Commentary
for July 26, 2022:
And here comes the
spin. I did consider having a line in here somewhere about people on
the right calling the attack a false flag operation to boost Sally’s
popularity, but I couldn’t find a way to fit it in, so I just had
Haig making a statement and taking the opportunity to attack Sally
on security policy. Now, for that final scene, I hadn’t intended to
show an exterior shot of the Death Egg, but come on. The Death Egg
was revealed at the end of season 2, so why be coy about it now?
Anyway, there isn’t a great deal to say about how this chapter
compares with the original 2003 version and the 2018 remaster that I
haven’t already said. I did cut down on following Sally on the
campaign trail, though, because in the original version, there was
another story following Eon doing some campaign work for her, which
also involved Cookirini. It would have been nice to see her back
again by now, but don’t worry; she’s still a senator for Meridia in
the United Federation Congress, so we’ll be seeing plenty of her
again before too long. The reason why I cut that story, honestly,
was because I didn’t think it was all that exciting, and it involved
Sally making reopening the ARK as a research station a major part of
her platform. But the ARK doesn’t belong to Meridia; it belongs to
the entire United Federation, so we’ll be picking up on that thread
in an upcoming chapter, but Sally’s presidential campaign wasn’t the
place for it.
However, there was also a fairly shady aspect to Cookirini’s
involvement and the help she offered the campaign in the original
story and, frankly, I don’t want Sally to win by underhanded
means... assuming she does, but again, come on. Sure, there’s an
aspect of gritty realism to that and it raises the question of
whether or not it’s right for the good side in an election to use
questionable electoral tactics if it gets them the result they need
(especially when the other side has no qualms about doing the same
or worse), but I didn’t want to turn this into a multi-chapter
West Wing style story arc. |
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