One addendum was that Cleavant began pondering how they (on a reboot) could solicit "independent" story ideas. JRD then lamented and explained how the WGA works and writers' rooms work, and largely crapped on that. It was an intriguing discussion, but certainly reminiscent of the ones Informant used to have on the series of Sliders forums. About how artistic ideas are shuttered by this (at one time Ivy League boys club).
John didn't know, or forget, that the scifi.com did have a contest for fan ideas, and it wasn't very successful. But they did try to open it up to everyone for ideas.
]]>St. Louis was pretty similar to the first one, but I think there's a lot more open honesty from Cleavant and John about the BTS on the show, and the process of bringing a series to TV. Great panel and watch.
]]>PS: FanX themselves often post professionally edited panels but it can take weeks.
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