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  1. Olympus Has Fallen trailer: http://youtu.be/vwx1f0kyNwI Ummm...yeah.

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      storymaps99

      Elliott, I too am baffled that Gerard Butler keeps getting big roles. He was great in 300...and everything else has pretty much sucked/bombed. He's the new Colin Farrell -- keeps getting cast, despite bomb after bomb or even much likeability. He seems like a nice guy, but give us a break already. :-0

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  2. Olympus Has Fallen trailer: http://youtu.be/vwx1f0kyNwI Ummm...yeah.

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      storymaps99

      The climactic showdown:

      BAD GUY: I have taken Olympus.

      GOOD GUY: I was always partial to Canon.

      BOOM! Bad Guy goes down, a nice new hole in his forehead. Good guy blows on the end of his smoking gun.

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  3. Olympus Has Fallen trailer: http://youtu.be/vwx1f0kyNwI Ummm...yeah.

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      storymaps99

      Definitely explosive -- I'm blown away by the sheer number of cliches!

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  4. I got my first paid writing gig!!! Of course, it's for a novelty company coming up with funny slogans, but hell, it's MONEY and it's for WRITING!

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      storymaps99

      Congrats! (But I thought you had written for Glen Mazzara before?)

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  5. My sister got me Your Screenplay Sucks! for Christmas. I'm reading it now and it's quite good. What's your favorite screenwriting book?

    1. storymaps99

      storymaps99

      I concur -- Bill's "blue books" are great, and a nice price.

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  6. My sister got me Your Screenplay Sucks! for Christmas. I'm reading it now and it's quite good. What's your favorite screenwriting book?

    1. storymaps99

      storymaps99

      A little bird just flew in my window. What's that, little bird? Wait, let me write this down: http://tinyurl.com/a87eguu ;-)

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  7. My sister got me Your Screenplay Sucks! for Christmas. I'm reading it now and it's quite good. What's your favorite screenwriting book?

    1. storymaps99

      storymaps99

      Writing the Pilot is great for TV writing. Wells Root's old book "Writing the Script" is a benchmark, but I think it's out of print.

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  8. AMC is bringing back THE KILLING for a 3rd season. Whyyyyy?!!

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      storymaps99

      Rubicon can't hold Carrie Mathison's jock! I mean, seriously, the pilot opens with these guys trying to unravel some kind of secret code found on the front pages of three major newspapers? Firstly, um, get back to your f*&king job because there's terrorists out there, and secondly, huh? If this was answered later in the season, the ponderous scenes and glacial pace made sure I had already checked out.

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  9. Is TB doing another Runway List this year? See, I wrote this pilot and so far people seem to like it and OH GOD i just want my name on a list to validate this mistake of a career choice i've made!

  10. AMC is bringing back THE KILLING for a 3rd season. Whyyyyy?!!

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      storymaps99

      Rubicon?! Yecch. But don't worry, FX's The Americans is coming and the first two eps are GREAT. I think it's Showtime/HBO quality. More interesting to me than Homeland.

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  11. Hottest gal or guy at the Globes? I'd put Jessica Chastain on my terrorist watch list, and Tina Fey can host an awards show for two. Sophia Vergara can modernize my family. I'd like to go down on Michelle Dockery's abbey, and what the hell, Helen Mirren can hitch my cock. (sorry, dame Helen, had to go there) ;-)

  12. Is Sony going forward with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy?

  13. If Sam Jackson tells you to say the n-word, do you say it?

  14. Just saw Looper. Kicking myself it was in my den on the couch and not in the theater, but better late than never!

  15. This is 40: Agree it's too long, but the big problem for me is that it's just NOT FUNNY. Sorry, but Apatow's style is just played out. If this exact same movie had come out in 2007, I would have been laughing uproariously. You gotta know when to move on.

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      storymaps99

      It had some laughs, of course, just...not enough. And too much reliance on improv. I took classes at the UCB Theater in NYC years ago, so I've watched a number of people come up and noticed the influence of improv on tv and features and it's getting out of hand, IMHO. I notice now most of the "tags" on the ends of sitcoms are just actors improv'ing and it often pulls me out because it's not natural to the character or the logic of the show. I get the sense that the sho...

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  16. This is 40: Agree it's too long, but the big problem for me is that it's just NOT FUNNY. Sorry, but Apatow's style is just played out. If this exact same movie had come out in 2007, I would have been laughing uproariously. You gotta know when to move on.

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      storymaps99

      Celeste and Jesse Forever was a decent Romantic Dramedy, but I can't nominate it for classic status. Rashida Jones is so far ahead of Andy Samberg when it comes to acting, it was distracting. I love Samberg but I don't know if he's ready for dramas.

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  17. Catching up on some movies via screener. TED the movie is much better than the script. The performances of the hilarious cast improved upon the script, which felt like EVERY SINGLE JOKE was an 80s reference. Giovanni Ribisi, Sam Jones and of course the bear added so much.

  18. Glenn Mazzara's out on The Walking Dead, anyone know the deets? He asked for Matt Weiner money and they told him to hit the road? That would be ironic, considering that TWD will make 10 times the profit that Mad Men will over the next 20 years.

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      storymaps99

      Kirkman does seem kind of arrogant when he's on Talking Dead.

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  19. I just want to say thank you to Ted and K.Ryan and the whole Color Squad from TB and each and every one of you here. You all make coming to this place on a daily basis a worthwhile affair. So thanks. That is all. Carry on. :)

    1. storymaps99

      storymaps99

      Me, too, thanks a bunch to everyone here, admins and users, and I wish you all an awesome 2013.

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  20. Congrats to Dustin and Em and DIETGREENTEAJASONFACE. You guys rock! If I missed someone, it's because I don't know your name :D

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      storymaps99

      Who IS Dietgreentea and what script did he write? Everyone's asking at Snapple HQ.

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  21. Dark Knight Trilogy Blu-Ray box set is here! What great packaging, can't wait to fire up the discs.

  22. Dark Knight Trilogy Blu-Ray box set is here! What great packaging, can't wait to fire up the discs.

  23. WOW (sorry for the caps, this is copied from a press release): AMC’S “THE WALKING DEAD” IS THE FIRST CABLE SERIES TO BEAT EVERY OTHER SHOW OF THE FALL BROADCAST SEASON IN ADULT 18-49 RATING “THE WALKING DEAD” ATTRACTS 15.2 MILLION VIEWERS FOR THE NIGHT SERIES DELIVERS 10.5 MILLION VIEWERS AT 9PM PREMIERE, UP 58% OVER LAST YEAR’S MID-SEASON FINALE

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