The Virtual Series Project (2)

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UPDATED: Thursday, January 30, 2003 15:49
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SARAHETC

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:06 PM

You are so popular, LA. I'm jealous.

Sarah

KAYLEEHOLIC

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:11 PM

Uh ?

I was under the prior impression that OIM would end with the crash of the shuttle with OAR then picking up with the crew rushing to recover it ?

No ?

Do we just want to make these Three Act / Teaser episodes ? Or did I just interpret the outlines wrong ?

JAYNE: Anybody remember her comin' at me with a butcher's knife?

WASH: Wacky fun.

JAYNE: (annoyed) You wanna go, little man?

WASH: (flippantly) Only if it's someplace with candlelight.

One of my favourite Wash/Jayne segments.

LOSTANGEL

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:22 PM

Sarahetc.:
But you're so talented, I'm such a fan of yours, I wish I could write as well as you do.

Here's a kiss for you too:

______________________
Lost Angel

WASH: Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction.
ZOE: We live in a space ship, dear.
WASH: So?

LEGALBEGAL

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:26 PM

The episodes are supposed to be 4 acts and a Teasaer and as for the iniatial episode there is some debate on what is going to be done and a couple of diffrent people working on diffrent things I plan to open correspondance with all of them today so that we can have every thing straitend out and no one is stepping on anyone elses toes.

If you would like to write episodes of the Virtual series add your name to the FFVS writers thread.

GUAILO

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:28 PM

No, you arent' confused, I'm just taking a hard stance on the few bits I came up with because the (A) the rest of it diverges too much and (B) the other things are other people's ideas that I don't want to tread on either.

Basically, I want to do the two episode concept such that the events in ep 1 and 2 are running paralelle but the reader is indroduced to the out of normal order. OIM ends with a shuttle crash but it's treated as a cliffhanger. OAR builds up to that same crash, but the results and ramifications are dealt with, as well as all the other plot bits still left from part one.

I would say that the notion of having a thread for each story idea is the best I've heard yet. Basically, in that instance, stories can be brough to fruition and ideas can be tossed out into new threads that don't work there but that might work elsewhere.

Don't get me wrong, and please don't be offended by my being a little territorial here, but LostAngel and I are sort of gelling in our approach and I think our styles match up more than others. It's not meant as a snub.

Mal: “The next time you decide to stab me in the back, have the guts to do it to my face.”

DANIELKURLAND

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:03 PM

Hmmm, I seem to be a bit confused, because I got an outlnie of the first episode mailed to me and I was told I was writing it and that it would be a 90 minute episode of 6 acts. I have started writing it and I am into it right now. Apparently someone else is also writing it though....so color me confused. Act 4 ends with Serenity being missing, and the episode is 90 minutes so it cuts into episode 2. There is also a lot of stuff that Gaulio has mentioned that LegalBeagle did not put in my draft such as having Jayne run into a prostitute and such and mentioing Jubal Early again.I am just doing what I was told to do and I would just like some clarification.

GUAILO

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:42 PM

Well, I tell you what. You just keep writing. Me and LostAngel will keep writing. When we all get done, we can call these things whatever we like.

As I said before, I want to handle Hui's introduction so I can set the tone of the character. Too many people were making him out to be a complete burnout, and I would rather him be a little more congnisant. We can do all of the elements of the story I've outlined above without interfering too greatly witheveryone else.

Problem was, we had too many cooks and then we were all partitioned out stuff to work on that had no bearing on the direction or ideas we started with. The crash, Jubal Early, all the nits in the outline I did above were in the original thread, by me. I don't mind collaboration at all, but I also don't want stuff going all crazy with the plot. Too many ships going missing and Kaylee's a Companion and...well, it was just too much in one thing. So, when Legal started taking charge, I asked to have first dibs on the stuff I'd come up with, mainly Hui and Jubal, and then the rest of you can do whatever.

It's not that big a deal, is it?

Mal: “The next time you decide to stab me in the back, have the guts to do it to my face.”

DANIELKURLAND

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:45 PM

No it isn't, I was just curious as to what I should be doing. Should I incorporate the extra events that you listed in my episode as well. I am almost positive I will have taken a different direction with Hui than you did.

GUAILO

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:55 PM

My approach would probably be drastically different to yours, so I can't say if you should include parts of my outlined intentions above. If you want to, that's cool. I think even using Jubal is cool because all I intend to do is show that his motivations for hunting River are not driven by money, but more by something personal.

Hui is going to be a good go-to guy and someone they can get the crew good, solid jobs so that they don't have to contend with Niska-types and so that it is established that they have a reletively steady source of income. He won't be too much of a burn out and he won't be too much of a hard case, appart from the obvious desire to stay well clear of the Alliance where all the crime is concerned.

Mal: “The next time you decide to stab me in the back, have the guts to do it to my face.”

DANIELKURLAND

Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:59 PM

I have Hui as some what of an old rival with Wash, I can still have it so that he is a reliable source and they shouldn't have to worry about him.

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