Monday, November 20, 2006

O Happy Day

I am in a jolly mood, I actually hate that word...jolly. I am in a jublient mood. My assistant reported that we were able to contact the model from MMAM and she has agreed to join the show once her stint is complete with the series. Now the writers can add her character. With Montana joining for a more 'permenent' status (her role will shake up things at Pahala a bit and make life a bit miserable for a few of the residents) and this new character, we will increase the cast by two sims, for now. I like to remind them that they don't have job security since thier storylines might end aruptly or at least temporarily. We have a season to think about the MMAM's character and how she will fit in with the current cast. Obviously her character will be a sexpot (is that a word?) and her confidence will contrast nicely with the fallen nature of a few characters by the third season (well, actually fifth season, which reminds me, we need to decide how we're terming the seasons and the episodes). So we're looking in more detail at Montana's character.

The writers are reworking Carli's (Hazel Starr) storylines to be a bit sooner, so we can get this work out of her in the next few seasons (perhaps even starting next season) before the anti-aging wavier expires. This means, Missy's (Alexis) and Randy's (Beck) storylines will be rearranged and we won't be calling in that extra actress like I wanted. But we can bring in the other actress a bit later after Carli's storyline is complete and wrapped up and she is released from the show.

During my trip this weekend, I thought a lot about Sierra (Tatiana) and her storylines. I want to explore her relationships (or lack thereof) and perhaps bring back a past character. If we go this route, I have the perfect actress in mind, though it will be a shame since the role will be temporary and once we use her for the series, we can't reuse her later as a different character, (which might not be that bad since I actually was considering her for another project). Sierra seems to be going in an inward direction, unlike some of the other characters who will have external demons to wrestle with.

A few of the male cast members have approached the writing staff and complained that they feel thier roles are lacking , unlike the female cast members whom seem to have starring roles. Well, most of the writing staff are female sims and I don't know how accuractly they can write about the male prespective, but they have started giving them more lines and not so much of a reactive nature. One upcoming storyline will directly involve one of the male characters and require his scripts and lines to be more substantial. Otherwise, the guys have more of supporting roles-in fact we're debating about keeping a male character. He's pretty much dead space, but an important part to the female character he's partnered to, so even though he's pretty much a lap dog we can't get rid of him...or maybe we can...mmm

besos

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