LAST EDITED ON May-28-09 AT 02:00 PM (EDT)
When you're writing dialog for a pre-existing character, especially one that's exceptionally well known, it's important that you do your best to match that character's voice. It was always one of the things I dug about various Eyrie works, and it's probably been one of the bits of working on stories here that's been the most fun for me. What can you make that character say that's utterly divergent from anything that character has said before while maintaining a believable voice? How best can you sell what you want to say within those confines?A lot of times we'll achieve this in the studio by essentially brainstorming lines, just anything, no matter how absurd. Some of the biggest gems have come from this kind of thing. (It's also quite often divertingly hilarious, but, hey, we *are* supposed to be haivng a good time here)
Obviously, between the theatrical release of Star Trek and our own release of Manhunt, there's been a lot of Spock in the studio. He's fun to write because if you nail his diction? It's gold.
In the middle of all of this over the past holiday weekend, I discovered a particularly fun variation of this. If you're an avid watcher of Discovery-style infotainment in the US like many of us are, you've no doubt seen the recent 'The Most Interesting Man In The World' Dos Equis ads. If you are not, this is a pretty decent introduction.
All good? Good.
Now imagine The Most Interesting Man in the World as played by Spock. Bonus points if it's goatee Spock.
It really puts you in that outside-the-box place. :)
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