Interview talk:Into the Wild

Into the Wild Interview

Hey everybody! On Tuesday evening (September 15), I'll be interviewing Timm Keppler and Jim Martin, the writers of the Into the Wild series. (Yep, all 30 pages!) Feel free to submit some questions below. Thanks, y'all! -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 22:03, 10 September 2008 (EDT)

• And it's being done by e-mail.--MiamiVolts (talk) 15:37, 11 September 2008 (EDT)

Questions for Timm and Jim

• According to the assignment tracker map, Penny is 24 years old. (It says, "At only 24, she is a highly trained agent for her age.") However, Connie, who was born on June 22, 1963 (according to her AT 2.0 profile), said she was 22 when Penny was born (Into the Wild, Part 2). This would place Penny's birth in 1985 or 1986, making Penny turn 24 in 2009. Does that mean that from Root and Branch onward, the story takes place in 2009 (the 2009 that occurs before Future Peter comes back and alters history in Season 3)?
• When was it decided who Evs Dropper was going to be? Did Mark Sable know Connie's backstory when he wrote Faces or when Connie's assignment tracker profile was written?
• So when did Connie join the Company? Her AT profile says that Penny brought her in, but did Connie know about the Company before Penny was born?
• Was "Logan" Julien Dumont's alias or someone else altogether? Why do Connie (and Penny) use the last name Logan instead of Julien's last name? Is Julien still suspected of thievery by the law?
• Did Connie really marry a clone, or the root Julien? Was Connie's husband actually killed on a Company mission, or in testing as Gael said? Something did happen to her husband. What happened?
• Where exactly is Evs Dropper's cabin? Where is the bridge located where the explosion happens?
• When were the characters of Donahue and Perez created? Were they from the character profiles created by Peter Steigerwald before this summer? Are there any future plans for them?
• Where did the driver and red SUV go after dropping off Sabine and the root Dumont? They aren't shown among Evs's caravan in Part 2.
• Jim, you co-wrote the Going Postal webisodes along with Yule Caise.
  • Did you participate in writing all 3 parts? How did you communicate with Yule during the writing process? Was the co-writing experience with Yule much different than with Timm?
  • Were you on the set while they filmed the Going Postal webisodes? When were these webisodes filmed? Did Yule consult with you on the Going Postal graphic novel?
  • Can you tell us when the Going Postal webisodes take place in the Heroes timeline?
    • With 30 pages of very dense, plot-filled, character-building story, I probably won't have much space to ask about anything other than Into the Wild. Plus, only Jim wrote Going Postal--though, on a side note, both Timm and Jim are writing the next set of webisodes, even as we speak. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 07:34, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
      • So is this interview going to be by phone, by e-mail, or is it by something else?--MiamiVolts (talk) 11:29, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
        • If you really want to know this i can ask Yule.--Skywalkerrbf 13:28, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
        • Email. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 15:15, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
• Jim and Timm, you are both listed as writers of graphic novels to appear in the upcoming Heroes graphic novel collection, Volume 2. Do you know of any last minute additions or corrections were made to your novels for this new volume?
• The people in the background at the start of part 2, is one of them agent 1 out of the webisodes?
• Agent Donahue and Agent Perez were both introduced in the Assignment tracker map, any chance of seeing some of the others from the map? Perhaps some of the Verified Tips?