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Star Trek: Pick A Plot
Vinnie_333 writes "This article on the New York Times sounds out on the often repetitive plots of the 10 Star Trek films to date (this include ST: Nemesis, coming soon). It refers to the film franchise as '10 films with 5 plots' and lays them all out in front of you. This does have a ring of truth. As a fan of Sci Fi (but not particularly Star Truck), I have to admit that there are only so many unique plots out there, and most of them have been well used by HG Well's time. Star Trek is, after all, a genre franchise and the story lines are held back by certain restrictions of the genre." I personally would pay Berman/Braga et al $20 if they never have a holodeck or time-travel-based plot ever again.
when you have such great acting?
Ahhh yess, the obligatory sigh oh, did you say sig?
If it wasn't for the predictable plots you couldn't play The Star Trek the Drinking Game.
No, no, no:
"In film you will find four basic story lines. Man versus man, man versus nature, nature versus nature, and dog versus vampire."
- Steven Spielberg
And Joe versus volcano.
Finally, math books without any of that base 6 crap in them.
And they would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those meddling slashdotters....
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I think Futurama had the best Star Trek script writing "formula",
Fry: Well, usually on the show somebody would come up with a complicated plan then explain it with a simple analogy
Leela: If we can reroute engine power through the primary weapons and reconfigure them to Mellvar's frequency, that should overload his electro-quantum structure!
Bender: Like putting too much air in a balloon!
Fry: Of course! It's so SIMPLE!
Don't trust a bull's horn, a doberman's tooth, a runaway horse or me.
Actually, it would go something like this:
...at least, that's how I recall it. YMMV. =]
INT. ENTERPRISE-BRIDGE --LATER.
PICARD
Ensign Crusher, report.
WESLEY
Aye, Sir. The TECH is a result of TECH TECH TECH with a TECH pulse. I've remodified the sensor array to TECH the TECH TECH. I've also seen TECH and TECH --
PICARD
Thank you, Ensign.
WESLEY
There's more sir, TECH TECH TECH TECH...
DATA
TECH!
PICARD
Thank you, Mister Data. Ensign Crusher, that's all I need to know.
WESLEY
But sir, I TECH--
PICARD
That's enough, Ensign!
There is a tense beat.
WESLEY
(quietly)
TECH.
The Enterprise is ROCKED by an explosion