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[QUOTE]Originally posted by OnToMars: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Balaam Xumucane: [qb]Sounds like a pretty good idea, OTM. How old is Stewart. I'm picturing him, kind of like a Story Musgrave. A very energetic fifty-something, who many view as being past his prime, but with mad skillz and sharp as a tack. The one problem with the series that I can see would be the limited dramatic opportunities. There could only be so many dust-storms, meteor showers and 'I'm-lost-here-in-the-cave' episodes. The human drama part could very easily dissolve into a mundane soap opera on Mars. Maybe they find something: maybe some kind of ruins of a long-dead culture; maybe it's life (easy to do poorly and get cheesey); something dramatic and not colored red would really be necessary to keep the show vital. Maybe one of them gets cabin fever and kills off a character every four or five episodes an we don't find out until the end that it's... I dunno. Stewart! No seriously, I don't know. It just needs a little more. But I love the characters and the pre-built tensions with the program and possible earth v. mars militarization. Sounds good. You could get a bunch of unknowns and do it on the cheap![/qb][/QUOTE] Those are good suggestions, Balaam, but the one element of [i]Ares[/i] that I would absolutely want to set it apart from other shows would be its realism. I would want it to be ultrarealistic in terms of space exploration, and I think there is enough drama in isoalted research stations from the past (Sealab, Skylab, Mir, McMurdo Station, Devon Island soon, etc.) to fuel this series. Also, Janice Hancock would be considered a major character and would be featured in some way just about every episode. When the program is in danger of cancellation, she plays a major role, and when the Space Force is being thrust upon them, she plays a major role. Like I wrote, anything unrealistic would have to be patently absurd (Drew Carey and X-File spoof episode absurd). The possible discovery of life would absolutely be at least one episode, most likely two or three. But any life discovered or possibly discovered would have to be limited to one celled or less. No alien civilizations or anything like that. I would even go so far as to say that [i]Ares[/i] borders on whether it's science fiction or not, as there would be [b]no[/b] speculative science in it whatsoever. Think "West Wing" on Mars. As the human drama part dissolving into a mundane soap opera; it is a concern. But as long as it's well and tastefully written, then it obviously won't be badly done. If done carelessley, it could very easily turn into [i]Survivor: Mars[/i]. Above all, even in the failings of the crew to cope, should be the message that humanity is supremely adaptable to all conditions (and particularly that people can make a viable home on Mars). In other words, the underlying message is upbeat - unlike soap operas and reality T.V. Nobody can die on the crew. If it happens, than the powers that be would surely kill the program and the show would end. If this show were made, my hope would be that it would be written well enough that it gets the audience excited about the finding of water. That when it sees the crew overjoyed by some discovery, then it connects with them. The end result being a better understanding among the general public about what scientific and space exploration is all about. Resorting to murders and alien civilizations would - well - be a cop out of what I want to do with this show. Though, just as note, well into the third or fourth season: when the civilian station is established, and everybody is really settled in for the long haul to have the first murder on Mars at the civilian station. Thus, Stewart becomes the first detective on the Red Planet. [QUOTE] Stewart! [/QUOTE] I'm not sure what that's in reference to exactly, but just as an FYI: Benjamin Stewart is named for my father; Stuart B. Finifter. I named the character when I thought my father's middle name was Benjamin. It was, however, Barry. But Benjamin Stewart sounds a lot better than Barry Stewart. And the Patrick Stewart coincidence is pretty cool too. And Stewart is somewhat of a Story Musgrave type. Past his prime, a man of supreme ambition whose accomplished all of his ambitions. Also a man of authority - actually, somewhat like Picard in his handling of his authority. He regrets somewhat focusing his entire life on a single thing to the exclusion of all else, and he wonders what he missed from the paths he didn't take. A faithful man, deeply devoted to his wife, but there is romantic tension between him and the CMO, Dr. Samantha Ross, and we get the implication that he might've been unfaithful in his earlier days. I wrote up a full character bio on him, which I might post later. I think that's it, keep 'em coming! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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