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PrussianMosby
Posted: May 19th, 2018, 11:42am Report to Moderator
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As I see it, this is more a concept-challenge. I think the goal should be to reveal your original spin within those few pages.

But I got one question: Is the reboot's world settled in 2018 or can I also go back in time?

f.i. say write about the childhood of Agent Scully from X Files



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Pete B. Lane
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This is a cool idea, but how are we to write a legitimate episode of a TV series with a 15 page max? What about a reboot of an hour long show? That would be much longer than 15 pages. So the challenge, really, is to write a teaser for a rebooted series? I predict a ton of cliffhangers.
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PrussianMosby
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Quoted from Pete B. Lane
This is a cool idea, but how are we to write a legitimate episode of a TV series with a 15 page max? What about a reboot of an hour long show? That would be much longer than 15 pages. So the challenge, really, is to write a teaser for a rebooted series? I predict a ton of cliffhangers.


Yeah, it's tricky for sure. There's not much time for an intro, I'd say. Not even sure if one should write that thing from the perspective of a pilot.

I myself probably will, if I can achieve something, go full on concept. There's not really a chance to establish a story when the world is completely new and there's few space.

But again it's really important to me to get to know if it's situated in 2018, otherwise I can't get my head circling about where to go here????

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DanC
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Will try to answer your questions at one time.

You can make it in any time.  Say you wanted to reboot Gunsmoke for today's crowd.  You can have it set back then.

You can also absolutely have the old cast passing it on to a new cast.  They did that to end Warehouse 13 when the old cast retired.  So Real that's ok.  Passing the torch is a great way to reboot a show.

Ok  let's talk about Bewitched.  That isn't exactly what I had in mind.  But that's a great show to reboot.  And I will give you an exsmple.

You could make the new version about Sam, a witch, who married a mortal and the repercussions of her choice.  Instead of a comedy, you could make it a drama.  You could go one step further and make Darren black and play with the dynamics of prejudice.  

Take the old and make it your own.  Or you could make her mortal and him the warlock.  Maybe make her a single mom.  Lot's of ideas and potential for that series.

We for it being similar to the original, let's use bewitched again.  Say you made Samantha the human and Darren the warlock, but called it the ssme, people would recognize it.

Blasphemous is such an ugly word.  Don't take your absolute favorite, take a show you liked that would play well today.

It's  screenplay, not teleplay.  Not yet.  I don't want to confuse anyone with acts etc.

15 pages is plenty long enough to tell a solid story\teaser for it.

Sorry that ajr and Jeff won't be in it.

You could go with a series like Primeval that had a solid BBC run but a terrible USA run.  Being Human was another series that had different shows in both countries.

Hope that helps.

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DanC
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Do you guys want to expand it to 24 pages?  That's a solid 30 min show.  

Don and I were concerned that it'd be too long.

What we all of you??

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Yo, thanks, man. Hope I wasn't unfriendly when wanting an answer within seconds

When it comes to the length, I'm rather neutral.

@ well, then since several people seem to have a problem with the length, it would makes sense to expand



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SAC
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24 pages is a lot of pages.


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Quoted from SAC
24 pages is a lot of pages.


I'm ok with opening up the maximum # of pages to 24.  Don't have to use all of them...

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Quoted from Don


I'm ok with opening up the maximum # of pages to 24.  Don't have to use all of them...

- Don


Agreed. I was thinking more of reading all these long stories, but if it helps some people...


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Yo Dan, I PM'ed my reboot show to you. Let me know....
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Quoted from DanC

You can also absolutely have the old cast passing it on to a new cast.  They did that to end Warehouse 13 when the old cast retired.  So Real that's ok.  Passing the torch is a great way to reboot a show.
Dsn


Yay! For a second I thought my idea would be breaking the rules. It really broke my heart. But it doesn't! Thanks again, Dan. This is such an amazing idea for the OWC. It's gonna be a lot of fun writing one and a lot of fun reading others attempts. It may even open doors for some. Sorry about all our annoying questions.

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24 pages isn't too much to write, but reading is going to be a huge undertaking. We'll need more time before voting, and there will be more than a few abandoned ships after just a few pages in if it isn't working for the reader.

My idea is a one hour show, but it's about getting the idea across with a complete story, so I'm treating it like a short episode, just to whet your appetite for the real show. Still complete, just a mini-episode.

Also, this doesn't have to be a pilot episode, does it? It might be better to assume the show is already familiar and jump into a later episode to better demonstrate how our own spin affects the show as a whole, not just the introduction.


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Dan,

Just asking for further clarification— No characters from the original show can be used? Say I wanna do Seinfeld, I would have to use, say, Jerry’s son and a whole new cast of characters?


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Dan,

Just asking for further clarification— No characters from the original show can be used? Say I wanna do Seinfeld, I would have to use, say, Jerry’s son and a whole new cast of characters?


Looking back at Dan's Bewitched example, you can use original characters, you just need to add your own spin on them somehow. Like a gender swap or race switch or something to modernize it for today's TV landscape.


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can we take an old show and twist the genre?
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