The Ultimate Internal-Ontological Interactivity

[scifi129]

In the beginning of our Digital Narrative class, we had discussed the various, evolving possibilities of narrative. Being a trekkie, I immediately thought of the Holodeck as the ultimate interactive narrative, and as I read Ryan this night, I felt a sense of vindication. "If the mythical Holodeck of the TV series Star Trek could be put into

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[zocheret]

I felt vindicated by the Ryan comment about the Holodeck as well. I never leap immediately to Voyager when I think about the Holodeck, though (probably because I wasn't thrilled with Voyager in general). I always think of Piccard and his detective fantasies and Data and his Holmes simulations in TNG, which kept popping up in my mind when Ryan was talking about what kind of person you'd want to be--Madame Bovary or Sherlock Holmes.

Holodeck Interrupting Voyager's Masterplot

[scifi129]

I find it funny you didn't like Voyager- maybe it was because Voyager, in almost every episode, used the Holodeck as a part of their storylines. Tom Paris seemed addicted to it, thereby dragging in Harry Kim to join on the holoquests... The masterplot narrative of Voyager was to find a way home, but the characters on Voyager constantly create a new world within the Holodeck- sometimes it is recreation of Earth, but perhaps in this escape to the alternative world, the Voyager characters lose sight of the original masterplot and make some viewers, such as yourself, feel betrayed by this lack of continuity. Or maybe you found Kes to be the most annoying Star Trek character ever invented (cough cough my opinion cough cough).

:-)

Re: Holodeck Interrupting Voyager's Masterplot

[zocheret]

Or maybe you found Kes to be the most annoying Star Trek character ever invented (cough cough my opinion cough cough).

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I never got into Voyager because I really felt like it had wandered far afield from the Star Trek masterplot and tone, actually. Star Trek is about exploration, venturing out from home in the spirit of discovery. Voyager felt more like the Donner Party in space to me--desperate to return home, losing hope it'll ever happen and riddled with problems that go from bad to worse. I wanted to like it, solely based on Janeway, but it just never gelled for me, and when possible, I avoid it. I'm more of a TNG or TOS girl, myself.

[digital_liz]

I knew you were going to comment on the Holodeck. :P

I wonder how the narrative changes when the Holodeck malfunctions and all of the characters come to life and take over the ship. They are, in a way, still performing the same linear function that their original programming has established for them, but at the same time they are running new protocol because they are taking over the ship.

Clearly I should have paid more attention when I was little and sat on the couch with Dad while he watched Star Trek.

[martin_doc]

Liz -- great application of Ryan's taxonomy!

~ MKF