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Post by Kurai on Sept 17, 2012 5:59:18 GMT -5
Daz wants your Indefinitely Delayed questions. Please post them below and he'll answer them  |
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Jester
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Post by Jester on Sept 17, 2012 6:05:48 GMT -5
1. Chloe, Y U SO PRETTY?!
2. Also, Daz tell me how on earth you fix those openings?!
3. Do you know how the show is gonna end?
4. In the Indef universe, since the airport is purgatory, does this mean there is also a heaven and a hell? If so, will we ever see them?
5. Are you a believer in GOD, THE ALMIGHTY!!!
6. When shall we get married?
7. How do you feel about flying? Any fears there? *raises notepad*
8. In the Indef Universe, do people of various religions also end up in the Airport? Where do the Buddhists or Hindu's go?
I love you.
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Post by Dale on Sept 17, 2012 6:32:41 GMT -5
1. I refer you to the comedian Andrew Maxwell. His theory on good looking women, is that the more their ancestors were raped, the more exotic the mixing pool.
2. The openings are so tricky, cause I never know what to focus on, and also, I have to think about the next opening in the episode before, making sure I have a joke about being stuck somewhere, an excuse to use Henry's full name and some kind of setup with the Arrival/Departure Board. It's a tough task too, sifting through the previous episode looking for funny little cutaways to provide one liners and the like.
3. I have a few ideas in mind. I know how individual stories end, but how it all comes together is still a mystery. Hopefully I can progress more quickly in the future and maybe I'll start planning so it can be produced quicker and more concisely.
4. Yes there is. Although it's more hinted at than confirmed. Nobody knows for sure, which is why there's never any concentrated proof either way... or is there? ... Will we see them, I'm not sure yet. Possibly in the series finale, when Henry winds up in one or the other, we'll see him arrive ... and pretty much do a similar scene to his arrival in Airport Purgatory. Maybe I can do it a little sooner than that, if I choose to move on one of the other core characters like Sunny or Tyrell.
5. Nope.
6. Whenever you bloody well like babe. Just book the flight to Vegas.
7. I love flying. Hate heights. It's a real conundrum.
8. It's funny you should ask this. In the original pilot, there were several deleted jokes, focused entirely on the religious aspects and different beliefs. The scene where Henry awakes in Airport Purgatory and runs into the posh duo arguing over their coffin furnishings, the mother arguing with the father about directions and the fish spitting boy were never planned. Originally it was Henry walking past people who practiced different religions each claiming to be right all along. There was also a scene where Sunny sends a Muslim woman to the "International Terminal" and a scene with Henry in an airport bookshop, noting that there are no religious texts, and being told by a clerk that they don't allow that. So it was thought about. Nik is technically Hindu, but it's never been addressed. I'd prefer to focus on different things because addressing religion is always gonna be polarizing and Indy Jew jokes aside, I don't particularly want to offend someone's religion ... because they might bomb me.
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Post by Jester on Sept 17, 2012 6:43:39 GMT -5
Sexy, and it makes perfect sense.
I know you don't plan ahead, but this shows you at least think about and or are aware of writing in advance. Love <3
I'd like that. Haha. QUESTION--- You still planning only 6 episodes?
That sounds very cool. I'm interested to see how you make em contemporary. Inferno's Hell is basically an industrial wasteland.
Good.
Can Elvis marry us?
I LOVE flying. No real problems with height. I know you didn't ask... But our relationship should have total discloser!
Tell me now, wise one, will we ever see these jokes? They should brilliant.
QUESTION--- Indef... Movie?!
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Post by Dale on Sept 17, 2012 6:49:40 GMT -5
I may use the jokes at some point in the future, possibly in Season 2 as I expand the setting of the Airport further. Although they may be toned down, cause honestly, they were verging on offensive.
In regards to a movie, I'm not too sure it'd be suited to the format, unless it was focusing on the last bag, and it allowed Henry to return to earth to complete, so we could include his ex wives and kids in some regard. i'd prefer to keep it contained as a show though.
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Post by Jester on Sept 17, 2012 7:01:21 GMT -5
Sexy, looking forward to season 2.
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Post by Johno on Sept 17, 2012 9:32:22 GMT -5
For Sir Daz,
1.) How and where did the idea of Indefinitely Delayed pop into your brain? Did you steal it from Indy as he so implied when the thread first opened (lol - can't believe I remember that but anywaaaaay...)?
2.) When the concept first sprang to mind, were there any other ideas for the central character in mind? Or was it always a douchebag guy who you'd make to be relatable, etc. etc.?
3.) Was it always a Comedy, or did you have any thoughts about making it a pure Drama?
4.) In regards to casting, did you find Indef. Delayed easier, harder, or on par with your other projects?
5.) Does each episode's concept jump at you when the time comes or do you ever think of any out that you know you want to do in the future?
6.) I know you say you don't plan ahead, but when these characters first started popping to mind, did you think up how they died, what their pasts were, etc., or were you leaving that open-ended to, for you to discover as well while you wrote the series?
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Post by Dale on Sept 17, 2012 10:28:00 GMT -5
1) I'm not entirely sure where the idea came from, but it's one I was sitting on for a while. I know it was around the same time period as the idea for Fragments because they were a fairly similar concept in their original forms. Originally, the idea was to take place in a waiting room and the main character was a woman who acted as a receptionist of sorts. Characters would come and go and there would be regulars, as well as character who only lasted the episode. And the concept was the woman would always solve their problems and help move on but she couldn't solve her own, which was the big mystery of the show. What exactly is her problem. Which later evolved into the airport and the emotional baggage stuff because it seemed to fit the metaphorical nature of the show better, plus the Airport was just a more expansive and interesting environment. And no, the idea did not come from Indy, in fact I'll go on record and say I probably gave him the idea talking about it years ago, that he then took, let ruminate and come up with his own variation, only to claim I stole the idea from him when I eventually got around to writing it four years later. The bastard ... Just kidding.
2) Covered this in the previous question. The woman was gonna be somewhere between Henry and Sunny. She'd put on a really peppy front for all the new arrivals, but would resort to cynical sarcasm, and a pessimistic outlook on things to her regulars and when nobody else was around. When I was pitching the idea to people to see how they'd respond, I was always describing it as "Californication meets My Name is Earl ... with Dead People", so Hank Moody really became a big inspiration for Henry. The idea was for him always to be a promiscuous douchebag because it left me with room to go for his redemption ... or put him on the path to damnation should that be a path I choose to take in the future. Plus it's just more fun to write his misadventures that way.
3) Always intended it to be comedy, but having written it now, there are some deep dramatic elements that would likely be more suited to that genre, without having to resort to trying to be funny before, after and in between. Like I said, with the original waiting room idea, I very much wanted it to be like Cheers, my sort of spin on a sitcom. It's evolved beyond that now obviously, but it was very much intended as a comedy.
4) Casting is the bane of my existence. But Indef was fairly easy to do because the characters are all intentionally a stereotype. If you look at the character list and the actors, it should be fairly apparent the actors have all played these types of roles before. So it was fairly easy to slot them in, in comparison to my other shows.
5) Oh god, for the most part I tend to have a loose idea of what's in Henry's bag for a week, a couple of joke setups (usually completely unrelated to the bag or Henry) and bits and pieces of dialogue on how to solve everything. Everything else is a mystery. It's a damn hard show to write, because the resolution's all have to be metaphorical in some way. How do you solve a problem and atone for something, when you cannot interact with the people you've wronged? It's a difficult task and it's certainly proved problematic. I've had a loose arc planned for Sunny since day one, and I always knew where I was going with Amia but everything else is just made up and discovered as I write.
6) Didn't have a clue. Henry being hit by the truck was pretty much it, and the concept for Sunny's character came next. Nik I had no idea about until I wrote the ending to the Pilot with him telling the story about his friend crashing into a tree (which I admit was actually partly inspired by Cherry Hill) and the follow up with Nicki came to me when I needed something for him to do in Episode 2. All of Tyrell's back story about dying of a Heart Attack whilst eating a Hot Dog at a Boston Red Sox game was all made up whilst writing episode 3. And it came from a simple joke about him being miserable because he's a Red Sox fan. Amia was originally just a female version of Henry, someone for him to play off but a concept for her came to mind before I started writing Episode 2 and there's been little teases and clues sprinkled throughout ever since.
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Post by Kurai on Sept 18, 2012 2:20:16 GMT -5
1. Chloe, Y U SO PRETTY?! Why thank you for asking, Jestar. I have a strict morning routine which involves Definity Intense Anti-Ageing Cream from Olay, a gentle appliance of lavender-extract moisturiser and a gentle spritz of eau de Fame by Gaga, Lady Gaga. |
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