How to Write A Screenplay – 20 Lessons from Star Trek
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LESSON #17 – Unexpected Twists
Example: The Hero doesn’t get the affection of his love interest. And we definitely don’t expect old Spock to be waiting in a cave for young Kirk at that moment. Fun!
LESSON #18 – The Audience Has to Believe for Moment the Hero is Going to Fail!
It was a little over the top when the villain, Captain Nero, blatantly says I’d rather face a harsh death than accept your help – pa-lease – and even though kirk offered to help it seems a shade unbelievable as kirk couldn’t possibly extend such help when he can barely save his own ass from being sucked into the black hole! I can see why the writer/direct put this into the movie though because it serves to give us a moment where the ROLES ARE REVERSED suddenly kirk is the moral one and Spock still pissed about his mother’s
