RobertCornero

You mean in case someone is in a medically induced coma and missed it?

No, Disney postponed comas last night until half time was over.

But seriously, congrats to all the semifinalists.

I think what he means is that the best way to learn is to fail. You learn best from your own mistakes, not from being told or even witnessing first hand lessons that others go through. I have to second that. Fail big and you learn a lot.

Also, just to clarify, he never went to film school so it's not a student film.

agreed. learning from your mistakes is fun discovery. the reason we write. however black and white solutions are the better to come across!

My eyes hurt.

How's your soul, though?

I can't believe they are remaking the 1987 World Series. Also can't believe Disney has a show called Kirby Buckets.

i'm curious. when the first star wars came out, did people know there'd be two more. i think that has something to do with marketing as well. for me, i'm not gonna set lofty expectations. that always turns into a real dog turd.

Pretty sure the general public had no idea.

Adlocke - I don't think they did. The original movie was a real mess, and saved in the editing room. There is a whole subplot excised from the film, with Biggs Darklighter, which you can hear in the original audio drama (and it's terrible). I don't think Lucas even knew there would be more. Thus we end up with the whole Luke-Leia incest-kiss. They were never originally intended to be brother and sister.

Thread in the WIP section, too: http://forum.tracking-board.com/index.php?/topic/14691-the-burn-outs/

Wasn't looking for anything too serious, but for the record, the script I wrote that placed in last year's LPFC got a 5 on the BL. Disappointing to say the least.

One man's trash is another's treasure. One review = one opinion. It's best to cast a wide net.

Yes, of course. But large nets can be expensive, which is the problem.

Yes, what time?

3PM PST is when I'll be around.

Hmm. I can't seem to connect to the chat room. I keep getting an error message.

gl

Ty

Happens to us all. Definitely wouldn't worry about it. And if DreamWorks thinks it can rock the Cropsey legend harder than Full House, it ain't working with one

from what i’ve heard from you, i wouldn’t be able to draw the conclusion that the ideas are similar. if you think you’re dealing with the kind of animal who charges their phone for no reason with more than twenty percent battery, you know, you’re not. they know the difference in this and in that. they would look at your script and frank’s completely separately and go his is shit-ass if you did what you’re supposed to.

That's what I'm hoping for, Adlocke. We shall see.

The Cat Lady from The Simpsons? Or The Cat Lady as in my ex-girlfriend?

My spec in the WIP section. Had a solid amount of downloads, but not much feedback, yet.

Try for 25, normally end up with 15 but I shoot for the stars. lol

A lot of people subscribe to the "write every day" idea, but I never force it. If I'm not in a creative mood, I don't bother. So there is no normal for me, but if I get five good pages in a day, I'm happy.

It totally depends on my mood. Some days I'm lucky to get 5...other days it's more. I knocked out a 65 page script in 2 days last week after a total creative rush, but now I'm completely blasted and haven't written a page since. I should be back up and running by next week.

Agree with you. On the stage you could get away with ironic distance, on film the emotion between those characters was too strong. Having said that, I think the ending as it stands is fine. I love that movie.

Screenplays to read or screenplays to write?

writing is weird. it takes years to get good and not get any better at the same time. that's not like tennis or anything. pppick one and go on to the writing of it.

Scott - To write.

Adlocke - Yup. Think I know what I'm gonna work on next. Though I might turn an older one into an ebook first.

Oh man, I have to say, personally I love the new show! Reminiscent of the films, but inviting enough for newcomers!

Don't get me wrong; I'm glad we have the show. But Ash was never really this grubby womanizer with all the skills that we now see. He was just a regular, red-blooded guy, who was totally in over his head. More a bloody Buster Keaton.

There was even a tragic element to his character that this series doesn't capitalize on.

Ash in this series is more "Old Spice Bruce Campbell" than truly Ash.

And the two main supporting characters are OBNOXIO...

...S and GRATING.

Seriously, their scenes are consistently the worst. Boring. Hamfisted. Obvious. Predictable. The best thing the series could do is just kill their characters off, and use it as emotional fodder for series 2.

The fights with the Deadites are consistently great, though, and that keeps me coming back. The design of some of the actual demons is fantastic.

^It's hard to read. That font on that background made it a chore. I didn't agree with every point you made but it was still a very good article and I'd like to read more. The transition at the end to The Revenant was particularly nice.

Thanks for the color feedback. I have a suspicion that my monitor color is off, and without a color calibrator, I had to use my best judgement. I will make the text darker, and see what I can do about the links on the left.

Thanks for reading, all.

I changed the body text color, and the size and color of the navbar links. I can't do much about the image size, at least for this particular post, but I'll try to keep that in mind for future posts. Thanks for the suggestions, all. Hopefully they make it easier to read.

Have you ever seen, The Last Dragon, those fortunes aren't of the ancient wisdom kind.

Try writing something other than a screenplay - I was in your position not long ago and tried writing a play - once finished, it helped both with confidence and creativity.

I'm in the EXACT same position. Kinda frightening actually.

Love that movie

oooh I need to get this!

i don't have that one. or any for that matter, but i watched the trailer and i think it's amazing how different trailers have become. like back then they couldn't have camera movement.

Hey, to each his own. You can also glean a fair amount from her short book, "Do Story." Just figured I'd toss in my two cents.

Process is so fluid. For me the best value has been McKee's Story/genre seminars, Sandler's sitcom workshop, and Weston's acting/directing workshops.

oh, i can imagine!