I was actually thinking just the other day how interesting it would be to see a storyline involving a pre-op transgender person trying out a dolls body in the sex theyre wanting to change to.

Progressive_Stupidity | August 01, 20:04 CET

"So this is Brooklyn. Six months have passed, my brother, and I have become king."

HA! This is great, because I have worked with writers who do exposition just this blatantly. We call it the, "Well, here we are in France" moment. This actually had me laughing.

XanMan | August 01, 20:31 CET

A typical science fiction exposition is called "As you know, Bob". It's when two people explain something to each other, when both of them already understand it fully. (e.g., Topher and Boyd in "Ghost")

MissKittysMom | August 01, 22:48 CET

Which bit of Topher/Boyd in "Ghost"?

The One True b!X | August 01, 22:57 CET

For me the Gold Standard masterclass on how to do a huge amount of exposition fantastically well is the fist ten minutes of Serenity. The lecture within a dream within a recording opener followed by the walk through the ship meeting everyone is just awesome, bringing newcomers to the verse up to speed while still being riveting to anyone who's already a fan.

zz9 | August 02, 01:38 CET

I was thinking of "how did the wipe go?" followed shortly by Topher's "Why don't we ask Echo? Oh yes, she doesn't remember."

MissKittysMom | August 02, 04:48 CET

Ah, yes. I think the expositiony dialogue there was discussed at the time, too. I think my wank position was "Topher likes to hear himself talk", which was enough for me to let it pass. Heh.

The One True b!X | August 02, 04:55 CET

There's not much that I strongly recommend in Blake Snyder's "Save the Cat!," but one thing that I love is what he calls "Pope in the Pool." Basically, it comes from some movie scene that was set at the Vatican swimming pool. There's some guy, and there's... the Pope. In a pool. In swimming trunks. And there's a ton of exposition being thrown at you, rapid-fire. But you don't care, because there's the Pope. In a pool. And you're like, "Holy crap! There's the Pope in a pool! That's crazy-talk! Wha...?!" And then after the scene is over, and the exposition pays off in future scenes, you have all the relevant information, but you don't really remember how you got it, because you were so distracted by the Pope in, yes, the pool.

The bigger rule is, if you must be exposition-heavy, have something fantastically visual going on.

XanMan | August 02, 08:25 CET

Enver might be the best think Dollhouse has brought us, I'm really looking forward to season 2 to see more of him.

Nico-Angel | August 02, 11:46 CET

Enver is fantastic.

Liam Mars | September 05, 13:36 CET