mikeyP_73

Dr. Douchebag or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Bad Christian Douchebags. I wonder if that would piss the PTC off as well?

Douchebag Houser, M.D.

Justin Bieber attached.

congrats!!!!!!

Congrats, MikeyP!

Congrats, Mikey!

Amazing! Thanks, all! Love the old and the new. Some I wouldn't even have thought of exploring! YAY

Big fan of Midnight Run myself, but I'm surprised that Some Like It Hot hasn't come up yet.

Also, a more recent Irish entry: The Young Offenders (

I'm not disagreeing with you on that point because if nothing is happening in the first 15 pages then you need work on your story and structure but people should that they'll focus on the first 15 before entering and paying hefty sum for 15 pages.

Oh I know and I hear you. What I like about that contest is that they are up front about how they judge. I know someone who judges for Austin and they are encouraged to read up to page 20 or 30. So, yes writers should focus on the whole script - because if contest judges/ readers gets past the first 15 and keep going then it better be great all the way up to page 120 right? Last years winner also won Blue Cat. Same script different title I think. Anywhoo. Yep focus on writing a kick ass scr...

Definitely will. I mean, my hook is obvious from page 1, it just takes 17 more pages to get into .

It'd be great to get all the TB recommends guys to maybe start a post in the forum somewhere to talk about their experiences, etc. Could be kind of cool.

Good to hear, sir! And I'd be down for that...

Good shit...

Great - got some nice deadlines being set via the chat room - the TB (unofficial) Writers' Group is gonna kill it this year. Right?

Learning how to take criticism in the new year. It's tough, but I'm getting the hang of letting other people check out my writing. It's gonna be a great year!

going to outline the action thriller I'm currently working on and put it aside because it's not quite right yet and get to work on a horror thriller with some interesting psychosexual and gothic overtones...and also work on tv stuff (a spec and a couple of pilots)

Awake was great, loved the finish pilot. Hell on Wheels also had a strong finished pilot but I am still luke warm on it. Red, I agree, Exit Strategy had some much potential but execution was SO POOR.

@Mikey P -- agree re: Graceland. Very 90s. But don't knock it to TNT... This is like USA net's original identity. Remember Silk Stalkings, Pacific Blue? And Eastin writes a lot of annoying little asides that make me want to slap him.

@LeftyJones -- ha! that's right. Oh man - Silk Stalkings. What if they rebooted that? ;0

Death happens. I am seriously not going to miss the guy. His time was over anyway.

APRIL FOOLS DAY!!!

Jeez, you die and they forget how to spell your name.

what you need is a title like, "John Pinkerton is Fucking My Bitch Whore Mother." or something like that

Yeah, uh, 500 Days of Summer already pretty much owned the word 'bitch' and only did it in the epigram.

Too many bitches.

Sob. Sob. Whatever.

I quote the most recent Robot Chicken:

Are you an Angel?

No I'm not an angel...

Are you a fairy?

Fairies aren't real.

...Are you an elephant?

I can't believe she cheated on me.

Thanks for the updated link Mysterian!

wasn't trying to rain on your parade or anything buddy. I got all excited, followed your link then got confused... when back to the top of the page and realized it was linking to the 2012.

Thanks Mysterian! No rain parading ... just good info sharing! =)

http://tinyurl.com/3z9de77/

I think it has something to do with science and fiction and outer space stuff. I think.

They Star Trek. Into Darkness.

HP8, C & A

30 Minutes or Less

Yes! 30 Minutes or Less! I can't wait for that too... and the Devil's Double has some buzz...

@sanguine -- more like a 1992 Fiesta.

"Robots vs Machines: Brothers From Another Mother...board"

Ballaz Vs Hataz -- A Snoop Dogg/Fiddy Cent Joint

It was only to 300 YEARS, which I don't believe has sold yet.

If by wow you mean, wow look at all those commenters, a huge deal of them are assholes, then yes, I agree . Congrats to the dude though!

Wowza, Deadline commenters are of the AintItCool variety. Just incredibly angry. At everything!

and I read the Nicholl Winner Man of Clay....

Do NOT recommend.

Has about 20 good pages of mystery and then wowzers does that thing fall down.

will check out cutter

Thanks for the recommendation - I'll read Cutter, next.

Just in time for back to school.

Write what you know...

Seems like there a common thing since American Pie...after 14 years how many ways are there to tell that story?

Saw a screening of it a while back, really loved it. There's some great scenes in there (Demetri Martin kills!) and it doesn't exaggerate the 80s, which I liked a whole lot. Made it feel more real that way. Also, the soundtrack kicks so much ass!

"Demetri Martin kills!" i had no idea he was in there. ha. takin' it to 11.

I agree with Blue. I caught a screening of this years back. Or so it seems. The movie was a blast. This might be the first time in history that you should really ignore the long delay.

I agree - great pilot. Curious how they'll maintain that level cost-wise week to week. Only downer for me was that exact plot was done on Covert Affairs last season, which is candy glass by comparison.

You had me at 24. If it's in the Exchange, I'll totally read it.

well, it's not. hint. hint.

I second this...thanks very much. Been eager to read this!

Many thanks. The beginning sort of comes off like BSG: Starship Troopers.

No problem, friend was eager to send it. I read it tonight as well. Keeping up on pilot scripts in advance of the rush.

Ha ha... Yes. I was going to add that's why I loved the Hit List over the Black List ...

I don't have issue with either of the beefs you mention: if the black list is about essentially most popular writing, why does it matter if it is from source material (which still takes an skill to adapt) or established writers. It isn't a list to promote new writers or to promote unadapted works.

That being said - I'm very glad there is the HIT LIST and it's fun to compare how things shake out between the two.

True true. And I just watched Franklin Leonard's speech. He does say that his intent was to find new voices and / or new scripts that people love. So, the Black List are the most "loved" scripts in Tinsel Town no matter the genre or subject matter... All I have to say is ... I wish I had time to read them all =)

Looks like John Lee Hancock and Hossein Amini rewrote it for the screen. They share writing credit on it.

Which version did you read? Because I thought the original one floating around was awful. From the previews it appears the rewrite was much better.

I read a recent version - 2nd or 3rd draft maybe?

Looks great. Hardy's voice is absolutely haunting. Only Nolan could figure out how to outdo Ledger's Joker.

I heard it's like a 10 year gap between movies in the story...looks amazing... Can't wait to see the prologue

It's an 8 year gap. Nolan said all will explained in the film.

The perks of knowing you'll be directing your own work.

2nd that

After reading Somewhere, I've come to the conclusion Sofia Coppola should be a music supervisor -- not a writer.

LIKE

WOW...

Can't. Wait.

Totally underwhelmed. LOTR HONEST TRAILER FTW!!