Never seen Patton, Jeff? You'll love it. Geroge C Scott is unforgettable.

Nice work guys. And good idea Cornetto. The exercise worked out well.

I've seen it, Ryan, just not remotely recently, and I'm not a war/historical movie guy in any way.  And although I'm sure I've seen Dirty Dancing, I definitely will not be watching it ever again...not my shot of Jager...

Good job guys!!!  Well done on a very tough and different challenge.

And a special Kudos to Cornie for coming up with this idea.  It is definitely outside the box and surely something that made these guys think about what they were going to do.

Good job to all.

Wow, you guys closed this up too fast! I read them on Friday and hadn't had a chance to vote or organize my thoughts on them...

Though they were both very well written and both very good ideas, I would have voted for B. And I'll admit to never seeing Patton, so when I read A, and saw the kindergarten class, I thought the writer was substituting Patton for the Ahnold character in Kindergarten Cop, so it kind of took me out of it right away. Also, the dialogue is all Patton's and thus a one-sided scene, and I really like what James did as far as taking an iconic and very cheesy scene and playing it for comedy.

Huge thanks Cornie, this was a difficult exercize. But, it was fun. I'd like to see it done again, I dunno if Ryan would want to do it again, but, I would like to see what others come up with.

Some complained about us both going comedy. Trust me, I didn't want to. I felt if either of us were able to transform a scene into a different genre then comedy, it would be a sure winner. Problem for me was, that everytime I tried to re-imagine a scene, it became funny to me. So, I went for a spoof...

I knew not everyone here would be as unfortunately familiar as I am with Dirty Dancing. My ex girlfriend would watch it anytime it was on. I became pretty good at making fun of it. Seriously, who the fuck describes a heartbeat as "gu-gunk"? Pretty sure that flew by a few.

Ryan deserves the win. Fucker. My hats off. A clever idea, well executed. It fits the challenge better then mine. I know mine was just gonna be a spoof as some of you caught onto. And, no excuses this time Libby! I was drinking when I wrote this. In my defense, he didn't kick my ass as bad as you did. So, yes, I believe I write better when I drink. Although some of the prose towards the end got a little sloppy

Thanks to all who voted and read. I hope some others jump into the challenge. I'll definitely read and vote.

James

If we do get this exercise again, I'll steer clear of comedy.  The urge to goof on a classic scene was just too strong, and obviously neither of us could resist.  And both of these scripts were written mighty fast, as you guys could tell.  But yeah, in hindsight I realize we both took the easy way out and the true challenge would be to take a more complex scene and try to recreate it as faithfully as possible while still utilizing a completely different genre.  Maybe next time.

Meant to say, good job guys. And James, you're saying 'you were on the sauce' this time so, no excuses - funny guy

Ok, so I'm putting out the challenge that one of the newbies might want to take up either the logline exercise or any other exercise that MC comes up with.

I think a challenge between newbies might be a good 'getting to know you' exercise.  Just a thought.