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DescriptionTechnology to travel beyond the speed of light would take a very long time to develop. A century (or more) longer then any other technology advancement I've planned for this series. The other advances differ in decades. This makes it hard for me to place the plot in time. Given most of the advances, a century from now would not be out of the question, though. (More on this will follow.)
Shots Why place the film in time at all?Why define the time at all? You tend to get this with films set in the future "a few years from now" etc... But we don't do that with films set in the past. So it's not the 'near future' it's an ambiguous present. "100 years ago we sent some people to some planet" sort of thing.  maybe....a relic or item could be found that has been studied and it held the key to travel beyond the speed of light. Maybe the relic was placed here on purpose so that it would be found and so when we had the ability to figure it out , we'd use it, or maybe it was from an ancient earth civilization that is long gone and forgotten . It could be another races a way to get us out there, farther than we could normally go when we have the intelligence to use it or our own race from the pasts way to get us out there for reasons....... CommentsThis shot doesn't have comments.  Shooting...Is there any reason you need a definite year? If I was you, I'd think about leaving it a little ambiguous, never stating the exact year. That way, you avoid causing any problems that might rise in the future, and I don't think the audience would mind at all. All you'd have to say within the show is something like the "22nd Century," or whatever century you decide. CommentsI would agree, there's usually very little need for a specific year and date unless you really want to create a rich and detailed history. Something like that though is usually only beneficial to hardcore fans. Look at Star Wars, it was all very vague until it developed a hardcore following, then a detailed timeline sprung out of it. You could also go with the idea of starting your movie with a line like "In the near future." Similar to how they started the first X-Men movie. |
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There is no need for specific date, you could e.g. start the pilot episode with text saying something like this:
"20 years ago humanity colonized Mars.
18 years ago leaping was invented.
15 years age humanity expanded to a third planet - Ninted.
3 days ago ships stopped returning from Ninted. Nobody knows why."
That gives you some kind of internal timeline without specific dates. Just adjust the timeline as needed.
Paul's is definitely the best suggestion, don't give a year at all.
It's not hard, when did you last hear a specific year mentioned in Star Trek for example? (The "stardates" might mean something to fans but they don't seem to make any sense to the average viewer, I certainly don't understand them.)
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