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I actually started a SimplyScripts script FOUR YEARS AGO (where on earth did that go), a spoof of Tron Legacy that followed the plot of the film but was studded with SS regulars as characters - the regulars back then, that is. Would be severely dated now, I suppose.
Looking at the PDF, I wrote 46 pages of it (what a waste of time!). Haven't read it for ages, probably horrifically cringeworthy...
EDIT: re-reading it now, there's a whole Balt bit which is fairly amusing. If anyone remembers Balt.
SECOND EDIT: I'm slightly tempted to chop up what I wrote back in 2011 into chunks and post it on General Chat -- just so it's off my hard drive and out into the world. Then if anyone in any way enjoyed it, I could maybe get around to writing the rest at some point. But I'm hijacking someone's OWC entry thread now, so I'll stop. Apologies.
Yeah it's a bit tougher now to do a proper SS pisstake using all the vets. Maybe because the newbies won't really know enough about the members.
That, and the scripts themselves have a very short shelf-life, as members ebb and flow, come and go.
Just like real life.
There was a brief period of time in which a number of these cropped up in fairly rapid succession -- some of them better than others, as one might expect.
For those that might wish to peek into the SimplyScripts time capsule -- or to torture themselves for whatever reason -- a fairly comprehensive list is found here
Ok read the whole thing. I laughed. Some funny stuff in here but not much of a story. Just three buds talking while ignoring something else going on around them.
Decent for a pisser I guess. Pretty well written other than a typo or two.
Oh nice, a vicarious imagining of SS members and their insider rituals. It started out pretty funny until the humor tapered off around page 4. I enjoyed Dracula's magnetic draw with the ladies, along with the absurd reaction of him feeding.
Some folks might think these are worse than pissers, even I might be too new to get some of the humor. I like the script because it just goes to show these guys are more than words on a computer screen.
+ Whether the reader's feedback is positive or negative - the reader's still the asshole (that probably explains Bert's grade)
A flight from Melbourne to Brisbane gets diverted to Los Angeles. Unbelievable it is! Unless it was hijacked. Otherwise please tell me how I can get a diversion like that presumably for the same price.
Wow, a pisstake right down to the crappy exposition.
My Wally, lads. Same again shagger. I don't talk like that. Stevie, do you?
What the high hell has happened to any punctuation? Well, especially your (its) contractions.
Why didn't these three just run! Okay, silly me. It's obvious they're dimwits.
And... The Bunnyman returns, ha ha, which is now a trademark dead give-away.
I liked the fact Jeff hates being hugged.
I think you just blew the budget with the carrots!
Oh, and then it wasn't real in the end? That's disappointing.
Bit of fun. But next OWC you need to get serious and kill The Bunnyman.
I think if this were 5 pages shorter, it *could* be hilarious. So it's worth a rewrite.
Needless to say, we've got some typos going on here. For instance:
p. 1 – space before STEVE(53) P 5 - next to him.He screams (space after period) P 7 – it’s been good (apostrophe) And for me - the initial character descriptions are too run-on.
That said, there WERE a fine nice zingers. For instance:
Slurps his Jagie like it’s the last one on Earth. P 2 – A simplyscripts holla. Nice! A reference to From Dusk 'Til Dawn? Cute... and appropriate.
My recs: cut the page length drastically. Have the guys show *some* concern when things start happening. And GET RID of the Bunnyman. That turned me off (and turned the story 180) entirely.
The writing smacks one in the face with someone pretending to be someone else. But that would be a weird thing to do. As Sean Connery said in...
Quoted from The Untouchables
Who would claim to be that who was not?
Yessshhh.
There seems to be a problem with the enter key. The writer needs to stop pressing it. I recommend pressing the delete key instead. Trust me, it's far more fun.
I often get bored reading the real exchanges on these very boards with with these two. Stevie's posts are alright, often quite amusing. Not for me.
Yes, You did have a classic horror monster, but no real horror, of course, as this was meant to be a comedy. I think you would've taken less heat, not that you care, had you exchanged the characters at the bar for three unknowns. That might have erased the pisser label. I don't know. But yes, a story, and not the best Of the bunch but not the worst, either. Didn't do it for me, but I get what you did.
So, this must be the insider satire??? Can I say so... I hope?
I try to judge it the way it rolls.
The dialogue starts pretty early within the scenario and somehow as if someone uses a clapper board shouting "action".
Hmm, I think you're pretty sure this doesn't work universally- Some parts were enjoyable, the "From dusk till dawn" - vibe(great movie), but it was just too specific.
I had liked it more, if the main characters would have watched such a prank-fake-show live on TV, discussing it while curious things happen, making them believe those are faked too. A better connection would be possible that way.
Yeah, like some screenwriters debate the decline of culture on TV and taking part in exactly such show at the very moment. Then perhaps the writers run amok, slashing the crew of the show, winning the court proceeding by pleading self-defense, proving they felt facing true danger, which the show, well, originally wants to produce. Not guilty!!!!
Writers 1 Rest of the world 0 – kind of
Lots of satires about garbage TV and today's pop culture are possible - perhaps even needed at this moment in time.
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