Memory Alpha:AOL chats/Ronald D. Moore/ron093.txt

Subject: Answers Date: Fri, Mar 20, 1998 21:29 EST From: RonDMoore Message-id: <1998032102290201.VAA22410@ladder01.news.aol.com>

<<Although I enjoyed most of Kirk's lines, [in "Generations"] why the final one- "Oh my..." I thought the "..for the captain of the Enterprise" line was a fitting sendoff. Even, "It was fun," worked. But the "oh my" seemed a jibe at Shatner and the character. Was that line debated? Did it have any special significance? Were there other possibilities dicussed?Although I enjoyed most of Kirk's lines, why the final one- "Oh my..." I thought the "..for the captain of the Enterprise" line was a fitting sendoff. Even, "It was fun," worked. But the "oh my" seemed a jibe at Shatner and the character. Was that line debated? Did it have any special significance? Were there other possibilities dicussed?>>

"Oh, my..." was something that Bill came up with. He wanted Kirk to see... something as he died and that his dying line should be his reaction to that... something. Brannon and I wanted his last line to be "It was fun," which seemed to be a comment both on the brief adventure he and Picard had shared and also on Star Trek as a whole.

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There were some nips and tucks as far as lines when for the other cast members, but by and large their parts were brief in most of the drafts due to the constraints of our particular storyline.

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We always wanted a Klingon ship to destroy the Enterprise, but there was debate about the costs of building a new Klingon vessel vs. recycling the Bird of Prey. In the end, the money argument won the day.

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It's hard to say. Brannon and I still chat over the story periodically and talk about other possibilities and storylines, but in the end it's kind of a pointless exercise and neither of us wants to spend the creative energy necessary to re-examine the movie from start to finish. We did the best we could at the time and I think the picture stands on its own. I'm still proud of it.

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Yes. You will see both Keiko and Molly in a story that began shooting today: "Out of Time"

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I'll miss this show too, but I think Trek will go on. It's just a question of where it goes.

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The Arc was well-received by the studio and they've been willing to consider doing more like it in the future. But at the moment, we haven't made any firm decisions about how we want next season to go.

<<When writing "Change of Heart" did you from the beginning plan to have Dax react the way she did upon learning that Worf sacrificed an informant and probably cost a gadzillion lives to rescue her? When I realized Worf was abandoning his duty for Dax, the first thing that went through my mind was "Man, Dax is gonna be pissed..." More than any other non-Klingon, Dax seems to understand the Klingon Way better than anyone. I figured she would feel dishonored and disgraced by his actions, and would have a real hard time forgiving him. >>

I did think about playing Dax's reaction as one of anger, but then I realized that the story wasn't about the Klingon Way or Dax's sense of aggrieved honor, it was about the relationship between Worf and Dax, and how their marriage had changed Worf in ways both large and small. The ending had to reflect that story.

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I think the economy of Bajor has probably suffered and we might try to work this into some future plots.

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I went the other way -- I got hooked on NASA and the Apollo program at a very young age and my interest in Trek was an outgrowth of my interest in real spaceflight.

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No, I just liked the image the title of the song conjured up.

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It disappears into the same mysterious pocket of subspace where all the rest of his mass goes when he becomes something tiny (I will happily refer you to Robert Hewitt Wolfe for a complete explanation of this fascinating process).