Working a two-hour pilot for a Sci - Fi series. A time traveler from the year 2886, trying to go tom the year 2986, ends up in the year 9986! (Millennium 9, the title of the series). Told he can't return, he joins a group bent on revolution!
Screenwriting : Here's what I'm working on ... by Frank DiSalle
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initial thought, Frank -- if the time traveler starts out now, then the audience has something familiar to grab onto. otherwise, it's hard for them to empathize with a guy they have nothing in common with -- regardless, good luck with it, sounds fun and challenging
I know, but I wanted the time travel to fit into the environment. I'll make 2886 not too different from now. 99% of the story takes place in 9986. And the story is not ABOUT time travel. What I really wanted to do originally was to tell a story about 10,000 AD through the eyes of a a relatively current observer. The screenplay idea came later. And thanks
What Lyle said. Though Buck Rogers gets zapped to the 25th century, where did he start out? Another issue as far as TV is concerned is going to be cost - you don't just have one (expensive) time period, you have two. So even the flashbacks are gonna be expensive. And how will someone in 2016 identify with your protag? What do they have in common?
Perhaps one of these time periods in the future could look and feel much like our own? Maybe the later one is after a period of technological decline, after some cataclysm, i.e. people are just getting back to a high level of advancement, which may resemble the present-day world. Just an idea. Good luck with it, Frank!
To William and Eric "Perhaps one of these time periods in the future could look and feel much like our own?" BOTH will! The point of my story, in human terms, is that technology changes, but it doesn't change us much. Our hero will be recognizable because he IS us. The world of 9986 (without giving too much away) will be a lot like today's world, just like our world today resembles the world of 6000 B.C. It was that resemblance that inspired my story. And thanks for your thoughtful comments!