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DanC
Posted: May 19th, 2018, 2:02am Report to Moderator
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Quoted from MarkRenshaw
Ahhhhh crap. I'm in London on the Robert Mckee Story seminar when I get an email that there's a OWC afoot! Well I'm going to have to sit this one out. When I get back I've a load of work to catch up on and won't have time for this one. Pity as i love these and it is an interesting idea as well.

So best of luck Dan in moderating and I hope you guys taking part enjoy it. I'll try to check some of the scripts out and comment.

-Mark


That sucks Mark.  I was it would've been cool to have a Brits POV on show ideas.  Thanks for the luck.  I might need it.


Please read my scripts:
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I'm interested in reading animation, horror, sci fy, suspense, fantasy, and anything that is good.  I enjoy writing the same.  Looking to team with anyone!

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DanC
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Cool challenge, Dan, different to what we're used to.

I don't know reboots so I don't know what I'm supposed to do. If I'm to reinvent I Love Lucy, for example, I'll have actors playing Lucy, Ricky and the rest? And it should be set in the past?

What about Friends, for instance - can I just go with "we meet again" idea? I mean should it be completely the same show? Can it be a spin of?


Hey Khamanna,
    No it can't be the same show.  It has to be different.  You can pick Friends, but you'd have to change up the relationships or plot points or something to show your spin on it.

You aren't doing a rehash.  You're doing a reboot.  A reinvention of an old and beloved show that needs a facelift to bring it to today's audience.

I've only seen a few episodes of Friends, but say you had it take place in a different city.  One of the characters might have their sex changed because that'd play better on tv today.  There's so much you could do to make it yours.  

In the reinvent of Dallad, they gave everyone from the old cast kids that all had a troubled past as well as a love triangle.  They also made the tone darker.

I hope this helped

Dsn


Please read my scripts:
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I'm interested in reading animation, horror, sci fy, suspense, fantasy, and anything that is good.  I enjoy writing the same.  Looking to team with anyone!

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Dan
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Ok, from what I understood so far, the entry shouldn't be a continuation. Because what I had in mind is that I could incorporate some of the old characters and make them in a way pass the torch to a new crew. Sort of. But maybe you want us to make something that's completely different to the original show.

Hmmm.

I mean the idea I had in mind would be almost a sequel to the old show. But it will have a different spirit and take place in a new age. But the plot would be pretty much the same. And some of the old characters would survive. I don't know if that is allowed or not.  

Wait a second. I think the new Sherlock Holmes would be a good example of what you guys want from us, no? The one with the famous cucumber actor.
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Wait a second. I think the new Sherlock Holmes would be a good example of what you guys want from us, no? The one with the famous cucumber actor.

Cucumber.  

Thanks for the clarification Dan. I get it now. I looked at a few of the current reboots.

Be pointless doing a reboot of an Aussie show. Nobody would know it.
Skippy rebooted.  

Sad indictment on TV (writers/creators) that everything needs to be rebooted really. New TV programs are not good enough perhaps.

Will ponder anyway.
Not sure if I'm in yet.


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Oh, I think I might have something for this! Gonna be fun.

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khamanna
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Thanks, Dan. That clears up things a bit although not entirely for me.

I haven't seen many reboots, but one I know.

Old TV classic Bewitched was made into a movie in 2005. Can it be called a reboot of the show?

There's a spin off of Bewitched called Tabitha. It's the same thing but the witch in it is her daughter.

Lastly, some call Sabrina The Teenage Witch a reboot of Bewitched.

So can we write any of the three? (I mean can we follow any of the examples I listed here. Three reboots, all three vastly different)
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I've got two writing assignments on at the mo but I do love a good OWC... PM on it's way!


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This Sounds cool! I haven't done a OWC in forever!


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So, like, if I just take the very outer shell of a tv show but completely rip out the innards and redo it to my tastes, that’s cool?

Also, since I’m out of school (finally) I’ll actually be able to fully participate to the fullest extent this OWC!!
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I do think it has to resemble the original though, otherwise we won't recognise it.


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Anybody else feels reviving their favorite series is almost blasphemous?



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I still don't get it at all.

How can one do this in 15 pages or less?  And in reality, my bet is that the vast majority of entries are way less than 15 pages, and no more than a skit of an old series.

Personally, I think this is a very dumb idea, sorry to say.  And the fact that these are supposed to be teleplays makes everything that much more strange - as in a screenplay and a teleplay are 2 different animals.

I'm out on this, as if I did enter, it would be a giant pisser and I doubt anyone wants to read a 15 page pisser, heavy on the urine.

Good luck here, Dan...I think you're really going to need it.
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Good luck to everyone who enters and I'll read as many as I can, but I'm going to pass on this one. I usually write because I have an idea burning inside me that I have to get out through visuals and illustrate with plot, characters and dialogue, and this challenge doesn't quite fit that for me.

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Quoted from LC

Cucumber.  

Thanks for the clarification Dan. I get it now. I looked at a few of the current reboots.

Be pointless doing a reboot of an Aussie show. Nobody would know it.
Skippy rebooted.  

Sad indictment on TV (writers/creators) that everything needs to be rebooted really. New TV programs are not good enough perhaps.

Will ponder anyway.
Not sure if I'm in yet.


Roar would be a great candidate. Loved that show, before it got prematurely axed from North American networks.


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Yeah, I got dragged back by the OWC. I've only managed to write 5 pages in the last three months. I need an outlet.


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