Season Towers (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} seasontowers) wrote,@ 2007-07-11 18:26:00 |
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You should come to our class on big thinking. It's good.
I'm not sure how I missed this, but:
Back in 2005 Joss Whedon and Tim Minear both gave hour long talks on writing and the art of breaking a story at the Screenwriter's Expo in LA._eb has her notes from the event written up.
What were some of the Firefly stories you never got to tell?
He hemmed and hawed, “Should I tell you this?… Oh well, what’s he going to do, fire me?” The original show was darker and this story was more in keeping with that tone.
It opens with Mal and Inara fighting (as they do). Mal tells her she pretends to be a lady and wants everyone to bow before her and kiss her hand but she’s just a whore. Then the Reavers attack and take Inara. While trying to get her back they learn that she had something that would make anyone who had sex with her die. When they finally track down and board the ship they find all of the Reavers dead and Inara shaking and traumatized.
He hemmed and hawed, “Should I tell you this?… Oh well, what’s he going to do, fire me?” The original show was darker and this story was more in keeping with that tone.
It opens with Mal and Inara fighting (as they do). Mal tells her she pretends to be a lady and wants everyone to bow before her and kiss her hand but she’s just a whore. Then the Reavers attack and take Inara. While trying to get her back they learn that she had something that would make anyone who had sex with her die. When they finally track down and board the ship they find all of the Reavers dead and Inara shaking and traumatized.
What I didn't realise was that there's a DVD of each of the two sessions available here and here.
