...administration's latest emergency action did anyone bother to tell the backstory. Fannie Mae, nee the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), ... the Right and Left. The Wall Street Journal and libertarian think tanks regularly warned that Fannie was getting too big and ... Prospect magazine, and is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the think tank Demos. He is the author of Obama's Challenge:...

...On TRF, we get a surprising amount of not-really-necessary backstory about and insights into them. -- Message posted...files/ More information athttp://www.talkabouttelevision.com/faq.html I think it's really fascinating how we get caught up in good ... (usually economic-driven shortcuts)--until we have repeated viewings. I think magicians sometimes rely on this "quirk" of the mind: ...

... anything you write. But isn't it true that TV series usually have "bibles" that provide backstories for the major characters and notes on the stories to guide writers and keep things consistent? If Yes... CREAM WHEN I WANT SHIT and explaining to interviewers that TV is *supposed* to be bad. I think we can assume he didn't read the series bible. :) -- Star Trek 09: No Shat, ...

... a hired heavy. It's astonishingly bad plotting that shouldn't have made it past the "trying to think up ideas for a story" stage. Besides all else, couldn't the Enterprise locate Picard and Soran ...> I didn't know that! According to Shatner's Movie Memories, there was to be a little backstory for each of the characters; Kirk with Carol, Scotty's spending his retirement trying to work out ...

... much set-ups other than generally giving you a backstory and going from there, with much less resolution at ... a graphic artists/character designer on this show I think, a year later he would hook up with Ralph ... with some pretty goofy archetypal aliens. You would think this would work far better if it was ... show, but ! can see how some might think beyond the point to notice these things (of ...

... ST and talking about it amongst ourselves, I think we fall into the trap thinking that we ...products. That sadly is not the case I think. What Paramount wants is a broad demographic base ... evolution of the Trekverse. Go back and tell backstory??? Wheeeeee............. Even though all that would be fun.... changes, it would be nice. Unfortunately, I think doing so would also stop it from being...

...the heck are those guys". I don't think anyone really liked this all that much...they did not do it well, but I think it is hard to come up with ... again it is my opinion, but I think all these stories were very well done,... to SOME of the fans...but I think it does not get many others excited(... out a new evolution of the Trekverse. Go back and tell backstory??? Wheeeeee.............

..., "RNeill" <RNeil...@cs.commode> wrote: I think Jim\'s prison sojourn was a carry-over ...> Other details of Jim Rockford\'s backstory were fleshed out based on James Garner...aspect of real life into the fictional Rockford backstory, TRF wisely chose to eliminate completely any ....talkabouttelevision.com/faq.html Probably right. I think Cannell says somewhere that he humorously admires ...

... are fanwanky too. What the hell are they thinking? Do they really ... think the general audience Trek desperately needs care about this fanfic ... me if a bit of backstory is thrown into an episode ...a mainstream movie audience. You would think that the average person would ... GET Kirk, nor would you think they'd be too impressed ... was unaware) However, if he thinks City was great because of ...

...casting announcements; Spock's parents and Captain Pike are fanwanky too. What the hell are they thinking? Do they really think the general audience Trek desperately needs care about this fanfic fodder? I'm a fan. It tickles me if a bit of backstory is thrown into an episode or film (e.g. Journey To Babel) but...