Roswell Conspiracies

POSTED BY: BLACKLILY
UPDATED: Saturday, April 22, 2006 20:22
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BROKENCRAYON

Sunday, January 22, 2006 9:02 AM

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Sh'lainn & Nick are in Roswell, strolling. Nick is intending to turn himself in; he knows the sheriff is Alliance, and it's probably easier than getting into the fortress. They're parting ways, and Nick promises to vouch for her, to tell the Alliance she's no threat. She sheds a tear as she turns to walk away. She turns into an alley, and gets surrounded by Banshee. Nick is almost at the station's door when he hears the scream and goes back for her. He attacks the Banshee, but takes a few hits, and they escape with Sh'lainn.

Nick turns his cell back on (which the Alliance immediately detects) and calls Cracker, telling him to use scrambler code C8 (the Alliance can't listen in, but they do start tracking his location). He arranges for a rental car. Trueblood is on the chase, but Nick gets to the car before Trueblood arrives. The chase leads out into the desert, and Trueblood's jeep transforms into a monster-truck/dragster thing, and starts shooting at Logan. It's too late, Logan breaches Perimeter Alpha and enters the canyon leading to the entrance.

I never did get why Logan was so inclined to save Blaise in that scene. 'Course, I missed the first episode so I could have no idea what transpired earlier between them. From what I can tell ( from your summary on The Bait Pt 1), they saved each other's butts, but that's about all.
Then again, I guess it ain't hard to like somebody who saved your life.

Still, after getting his ass whupped once, he could've just said " Oh well. I tried.." and gone his own way.
Well, that's what I think anyway. I suppose if he didn't save her, then the series would never have progressed further.
( We'd have Logan sitting in an Alliance prison for all the remaining episodes, and Blaise lying in a ditch somewhere, playing a breeding-ground for maggots.....

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Ah crap...

BLACKLILY

Sunday, January 29, 2006 9:35 AM

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I never did get why Logan was so inclined to save Blaise in that scene. 'Course, I missed the first episode so I could have no idea what transpired earlier between them. From what I can tell ( from your summary on The Bait Pt 1), they saved each other's butts, but that's about all.
Then again, I guess it ain't hard to like somebody who saved your life. Still, after getting his ass whupped once, he could've just said " Oh well. I tried.." and gone his own way.
Well, that's what I think anyway. I suppose if he didn't save her, then the series would never have progressed further.
( We'd have Logan sitting in an Alliance prison for all the remaining episodes, and Blaise lying in a ditch somewhere, playing a breeding-ground for maggots..... )

Heh heh heh...
You're joking right...?

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The truth will set you free...
But first it'll piss you off.

JUBB3500

Thursday, April 20, 2006 4:24 AM

Hi guys. I was the main executive producer/show runner on RC and was obviously pretty disheartened at BKN's Network collapse back in 2000 and the way it impacted the distribution of the series in the U.S..

So it is really gratifying to run across on-line threads of enthusiatic fans. Particularly on a site for a "Class" show like "Firefly".

Anyhow thanks to for the kind words. Especially the amazingly detailed and spot on summaries by Cybersnark, and the good thoughts and very kind words about the show from Blacklilly. It makes it all worthwhile. I mean the paycheck for doing what you love is great, but to see it actually meant something to the audience and that they were groking it is just as important.

If anyone's got questions or comments for me, I'll do my best to respond.

JUBB3500

Thursday, April 20, 2006 4:30 AM

I've always thought of Fitz's personality to be very similar to the character Tom Arnold played in "True Lies"—a glib, wisecracking, fast on his feet, BS artist. So when we were casting Roswell Conspiracies I actually asked the talent to keep that in mind.

I think you can kinda hear the "Tom Arnold" in Fitz's voice if you're looking for it.

So I'd put a blond wig on Tommy boy and cast him as Fitz in a live-action movie.

CYBERSNARK

Friday, April 21, 2006 2:35 AM

Hey cool! Another celebrity graces FFF.net.

Thanks for Roswell Conspiracies; the show kinda sells itself, as we've been saying.

And now, in celebration, I shall post. . . the thing I was supposed to post anyway.

Mountain Retreat, written by Greg Johnson.

It's night, on a gloomy, fog-shrouded pier, probably somewhere in Europe. Above, we see over Trueblood's black-suited shoulder as he looks down at the few people wandering through the murk. In the distance, something howls and snarls, and an older man appears below, wearing a trenchcoat. Trueblood leaves his post, and the camera shifts to the view below. The old man looks nervous at the sound. The camera moves to a new angle (long shot on the old guy), and something big and shaggy sweeps past. The old man reacts, and soon a pair of Lycanthropes looms out of the fog, snarling.

The camera looks up, to where Trueblood is now outside on the rooftop (about one storey up). He brandishes a flashlight, which transforms and morphs into a claw-shaped weapon.

Below, a Lycanthrope pounces, and takes the plasma blast from Trueblood. He charges into their midst, hitting the other one with the weapon (which this time works as a close-up stun-gun). He fires at one of the wolves, catching it in what looks like a tractor beam (Trueblood's voice sounds strained, like he's struggling to keep the beast still). Trueblood asks for "Ruck," and the old man starts laughing --he drops the coat and hat, and transforms slowly, taunting Trueblood: apparently there's some history between the two. Ruck beats up Trueblood, and taunts him about being alone. Trueblood gives his tagline reply, and an Alliance walker (like what he used to kill the train in Ep. 1) appears through the fog and trains guns on the Lycanthropes.

Ruck releases Trueblood and morphs into another human guise (not the old man, but a younger guy, with green-dyed hair and a goatee). He offers Trueblood a business proposition. . .

Back at Alliance HQ, a projector shows a wrecked climbing basecamp, then zooms to a set of two-toed footprints in the snow. Nick is skeptical, but the briefing officer continues, telling them (Sh'lainn's there too) that, due to an approaching storm, they'll be dropped at Peak 3, and will move to the camp from there. The screen shifts to show the mountain, highlighting the drop zone and the target area.

Nick rants skeptically about the Abominable Snowman. The officer reminds him of their mission, to locate "two manned climbing teams" (I'm guessing that's a script misread for either two two-man teams [four men in total] or a singular two-man team --wierd that it got into the finished dialogue [see below for another bit of wierdness in this scene]). Nick shrugs off the disappearances, and complains that Rinnaker should put a UAV up. As he's talking, Rinnaker rises out of the floor behind him (trapdoor elevator in the middle of the floor), and tells him that they did; it was shot down. He gives Nick a chewing out (and suggests that the whatever-it-is might not be alien at all).

A high-tech pre-fab bunker with four anchor legs is para-dropped onto the snowy mountainside, automatically abandoning its chutes when it lands. A short distance away, Nick and Sh'lainn (in matching Alliance-issue snowsuits & goggles) follow it down and cut their own chutes. Once down, they hustle inside, and Sh'lainn gets right to work --as does Nick, except that he's at the coffee machine.

After Sh'lainn gets Nick off his ass and on the job, they make their way over to the wrecked climbing camp. Nick promptly finds a digital recorder --Alliance issue. They deal with that implication, and Nick checks the tape, getting his first glimpse of a massive, horned figure. High above, a large shadow slips behind a boulder and plants a pair of two-fingered hands for a shove.

In the camp, Nick is ranting and raving when Sh'lainn's Banshee-sense starts tingling. Nick doesn't notice until she yells at him, then they both run for it. She trips, but Nick darts back and picks her up. They reach a cliff,

BLACKLILY

Friday, April 21, 2006 3:34 PM

*SQUEAL!*

*Does a little dance*

Thank you Cybersnark! Here's another of those gorgeously-detailed summaries to make my day complete!

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Rinnaker's pop-up entrance. It just makes me smile. Obviously Alliance HQ was designed by the same folks who did the Death Star --no handrails anywhere, elevator pits in the middle of the room, etc.

Yeah, I always felt like the Bunker was an underground version of the Death Star. There was even an area I vaguely recall in it that reminded me of the place where Luke had his final showdown with Darth Vader and Darth Sidius.

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I'm guessing whoever designed Ti-Yet's animation model was a Star Wars fan --those tusk/horns on the side of his face are definitely based on the wampa that attacked Luke in ESB

The same STAR WARS feel occured to me when I saw Ti-Yet's deseign. I wonder if it's an inside joke or something?

Thank you once again for all the meticulously observed details!

*Sheds a tear*
It makes me miss this series more than ever!

Peace to you.

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The truth will set you free
But first it'll piss you off

BLACKLILY

Saturday, April 22, 2006 7:23 AM

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Originally posted by Jubb3500:
Hi guys. I was the main executive producer/show runner on RC and was obviously pretty disheartened at BKN's Network collapse back in 2000 and the way it impacted the distribution of the series in the U.S..

So it is really gratifying to run across on-line threads of enthusiatic fans. Particularly on a site for a "Class" show like "Firefly".

Anyhow thanks to for the kind words. Especially the amazingly detailed and spot on summaries by Cybersnark, and the good thoughts and very kind words about the show from Blacklilly. It makes it all worthwhile. I mean the paycheck for doing what you love is great, but to see it actually meant something to the audience and that they were groking it is just as important.

If anyone's got questions or comments for me, I'll do my best to respond.

Hello and welcome to our little corner of the web! It's so cool to have the producer of Roswell Conspiracies grace the Firefly realm! As you can see we blatantly adore this series! You’ve done an awesome job on the intricate plot and all the deep characters (all of whom I love)! Thank you for making this show!

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The truth will set you free
But first it'll piss you off

JUBB3500

Saturday, April 22, 2006 8:22 PM

Cybersnark, again my compliments for such a detailed summary and really thoughtful analysis on Episode Three.

I've got comments on your questions and comments, but it's been about 3 years since I've last seen this particular episode, so I want to watch it and then get back to you.

On the Bunker and Starwars, etc.

My big influence on the Bunker predates Star Wars. It is more an homage to the great Marvel Comics series from the mid-to late '60's—Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD. As intially conceived by Jack "King" Kirby, then brilliantly modified by super artist, Jim Steranko, Agent of Shield was jam full of amazing concepts, vehicles, and HQ's/lair/fortresses.

I read Agent of Shield when it first appeared (I was beginning Jr. High) and stayed with the run for it's three or four years. It was a very influential piece of work for me.

When we were initially brainstorming Roswell Conspiracies, it all came together for me when I realized that the show is really "The X Files" meets "Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD". When I explained this to the Story Editors, Bob Forward and Greg Johnson, they immediately "got it". It helps that we're all about the same age and grew up on the same stuff.

So much of the Series, including the Bunker is kind of my homage to that comic. It was a fantastic experience being able to sit down one Saturday early in the production and conceptualize and draft up the "Cut Away" view for the Bunker, figuring our where everything would go and how much personnel, etc. (I needed to do this for Episode 4).

I used to do this stuff as a comic crazed kid, so getting paid to initiate this on my own show was really a trip.

And thanks for mentioning the floor elevator. Rinnaker just looks so bad-ass emerging or sinking down like a piece of ramrod straight sculpture. I liked that piece of animation so much that I had it put into the main title.

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