in general, you can't just bring something up and walk away form (from) it later; it's got to either fit, or be reasonably, logically explained away.
STEVEN MOFFAT, TAKE NOTES.
I'm finding I have the same problem with him I have with Londo...getting him to shut up once I wire him up and let him go.
Gee, I WONDER WHY you relate to him so well, Mem. XD (Though I've occasionally had that problem with characters of mine in the past, too. Just not in fanfiction.)
"Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom" is a variation on a quote from Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States (1801-1809.) The original meaning was that people should closely watch their governments to avoid excessive encroachment on personal liberty; its use by a Nightwatch member is especially ironic."
That really is ironic. Ol' Jeffy hated the idea of governments that restricted people.
Generally, my feeling is that titles should augment the episode, or add something, or collapse something into a thematic whole.
Yessss I revel in artfully crafted titles. Such a hard thing to do, and something so many people overlook as a potential "blow the readers out of their freaking minds" tactic.
Though couldn't one just bring a chicken into space?
I distinctly remembering arguing something like this in an earlier season. Chickens don't take up that much space, yo.
I really liked his long comment on the difference between a mystery and A novel, period. It was interesting.
Over a late dinner with Majel, I observed that after the original STAR TREK, which for the first time presented truly *human* characters, with all their flaws and frailties and bravery and nobility, in a science fiction series, the ball was dropped, and no one picked it up again for years.
<3 And that's why I like the Original Series Star Trek so much. Because it did actually try to make human characters (and because it was one of the few shows at the time that was trying to encourage multi-ethnic casting). Sure, it could be extremely campy at times, but there were times where it did present thoughtful and interesting questions, too. **Suddenly has to go have feelings about "The City on The Edge of Forever" again**
it isn't an either/or, sum/zero game...one can watch, and enjoy, BABYLON 5 and STAR TREK equally, for different reasons, since their approaches are very different.
Yay! **waves flag** Now I can be a fan of ALL THE SCIFI. **waves Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Babylon 5 flags**
Walter Koenig was wasted on Star Trek as a good guy.
Except for the two times when he was evil on Star Trek. Then he was downright terrifying. But I also loved good!Chekov, too, though.
"You must save the eye that does not see."
Maybe she's talking about needles.
The majority of our posters, btw, are taken from genuine WW II propaganda and war-support posters that were actually in use. We make some slight modifications, but the gist is there. Yes, we do fall for these things, we do go for these things. We always have.
Yesssss. I freaking love propaganda posters. They're hysterical. May or may not have a picture folder full of propaganda posters
Here's the number one rule: a population will always stay passive for as long as they perceive that they stand to lose more by opposing the government than by staying quiet. It's when they have little or nothing left to lose that they rise up; the politicos first, then, more reluctantly, the general population.
That's remarkably profound, accurate, and insightful, right there.
I personally know writers who were at the top of their form and their careers who never worked again because they were blacklisted or greylisted.
Sounds a lot like the Stasi, too. **MUST RESIST WATCHING THE LIVES OF OTHERS FOR THE TWELFTH TIME**
I keep forgetting that that guy's named Zack. I just have to think of this every time I see him, and then maybe I'll finally remember this name: http://youtu.be/pDH3AoOQzE0 (New headcanon: that guy whose name I can't remember plays with lego. Oh yeah, Zack.)
**cracks knuckles** Now that I have time to read these...
STEVEN MOFFAT, TAKE NOTES.
I'm finding I have the same problem with him I have with Londo...getting him to shut up once I wire him up and let him go.
Gee, I WONDER WHY you relate to him so well, Mem. XD (Though I've occasionally had that problem with characters of mine in the past, too. Just not in fanfiction.)
"Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom" is a variation on a quote from Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States (1801-1809.) The original meaning was that people should closely watch their governments to avoid excessive encroachment on personal liberty; its use by a Nightwatch member is especially ironic."
That really is ironic. Ol' Jeffy hated the idea of governments that restricted people.
Generally, my feeling is that titles should augment the episode, or add something, or collapse something into a thematic whole.
Yessss I revel in artfully crafted titles. Such a hard thing to do, and something so many people overlook as a potential "blow the readers out of their freaking minds" tactic.
Though couldn't one just bring a chicken into space?
I distinctly remembering arguing something like this in an earlier season. Chickens don't take up that much space, yo.
I really liked his long comment on the difference between a mystery and A novel, period. It was interesting.
Over a late dinner with Majel, I observed that after the original STAR TREK, which for the first time presented truly *human* characters, with all their flaws and frailties and bravery and nobility, in a science fiction series, the ball was dropped, and no one picked it up again for years.
<3 And that's why I like the Original Series Star Trek so much. Because it did actually try to make human characters (and because it was one of the few shows at the time that was trying to encourage multi-ethnic casting). Sure, it could be extremely campy at times, but there were times where it did present thoughtful and interesting questions, too. **Suddenly has to go have feelings about "The City on The Edge of Forever" again**
it isn't an either/or, sum/zero game...one can watch, and enjoy, BABYLON 5 and STAR TREK equally, for different reasons, since their approaches are very different.
Yay! **waves flag** Now I can be a fan of ALL THE SCIFI. **waves Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Babylon 5 flags**
Walter Koenig was wasted on Star Trek as a good guy.
Except for the two times when he was evil on Star Trek. Then he was downright terrifying. But I also loved good!Chekov, too, though.
"You must save the eye that does not see."
Maybe she's talking about needles.
The majority of our posters, btw, are taken from genuine WW II propaganda and war-support posters that were actually in use. We make some slight modifications, but the gist is there. Yes, we do fall for these things, we do go for these things. We always have.
Yesssss. I freaking love propaganda posters. They're hysterical.
May or may not have a picture folder full of propaganda postersHere's the number one rule: a population will always stay passive for as long as they perceive that they stand to lose more by opposing the government than by staying quiet. It's when they have little or nothing left to lose that they rise up; the politicos first, then, more reluctantly, the general population.
That's remarkably profound, accurate, and insightful, right there.
I personally know writers who were at the top of their form and their careers who never worked again because they were blacklisted or greylisted.
Sounds a lot like the Stasi, too. **MUST RESIST WATCHING THE LIVES OF OTHERS FOR THE TWELFTH TIME**
I keep forgetting that that guy's named Zack. I just have to think of this every time I see him, and then maybe I'll finally remember this name: http://youtu.be/pDH3AoOQzE0 (New headcanon: that guy whose name I can't remember plays with lego. Oh yeah, Zack.)