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Behind the Scenes
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Brannon Braga's original
ending was to have a single insectoid claw around Riker's
bed in the alien lab with only a few sparse bits of light
and the ever present clicking sounds. |
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Robert Wiemer describes
the alien scenes as being too languid -
"There was a story consensus to do lighting control, smoke
control, to limit that one saw, but it's always harder to
paint with light when you're on the crusher of time" |
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Braga along
with Wiemer and Michael Piller, didn't like the look of
the aliens, saying they wouldn't be back -
"I felt they looked like monks - fish moks, and monks
aren't terrifying." |
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Braga named
the Amargosa Diaspora for a spot near Death Valley and his
mother's pet finch. |
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The Kaminer character was
named for author Wendy Kaminer. |
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Wendy Neuss,
who oversaw the sound effects, recalls
"We had decided what kind of clicks we wanted with Rick
and Peter at the spotting session. Then the three of us
actually sat there one night and wrote a script in English
and then transposed it to clicks. We wanted it to be
organic, not synthesized and we had a cadence to it; we
decided where the clicks should be and what kind of
feeling they should have. Then we brought in the group
people to do it - so in addition to the individual
clickers we had a group clicking: you see five people
clicking, really intently, like the professionals that
they are. And I just had to leave the stage - that's when
you think 'I can't believe I'm doing this!'" |
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