“Only in Southern California do camping grounds actually have wifi, so I was sitting in my tent and I started reading it on my computer, and I couldn't put it down. More importantly, I kept getting up in the middle of the night going, "Oh, this is cool," so I pitched them an idea that they seemed to like.” IdeasNightReadingMiddleComputerSittingCaliforniaSouthernTentsMiddle Of The NightCampingSouthern California Author:Remi Aubuchon
“And, what we've allowed ourselves to become - and this is part of Chris' ideas - is complacent, in allowing our lives to be taken over, or at least in allowing that kind of scrutiny into our lives. We've given up a little bit of that, and this is the existential nightmare of all of that. What happens when you suddenly find out that people have been watching you, with a purpose?” PeopleKindLittlesHas BeensIdeasHappensPurposeGivenBitsTakenOur LivesLittle BitNightmareAllowingExistentialGiven UpScrutinyComplacent Author:Remi Aubuchon
“I think that was in the discussions when NBC finally bought it and was trying to figure out how to distinguish it as an event. I'll be honest, we did shoot it with the idea of it being an on-going series, but because I am insane when I get to the end of a season and they give you a big, giant cliff-hanger with no answers, I insisted that we provide all the answers to the questions that we set up, at the beginning.” ThinkingGivingTryingIdeasEndsBigsAnswersHonestEventsFiguresSeasonsSeriesInsaneBeing HonestDiscussionGiantsCliffsNbcHangers Author:Remi Aubuchon
“And then, what I hope will happen at the end is that there will be a big enough springboard that, if we chose to go for a second season, we would have one. But, there will be none of those maddening teases that we're going to tell you the answers and then we don't tell you the answers. That gave NBC the idea of making it a mini-series.” IfsIdeasEndsEnoughBigsHappensAnswersSeasonsSeriesTeaseNbcSpringboards Author:Remi Aubuchon
“I feel confident that we will have a beginning, middle and end, in this season, and it was wise of NBC to then call it what it really is, which is a mini-series. "24" is a really good example, in that there was a definitive beginning, middle and end for the first season. They had a slightly different format than we have, but the second season just retained Jack Bauer and a few other players, with the same basic format and idea, but it was a completely different show.” FeelsFirstsIdeasDifferentEndsShowsWisePlayerMiddleExampleSeasonsSeriesFormatGood ExamplesNbcBeginning Middle And End Author:Remi Aubuchon
“I ended up working on "Chicago Hope" and other things, but always with the idea that, eventually, I would want to take what I'd learned in character drama and try to apply that to the genre that I love, which is science fiction and "The Twilight Zone" type mysteries.” WantTryingIdeasCharacterFictionMysteryTypeDramaScience FictionGenreZoneChicagoTwilightTwilight Zone Author:Remi Aubuchon
