Memory Alpha:AOL chats/Ronald D. Moore/ron089.txt

Subject: Answers Date: Wed, Mar 4, 1998 20:12 EST From: RonDMoore Message-id: <19980305011200.UAA22805@ladder02.news.aol.com>

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I'm trying to get used to them. Some of the interface commands seem counter- intuitive (at least to me), but I'll adjust.

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No.

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Yes and Rene is writing it at this moment.

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Keiko, Molly and Kiryoshi will probably all appear in Rene's show.

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We will not see the phantoms in Dukat's next appearance ("Wrongs Darker than...") but we may or may not still see them in future episodes.

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I believe it was a replica of a genuine Hugo, not the real article.

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This would be someone in the art department, but I'm not sure who.

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Sci-Fi series are certainly marketable commodities and it all depends on who you are, who you're pitching the series to and when you're doing it. Obviously, if you have a track record working in this genre, you have a leg up on someone who does not. But science fiction, like all genres, sometimes wears out its welcome with the studios -- "We're sick of doing science fiction. Do you have a romantic comedy?" You just never know.

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The station is taken over by a race of non-humanoid aliens who are too expensive to show on television. But trust me -- they're really cool looking.

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It's a Jake & Nog story that features them picked up by the USS Valiant behind enemy lines. The crew of the Valiant is... not your regular group of officers.

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It probably keeps him awake at night.

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I'm not sure, but I suspect it was Mike Okuda. When I saw the shot in dailies, my first reaction was that it implied that the entire Trek franchise was created by Benny. Which at first troubled me, but then I thought it was another interesting notion that created even more layers to the episode.

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I was very satisfied. The episode accomplished virtually everything we set out to do.

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No, but it was a valid criticism of "dream shows" that we wanted to throw at the audience and make them ask themselves if the story they were watching was in some way "gutted" by the ending.

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Take from it what you will...

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No plans at the moment.

<<Read in the paper today about another Heavens's Gate'r taking a dirt nap. He had "Heaven's Gate Away Team" stitched on his shirt. Ron, does it affect you at all that people are associating Star Trek with these oxygen thieves? And, does it affect you knowing that there are people out there taking their lives due to, in small part, things that you have directly or indirectly been involved in?>>

I don't feel responsible for someone's suicide just because they went to meet their maker wearing a t-shirt with a Trek saying or logo on it. And no, I don't feel particularly responsible for the actions of these people, directly or indirectly. You don't have to watch my show. And you certainly don't have to kill yourself because you chose to watch my show. You go down that road, you do it on your own and without my encouragement or approval.

<<One of our familiar web site spoiler/news/rumors providers attended a convention today in New York with Terry Farell, and reports that she will not be returning for season 7. Ron can you please confirm this? Is this really true?>>

Nothing official has happened one way or the other.