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Brilliant, just brilliant. It's been a couple of months since this was last looked at and I had to post a comment on it just to boost it back to the top so others who haven't read could give it a look.
As I said, it was fantastic. I've only been here for a couple of months but I laughed everytime a member from here appeared. I'm gutted though, I wish I found this site earlier so I could've had a chance of making a quick appearance. Maybe a sequel or prequel could be considered?!? LOL
Anyway, I would love to have seen this actually made. Great job guys... gravy, I mean groovy!
Every day I check to see if any of my scripts are "unproduced script of the day". They never are...
I was delighted however to see Simply Noir. I remembered this one with fondness, so I decided to reread it. It was just as good as the first time and it was fun to read about the SS characters. Some are long gone, but most are still around.
I know George and Bert are both very busy at the moment, but I sure would LOVE to see another Simply Noir. I really really enjoy the writing. You two write well together.
This was rereading a script for pure entertainment. I don't do that very often I hope others will check this one out too.
It always a pleasure to see one of your own come out of the trenches for 15 minutes, and this one that helped to spark the "Simply Renaissance" of scripts still ranks as one of my all time favorites of what I've written (or in this case, helped to write).
I know the idea of a sequel has been kicked around, but Bert and I have similar thoughts on sequels: it has to add something and not exist for the sake of doing it. Then again, it's been almost two years since we wrote this one, so it might be time to grab some of the noobs since then, and whittle out some of the folk who have gone away.
Jee, someone must of been digging about on the bottom of the Simply Script ocean to bring this short to the surface.
I never seen half the writers here that are in this script. Are they 1st gen SS members? Question for Admin, when did SS first appear in cyberspace?
Cute story, Phil panting to a pug face stripper was priceless.
I was suprised Shelton didn't play a bigger role in this. I mean the dude looks like Where's Wally? The laugh factor for that alone has got to be pretty high.
I know Geroge is a big James Bond freak so no suprise for how he is portrayed, but had no idea who the other people where so I didn't get the parodies.
This seems familiar, was there a whole bunch of these type of scripts involving Don and his SS kingdom made or was this just a one off? I just seem to recall when I first started here back in (06) comments about a script that involved Don and other SS mods as main characters.
Somebody has bumped this creaky old relic again? Thanks J & T.T. It is a fun script, even if many of the jokes are lost by now.
It has been ages since I looked at it, but I remember enough to know that it must be pretty dated by now, as new members appear and old members fade on the boards.
The infamous sock-puppet scandals -- the endless hype for a certain horror script -- and the most incomprehensible member in the history of the boards to date -- all of those are a distant memory now. Sigh.
Shelton was just a wee player on the boards when this was written, Tonka, or he surely would have played a larger role.
And while the original idea for a script involving SS members can not be attributed to George or I, this is the one that kind of took the idea to the next level and launched a slew of similarly-themed scripts. Some of those were quite good, too, but this one has kind of remained the granddaddy, I guess. It was pretty hot in its day.
Maybe it is time for somebody to take up the baton and write the next generation of SS Scripts?
I would have to agree with the passing of the baton. At the time, I was churning out script after script with more time on my hands than I knew what to do with. And the idea for this particular script (while not the involvement of SS members) has to be attributed to Bert. I added my fair share within it, but the concept was Bert's. The guy has way too much humility. I wrote him a whole Farm sequence, and he sliced it to what you see today.
This one actually the hottest and most prominent threads thrown into at the time along with the better known members who regularly posted. The infamous Kevin Revie is still around, though with no where near the notoriety he had then. And how can we forget Trailer Runs and the 747 scandals? Well, at least those of us who were there at the time. And most of the characters reference at least one script that they had written, though sometimes that was really veiled (such as Wesley stating that he's had "Better Days").
What's amusing to me is that a lot of the people in the script are still around. They may not be in the same capacity or of the same fame they wre then, but members who reach a certain level of involvement tend to hang out for a little while.
It would be fun to see a new script of this nature take the spotlight for a while like this one did when it was written.
This was excellent from the get-go. I loved the pseudo hard ass "Rex Banner" like character.
Its great to see that budget contraints weren't considered, ye just threw down whatever came into your head & the story is all the better for it. (The piano falling, the pirate ship themed house spring to mind plus the slew of varied locations)
WESLEY (V.O.) Don can take away your existence without leaving his living room but something had him spooked pretty bad and he would have to be spooked to ask for my help haha. So that’s what I was doing down here in SpecTown...
Wesley stops and looks around.
WESLEY (V.O.) ...and I hate coming to SpecTown.
A half dozen Freddy Kruegers wander along the sidewalk. One is walking a dog. Another is reading a newspaper. A large ad on the back page proclaims “#747: Coming January 2006!” Several incarnations of Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees can also be seen, in addition to a wide assortment of zombies that lumber aimlessly down the center of the street.
WESLEY (V.O.) There are plenty of lost souls down here in SpecTown. There is a little drama sometimes and occasionally a little comedy...
Wesley watches a moaning zombie walk past, carrying a bag of groceries.
WESLEY (V.O.) ...but mostly it’s a horror show. Another car drives by dousing Wesley in another flood of water.
This passage was a personal favourite of mine, superb writing.
Spectown: Great name & having the classic horror movie characters & zombies roam the streets was brilliant. I would love to see this on screen.
The different names for the VW in the slugline was a nice touch as.
The HaHa punctuating a lot of Wesley's V.O I'm not so sure about. I say it in my head but it just doesn't sit right, I'm sure you have a certain way you'd like it phrases in your minds when ye wrote it, or is a reference to a similar character in a previous film?
Another cool quirk is the introduction of promient contributers to this site. Dogglebe must be delighted with his part, Shelton maybe not so much.
The scene with George & his temporary transformation was brilliant & kinda surreal. The confusion over the price of Vodka was funny.
STIFLER HUGE TWIST! LOL!
The line of the of the piece, man. Completely cracked me up, magnifique!
I notice too you use comma's & full stops very sparingly when it comes to dialogue. I found it difficult to work out the phrasing of some of the longer passages. Is there a particular reason for this??
Overall, this is definitely one of the best things I've read here. You're clearly one of the administrators on this site for a reason. Great read.
There were certain parts that you'd get from the outside looking in, and others that you'd get if you'd communicated with some people via PM's or email. The haha's are more prominent if you "talk" to Wes in those venues as opposed to board posts.
And Stifler (there's a long story in itself) as well as Kevin Revie actually used that sort of...hm....dialogue...in his posts on the board when he was talking about his myriad of ideas once upon a time. It was crazy. I'll bet those posts are thankfully gone.
Dunno some of the people here as I've only been around a year. Had to read this though. Didn't get why Cindy threw the cantolope, guess I never read that one.
Love the description of spec world. Hilarious.
Good banter between george and wesley.
Love the #747 adverts. Who's script was that? Did it ever come?
Didn't mean to rehatch it if you guys didn't want... Never knew Kevin revie or stifler, but I get why it went there from previous posts.
Just wanted to read a good spoof of some of the people on the boards.
Does this at all reference "the script you do not speak of"? I've heard off it. Luve to take a look if one of ya's would PM me. I promise I won't comment.
Does this at all reference "the script you do not speak of"? I've heard off it. Luve to take a look if one of ya's would PM me. I promise I won't comment.
The script we don't want people to comment on is notorious because it is so bad!! It's called The Cabin.
I love Simply Noir, but I imagine you lost out on a lot of the jokes because a lot of the characters don't frequent these boards anymore. My personal favorites are one that Bert wrote. Simply BBQ, I think and also one that Sniper wrote...can't remember the title. There have been many Simply scripts written and all are very good, but if you don't know the characters it does take away a lot from the fun of them.
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