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Reader George

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  1. Re:TB's recent email: Went to Bobette Buster's seminar at USC a few years back. Highly recommended.

  2. Today is Friday, which means it's Chat Day here on TB! No set time at the moment, but let's get some good conversations going!

    1. Reader George

      Reader George

      Doh was slammed at work. Sorry to miss it.

       

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  3. In LA for a week, anything cool I should check out while I'm here?

    1. Reader George

      Reader George

      Another vote for Pink's, and that's from a 7-yr Chicago quasi-native.

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  4. Silicon Valley (HBO) - Season 2 starts April 12th!

  5. I'm freaking out. I know this happens all the time, but I am about 1 or 2 months away from finishing a script that has the EXACT SAME CONCEPT as another project that was announced in the trades. I am very proud of this script and feel it is the best thing I have written. But I can already hear the rebuttals, and I don't want to waste my time working on something that seems to be dead out of the gate. What would you guys do?

    1. Reader George

      Reader George

      @EricW that's fair but it wasn't about not caring, it was more about the demoralizing reaction about slaving at the keyboard to painstakingly develop a story that suddenly appeared to be a waste of effort. Regarding SWING VOTE, I was certain it was the right time for that story, and I was right, and had my script had been the one in circulation, Kevin Costner prob/maybe would've been calling me. It was quite devastating.

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  6. I'm freaking out. I know this happens all the time, but I am about 1 or 2 months away from finishing a script that has the EXACT SAME CONCEPT as another project that was announced in the trades. I am very proud of this script and feel it is the best thing I have written. But I can already hear the rebuttals, and I don't want to waste my time working on something that seems to be dead out of the gate. What would you guys do?

    1. Reader George

      Reader George

      This happened to me on SWING VOTE and BALLS OF FURY, and both times I dropped the projects, and now kicking myself because what I was writing ended up being totally different from the films that got released. Even had the same title for SV. Lesson learned.

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  7. I'm freaking out. I know this happens all the time, but I am about 1 or 2 months away from finishing a script that has the EXACT SAME CONCEPT as another project that was announced in the trades. I am very proud of this script and feel it is the best thing I have written. But I can already hear the rebuttals, and I don't want to waste my time working on something that seems to be dead out of the gate. What would you guys do?

    1. Reader George

      Reader George

      Yeah, write on, fulfill your vision. It'll be unique.

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  8. Paste your favorite screenwriting column in the comments below! I'll start...

  9. A potential plot hole in INTERSTELLAR. Why do they need to get the space station off of Earth's surface? I understand that Earth is going to run out of food and oxygen, but space doesn't have food or oxygen either. Why couldn't they seal it and make it a surface space station?

  10. What older specs do you still read that blow you away that you can't believe aren't movies yet?

    1. Reader George

      Reader George

      Still waiting for KILLING ON CARNIVAL ROW. Easy to picture on the big screen.

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  11. What older specs do you still read that blow you away that you can't believe aren't movies yet?

    1. Reader George

      Reader George

      What of IRON JACK? Big sale back in the day as I recall.

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  12. Kudos to the whoismrrobot.com marketing team. Well done, thus far.

  13. What were your fav shows from the last season or mid-season?

    1. Reader George

      Reader George

      Better Call Saul took its time but it's solid.

       

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  14. The new Launch Pad Pilots Competition is LIVE! Who's going all in this year? http://launchpad.tracking-board.com

  15. Best scripts with narration? Looking for a true masterclass in how narration should be executed. Prefer examples that are actually available here but whatever. Bring it!

    1. Reader George

      Reader George

      Shawshank a beautiful read on so many levels. Also, early Dexter seasons worked well.

       

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  16. So Blacklist has been running their "Featured Scripts" for a good many months now. Can anyone shed any light on any progress with any of these scripts be it development of the script or the launch of the writers career in another aspect?

    1. Reader George

      Reader George

      An interesting data point would be, how many of those writers are getting assignment work?

       

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  17. For all you Irish today (that means all of you)... "Here’s to a long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A pretty girl and an honest one. A cold pint and another one!"

  18. Yay! My script reading should explode! I just bought a Kindle DX.

  19. Does Safety Not Guaranteed receive the same level of interest if it wasn't loosely inspired by a real classified ad? Just curious...

  20. Would the Whiplash script have beaten Birdman?

  21. Brain-fail on the film.. something like.."It must feel good to be right all the time." Paraphrasing respons: "No, not really" Was it BROADCAST NEWS? Anyway, welcome to my shit-ass bullshit fuck of a day.

  22. Brain-fail on the film.. something like.."It must feel good to be right all the time." Paraphrasing respons: "No, not really" Was it BROADCAST NEWS? Anyway, welcome to my shit-ass bullshit fuck of a day.

  23. Brain-fail on the film.. something like.."It must feel good to be right all the time." Paraphrasing respons: "No, not really" Was it BROADCAST NEWS? Anyway, welcome to my shit-ass bullshit fuck of a day.

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