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    The Essential Scripts Book

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    Got it for my birthday - no need to enter contest!
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      Here's a simple question for anyone who has purchased this book: Exactly what scripts does it contain?
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        Originally posted by Ugly Pig
        Here's a simple question for anyone who has purchased this book: Exactly what scripts does it contain?
        I haven't purchased it (yet) but it sounds interesting. The scripts included are:
        The Torment of Tantalus
        The Fifth Race
        Window of Opportunity
        2010
        Wormhole X-treme!
        Abyss

        Here's more information from the Gateworld write-up

        First up is "Stargate SG-1: The Essential Scripts" from Titan Books in the U.K. (publisher of the Illustrated Companion series). In addition to a collection of scripts from the show, the 352-page book also includes commentary and background material, photos, interviews with the writers, and an in-depth introduction to writing for the show.

        Here's one person's opinion. One of those "why don't you get a life instead of getting this book" reviews. LOL!

        http://www.sci-fi-online.50megs.com/...ateScripts.htm

        Hopefully someone else in this forum will have the book and comment. I'd be interested in a few other opinions!

        Last edited by keshou; 05 September 2004, 01:39 PM.
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          #5
          Thanks for the info. Odd choice of episodes, though. I'll probably pick it up, but I hope they'll publish more scripts besides these.

          One script I'd really like to see would be the feature film script that was re-written to become the 'Lost City' episodes. I've been wondering how it would differ in many aspects, like how it would play out if there were no season 7...
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            Even the first episode written draft was quite different in many parts to the actual episode. (From what I saw Teal'c had a lot of "well duh" dialogue, like in Death Knell, i.e. "This cavern appears to have been long abandoned" )

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              Those episodes are supposebely the "best" episodes in the season. (according to a review)
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                I don't think 2010 or Wormhole X-TREME! were that great. All the other choices are awesome.

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                  Why no season 3 episode?

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Kes
                    I haven't purchased it (yet) but it sounds interesting. The scripts included are:
                    The Torment of Tantalus
                    The Fifth Race
                    Window of Opportunity
                    2010
                    Wormhole X-treme!
                    Abyss

                    Here's more information from the Gateworld write-up

                    First up is "Stargate SG-1: The Essential Scripts" from Titan Books in the U.K. (publisher of the Illustrated Companion series). In addition to a collection of scripts from the show, the 352-page book also includes commentary and background material, photos, interviews with the writers, and an in-depth introduction to writing for the show.

                    Here's one person's opinion. One of those "why don't you get a life instead of getting this book" reviews. LOL!

                    http://www.sci-fi-online.50megs.com/...ateScripts.htm

                    Hopefully someone else in this forum will have the book and comment. I'd be interested in a few other opinions!

                    Hm. This reviewer obviously doesn't know much about writing. He notes that all the scripts are too long--if filmed exactly, would be longer than the 44 minutes of airtime that each episode is. He claims that this is "shoddy writing." Well, as a writer myself, I can tell you that it is _far_ easier to write something that is too long and edit it to be shorter than to write it too short and have to figure out something to put in. And writing too long and editing it shorter almost always results in tighter writing than if you just wrote it to the proper length in the first place, besides making editing easier. This holds true (in my experience) whether one is writing term papers or novels or poetry or articles or _anything_. And every writing/english class or book I've ever seen has suggested doing it. I can't imagine that scriptwriting would be any different.
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                      Howdy Campers,

                      This may have already been posted -- or may not even belong under the "General Discussion" topic. But, I'd like to discuss the book "The Essential Scripts" in general terms so ... yeah, I know, I'm using the word in the definition. Okay, moving on...

                      Has anyone picked up the book "The Essential Scripts?" I got a few weeks ago and think it's great. It's really neat to see the scripts in their original form. I also thought it was interesting to see what the writing deemed "essential" when it comes to writing for the show. I was very happy to see "The Fifth Race" and "Abyss" in print -- it's good to see how things were added or deleted -- and where the actors improvised and in some cases why they did what they did. The images were great -- there are a few I'd like to have in color on my walls

                      I did find the comment about how it's frustrating for the writing team to get feedback from fans saying they need to write more team episodes interesting. I mean I've been a proponent for team episodes, especially now in Season 8 where things are a little shaky in that department. But I think -- now that I've read the writers comments on that -- I'm going to stop criticizing a "weak team" episode. Season 8 is a great place to flesh out all of the back stories that have been on hold for the past 7 years. Episodes can be dynamic when it focuses around one or two characters -- look at "Solitudes" and "Abyss."

                      I guess what my nattering boils down to, it that the book "The Essential Scripts" gave me more insight on how the writers write for SG-1 and why they write what they write. And as cheesy as it may sound, I appreciate their work more and look forward to seeing what they come up with for the future.

                      Am I alone on this thought, or might there be others who feel this way too?
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