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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="95%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="3" color="#FFFFFF" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>T O P I C ��� R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Malnurtured Snay</b> <br /><small>Member # 411</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,18,1,23,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 18, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:23 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> It's probably an easy prediction to make, that like TNG, DS9, and VOY, Series V will be open to fan-written scripts. <i>Tin Man</i>, one of the most acclaimed TNG eps, was co-written by two Trek fans (although they'd both published the novel <i>Tin Woodsman</i>), they weren't on Paramount's writing staff (and Dennis Bailey was considered for a spot on the staff, BTW). <P>I submitted a spec-script to Voyager when the show first started (a loooong time ago). I've got it buried around here somewhere, and yes, it was rejected. I got a very nice form letter. The show began with Chakotay leading an away team to a freighter giving off a distress call. On-board, they find the crew slaughtered -- and one of the dead men has a Klingon knife sticking out of his chest. Suffice to say, this eventually interwined with a "B" plot in which the Klingons and a few restless Maquis decided to settle on a war-torn planet and "fight for a worthy cause." (I was hoping they'd at least buy the story and then let someone else do some massive re-writting on the script, but alas...)<P>Anyways. My prediction is that I will <i>finally</i> sell a script to Series V. This is my goal, and with luck, I will have seven years to pitch scripts and hopefully have TPTB buy one or two of them. And, hell, even if they only fly me to California to pitch the script, at least I'll get a tour of the sets out of it ... right? <P>Wish me luck <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif"><P>------------------<BR><A HREF="http://www.majinc-web.com/tokyo/" TARGET=_blank>Star Trek Gamma Quadrant</A><BR>Average Rated 7.64 out of 10 Smileys by Fabrux (with six eps posted)<BR>***<BR>"Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!"<BR>-Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001<BR>****<BR>And homeschooling also turns you into a socially well-adjusted person, capable of talking to people without them wanting to ram a f***ing chair down your throat! - PsyLiam, 3/11/01<P><BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs</b> <br /><small>Member # 239</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,18,1,29,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 18, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:29 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Good luck, especially since I've read that VOY & DS9 were getting two or three thousand submissions a season.<P>------------------<BR>"I WANT A POST VOY SERIES STAR TREK ORIGINAL MESSAGE WAS LOOKING FORWARD NOT LOOKING BACK."<P>-Darkstar<P> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Malnurtured Snay</b> <br /><small>Member # 411</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,18,1,30,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 18, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:30 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Yes, well ... <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif"><P>Actually, from what I understand, a lot of those are weeded out quickly for a variety of different factors, ranging from the wrong formating ...<P><I>example</I><P>Picard: Set course, warp six!<BR>LaForge: Aye, sir!<P>We see the ship warp away<P><I>good example</I><P> PICARD<BR> Set course, warp six.<P> LA FORGE<BR> Aye, sir!<P>Ext. Optical - Enterprise - engaging warp drive<P><small>actually, the good example didn't turn out so well...the dialogue is supposed to be centered. Stupid UBB ... urgh</small><P>...or Mary Sue stories ... (wherin a new crewmember comes to the <I>Enterprise</I> and manages to save the entire crew and sleeps with Picard and Data and Riker at the same time and has dinner, too)<P>...or "epic-scope" stories, in which Lwaxanna, Q, the Borg, and Sonya Gomez all come about and it's three eps long and features lots of cool ships and ... the staff writes the epics, they're just looking for an easy one-parter from we fans <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif"><P>In other words, the majority of the submissions don't meet the writer's guidelines Paramount sends out. Or it's sent to the wrong place, or has the wrong contact info, or you've already submitted two scripts and this is your third submission (in which case you need an agent - or register with the writer's guild or something - and if you don't have one, into the circular file...) <P>Anyways. I'm fairly sure I can get past at least <I>that</I> stage <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif"> <P>------------------<BR><A HREF="http://www.majinc-web.com/tokyo/" TARGET=_blank>Star Trek Gamma Quadrant</A><BR>Average Rated 7.64 out of 10 Smileys by Fabrux (with six eps posted)<BR>***<BR>"Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!"<BR>-Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001<BR>****<BR>And homeschooling also turns you into a socially well-adjusted person, capable of talking to people without them wanting to ram a f***ing chair down your throat! - PsyLiam, 3/11/01<P><BR><p>[This message has been edited by JeffKardde (edited March 18, 2001).] <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs</b> <br /><small>Member # 239</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,18,1,45,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 18, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:45 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> It is unfortunate that fanboys have access to a printer. Er, not you, the guys who write the SUPAR PAHSER!!11!! "episodes".<P>------------------<BR>"I WANT A POST VOY SERIES STAR TREK ORIGINAL MESSAGE WAS LOOKING FORWARD NOT LOOKING BACK."<P>-Darkstar<P><p>[This message has been edited by Ultra Magnus (edited March 18, 2001).] <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Malnurtured Snay</b> <br /><small>Member # 411</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,18,1,51,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 18, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:51 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> True. I just feel sorry for the interns who have to sift through all those spec-scripts ... ugh ... <P>(Confession: my first script was for TNG, I wrote it about 14 years ago. It was crap. It began with the Enterprise-D stumbling across ... the remains of the original Enterprise. That right there should tell you something. That and I didn't have a plot for it either... - no, I didn't submit it. I wrote two pages and it's in a dump somewhere)<P>------------------<BR><A HREF="http://www.majinc-web.com/tokyo/" TARGET=_blank>Star Trek Gamma Quadrant</A><BR>Average Rated 7.64 out of 10 Smileys by Fabrux (with six eps posted)<BR>***<BR>"Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!"<BR>-Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001<BR>****<BR>And homeschooling also turns you into a socially well-adjusted person, capable of talking to people without them wanting to ram a f***ing chair down your throat! - PsyLiam, 3/11/01<P><BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs</b> <br /><small>Member # 239</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,18,2,25,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 18, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">02:25 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Good.<P>Although, that could've been good fuel. Too bad.<P><BR>So this'd be your second submission? You need an agent after three?<P>------------------<BR>"Instructed by history and reflection, Julian was persuaded that, if the diseases of the body may sometimes be cured by salutary violence, neither steel nor fire can eradicate the erroneous opinions of the mind."<P>-Edward Gibbons, <I>The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.</I><p>[This message has been edited by Ultra Magnus (edited March 18, 2001).] <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs</b> <br /><small>Member # 239</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,18,2,36,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 18, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">02:36 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> And I just noticed your tooting for Dennis Bailey, with whom, If I remember correctly, you have an acquaintence with.<P>------------------<BR>"Instructed by history and reflection, Julian was persuaded that, if the diseases of the body may sometimes be cured by salutary violence, neither steel nor fire can eradicate the erroneous opinions of the mind."<P>-Edward Gibbons, <I>The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.</I><P> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Quatre Winner</b> <br /><small>Member # 464</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,18,7,16,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 18, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">07:16 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> I'd love to see a story done about the Tholians. You hear about them from time to time on TNG and DS9 but we really don't get told much else.<P>------------------<BR>In this crazy world of lemons, baby...you're lemonade! <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Gaseous Anomaly</b> <br /><small>Member # 114</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,18,7,17,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 18, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">07:17 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> It's "bottle shows" they want, not big sweeping <I>Ben Hur</I> epics with ginormous space battles. Character based stories are good bets.<P>------------------<BR>At that point, McDonald fired his gun three times in the air to emphasize his point. The crowd, estimated at 350,000, loudly cheered the new candidate.<P>"Let me make this clear: I am the law! I am your ruler! And you will have fries with that, motherf*cker!"<P> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>AndrewR</b> <br /><small>Member # 44</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,18,8,32,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 18, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">08:32 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Let us all, 500 or what ever of us write one. LOL!<P>Ext Op.<P>Ships - thousands upon thousands of Federation, Klingon, Romulan, Cardassian, Dominion, Ferengi, Yridian, Tholian, Klaestron, Tamarian, and Bajoran ships all sweep towards one lone, Kazon shuttlecraft<P>Int. Op.<P>Picard<P>Not in OUR quadrant you don't.<P>Lt. Daniels, fire please.<P>Credits<P> <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/wink.gif"><P><P>------------------<BR>Homer: I'm gonna miss Springfield. This town's been awfully good to us.<BR> Bart: No, it hasn't, Dad. That's why we're leaving.<BR>Homer: Oh, yeah. [pokes his head out the window] So long, Stinktown! <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Malnurtured Snay</b> <br /><small>Member # 411</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,18,9,29,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 18, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">09:29 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Yes, Dennis Bailey is in a way, one of my "mentors", just in that he is a published writer, and it's always good to get tips and hints from him -- plus, he's got a dammed realistic bridge mock up in his basement, and his son is my best friend, so ... <P>Yes, this will be my second submission, after which I'll need an agent (if I remember correctly). I plan of obtaining the new writer's submission info once they've got it up. <P>Bottle shows are always good for 'em -- that way, they get to spend money on another "epic" story they want. <BR><P>------------------<BR><A HREF="http://www.majinc-web.com/tokyo/" TARGET=_blank>Star Trek Gamma Quadrant</A><BR>Average Rated 7.64 out of 10 Smileys by Fabrux (with six eps posted)<BR>***<BR>"Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!"<BR>-Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001<BR>****<BR>And homeschooling also turns you into a socially well-adjusted person, capable of talking to people without them wanting to ram a f***ing chair down your throat! - PsyLiam, 3/11/01<P><BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Fabrux</b> <br /><small>Member # 71</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,18,14,23,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 18, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">02:23 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> You know, with the inpending writer's strike, TPTB might just look a little closer at spec scripts...<P>------------------<BR>"Let's make sure history never forgets the name... <I>Enterprise</I>"<BR>- Alternate Picard, "Yesterday's Enterprise" <BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Malnurtured Snay</b> <br /><small>Member # 411</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,18,14,30,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 18, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">02:30 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Sadly, the writer's strike will be over <i>before</i> I'd have a chance to submit my script ... <P>------------------<BR><A HREF="http://www.majinc-web.com/tokyo/" TARGET=_blank>Star Trek Gamma Quadrant</A><BR>Average Rated 7.64 out of 10 Smileys by Fabrux (with six eps posted)<BR>***<BR>"Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!"<BR>-Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001<BR>****<BR>And homeschooling also turns you into a socially well-adjusted person, capable of talking to people without them wanting to ram a f***ing chair down your throat! - PsyLiam, 3/11/01<P><BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Treknophyle</b> <br /><small>Member # 509</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,20,14,57,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 20, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">02:57 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> "Sadly, the writer's strike will be over before I'd have a chance to submit my script ... "<P>What a pity Jeff. After watching the quality waver fro the last few decades (I cut my teeth on TOS), some genuinely NEW blood in the writing department would be a welcome change.<P>------------------<BR>Faster than light - no left or right. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>The_Tom</b> <br /><small>Member # 38</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,20,15,24,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 20, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">03:24 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Actually, it'd find it very unlikely that shows would get produced period if WGA was on strike. I imagine Braga and a good chunk of the rest of the producers are members of WGA, so it'd be ridiculuous to make the show go on even if they had actors but no writers. Besides, I'd doubt SAG would go out of its way to avoid a strike if WGA went on one already, considering there's no point in having a contract if you can't work thanks to actions of the other guys.<P>------------------<BR>"Ring a bell, and I'll salivate... <BR>well how'd you like that?<BR>Dr. Landy, please tell me <BR>I'm not just a pedagogue..."<BR>-<I>Brian Wilson</I>, The Barenaked Ladies <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Right</b> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,20,16,50,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 20, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">04:50 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Apparently, Paramount wants to get the premier 2-hour episode (no point calling it a pilot) and one regular one-hour ep filmed, and air 'em as a "movie of the week." When the strike is over, they will begin to produce the regular episodes. <P>Probably not a good idea trying to submit it during the strike -- if you do sell it, the WGA might refuse to let you join for "breaking the lines" as it were. Still, if I remember correctly, the odds are against you -- TNG only bought three spec-scripts by the fourth season as I recall. On the other hand, 2 of the 3 script-writers were offered jobs on the writing staff. <P>Got a story yet? <P>------------------<BR>"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make them my friends?" - Abraham Lincoln<P>"America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair." - Arnold Toynbee<P>"Fighting for peace is like f***ing for virginity." - Anonymous<P>"Our bombs are smarter than [George W. Bush]. At least they can find Kuwait." - A. Whitney Brown<BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>AndrewR</b> <br /><small>Member # 44</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,21,10,47,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 21, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">10:47 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Don't forget that "Yesterday's Enterprise" was born from a spec script and became one of the BEST Trek's ever.<P>Andrew - who picked up the 'soundtrack' to YE, Uni and Holopursuits... the otherday from $34.00 to $6.00 <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/wink.gif"><P>Andrew - who bought Legends of the Ferengi for $1.00 <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/wink.gif"><P>Andrew - who bought First Contact story books for $0.20 each <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/wink.gif"><P>------------------<BR>Homer: I'm gonna miss Springfield. This town's been awfully good to us.<BR> Bart: No, it hasn't, Dad. That's why we're leaving.<BR>Homer: Oh, yeah. [pokes his head out the window] So long, Stinktown! <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Malnurtured Snay</b> <br /><small>Member # 411</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,2,21,22,25,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">March 21, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">10:25 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> It's one thing to sell a script or pitch a story idea to TPTB and have them re-write it (look at the ep <i>First Contact</i> -- three pairs of writers worked on that ep)<P>It's another to sell a script to TPTB and <i>not</i> have them request a rewrite (or allow you to re-write whatever needs re-writing yourself). That's the hurdle to get over. <P>------------------<BR><A HREF="http://www.majinc-web.com/tokyo/" TARGET=_blank>Star Trek Gamma Quadrant</A><BR>Average Rated 8.32 out of 10 Smileys by Fabrux (with <B>seven</B> eps posted)<BR>***<BR>"Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!"<BR>-Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001<P><BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Malnurtured Snay</b> <br /><small>Member # 411</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,4,10,10,34,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">May 10, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">10:34 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <B>Rob</B>, please e-mail me ...<P><I>JeffKardde@aol.com</I><P>------------------<BR><A HREF="http://www.majinc-web.com/tokyo/" TARGET=_blank>Star Trek Gamma Quadrant</A><BR>Average Rated 8.32 out of 10 Smileys by <B>Fabrux</B> (with <B>seven</B> eps posted)<BR>***<BR>"Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!"<BR>-<B>Omega</B> 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001<BR>***<BR><I>Card-Carrying Member of the Flare</I> <B>APAO</B><BR>***<BR>"I think this reason why girls don't do well on multiple choice tests goes all the way back to the Bible, all the way back to Genesis, Adam and Eve. God said, 'All right, Eve, multiple choice or multiple orgasms, what's it going to be?' We all know what was chosen" - <B>Rush Limbaugh</B>, Feb. 23, 1994. <P> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Ritten</b> <br /><small>Member # 417</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,4,10,10,46,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">May 10, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">10:46 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Jeff, keep the desperation from your voice.... He'll take advantage of you.... <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/wink.gif"><P>------------------<BR>"One's ethics are determined by what we do when no one is looking" Nugget<BR><A HREF="http://www.majinc-web./tokyo/index.html" TARGET=_blank>Star Trek: Gamma Quadrant</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.majinc-web./legacy/index.html" TARGET=_blank>Star Trek: Legacy</A><BR>Read them, rate them, got money, film them<P>"...and I remain on the far side of crazy, I remain the mortal enemy of man, no hundred dollar cure will save me..." WoV<P><BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>First of Two</b> <br /><small>Member # 16</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,4,10,11,15,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">May 10, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">11:15 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> WHICH Rob?<P>------------------<BR>The government that seems the most unwise, oft goodness to the people best supplies. That which is meddling, touching everything, will work but ill, and disappointment bring. - The Tao Te Ching <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>TSN</b> <br /><small>Member # 31</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,4,10,12,41,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">May 10, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">12:41 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> We've multiple Robs?<P>------------------<BR>Lister: "Cat, what are you doing?"<BR>Cat: "I'm courting."<BR>Lister: "Courting who?"<BR>Cat: "Whoever shows up!"<BR>-<I>Red Dwarf</I>, "Me�" <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Malnurtured Snay</b> <br /><small>Member # 411</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,4,10,13,59,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">May 10, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:59 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> You <B>First of Two</B>. Besides -- are there any other Robs? <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif"><P>------------------<BR><A HREF="http://www.majinc-web.com/tokyo/" TARGET=_blank>Star Trek Gamma Quadrant</A><BR>Average Rated 8.32 out of 10 Smileys by <B>Fabrux</B> (with <B>seven</B> eps posted)<BR>***<BR>"Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!"<BR>-<B>Omega</B> 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001<BR>***<BR><I>Card-Carrying Member of the Flare</I> <B>APAO</B><BR>***<BR>"I think this reason why girls don't do well on multiple choice tests goes all the way back to the Bible, all the way back to Genesis, Adam and Eve. God said, 'All right, Eve, multiple choice or multiple orgasms, what's it going to be?' We all know what was chosen" - <B>Rush Limbaugh</B>, Feb. 23, 1994. <P> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>First of Two</b> <br /><small>Member # 16</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,4,10,14,46,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">May 10, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">02:46 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> There might be. There's a lot of us around. Anyway, I just did.<P>------------------<BR>The government that seems the most unwise, oft goodness to the people best supplies. That which is meddling, touching everything, will work but ill, and disappointment bring. - The Tao Te Ching <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Starbuck</b> <br /><small>Member # 153</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,4,10,14,49,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">May 10, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">02:49 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> If there's a WGA strike I might submit a spec script... under normal circumstances I can't write for Trek, because I don't have an agent in the US and, living in England, am apparently ineligible to join the WGA.<BR>So it won't affect MY chances of membership if I break the picket <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif"><P>Seriously, do we have any (semi)professional writers who can offer me advice into breaking into Hollywood or TV? There seems to be precious little market for scriptwriters here; even the BBC isn't buying, and isn't in the slightest bit interested in a new science-fiction serial <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/frown.gif"><P>------------------<BR>"Replicate some marmalade, Commander - helm control is toast!"<P> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Zor Prime</b> <br /><small>Member # 527</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2001,5,9,17,34,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">June 09, 2001</span> <span class="timeformat-0">05:34 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Speaking of First Contact, back around 1992 during the 25th Anniversary hulabaloo, I started writing a script that I was going to send to paramount for TNG that had the Romulans using the Time Planet donut time machine thing from TOS, go back in time to stop Cochrane from creating warp drive, and the TNG folks go back to help!!!<BR>Replace the Roms with Borg, and you have First Contact! Goshdarn bastardos. <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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