Sounds like a lot of fun.
That picture you have up, Don - the sinking caravan - is that the theme?

I was gunning for action, but the sinking caravan has thrown me off...I don't think I could do anything with that. Now, I wish I'd gone with film noir.

'visit Simply Scripts and buy useless crap you don't need.'

Are you opening a SS-themed shop and will be selling SS coffee cups, mousepads, t-shirts, etc?



Phil

I voted for thriller but there s currently a tie between thriller and Action/Adventure and Noir is one vote behind. This will be a close one but what if noone votes today? will the announcements be delayed?

Film Noir, Film Noir, for the love of God let it be Film Noir!



.....What?..... I like Film Noir a lot, that's all!

Holy crap! 3 genres are tied now. I was pretty sure Thriller was gonna win until now.

This is probably one of the most suspenseful polls I have ever witnessed in my life while on the net. Jeez, I think they should close the poll right when one of those three gets to twenty votes.

I just hope there are no hanging chads, that would suck big time.

I am definitely not in it if it's Noir.  What a stupid boring genre!  It's outdated and the scripts written in that style all sound the same and are utterly predictable.  Do yourself a favour and choose something where people can actually be creative.

Whoever you are that is going to vote next, if you choose thriller it does NOT preclude someone from turning in a Noir script.  But if you choose Noir it does exclude a general thriller.   Vote wisely.

Quoted from mcornetto I am definitely not in it if it's Noir.  What a stupid boring genre!  It's outdated and the scripts written in that style all sound the same and are utterly predictable.  Do yourself a favour and choose something where people can actually be creative. Whoever you are that is going to vote next, if you choose thriller it does NOT preclude someone from turning in a Noir script.  But if you choose Noir it does exclude a general thriller.   Vote wisely.

> That's just dumb. Sorry.

C'mon Noir! I want to write you! This is pretty suspenseful!

Quoted from Parker > That's just dumb. Sorry. C'mon Noir! I want to write you! This is pretty suspenseful!

Prove what I said about the genre isn't true.  And not the part where I express my opinion "What a boring stupid genre".  But the part where I say "It's outdated and the scripts written in that style all sound the same and are utterly predictable".   Prove that isn't true.

Quoted from mcornetto I am definitely not in it if it's Noir.  What a stupid boring genre!  It's outdated and the scripts written in that style all sound the same and are utterly predictable.  Do yourself a favour and choose something where people can actually be creative. Whoever you are that is going to vote next, if you choose thriller it does NOT preclude someone from turning in a Noir script.  But if you choose Noir it does exclude a general thriller.   Vote wisely.

Sorry, but that's pretty uneducated. Personal preference is fine, but saying that the genre is outdated and every script sounds the same is just wrong. Case in point: A Touch of Evil VS the Big Sleep VS China Town VS Angel Heart VS Dark City VS Sunset Boulevard VS Sin City.

If you don't want to participate, fine, but the entire cross-armed pouting thing is a little childish, I think.

Quoted from mcornetto Prove what I said about the genre isn't true.  And not the part where I express my opinion "What a boring stupid genre".  But the part where I say "It's outdated and the scripts written in that style all sound the same and are utterly predictable".   Prove that isn't true.

Usually it's the other way around. you have to prove YOUR claim. Something isn't true until it's disproven...

but look at the examples I gave.

Quoted from Death Monkey Sorry, but that's pretty uneducated. Personal preference is fine, but saying that the genre is outdated and every script sounds the same is just wrong. Case in point: A Touch of Evil VS the Big Sleep VS China Town VS Angel Heart VS Dark City VS Sunset Boulevard VS Sin City. If you don't want to participate, fine, but the entire cross-armed pouting thing is a little childish, I think.

I still think you haven't proven a thing.  Those movies all sound the same.  The outcome is the same. They are set in similar time period, which is MANY years ago.  They have the same sort of characters.  Granted they have little differences - but not much in my book.  Sunset Blvd and Touch of Evil are great movies.  Leave it at that and MOVE on.

And my little "childish" (as you call it) rant is not particularly directed at movies that were made during this time period, when the genre was fresh.  But at modern mimicking of this genre.  And especially at having to read many scripts that mimic this genre.  1 or 2 would be cool.  But to read twenty written by people that have varying experience with the genre is a nightmare.  They will be 1. outdated 2. sound the same. 3. be utterly predictable.  

You want to read them. Fine. Go for it.  

Film Noir isn't even a genre in the truest sense of the word, it is more to do with style.

You can write about absolutely anything you want.

You have a point in that they tend to share similar characteristics, but then again don't all genres/styles of films? Do you really need to watch another action film after seeing Die Hard? You know what's going to happen.

Thrillers are also as predictable.

The only problem with Noir is that it has been so badly imitated and parodied that many writers fall into cliche when producing their scripts.

Pulp Fiction, Seven, Basic Instinct even Taxi Driver, Blade Runner are all Noirs IMO.

Good writers can always re-define a genre.