about a difficult diplomatic contact with a new species that will spark a galaxy-wide apocalypse if handled wrong that keeps cutting away to Ensign Biff trying to learn how to dance the jitterbug for his cat's bar mitzvah or whatever.
In general I agree with your sentiment. However, I want it known that if the exact scenario you've laid out were to be produced, it might become my favourite Trek story ever.
I think the reason for the two plot structure is because the writers are too insecure about their ability to keep people entertained for an entire episode with one plot only.
No. Not really. I don't really care if it turns out to be the case--but "needs" is NOT warranted at all.
Also a protestant land owner.
I don't see what difference it makes this time around since he's not going to be the main character.
Perhaps Garth could be the captain. Long after Axanar but before (or in the early stages of) his insanity. Don't play it over-the-top since we are more tolerant of mental illness these days. Instead focus on the tragedy of this man, the greatest explorer and role model for all starfleet captains, slowly losing his mind. And his crew dealing with it while dealing with their mission, etc. The Klingons respect him because of Axanar, and starfleet needs him there for the mission to keep the cold war from going hot. And again, he's their most prolific explorer. Maybe he has experience with wherever their mission is taking them. This could be the underlying season arc, and you could still have the crisis of the week up until Garth himself becomes the crisis. We'd never get to Lord Garth nor would we need the dots connected to that degree. "Whom Gods Destroy" isn't a great episode, but Garth's backstory is definitely interesting as the Anaxar fan film intended to prove. It's mentioned in TOS but we never see it, so it meets the criteria of what we know so far. It could also help explain why Paramount targeted Anaxar fan film instead of just putting out a blanket warning against all fan films that were crowdfunding or thinking of crowdfunding in order to create studio level productions that may be mistaken for, or worse, preferred over the genuine article.
This point does NOT strengthen your argument. "Needs" is even less relevant under these circumstances.
The Garth idea isn't bad. However, the bit at the end about fan films, particularly the last line, is a bit silly.
Yeah, the fan film part is just me speculating of what might have been if Paramount didn't put the kibosh on the fan films. I'm not putting it forth as an actual conspiracy theory. I just remember seeing Prelude to Anaxar and thinking it looks like production Trek. And there's Tony Todd. It is Trek! 
Like most folks today, you are unecessarily hung up on words. That's all it was, a word, not an agenda.
In a medium of communication without vocal inflection or body language, it's especially important to carefully choose one's words. The absolute nature of the word "needs" strongly suggests the very thing you claim is not present--an agenda, whether you intend it to or not (hence the importance of careful selection of words).
I'm an historian and words are the currency of my profession. Context is king in history, as it is in most things. In the current sociopolitical climate and context of the western world, a definitive statement that a role, for which there are no prerequisites as to ethnicity, colour, creed or gender, "needs to be a white male" is akin to a garish neon sign promoting an agenda. It would be naive to think otherwise.
Ultimately, in any context, words matter.
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