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The Plot To Every Star Trek Episode Ever

JamesSavik

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The plot to every Star Trek episode ever

 

(a writer's perspective)

 

There is always an initial incident and some poor guy in a red-shirt is eaten by an alien.

 

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Then there is a commercial break... for 20 minutes.

 

The doctor says he's dead Jim and I've never seen anything like it.

 

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Some random character has a flashback (or a bad burrito- that part is never clear) to set up the next scene.

 

Captain Kirk says WHY... do they hate these shirts!?

 

The Klingons show up in a super-sporty ship that is inexplicably full of smoke, say something fierce and threatening and then wander off to more random confrontations.

 

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The engineer must fix some random gizmo before the universe explodes.

 

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The science officer must discover a vaccine for a new plague that could wipe out all life in the galaxy.

 

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The helmsman simply has to look fabulous.
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The heroes are heroic, villains villainous and the day is saved. It is magically pulled together, and works in 50 minutes... unless it is a two part episode in which case, there is a horrific cliffhanger!

 

 

 

The moral of my story is that... you can't possibly be more scripted or predictable than THAT.

 

We don't have to write for the screen. Nor do we have to do commercial breaks. We aren't limited by a time slot.

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Maybe that's why I stopped watching TV and starting reading more...

The imagination certainly gets a workout reading GA

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rustle

Entertaining doesn't always mean groundbreaking.

 

Hey, James, how about doing a series of these on classic TV shows?

 

Gilligan's Island

I Love Lucy

Leave It To Beaver

...

 

Think we could turn it into a challenge for the site?

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JamesSavik

I really hate all three. Add the Andy Griffin Show to the list. When I was a kid, they played these brainless shows over and over on local TV. They could have done Trek re-runs but this is the South. They only played the syndicated programs they could get on the cheap.

 

But seriously folks- there's about 3 TV series after ST/OS that I watch: ST/NG, Babylon 5 and Battlestar Galactica (2003). The rest of TV is dog vomit.

 

There have been others worth watching but the networks canceled them all before they completed their story arcs.

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I really hate all three. Add the Andy Griffin Show to the list. When I was a kid, they played these brainless shows over and over on local TV. They could have done Trek re-runs but this is the South. They only played the syndicated programs they could get on the cheap.

 

 

Right there with ya, buddy. I was thinking of Andy Griffith, but couldn't own up to watching it 'til you broke the ice.

 

I got rid of cable when it started feeling like running on a treadmill. Now I'm wearing out Netflix.

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