'War Stories'
[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, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
The fact that exceptions exist doesn't make the categories useless
What you said was:
When we identify someone as a member of a particular race, we are describing real things about them
And I disagree. I think you're describing statistically probable things about them. That's a distance from real.
Um, my show's about a race... does that make me on-topic?
No.
Also, I keep having the Team American: World Police song "Aids" in my head.
In fairness, the word(s?) are quite easy to remember.
It's thread drift. So it's like, DRIVE: MINEARVERSE DRIFT.
I'm fired.
Tim, if you don't mind me asking (and I'm risking actually being on topic here) - what was the genesis of the Drive script? Did Ben come to you with it already written, and you worked on tidying it, or was it a developed-from-concept between the two of you?
I remember with things like "Billy", I could spot which bits were written by you and which bits were by Jeff. But that's because I'm a giant e-nerdling.
It's thread drift.
It's what happens when threads grow up, you're not a fresh young novelty anymore -- you've reached thread puberty.
Um, my show's about a race... does that make me on-topic?
It's not clear. Are there condoms? Do the racers use them? Correctly?
It's thread drift. So it's like, DRIVE: MINEARVERSE DRIFT.That's because you people spurned my Watch This Drive thread name suggestion.
That's a great, non-spoilery review. My favorite part is, of course, this:
With seventeen characters and the mythology of the premise all needing to be established the script doesn't waste anytime and by the end of the episode not only are we aware of the race and its rules and trappings, but each character is also given a moment to shine -- quite often hinting at their secret or agenda while simultaneously showing their various quirks.
That is one of the best, and most impressive, things about the pilot. You have so many characters but they're set up so well that you come away from the pilot feeling like you know each person really well. They don't just blend into one another.
I dunno how Tim does that.
And I disagree. I think you're describing statistically probable things about them. That's a distance from real.
Ah, I think we're using "real" to mean different things. I meant that the characteristics we're generalizing about exist. How we distinguish "white skin" from "black skin" is arbitrary, but we use those words to describe something real about someone's appearance. Even if we aren't describing it very well.
Poor Tim, not being on-topic in his own thread.