Strega, you figured out Sahjahn's plan?
That's pretty nice work. I have to say.
I'm just, uh, just feeling kinda... truthsome right now. And, uh... life's just too damn short for ifs and maybes.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Apocalypse13 - Jun 15, 2005 5:38:01 pm PDT #9115 of 10001
Emily - Jun 15, 2005 5:38:04 pm PDT #9116 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
So this guy that took my blood a couple of weeks ago was talking about his two spaniels, and what with the slow bleeding and all... I thought of Tim.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 15, 2005 5:38:28 pm PDT #9117 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Web'll probably hire the guy.
It'll be interesting to see his reaction to someone that's better at profiling than he and his team are.
DCJensen - Jun 15, 2005 5:39:52 pm PDT #9118 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I thought I was Paul.
I thought the walrus was Paul.
Tim Minear - Jun 15, 2005 5:39:57 pm PDT #9119 of 10001
"Don' be e-scared"
That's what I meant, Matt.
Strega, it makes act threes kinda like act fours with a re-boot in the middle. In other words, the end of act two for me usually turns the story in a new direction, the end of three is jeopardy. If I drag jeopardy to the end of two, but make it story turning jeopardy, that kind of gives the whole second half a new momentum. Or something.
Tim Minear - Jun 15, 2005 5:42:37 pm PDT #9120 of 10001
"Don' be e-scared"
Figuring out Sahjahn's plan in advance is more than nice work, considering we had no idea what the fuck he was doing.
Apocalypse13 - Jun 15, 2005 5:44:03 pm PDT #9121 of 10001
It made sense in the end though. That's all that matters.
Sue - Jun 15, 2005 5:47:37 pm PDT #9122 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I find the dynamics of the team interesting. They're not a typical "hotshot" squad, and Web's a bastard to whom they don't seem particularily loyal, and they don't seem to have that much stakes in each other. So why are they there? Career prestige? Personal damage? Paul's motivation seems to be a need to keep an eye on Web, but what about Mel and Danny? Where do they fit in?
DCJensen - Jun 15, 2005 5:48:14 pm PDT #9123 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
So basically the intent is to build a narrative in which you appear like you're writing a slow acceleration to end at the 45 minute mark (with commercials), and instead of a denouement, you pick up the flow after it shifts into a lower gear and starts the ramping again?
Strega - Jun 15, 2005 5:50:39 pm PDT #9124 of 10001
I thought I was Paul.Does he have a pink kitchen?
Now I'm kind of in love with that image.
Strega, you figured out Sahjahn's plan?I did! Because I rule! Well, it took a while. But at some point it struck me that someone who travelled through time could screw around with prophecies, and then I got very excited.
Tim, shh. But see, when y'all improvised, it worked out really well! Planning is for wusses.