Posted by Denise Felt on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Ordeal-pitfalls-tp1498701.html

>"Mark Davies" <[hidden email]>
wrote:
>Of course the dream ending opens up all sorts of areas for exploration,but
>they should be realised in a much more
>imaginative and intelligent manner.

Mark,
I agree with your analysis. As any competent UFO fanfic writer can tell
you, there's lots of scope for fun and excitement with a dream scenario.
(*grin*) The original screenwriter's version would actually have been
better, since the bizarreness of the characters' behavior would have
enhanced the eerie feeling of the episode. Without even Moonbase or
Skydiver blowing up, we do feel cheated. Star Trek got out of the dumb
dream ending often by using alternate timelines. (Well, this is science
fiction, after all. You always have an ace up your sleeve when you're
dealing with science.) I sometimes feel watching UFO that some of the
writers didn't understand the science fiction audience at all. Or perhaps I
should qualify that to say that they didn't understand the adult science
fiction audience. Any takers on a redo of the Ordeal episode with a better
ending?
Yours,
Denise

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